Portugal Start XI
Costa, Neves, Dias, Inacio, Mendes, Bernardo Silva, Vitinha, Neto, Fernandes, Conukicao, Ronaldo
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Third place play
France and Germany were facing what turned out to be a dominant third place earlier today.
Kylian Mbappe scored his 50th goal in 90 caps for Les Bleus to put them first.
And Michael Olise brought his incredible target score with Bayern Munich, to the international side by packing the second of France.
Portugal’s route to the final
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winner when Portugal back moated back to Germany 2-1 in their semi-final.
Germany dominated the first half, but it remained aimless thanks to the heroic deeds of Portugal keeper Diogo Costa.
Germany, however, took the lead in the 48th minute, while Florian Wirtz went into the box unmarked, after a PinPoint -Lobbed Pass by Joshua Kimmich.
But Portugal turned the match and first went straight through replacement Francisco Conukição in the 63rd minute.
When Ronaldo, 40, captain Portugal and scored his 137th international goal five minutes after a replacement had scored Conceição 1-1.
How Spain became here
Lamine won the battle for the Ballon d’Or when Spain entered the Nations League final after a nine-target thriller against France in the semi-final
All eyes in Stuttgart were on the wonderful game between La Roja Sensation Yamal17 and Les Bleus -ster Ousmane Dembele28.
Both are in a scream of winning the Ballon d’Or in three months with 51 club goals in all matches between them Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain this term.
Yet it was the Barca Teenage Superstar who took the headlines with a stunning second half Double with 48 target contributions in 57 games for Club and Land this campaign-in-other impressive strikes of Nico WilliamsMikel Merino and Pedri.
Kylian Mbappe yielded a spot kick of 59th minute and a late comeback looked at the cards thanks to the attempt by debutant Rayan Cherki, an 84th minute Daniel Vivian own goal and Randal Kolo Muani‘s injury-time header.
But Spain held, confronted Portugal in Munich on Sunday – their third Nation competition Final on the spider – and set up a collision between Yamal and Cristiano Ronaldo For the first time.
Lamine de Droom
Teenage sensation Lamine Yamal Stole the compliments again a day later, because his double for La Roja Spain yielded an exciting 5-4 semi-final victory against France.
Cris Cross
Cristiano Ronaldo continued to do what he did for decades – goals scored for decades last Wednesday – and his strike from 68th minute fired Portugal for a 2-1 win over Germany in the Semis.
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