European champions Portugal made light of Cristiano Ronaldo's absence when they swept aside Croatia with a 4-1 win in their opening Nations League match. Diogo Jota and Joao Felix added two more in the second half before Bruno Petkovic pulled one back in stoppage time and Andre Silva added a fourth with the last kick of the game.
2020/2021 UEFA Nations League
4-1
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
9' CLOSE! Bruno Fernandes' long shot saved
22' OFF THE POST! Felix nearly scores for Portugal
25' Livakovic makes brilliant double-save
41' GOAL! Portugal 1-0 Croatia (Cancelo)
54' CLOSE! Bruno Fernandes' free-kick over the bar
58' GOAL! Portugal 2-0 Croatia (Jota)
60' Yellow Card! Jedvaj booked
70' GOAL! Portugal 3-0 Croatia (Felix)
91' GOAL! Portugal 3-1 Croatia (Petkovic)
Line-ups
Portugal XI: Pepe, Moutinho, Anthony Lopes, Danilo Pereira, Cancelo, Guerreiro, Bruno Fernandes, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Jota, Felix
Subs: Fonte, Patricio, Sérgio Oliveira, Mario Rui, Andre Silva, Andre Gomes, Rui Silva, Semedo, Guedes, Neves, Duarte, Trincão
Croatia XI: D. Vida, Lovren, Kramaric, Kovacic, Rebic, D. Livaković, Pasalic, T. Jedvaj, B. Barišić, Vlasic, Brekalo
Subs: Perisic, Budimir, Badelj, Vrsaljko, M. Škorić, Brozovic, S. Sluga, A. Čolak, Caleta-Car, D. Melnjak, I. Grbić, Petkovic