Portugal edge Spain on penalties, clinch second Nations League title 🏆🏆 | OneFootball

The Nations League final was defined in a dramatic way this Sunday (8) at the Allianz Arena.

In a duel decided on penalties, Portugal came out on top over Spain and won the trophy for the second time in history.

Goalkeeper Diogo Costa became a hero by defending the last penalty of the Spanish team, kicked by Álvaro Morata.

After that, Rúben Neves scored the title shot, starting the Portuguese party in Germany.

The game

Spain opened the scoring at 20 minutes of play in the way they know best: with a beautiful collective play.

After João Neves poorly cleared a ball inside the area, Martín Zubimendi appeared to finish it into the net.

The advantage lasted only five minutes, until Nuno Mendes appeared inside the area and finished well to tie the game.

Just before halftime, Spain took the lead again thanks to a goal from Mikel Oyarzabal.

The second half had fewer balls in the net, but it featured the brilliance of the great star on the field.

Cristiano Ronaldo took advantage of a cross from Nuno Mendes that was deflected and pushed the ball into the goal, leaving the score at 2-2.

The Portuguese legend fell to the ground in pain near the end of the final stage and had to be substituted.

Lamine Yamal, the other great star on the field, left the field at the interval between the first and second half of extra time after a dull performance.

In the penalties, all shots were converted until Álvaro Morata was stopped by Diogo Costa.

Next, Rúben Neves converted his shot and gave Portugal its second Nations League title in history.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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