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· collected 2026-10-05 · by Ciarán Fahey The Associated Press
Gonçalo Ramos helped Portugal secure another victory in the Nations League without Cristiano Ronaldo, scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 win over Norway that keeps Portugal undefeated with four wins. Meanwhile, Greece held Germany to a scoreless draw despite Germany's dominance in possession and chances, leaving Jürgen Klopp’s team struggling with just one win from four games.
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Story summary
On Sunday, October 4, Portugal faced Norway in a UEFA Nations League Group A4 match at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto, Portugal. The game started without Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who had abruptly left the team's camp following his exclusion from previous matches. Despite this setback, Portugal secured a 2-1 victory over Norway, with goals scored by Gonçalo Ramos and João Cancelo. Francisco Conceição was sent off in the final minutes for two yellow cards, but Portugal held on to win and clinch their spot in the Nations League quarterfinals. The match also saw an impressive goal from Kristoffer Ajer of Norway early in the second half.
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Gonçalo Ramos is helping Portugal to forget all about Cristiano Ronaldo, while Greece took more points off Jürgen Klopp and Germany in the Nations League.
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Greece → help → League
Ramos fired Portugal to a 2-1 win over Norway on Sunday to keep the Portuguese perfect in Group A4 with four wins – enough to book their place in the quarterfinals.
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Ramos → fire → quarterfinals
Ronaldo was involved in Portugal’s opening Nations League game, where he was replaced by Ramos in a 1-0 win over Wales, and hasn’t played since.
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he → involve → Wales
The veteran left the squad after watching the second game from the substitutes’ bench – a 2-1 win in Norway – and Portugal showed no ill effects from his departure with a 4-2 win in Denmark and the latest 2-1 win over Norway.
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Portugal → leave → Norway
Kristoffer Ajer opened the scoring Sunday with a brilliant half volley inside the far corner from the edge of the penalty area after taking down Martin Ødegaard’s free kick to set up the shot in the 36th minute.
A seemingly inspired João Cancelo responded in similar fashion at the other end two minutes later.
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Cancelo → open → end
Ramos got the winner from close range in the 79th after a move involving Vitinha and João Félix, and Portugal survived Francisco Conceição’s late sending off with his second yellow card.
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Portugal → get → card
Erling Haaland failed to score for the second consecutive game, and was substituted in the 67th minute.
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Haaland → fail → minute
He has 65 goals in 59 appearances.
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He → have → appearances
A late penalty from Rasmus Højlund was enough for Denmark to beat Wales 1-0 in the other group game.
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Denmark → beat → game
The Danes are second in Group A4 after two wins, while Wales and Norway have a win each.
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Wales → have → win
Greece blunts Germany’s attack
Greece, which celebrated its first win over Germany last week, almost did it again.
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which → blunt → it
Ivan Jovanović’s team held Klopp’s side 0-0 in Thessaloniki.
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team → hold → Thessaloniki
Germany dominated with more possession, more passes and more goal chances, but neither team could score.
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team → dominate → possession
Klopp tried reinvigorating his attack with Nick Woltemade and Cologne star Said El Mala for Jonathan Burkardt and Lennart Karl for the last half hour, but Georgios Masouras had the best chance late for the hosts.
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Masouras → try → hosts
Of Klopp’s four games in charge, Germany has only won one.
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Germany → win → one
Joshua Zirkzee fired the Netherlands to a 2-1 win at home over Serbia in the other Group A2 game.
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Zirkzee → fire → game
The Netherlands and Greece both have eight points, followed by Germany on five and Serbia with none.
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Netherlands → have → none
Ireland and Israel complete contentious games
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Ireland → complete → games
Both teams wore black armbands as Ireland and Israel drew 1-1 in a bad-tempered match in Backa Topola, Serbia.
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Ireland → wear → Topola
The Ireland players again bowed their heads during the playing of the Israel national anthem, just as they had in their first game last week to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza.
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they → bow → Gaza
The Football Association of Ireland resisted pressure to boycott both games, leaving the players to bear the brunt of it at home where people have a strong affinity with Palestinians.
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people → resist → Palestinians
The Irish players ultimately took a vote to fulfill the fixtures.
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players → take → fixtures
The Israel players wore black armbands for those killed in the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
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players → wear → Oct.
Kosovo and Austria drew 1-1 in the other Group B3 game.
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Kosovo → draw → game
Also, Azerbaijan defeated Lithuania 1-0, and Malta enjoyed a 1-0 win over Andorra.
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Malta → defeat → Andorra
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