Early morning October 13 (Vietnam time), the Portuguese team will visit the Polish team in the third match of Group A1 League A of the UEFA Nations League 2024-2025. An interesting confrontation between Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Although playing in Warsaw, the Portuguese team looked more like the home team, controlling the ball up to 63%. Both teams started the match excitedly with the goal of finding an early goal, but only Ronaldo came closest to that, when his shot hit the crossbar from a distance of more than 6m after 10 minutes of play.
The first person to succeed with the opening goal was Bernardo Silva in the 26th minute, after an assist from Bruno Fernandes.
In the 37th minute, Ronaldo put his name on the scoreboard, but the credit went to Rafael Leao, who dribbled well but his shot hit the post and bounced out, creating conditions for the 39-year-old veteran to easily score.
In the 78th minute, Piotr Zieliński reduced the score for the home team - when Ronaldo left the field in the 63rd minute, but Jan Bednarek's own goal in the 88th minute sealed a 3-1 victory for Portugal.
Coach Roberto Martinez's team won all 3 matches to firmly hold the top spot in the table.
In second place is Croatia (6 points), the team continued to be inspired by Luka Modric - 39 years old and Ronaldo's former teammate at Real Madrid, to come from behind to beat Scotland 2-1.
Poland ranked 3rd, with 3 points.
As for Ronaldo, he scored his 906th career goal, also his 132nd goal for the national team.
At international level, the Al Nassr club striker's goal tally is superior to that of his closest pursuers.
If not counting goals from the 11m mark, Ronaldo still has 112 goals, if not counting goals in friendly matches, he has 110 goals - more than 109 goals scored by Lionel Messi (Argentina) and 108 goals scored by Ali Daie (Iran) on all fronts.
