Cristiano Ronaldo is without a personal goal against the Czech Republic.Bild: keystone
Portugal consolidated their lead in the Swiss group of the Nations League with a 2-0 win over the Czech Republic in Lisbon.
The Czechs sold their skin to the 2016 European champions a bit more expensively than the Swiss did in last Sunday’s 4-0 defeat. But at least they created two good chances when it was still 0-0, so they could have taken the lead.
Portugal won for once without a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo. In his place, Manchester City defender João Cancelo and Valencia forward Gonçalo Guedes scored within five minutes of the first half.
The 1-0 for Portugal by Cancelo.Video: streamja
Guedes makes it 2-0 a little later.Video: streamja
Nothing worth mentioning happened after the break. In their third match in a short space of time, the Portuguese controlled everything without any apparent effort. The Czechs had no real chance for the connecting goal.
Portugal 2-0 Czech Republic (2-0)
Lisbon. – SR Jug (SLO).
Tore: 33. Cancelo (Bernardo Silva) 1:0. 38. Guedes (Bernardo Silva) 2:0.
Portugal: Diogo Costa; Cancelo, Pepe, Danilo, Guerreiro; Guedes (89. Palhinha), Carvalho (68. Bruno Fernandes), Neves (89. Moutinho); Ronaldo, Diogo Jota (80. Leão), Bernardo Silva (68. Vitinha).
Czech Republic: Stand; Zima, Brabec, Mateju (80. Kral); Coufal, Soucek, Sadilek, Havel (46th Jemelka); Lingr (46. Pesek), Kuchta (46. Jurecka), Hlozek (73. Vlkanova). (for / sda)
