Ronaldo scores a super goal to help Portugal reach the Nations League quarter-finals

Early morning of November 16, the next round of matches of the UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 took place. The most anticipated match was the match between Portugal and Poland in Group A1.

Before this match, Portugal only needed 1 more point to qualify for the quarter-finals while Poland had to win.

With home field advantage and a quality attack, the Portuguese players quickly rushed to attack.

However, Ronaldo and his teammates encountered a solid Polish defense, and the chances of CR7 and the Portuguese strikers were very few.

Meanwhile, Poland played defensive counter-attacks but always caused difficulties for the home team's "patchwork" defense (missing the injured Ruben Dias). With luck, the Polish players could have scored in the 37th minute after Piatek's shot. The first half ended with a score of 0-0.

In the second half, coach Roberto Martinez made a personnel adjustment when he sent midfielder Vitinha onto the field. This helped the Portuguese players improve their game and the opening goal came in the 59th minute. Nuno Mendes sent a chip for Rafael Leao to head into the Polish net.

With the lead, Portugal played much more freely and the gap between the two teams was doubled in the 72nd minute. In an attack by the home team, Dalot's shot hit the hand of a Kiwior defender in the Polish penalty area. The referee awarded the home team a penalty and Ronaldo easily increased the score to 2-0.

After that, the Portuguese players completely dominated and scored consecutive goals. In the 80th minute, Bruno Fernandes dribbled the ball and unleashed a thunderous long-range shot that "burned" the Polish net, raising the score to 3-0.

3 minutes later, Ronaldo assisted Pedro Neto to shoot from a narrow angle into the top of goalkeeper Bułka's net, increasing the gap to 4 goals.

In the final minutes, goals kept coming for both sides. In the 87th minute, Ronaldo performed a beautiful "bicycle kick", helping Portugal lead 5-0. 1 minute later, Marczuk shot from long range into the Portuguese net, reducing the score to 1-5.

A resounding 5-1 victory helped the Portuguese players officially qualify for the quarter-finals of the Nations League 2024/2025 with the top position in Group A1.

Thus, up to now, the 5 teams entering the quarter-finals of the Nations League 2024/2025 have been determined to be Portugal, Spain, Germany, France and Italy.