UEFA Nations League

Portugal vs Norway, 2026-27 UEFA Nations League, League Phase

· UEFA Nations League
Portugal
  • 38': João Cancelo
  • 79': Gonçalo Ramos
  • Red Card 86': Francisco Conceição
FT
2 - 1
Norway
  • 36': Kristoffer Ajer

Portugal stay perfect without Ronaldo in Nations League in win over Norway

Gonçalo Ramos is helping Portugal to forget all about Cristiano Ronaldo as he fired Portugal to a 2-1 win over Norway on Sunday to keep the Portuguese perfect in Group A4 with four wins from four games.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Delay in match because of an injury Nuno Mendes (Portugal).
  • 5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 7': Corner, Norway. Conceded by Bruno Fernandes.
  • 7': Attempt blocked. Francisco Conceição (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonçalo Ramos.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Vitinha (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Egil Selvik (Norway). Assisted by Francisco Conceição.
  • 10': Foul by Erling Haaland (Norway).
  • 10': Renato Veiga (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': David Møller Wolfe (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by João Cancelo (Portugal).
  • 12': João Cancelo (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 13': Erling Haaland (Norway) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 13': Foul by Rúben Dias (Portugal).
  • 14': Foul by Sander Berge (Norway).
  • 14': João Palhinha (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Antonio Nusa (Norway) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 17': Foul by Francisco Conceição (Portugal).
  • 21': Attempt blocked. João Félix (Portugal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Francisco Conceição with a cross.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Vitinha (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nuno Mendes.
  • 22': Attempt saved. João Cancelo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Egil Selvik (Norway). Assisted by Vitinha with a headed pass.
  • 22': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Egil Selvik.
  • 26': Attempt saved. Antonio Nusa (Norway) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Diogo Costa (Portugal). Assisted by Patrick Berg.
  • 26': Corner, Norway. Conceded by Diogo Costa.
  • 27': Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Norway) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard with a cross.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Patrick Berg (Norway) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Diogo Costa (Portugal). Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
  • 29': Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Portugal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Francisco Conceição.
  • 31': Attempt saved. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Egil Selvik (Norway). Assisted by Vitinha.
  • 32': Attempt saved. Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Egil Selvik (Norway).
  • 32': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Egil Selvik.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Nuno Mendes (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by João Palhinha.
  • 33': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
  • 35': Antonio Nusa (Norway) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 35': Foul by João Cancelo (Portugal).
  • 36': Goal! Portugal 0, Norway 1. Kristoffer Ajer (Norway) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard following a set piece situation.
  • 38': Goal! Portugal 1, Norway 1. João Cancelo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Nuno Mendes.
  • 40': Offside, Norway. Andreas Schjelderup is caught offside.
  • 42': Antonio Nusa (Norway) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 42': Foul by João Cancelo (Portugal).
  • 43': Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Norway) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Leo Østigård.
  • 45': Foul by Patrick Berg (Norway).
  • 45': João Cancelo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Portugal 1, Norway 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Portugal 1, Norway 1.
  • 46': Foul by Erling Haaland (Norway).
  • 46': João Palhinha (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Fredrik Aursnes.
  • 51': Erling Haaland (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by João Palhinha (Portugal).
  • 52': Offside, Norway. Andreas Schjelderup is caught offside.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nuno Mendes.
  • 54': Attempt saved. João Cancelo (Portugal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Egil Selvik (Norway).
  • 54': Offside, Portugal. Francisco Conceição is caught offside.
  • 55': Attempt missed. Francisco Conceição (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by João Cancelo.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Francisco Conceição (Portugal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Dias with a headed pass.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Antonio Nusa (Norway) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Erling Haaland.
  • 57': Corner, Norway. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  • 58': Foul by Antonio Nusa (Norway).
  • 58': Rúben Dias (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Norway) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Patrick Berg.
  • 63': Substitution, Portugal. Diogo Dalot replaces João Cancelo.
  • 63': Substitution, Portugal. Rúben Neves replaces João Palhinha.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Vitinha (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Francisco Conceição.
  • 64': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Patrick Berg.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Renato Veiga (Portugal) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high following a corner.
  • 67': Substitution, Norway. Jørgen Strand Larsen replaces Erling Haaland because of an injury.
  • 68': Foul by Sander Berge (Norway).
  • 68': Nuno Mendes (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Nuno Mendes (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes following a corner.
  • 72': Foul by Sander Berge (Norway).
  • 72': Diogo Dalot (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Rúben Neves (Portugal) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high following a set piece situation.
  • 74': Substitution, Norway. Oscar Bobb replaces Antonio Nusa.
  • 76': Offside, Portugal. Francisco Conceição is caught offside.
  • 79': Goal! Portugal 2, Norway 1. Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Félix.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  • 86': Francisco Conceição (Portugal) is shown the yellow card.
  • 86': Second yellow card to Francisco Conceição (Portugal).
  • 86': Substitution, Portugal. Bernardo Silva replaces Vitinha.
  • 87': Substitution, Norway. Thelo Aasgaard replaces Patrick Berg.
  • 88': Andreas Schjelderup (Norway) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 88': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Portugal).
  • 88': Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Kristoffer Ajer (Norway) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
  • 90'+2': Andreas Schjelderup (Norway) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Rúben Dias (Portugal).
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Portugal. Nuno Tavares replaces João Félix.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Portugal. Trincão replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Norway. Conceded by Rúben Neves.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Andreas Schjelderup (Norway) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Portugal 2, Norway 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Portugal 2, Norway 1.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 8
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
2 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 6
5 Saves 2
41.4 Possession 58.6
9 SHOTS 20
3 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
274 Accurate Passes 433
351 Passes 496
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 3
9 Crosses 11
0.1 Cross % 0.3
58 Long Balls 47
22 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 5
8 Effective Tackles 3
11 Tackles 9
0.7 Tackle % 0.3
1 Interceptions 8
20 Effective Clearances 21
20 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Estádio do Dragão
Location: Porto, Portugal
Attendance: 48,832

UEFA Nations League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Portugal 4 +5 12
2 Denmark 4 0 6
3 Wales 4 -3 3
4 Norway 4 -2 3
Full Standings

Line-Ups

POR Portugal (4-1-3-2)

No. Name
1 Diogo Costa (GK)
13 Renato Veiga
3 Rúben Dias
6 João Palhinha
19 Nuno Mendes
20 João Cancelo Yellow Card
23 Vitinha
8 Bruno Fernandes Yellow Card
14 Francisco Conceição Yellow Card
11 João Félix
9 Gonçalo Ramos
Portugal Substitutes:
Samuel Soares, Nuno Tavares, Rúben Neves, Fábio Silva, Bernardo Silva, João Neves, Rafael Leão, Diogo Dalot, Rui Silva, Francisco Trincão, Tomás Araújo, Pedro Neto.

NOR Norway (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 Egil Selvik (GK)
4 Leo Østigard
3 Kristoffer Ajer
5 David Møller Wolfe
7 Fredrik Aursnes
10 Martin Ødegaard
6 Patrick Berg
8 Sander Berge
9 Erling Haaland
20 Antonio Nusa
21 Andreas Schjelderup
Norway Substitutes:
Jørgen Strand Larsen, Sondre Langas, Fredrik Sjøvold, Erik Botheim, Oscar Bobb, Sander Tangvik, Marcus Holmgren Pedersen, Ole Didrik Blomberg, Kristian Thorstvedt, Ørjan Nyland, Odin Bjørtuft, Thelo Aasgaard.

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