In the end, Portugal earned a narrow Nations League victory courtesy of another Al-Nassr forward, João Félix’s first-half strike from the edge of the box beating Danny Ward in the Wales goal.
The Wales squad is thin and many of those who started here have been lightly raced of late but they could have snatched an equaliser when Brennan Johnson hit the crossbar and Rúben Dias denied Lewis Koumas.
The 41-year-old started, as Jorge Jesus said he would, and despite Ronaldo talking of a new era, different tactics and even a different language, alluding to Jesus’s predecessor, Roberto Martínez, this all felt run of the mill.
Jesus knows all about Ronaldo, having spent last season coaching him at Al-Nassr and defended the striker on the eve of this game, describing him as a symbol of Portugal.
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Nuno Mendes, among the Portugal players who passed up chances, moved infield and located João Félix Ben Davies.
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There was a comic-strip feel to another eventful evening in the world of Cristiano Ronaldo. The referee, Donatas Rumsas, hurried him off the pitch but Ronaldo, his hair glazed copper, was ruminating on a series of missed chances, a sitter from a few yards at the start of the second half, and a disallowed goal.
In the end, Portugal earned a narrow Nations League victory courtesy of another Al-Nassr forward, João Félix’s first-half strike from the edge of the box beating Danny Ward in the Wales goal. Nuno Mendes, among the Portugal players who passed up chances, moved infield and located João Félix Ben Davies. The Wales squad is thin and many of those who started here have been lightly raced of late but they could have snatched an equaliser when Brennan Johnson hit the crossbar and Rúben Dias denied Lewis Koumas.
All eyes were on Ronaldo, back playing in Lisbon for the first time since last October, at the José Alvalade Stadium where he made his name as a teenager. The 41-year-old started, as Jorge Jesus said he would, and despite Ronaldo talking of a new era, different tactics and even a different language, alluding to Jesus’s predecessor, Roberto Martínez, this all felt run of the mill. Rúben Neves, another player stationed in Saudi, replacing João Neves in Portugal’s three-man midfield was the only change from their World Cup last-16 exit to Spain in Dallas.
Jesus knows all about Ronaldo, having spent last season coaching him at Al-Nassr and defended the striker on the eve of this game, describing him as a symbol of Portugal.
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