Cristiano Ronaldo and Haaland could face each other for the first time today, in Portugal's victory in their visit to Norway (2-1), in the League of Nations, but the Portuguese football player did not leave the bank, as had already happened in England.
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27/09/2026
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Otwo players were very close, in October 2022, to meeting on the field, at club level, in a Manchester derby in the Premier League, but Ronaldo did not leave the United Bank, while Haaland signed a hat-trick by City.
In today's game at Ullevaal Stadium the scene was identical, with Haaland as the holder in front of the Norwegian team, having even scored the Nordic goal, while Ronaldo did not play.
The advanced 41 - year - old Portuguese stayed in the bank, with the selectioner Jorge Jesus betting on Gonçalo Ramos ahead of the attack, with the front man who's in line with the Italians at AC Milan pointing out the attempt at victory.
Jorge Jesus confessed that he intended to launch Ronaldo, a duel holder with Wales, during the second part of the match, but that the game eventually dictated something else, with the selector choosing to leave the Saudi advance of Al Nassr in the bank throughout the match.
The two players will soon have a new opportunity, perhaps the last, to face each other, at the reception of Portugal to Norway on October 4, at the Dragon Stadium, in Porto, in play of the fourth day of Group A4 of the League of Nations.
The Portuguese football team won today in Norway, by 2-1, in the match of the second day of the League of Nations Group A4, and took the isolated leadership of the ‘poule’.
At the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, the advanced John Felix, who had already scored the goal of triumph over Wales, inaugurated the marker at 17 minutes, but Norway tied at 51 by Haaland, before Gonçalo Ramos is back to advancing the Portuguese formation at 54.
With this triumph, the second in two games under the command of the selector Jorge Jesus, Portugal, current holder of the trophy, takes the lead of the group with six points, while Norway has three, the same as Denmark, which today won Wales (2–0), which is still at zero.
In this first qualifying ‘window’, the formation of ‘chines’ now faces Denmark on Thursday, before the new duel with Norwegians.