A conductor who was born to watch in Portugal with several superstars

A portuguese national selection is cleared for the phase to eliminate the League of Nations, after a very complicated victory against Norway, where it took a twist on the marker to leave the Dragon Stadium with the three points in the pocket, this Sunday night.

Kristoffer Ajer struck the first blow of the meeting, after having ‘forgetted’ that he was not an advanced and made an excellent goal that many spearheads dream of making.

However, as Portuguese sees and does better, João Cancelo took about 120 seconds to respond... with an even more beautiful work of art, taking advantage of the long release of Nuno Mendes and, without the ball falling to the ground, shot in ‘volley’ to the upper left angle of the Norwegian goal and almost broke the nets such as the violence of the shoot.

Vitinha was one of the most influential in the defense-attack link in the departure of Portugal, launching several counter-attacks and finding passes that no one else saw for their selectors, and it was even from his feet that the goal of victory was orchestrated.

Paris Saint-Germain’s ‘maestro’ eventually managed to find João Félix with a magic-filled pass, before the service-gatherer of this selection break found, to the ‘mouth’ of the goal, Gonçalo Ramos, who, although almost mistaken, even managed to score the 2-1 final.

What matters most is, in fact, the fact that Portugal managed to ensure the passage to the quarter-finals with two journeys to the end of the group phase, and could open new doors to Jorge Jesus' call at the two meetings in November.

But let's get to the game notes.

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We don't know if Chicken he's a master of cooking, but he's a master in the middle of Portugal, that we have no doubt about. With a more defensive player at your side, it allows for much more freedom to create (and create well!).

The goal of victory is a reflection of this, since about 70% of the reason why Gonçalo Ramos marks is by the medium of Paris Saint-Germain. A pure class display of the national selection 23 jersey.

Surprise

Gonçalo Inácio does not seem to count at all in the foreground of national selection, but apparently, there is a good reason for this to happen. That's because Renato Veiga took the place to the left of the defensive axis and the duo with Reuben Dias as yours and, from now on, has only more margin to continue in this position, by completely annuling Erling Haaland, with whom it was individually marked in the Dragon.

Disillusion

It was a ‘no’ day for Francisco ConceiçãoWho seemed to want, more than anything, to go back to his mother's house with a goal, but ended up doing everything but that. The extreme formed in FC Porto ended up staining an exhibition, which was nothing special, with a moment of childishness (and some excessive rigor of the referee of the match) by taking two yellow cards in the space of... two seconds.

Trainers

Jorge Jesus

It was a rather incoherent approach with what has been demonstrating throughout this beginning at the helm of the selection. The bet on Francisco Conceição made sense in sentimental terms, but the truth is that it came from injury and gave nothing new to the team of quinas, especially when it had Rafael Leão or even Trincão as alternatives.

It turned out to be some luck that the victory goal came up when it came up, since the changes could have come out as a shot to the side if a goal did not appear after them.

Stale Solbakken

It didn't create as much trouble as it did in the game in Oslo, but it still has in its hands a selection completely able to face the top teams in Europe. Still, some firmer rudder is missing for ideas to be more positive, particularly on a higher pressure line and not to watch the opponent play.

Arbitration

Maurizio Mariani there was something shaking from the beginning to the end of the match, with a bid that should have been analyzed by the VAR right at four minutes, when Schjelderup puts Nuno Mendes bleeding and at the doors of being meaningless in the middle of the lawn – something that did not motivate the stop of the meeting, as the rules rule.

After that, some faults with Haaland's arms remained unmarked, but the cherry at the bottom of the cake was the ridiculous expulsion of Francisco Conceição, who did not fail to respect the referee, who reacted as if the troops were involved.