Ronaldo shoots Germany from the Nations League - Drama in Munich!

Ronaldo shoots Germany from the Nations League - Drama in Munich!

Portugal won the first semi-finals of the football nation League against Germany on June 4, 2025 in the Allianz Arena in Munich. The Portuguese national team thus thrown Germany out of the tournament and qualified for the final. The game began with a ten -minute delay on the basis of a storm warning accompanied by a hail shower. Florian Wirtz gave Germany 1-0 in the 48th minute, but the joy did not last long.

almost a quarter of an hour later, in the 63rd minute, Francisco Conceicao equalized for Portugal. Just five minutes after the equalization, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the decisive 2-1. With this goal, the superstar achieved his 137th capacity in 220. Ronaldo has once again demonstrated his influence in important games after having already scored his 900th career goal in another game during the tournament, which underlines the importance of his performance reports sport picture .

The course of the game

Germany, which had problems at the beginning and had to take many ball losses, had come into play better after Wirtz 'leadership. However, the gate fell from a questionable situation, since Nick Woltemade, who made his debut in the starting eleven, possibly stood out in the offside reports Sportschau . Portugal protested, but the referee monitored the situation and decided to give the goal.

After the compensation of Conceicao, who overcome Robin Gosens and hit the net, Ronaldo was in the right place to score the decisive goal. Germany still had chances in the final phase, including a shot from Karim Adeyemi who hit the outside post, but it shouldn't be. The German goalkeeper Marc-André Ter prevented more goals with several parades and held the team in the game until the end.

a network of talent and experience

Germany must now question itself, especially from a perspective that coach Julian Nagelsmann had chosen an unusual line -up. Unusual decisions were made with Robin Koch as a central defender and Aleksandar Pavlovic in defensive midfield. After the game, Nagelsmann expressed that the line -up had not achieved the hoped -for effect. Germany is leaving the Nations League and will take place next Sunday in the game for third place against the loser of the second semi -final between Spain and France.

for Portugal, under the direction of coach Roberto Martinez, the victory is another step in a successful direction. With 21 wins from 29 games, the team has now reached the final and can hope for the first title in this edition of the Nations League.