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Portugal wins the UEFA Nations League Semifinal defeating Switzerland with a 31 on Wednesday 5 June 2019 at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal.
There were Italian Serie A players in this match. The great news is that Juventus forward had a superb performance leading Portugal to the UEFA Nations League Final by scoring not only one goal but three! Yep, Cristiano scored a hattrick in the 25th, 88th, and 90th minute. The goal for Switzerland is by AC Milan defender Ricardo Rodríguez converting a penalty in the 57th minute. The ball possession was Portugal 45% and Switzerland 55%. Clearly, Serie A players decisive in this match, way to go!
3 Italian Serie A Players with Portugal:
- Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo (Captain for Portugal, played all 90 minutes and scored 3 goals)
- Juventus defender João Cancelo (Subs)
- Napoli defender Mário Rui (Subs)
Italian Serie A Players with Switzerland:
- AC Milan defender Ricardo Rodríguez (played all 90 minutes and scored one goal)
- Atalanta midfielder Remo Freuler (played 89 minutes and was replaced by Josip Drmic )
Official lineups formations Portugal vs Switzerland:
PORTUGAL (4-4-1-2): Rui Particio; Semedo, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Guerriero; B. Fernandes, Carvalho, Neves, Rafa Silva; Joao Felix, Ronaldo.
Subs: Beto, José Sà, Cancelo, Fonte, Mario Rui, Jota, Moutinho, Guedes, Pizzi, Sousa, Rafa.
Head Coach:. Santos.
SWITZERLAND (4-4-1-1): Sommer; Mbabu, Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez; Zakaria, Freuler, Xhaka, Zuber; Shaqiri; Seferovic.
Subs: Mvogo, Omlin, Moubandje, Elvedi, Benito, Lang, Steffen, Sow, Okafor, Ajeti, Drmic, Fernandes.
Head Coach: Vladimir Petković
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Absolutely, THE BEST @Cristiano!!! 👏👏👏
Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the 3 goals for the final result Portugal 3 – 1 Switzerland putting Portugal in the UEFA Nations League Final. pic.twitter.com/TcfgKJ6upu— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) June 5, 2019
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored against 38 different countries in international football! 🙌🙌🙌#NationsLeague pic.twitter.com/TOunPMkb4k
— UEFA Nations League (@UEFAEURO) June 5, 2019
🇵🇹 Portugal are in the #NationsLeague final! 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks to a hat-trick from… Cristiano Ronaldo! ⚽️⚽️⚽️
— UEFA Nations League (@UEFAEURO) June 5, 2019
Portugal 3 – 1 Switzerland
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Estádio do Dragão
Porto, Portugal
11:30
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (GER) and Stefan Lupp (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Christian Dingert (GER)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Fourth official: Viktor Kassai (HUN)