{"id":4478,"date":"2026-11-15T16:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T11:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4478"},"modified":"2026-11-15T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T11:03:48","slug":"denmark-thrash-portugal-4-1-on-night-of-ronaldo-tributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4478","title":{"rendered":"Denmark thrash Portugal 4-1 on night of Ronaldo tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Portugal\u2019s first match since Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s international retirement<\/u><\/a> ended in a crushing 4-1 home defeat by Denmark in the Nations League on Saturday, with Rasmus Hojlund scoring twice as a night of tributes in Braga turned \u200bsour for Jorge Jesus and his players.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Norway beat Wales 3-1 in Oslo in the other League A Group \u200cFour match, with Antonio Nusa and Andreas Schjelderup scoring before Erling Haaland\u2019s late penalty sealed victory.<\/p>\n

Portugal remain top on 12 points, three ahead of Denmark, with Norway third on six and Wales bottom on three.<\/p>\n

One round of league-phase matches remains, with Wales hosting Portugal and Denmark at home \u200bto Norway on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In front of a packed stadium, Portugal\u2019s players wore shirts bearing Ronaldo\u2019s name and number seven \u200bduring the national anthem.<\/p>\n

Supporters unfurled a banner reading \u201cObrigado, capi7\u00e3o\u201d \u2014 \u201cThank you, captain\u201d \u2014 alongside images of him lifting the \u2060European Championship and Nations League trophies.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo announced<\/u><\/a> his international retirement on social media last week following a public falling-out<\/u><\/a> with manager Jesus.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Denmark run riot<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Portugal dominated much of the first half in pouring rain but fell behind shortly before halftime.<\/p>\n

Hojlund had a header ruled out \u200bfor a foul by Joachim Andersen in the build-up before another aerial effort struck Ruben Dias\u2019 hand.<\/p>\n

Following a VAR intervention and pitchside review, the referee awarded a penalty which Denmark captain Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg drove into the top-right corner shortly before halftime.<\/p>\n

Hojlund doubled Denmark\u2019s advantage five minutes after the interval, slipping \u200bbehind the defence to meet a cross from the right with a powerful volley.<\/p>\n

The striker scored again seven minutes later, cutting \u200binside Renato Veiga on a counter-attack before firing a right-footed shot past Diogo Costa from the edge of the box.<\/p>\n

Andersen completed the rout in \u200cthe \u206075th minute, rising to power home a towering header from inside the area after Mathias Jensen delivered a free kick from the right.<\/p>\n

Bernardo Silva scored a consolation goal for Portugal three minutes into added time, firing home from close range after the goalkeeper parried the ball.<\/p>\n

\u201cPractically everything went wrong for us\u2026 It\u2019s actually hard to find an explanation,\u201c midfielder Joao Palhinha told Portuguese broadcaster Sport \u200bTV.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an unlucky night for \u200bus; we made it far \u2060too easy for our opponents. We\u2019ve got a match on Tuesday, so we\u2019ve got until then to reflect about what happened today. But I have no doubt whatsoever that we\u2019ll bounce back \u200band secure top spot in the group in Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>Norway punish Wales<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After a subdued first half \u200bat Ullevaal Stadion, \u2060Nusa broke the deadlock in the 59th minute with a half-volley from the edge of the area following a partially cleared corner.<\/p>\n

Schjelderup doubled the lead two minutes after coming off the bench. Nusa raced down the left and fed Haaland, who squared for the substitute to \u2060tap into \u200ban empty net at the far post.<\/p>\n

David Brooks gave Wales hope in \u200bthe 79th minute, racing onto a through ball and chipping the advancing goalkeeper despite pressure from a defender.<\/p>\n

But Connor Roberts fouled Schjelderup inside the area six minutes \u200blater, and Haaland converted the resulting penalty in the 88th minute to secure Norway\u2019s win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Portugal\u2019s first match since Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s international retirement ended in a crushing 4-1 home defeat by Denmark in the Nations League on Saturday, with Rasmus Hojlund scoring twice as a night of tributes in Braga turned \u200bsour for Jorge Jesus and his players. Norway beat Wales 3-1 in Oslo in the other League A Group \u200cFour match, with Antonio Nusa and Andreas Schjelderup scoring before Erling Haaland\u2019s late penalty sealed victory. Portugal remain top on 12 points, three ahead of Denmark, with Norway third on six and Wales bottom on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}