Nations League: Portugal ruins the tribute to CR7, collapses against Denmark

A spectacular tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo preceded the Nations League match between Portugal and Denmark in Braga, but it was ruined by the result, with the hosts beaten 4-1 under the blows of Rasmus Hojlund, scorer of a brace, and his teammates. Nothing compromised for the Portuguese, who already had qualification for the quarter-finals in their pocket but hoped to ideally give a worthy performance to the most representative player of recent decades and who has just ended his relationship with the national team suddenly, and not without controversy.

Before kick-off, the team and accompanying children took to the pitch wearing shirts with the number 7 and the champion's name. The fans displayed a large banner with the words 'Thank you captain', while in the seventh minute of the game a long round of applause erupted from the stands. In the meantime, however, Denmark had already made its intentions clear and the advantage obtained from a penalty at the end of the half was the logical consequence of its dominance. At the beginning of the second half the Napoli striker went wild, scoring two impressive goals which the public did not appreciate however, starting to boo Jorge Jesus' team and accentuating the protest after the 4-0 scored by Andersen. Bernardo Silva's goal in full injury time did not prevent Portugal from suffering the heaviest home defeat in official matches in its history.

Thanks to the success, Denmark maintains a three-point lead in the group over Norway, which beat Wales 3-1 but which in next Tuesday's all-Scandinavian match will only have one result available to directly reach the quarter-finals.