{"id":6463,"date":"2025-06-09T02:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=6463"},"modified":"2025-06-09T02:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:05:58","slug":"portugal-vs-spain-highlights-and-report-selecao-create-nations-league-history-with-shoot-out-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=6463","title":{"rendered":"Portugal vs Spain highlights and report: Sele\u00e7\u00e3o create Nations League history with shoot-out success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portugal won their second Nations League final after beating Iberian neighbours Spain 5-3 on penalties following a 2-2 draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Portugal vs Spain 2-2 (PEN 5-3) - Highlights &amp; All Goals - Nations League Final 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GiF5TAdcKIY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Final highlights: Portugal 2-2 Spain (5-3 pens)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portugal became the first team to win the UEFA Nations League on two occasions after\u00a0beating Spain 5-3 on penalties following a 2-2 draw in the final\u00a0at the Munich Football Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Match in brief: Portugal come back twice then hold nerve in shoot-out<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both teams were involved in entertaining and pulsating semi-finals and this decider simply picked up where those left off. Jo\u00e3o Neves went close for Portugal early on while Pedri and Nico Williams narrowly missed the target in a captivating opening 20 minutes. An opening goal felt inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-447.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-447.png 988w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-447-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-447-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Martin Zubimendi wheels away after scoring the opening goal for Spain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was Spain who made the breakthrough, Martin Zubimendi tapping in after Roberto Mart\u00ednez&#8217;s men twice failed to adequately clear a teasing Lamine Yamal cross. The 17-year-old Yamal had been well shackled in a fascinating duel with Nuno Mendes to that point and the Portugal full-back responded with a brilliant equaliser. Receiving Pedro Neto&#8217;s pass 20 metres out, Nuno Mendes surged away from Oscar Mingueza and drilled his finish across Unai Sim\u00f3n for his first international goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-448.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-448.png 988w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-448-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-448-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Nuno Mendes celebrates equalising quickly for Portugal<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luis de la Fuente&#8217;s side were unruffled and responded on the stroke of half-time in a way befitting of a team unbeaten in 24 competitive matches. This time Pedri was the architect, advancing menacingly before playing a perfectly-weighted through ball that Mikel Oyarzabal expertly clipped past the onrushing Diogo Costa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-449.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-449.png 988w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-449-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-449-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mikel Oyarzabal takes the acclaim after making it 2-1 to Spain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The half-time introductions of R\u00faben Neves and N\u00e9lson Semedo solidified the Sele\u00e7\u00e3o and they drew level again through Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s eighth strike of this Nations League campaign. Nuno Mendes was at the heart of the action once more, darting past Yamal before his deflected cross found Ronaldo, who held off Marc Cucurella to volley in from close range \u2013 his\u00a0138th international goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-450.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-450.png 988w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-450-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-450-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cristiano Ronaldo all smiles after hauling Portugal level again<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portugal&#8217;s all-time top scorer limped off towards the end of normal time but they then created the first serious opening of extra time when N\u00e9lson Semedo scuffed wide. The Sele\u00e7\u00e3o&#8217;s tails were up, with substitute Rafael Le\u00e3o spearheading their pursuit of a winning goal, but Diogo Jota&#8217;s late header over was as close as they came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And so to penalties where the first seven found the net before \u00c1lvaro Morata was thwarted by Diogo Costa, allowing R\u00faben Neves to drive in the decisive spot kick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portugal won their second Nations League final after beating Iberian neighbours Spain 5-3 on penalties following a 2-2 draw. Final highlights: Portugal 2-2 Spain (5-3 pens) Portugal became the first team to win the UEFA Nations League on two occasions after\u00a0beating Spain 5-3 on penalties following a 2-2 draw in the final\u00a0at the Munich Football [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[400],"tags":[591,807,909,216,908,801],"class_list":["post-6463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-football","tag-keynews","tag-nations-league","tag-news","tag-portugal","tag-topkeynews-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6470,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6463\/revisions\/6470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}