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Portugal managed to win an important point in the first round of the League of Nations. They have visited the favorite in the group Spain. The two teams exchanged one goal after the Spaniards took the lead through Alvaro Morata in the 25th minute, and the goal of the Portuguese fell eight minutes before the end, and its author was the substitute Ricardo Orta.

The second opponent of Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates will be Switzerland, which after the end of the first round takes the last place in the group. The Crusaders lost their match away against the Czech Republic. The first half of their match ended with a score of 1: 1 after goals from Kukhta and Okafor. In the 58th minute, Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Jibril Sow scored an own goal, which brought three points for the Czechs.

The last clash between Portugal and Switzerland was in the first edition of the League of Nations tournament. The two national teams played a semi-final, which was won by the Portuguese. A few days later, Portugal became the first national team to triumph with the tournament cup after beating the Netherlands 1-0 in the final. Valencia striker Gonzalo Gedes scored the only goal then.

In the current century, before the final in 2019, the upcoming opponents have three more battles with each other. The first of them in 2008 was won by the Crusaders with 2: 0, and eight later again with the same result they prevailed over their opponent in the world qualifiers. However, their only match on Portuguese soil, the upcoming hosts won 2-0.

For the last almost two years, the Portuguese national team has suffered only one defeat when playing in its homeland. It was in November last year, when he lost to Serbia 1-2, although he took the lead. Since then, the Portuguese have played two home games, both of which have been won by them. The first with 3: 1 over Turkey, and the second with 2: 0 over Northern Macedonia.

Historically, Switzerland has won only one visit to Portugal, but more than 53 years ago. In the 21st century, the Crusaders have only one visit to their upcoming opponent, which was in 2017 and ended in a 0-0 loss. I believe that Portugal will still be able to deal with Switzerland and that will not allow Spain to pull ahead of them in the standings.