Nations League roundup: Trincão and Ronaldo fire Portugal into semi-finals
- Substitute Trincão’s double set ups Germany tie
- Spain and France to meet after both win on penalties
Francisco Trincão came off the bench to score twice and Cristiano Ronaldo also found the net as Portugal defeated Denmark 5-2 after extra time for a 5-3 aggregate victory that sent them through to the Nations League semi-finals, where they will face Germany.
With the Danes leading the tie 1-0 thanks to Rasmus Højlund’s goal in Thursday’s first leg in Copenhagen, Ronaldo won and then missed an early penalty before Portugal took the lead on the night in the 38th minute thanks to an own goal from the Denmark and Fulham defender Joachim Andersen.
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