The Portuguese national team won the European Nations League 2025 title in its favor, after its exciting victory over its Spanish counterpart with a penalty shootout 5-3, after the end of the match with a positive tie 2-2 in the original and additional time. The meeting, which was hosted by the “Allianz Arena” stadium in the German city of Munich, witnessed a great club, and wrote a new chapter of historical competition between the two teams.
The first fiery run
The two teams entered the final confrontation with equal aspirations to achieve the second title in their history, with a relative advantage for Spain, which carried the title of the previous version in 2023. The start came fast, as Martin Zobimi opened the scoring for “La Roja” in the 21st minute, after an elaborate passing inside the penalty area.
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The first goal
But Portugal’s response was not late, as the amendment came through Nuno Mendes in the 26th minute with an individual effort in which the Spanish defense penetrated and hit a strong ball that inhabited the net. Spain returned to advance again before the end of the first half, after Michael Ouarzabal took advantage of defensive confusion and scored the second goal in the 45th minute.
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The second goal
Ronaldo equals and leaves injured
In the second half, the Portuguese national team rose up and its legend Cristiano Ronaldo managed to draw in the 61st minute, taking advantage of a fatal gag from the Spanish defense, to put the ball in the goal and return the match to the starting point. However, the injury forced him to leave the stadium later, which caused the fans’ concern.
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Third goal
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The fourth goal
Despite the mutual attempts, the original time ended in a draw, and two additional runs were used that did not carry a new result, to be governed by a penalty shootout.
Decision kicks
In the penalty kicks series, Alvaro Morata wasted the fifth kick of Spain in front of the Dugo Costa brilliance, and Robin Neves managed to score the fifth kick of Portugal, ending the meeting with a score of 5-3 in favor of “Brazil Europe”, amid noisy celebrations.
Heroic performance on the road to the final
The Portugal road was not furnished with flowers, as it qualified for the final after a dramatic crossing of Germany in the semi -finals, and before that it survived the exclusion by Denmark thanks to a late goal from Francisco Trinkao in the quarter -finals.
As for Spain, it reached the final after Marathon’s victory over France 5-4, in a match that witnessed the brilliance of the rising star Lamine Yamal, who scored two goals. Despite his good appearance in the final, Yamal was unable to give his country the second title.
The formation of the two teams
The Portuguese national team entered the following formation:
Goalkeeping: Costa
Defense: Joao Neves, Diaz, Inacio, Mendes
Center: Bruno Fernandez, Vitenia, Bernardo Silva
Attack: Cristiano Ronaldo, Consisao, Pedro Nito
As for the Spain national team, it included in its formation:
Goalkeeping: Unai Simon
Defense: Mingwiza, Lee Normand, Hoisen, Cocorella
Al -Wasat: Zobimi, Fabian Ruiz, Bidri
Attack: Oarzabal, Niko Williams, Lamamin Yamal
