Yesterday 26th March 2018 powerful
friendly match between European football giants, Portugal and Holland was a
crowd puller for all football fans around the world. Former Manchester United
winger Memphis Depay and ex-Liverpool forward Ryan Babel put the Dutch 2-0
ahead at the 11th and 32nd minutes of the first half of
the game. Liverpool’s giant defender Virgil van Dijk,
recently named as the new Dutch captain, netted their third goal at the 45th
plus just after Joao Cancelo was dismissed for Portugal with a red card in the
second half.This game brought to an end Real Madrid’s forward Cristiano
Ronaldo's run of scoring in nine consecutive games. It is to be remembered that the Portugal captain was replaced during the game by Monaco's Joao Moutinho at the 68th minute. Also, Ronaldo has scored 17 goals for Real and two for Portugal.
Furthermore, we remember that Portugal is in
Group B for the Russian World Cup this year alongside Spain, Morocco and Iran,
but the Netherlands loosing against England by 1-0 under Ronald Koeman's first
game in charge, failed to qualify for the Russian jamboree. Would the failure
of Portugal to score even a goal during yesterday’s friendly game a sign of
more unfortunate World Cup expeditions? Well we can only wait and see. We all
wish them well come June 2018.
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