Cristiano Ronaldo was held scoreless and Portugal misplaced its good document within the Nations League after a 0-0 draw at Scotland on Tuesday.
Portugal had received its first three matches within the competitors however could not discover a breakthrough in opposition to the Scots at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
Ronaldo, sitting on 133 worldwide targets, had a couple of good probabilities to interrupt the impasse. He appeared upset with the referee after the sport ended, leaving the sphere with a sarcastic applause, waving his arms and with thumbs down.
Portugal had overwhelmed Croatia, Scotland and Poland in Group A1, which it nonetheless leads with 10 factors, three greater than Croatia and 6 greater than Poland.
Final-place Scotland stayed on one level. It got here into the match on a nine-match winless streak and had misplaced 4 video games in a row.
“There was so much lacking for Portugal tonight,” midfielder Bernardo Silva stated. “We lacked depth, did not assault on the proper moments. We depart right here pissed off.”
The highest two nations in every group will advance to the knockout stage.
Spain into quarterfinals
Álvaro Morata scored about 10 minutes after lacking a penalty kick as Spain comfortably defeated Serbia 3-0 to safe a spot within the quarterfinals after its third consecutive victory within the Nations League.
Morata despatched his penalty over the crossbar within the 54th, then discovered the online for Spain’s second purpose within the sixty fifth on the Nuevo Arcangel stadium in Cordoba.
“I missed a penalty however ended up scoring,” Morata stated. “We’re within the knockout levels once more. It appears simple however it’s not, we have to give worth to our achievements.”
Aymeric Laporte had opened the scoring 5 minutes into the match for Spain, the defending champion which opened with a 0-0 draw at Serbia after which beat Switzerland and Denmark in Group A4.
Spain leads the group with 10 factors, three greater than Denmark, which drew 2-2 at last-place Switzerland.
Serbia was third with 4 factors from the draw in opposition to Spain and a win over Switzerland, which stays winless.
Serbia performed a person down from the 76th after Strahinja Pavlovic was despatched off for a sliding deal with on an opponent. Álex Baena scored Spain’s third purpose from the following free kick.
5-goal first half
Croatia scored thrice within the first 26 minutes of a primary half in opposition to Poland that featured a complete of 5 targets.
The Croatians led 3-2 going into the break in a recreation that led to a 3-3 attract Poland in Group A1.
Piotr Zielinski opened the scoring for Poland 5 minutes into the match earlier than the guests took command with targets from Borna Sosa within the nineteenth, Petar Sucic within the twenty fourth and Martin Baturina within the twenty sixth. Nicola Zalewski introduced Poland nearer within the forty fifth and Szymanski leveled the match within the 68th.
Croatia noticed goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic despatched off within the 76th for an unpleasant foul on Poland striker Robert Lewandowski exterior the penalty space. Livakovic kicked the ball clear however stored his foot excessive throughout the follow-through and hit Lewandowski just under the knee on his standing leg.
Croatia was in second place within the group with seven factors, three lower than Portugal.
Poland was third with 4 factors, three greater than Scotland.
Different outcomes
Kosovo beat visiting Cyprus 3-0 in League C, whereas Romania received 2-1 at Lithuania and Belarus drew 1-1 with Luxembourg at dwelling.
Northern Eire routed Bulgaria 5-0 at dwelling with a hat trick by Isaac Value.