Luxembourg 1-3 Portugal: summary, results and goals | Qatar 2022 World Cup qualification

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Arrived on time Portugal to get out of the mess he had gotten into. Luxembourg, which already warned with a surprise triumph before Republic of Ireland, confirmed that his ascension of level in the soccer planet is not a mirage. A selection, that of Holtz, orderly, aware of its strengths and limitations and pragmatic to the core.

He unhinged the Portuguese in the first part. Not only did he not suffer before a Portugal and Christian hungry, if not that it took more danger and ended up hitting the net of the goal of Anthony Lopes thanks to a neat header from Gerson Rodrigues, who did not remove his cape after his heroics in Dublin. He was about to go out the front door with the second, but Fonte avoided him.

But Portugal, who saw how João Felix he left injured ankle, he also has his hero. Diogo Jota, who made a double against Serbia, found the squad of You die, until that moment insurmountable. That's where the game was overturned. Showed up Christian, that even in stand by, is decisive, to score the tie and get closer to six of Ali daei. There was still rope left to Luxembourg, but not enough to surprise again. So Palhinha, in his first scorer with the seleçao, he ended the clash and put things in their place.