Ronaldo seals place in Nations League final after Conceicao stunner

Cristiano Ronaldo Extended His International Record Goalscoring Tally as Portugal Came from Behind to Beat Germany 2-1 and Reach the Nations League Final.

Portugal, Winners of the Inaugural Nations League in 2019, Had Not Beaten Germany Sence A 3-0 Win at Euro 2000, and that run Appeared Poised to Continue Florian Wirtz, Seemingly Bound for Premier League Champions Liverpool, Headed Die Mannschaft Ahead in the 48th minute.

But Francisco Conceicao, Whose Father Sergio Was On Target in That Win 25 Years Ago, Levelled in Spectacular Fashion Before Ronaldo’s 137th International Goal Condemned Julian Nagelsmann to His First Defeat at the Allianz Arena as Germany Coach.

Portugal Will Now Face Eithan European Champions Spain or France in the Final at the Same Venue On Sunday. Germany Head to the game for third place in Stuttgart.

Germany V Portugal

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But Portugal Surrendered the Ascendency Thereaftter and Were Gateful to Pair of Saves from Diogo Costa to Deny Germany debtant Nick Woltemade and then Leon Goretzka, the Second Particularly Impressive As He Got Down To Low To His Right A After Goret Goretzka Was Teed Up Up by Leroy.

Germany Had the Better of the First Half Without Punishing Portugal. However, After Ronaldo Failed to make Sufficient contact with Net’s Low Cross to the Far Post A Minute Into the Second Half, Die Mannschaft Did Make the Breakthrough when Wirtz Headed Joshua Kimmich’s Wonderfully Weighted Lofted Pass from the edge of the Right-hand post.

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Kimmich’s Assist was a fine way to mark his 100th cap for Germany, but flashes of brilliance we few and far between from the hosts from then on.

Indeed, Portugal’s Responses to Going Was Fantastic and, After Bruno Fernandes Fizzed An Effort Wide and Ronaldo Headed Off-Target, Conceica Lit Up the Allianz Arena With An Outstanding Individual Goal.

Introduced as part of a triple change by Roberto Martinez, Conceica overd in from the right Flank and, tinging no time to slow his run, bent a sublime left-foteed shot beyond ter stegen and in off the post from 25 yards.

Ronaldo then Completed the Turnaround With A Much More Simple Finish, Staying onside as nuno mendes Darted Down the Left-Hand Side and Tapping in From the Paris Saint-Germain Full-Back’s Low Delivery.

The Closing Stages WERE FRANTIC AND OFTEN TEMPESTUOUS. Karim Adeyemi Hit the Post from A Tight Angle for Germany After Conceica Had Threatened to Repeat the Trick and Double His Tally, But It was Portugal Who Looked The More Likely To Score The Game’s Foundth Goal and Settle The Tie.

An Outstanding Double Save from Ter Stegen Prevented Diogo JOTA and then Conceica from Doing Just that, but it mattered not as portugal saw out five minutes of injury time to move a step closer to recapturing the title they won six years prior.