The second round of the League of Nations starts amid the spectacle/ Spain and Portugal triumph, Modric becomes the hero in Croatia

2024-09-09 09:27:00, Sport CNA

The second round of the League of Nations starts amid the spectacle/ Spain and

Photo from the Switzerland-Spain match. Source: Flascore

The second round of the League of Nations started amid the spectacle, with the big ones doing the job.

Spain played for more than 70 minutes with ten men, but still managed to triumph with poker against Switzerland.

The meeting played in the "Stade de Geneve" ended with the 1-4 victory of the "red fury", which started the series of goals with Joselu in the 4th minute, while just nine minutes later Fabian Ruiz doubled the team's advantage his.

It was the 20th minute when Le Normand was punished with a red card and left his team in numerical inferiority, which was best exploited by Switzerland, who reopened the challenge with Amdouni in the 41st minute.

However, the Spaniards continued their attacks and in the 77th minute Ruiz scored his second personal goal and the third for his team, while Torres sealed the result with the goal scored in the 80th minute.

1-4 and Switzerland is ranked last in group A4 with zero points, while Spain is positioned in second place with four points.

On the other hand, Portugal overturns Scotland and maintains the positive progress in the League of Nations.

The meeting played at "Estadio da Luz" ended with the result 2-1, while it was the Scots who found the way to the net first, with McTominay unlocking the challenge in the 7th minute.

It took 54 minutes for Bruno Fernandes, assisted by Leao, to equalize for Portugal, celebrating his 30th birthday in the best possible way.

While Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal for his team in the 88th minute.

2-1 and Portugal lead Group A1 with six points, while Scotland are fourth with zero points.

In the next match, Luka Modric continues to be the hero for Croatia, giving them a 1-0 victory over Poland.

The 39-year-old scored the only goal of this match in the 52nd minute and gave the victory to the Croatia team, while on the other hand Lewandowski did not manage to do the same for Poland.

After this meeting, Croatia is in second place with three points, while Poland is in third place with three points./ CNA