Portugal Dominates Sweden in Friendly Match: Ramos Shines in Showcase of Talent

Portugal was in demonstration. This Thursday evening, the Seleção largely beat Sweden (5-2) in a friendly match. At the Estadio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães, the scorers were Rafael Leão (24th), Matheus Nunes (33rd), Bruno Fernandes (45th), Bruma (57th) and Gonçalo Ramos (62nd). The Swedes saved the honor through Viktor Gyokeres (59th) and Gustaf Nilsson (90th). Roberto Martinez will then play this Tuesday evening at 8:45 p.m., for a second friendly match scheduled in Slovenia. The Spanish coach will be able to count in particular on a certain Cristiano Ronaldo.

You miss only one being and everything is not necessarily depopulated. For this gathering, Roberto Martinez chose to call up 32 players and some were not listed on the match sheet, like Ronaldo. Despite the absence of its legend, Portugal, with the return to the starting lineup of Pepe and even Nuno Mendes, saw other individuals shine.

Ramos joins the party

Starting with Rafael Leão. Untenable on his left side, the AC Milan resident showed all his technical qualities, before scoring his fourth goal for the selection, with a powerful right-footed shot into the top corner (24th, 1-0). Just before, on this same action, Bernardo Silva had seen his curled cross attempt land on the post. At his side, after warming Robin Olsen’s gloves for the first time (15th), Matheus Nunes also found the fault, with a low shot (33rd, 2-0).

Portugal has fun against Sweden in a friendly

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Just like Nunes, Bruno Fernandes took advantage of the opposing defensive generosity to score in his turn, from close range, from the right, after a perfect cross from Nelson Semedo (45th, 3-0). As soon as he returned from the locker room, Roberto Martinez was able to spin. Entering the break, Bruma participated in the party, taking advantage of Fernandes’ altruism to then score in the empty goal (57th, 4-0).

Another entrant also tried to worsen the mark. But local star Jota Silva, for his very first selection, did not manage to deceive Olsen, despite his efforts (65th, 87th). It was the one he replaced who scored his team’s fifth and final goal: Parisian Gonçalo Ramos took advantage of a new offering from Semedo to score (62nd, 5-1).

Martinez’s Portugal still undefeated

Opposite, Sweden had chosen to play in a high block. Which allowed him to recover several dangerous balls. The most active attacker was Dejan Kulusevski, but he was unable to beat Rui Patricio (28th, 55th, 86th), just like Jens Cajuste (49th) and Emil Forsberg (77th). Failing to be a scorer, the Tottenham resident became a decisive passer, for Gustaf Nilsson, author of the final achievement of this meeting (90th, 5-2). The first Swedish scorer was Viktor Gyokeres (59th, 4-1), but the gap was already made.

This year, Sweden, under the leadership of Dane Jon Dahl Tomasson, the first foreign coach in its history and who led his first meeting, will not be at the Euro. A first since 1996. Quite the opposite of Portugal, which will be one of the big favorites for final victory. In eleven matches since the start of the Martinez era, the Seleção has eleven victories, 41 goals scored and only four conceded.

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2024-03-21 22:12:00
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