Undoubtedly the Portugal-Sweden tonight was overshadowed by the news of Cristiano Ronaldo's positive for coronavirus. The Portuguese star will be the great absence of the Portuguese team, who want to take advantage of the bottom's visit to reaffirm their leadership. The loss of CR7, in addition, opens the doors of ownership to Barça Trincao.
After three games played, Portugal leads Group 3 with 7 points, the same as France, with whom they tied last Sunday (0-0). The greater goal difference allows the ‘Quinas’ to rule their group and today they hope to reaffirm themselves taking advantage of the bad moment in Sweden.
The Nordic team does not raise its head in this Nations League. They lost to France and Portugal at home and also to Croatia away, so they close the group with no points to their credit. The lack of aim is undoubtedly one of the great shortcomings of the Swedish team, which has only been able to score one goal in three games. The positive part is that his black beast, Cristiano Ronaldo, will not play this match. A double by CR7 decided the match played in Solna at the beginning of September, but without their top star Portugal hopes to improve their latest performances.
The goalless draws against Spain (friendly) and France reveal the strength of the team led by Fernando Santos, built so that Cristiano and Joao Félix can make a difference in attack. If there is no success in front of the goal, the Portuguese is shown as a rocky team and that gives little to the rival. In the absence of Fonte (Covid), Pepe (37 years old) is commanding the fierce Portuguese defense with a thousand wonders.