Portugal overcame Serbia 2-1 in their final Group I Euro 2016 qualifier in Belgrade on Sunday.
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Nani put Portugal into an early lead, Serbia equalised on 65 minutes, but a superb João Moutinho strike kept the impressive winning run going.
Albania had never qualified for a major tournament prior to kick-off in Armenia, but that all changed thanks to a 3-0 win.
Portugal’s Danny, left fights for the ball with Serbia’s Luka…
Aleksandar Mitrovic should have leveled matters for Serbia in the 55th minute when he was teed up by Adem Llajic, but the Newcastle United striker failed to trouble Patricio from 12-yards out. The result means that Portugal has qualified for Euro 2016.
Portugal booked their ticket to Euro 2016 with a 1-0 win over Denmark in Braga on Thursday.
Denmark are now one point ahead of Albania in the group.
There was little difference between the teams throughout the match. Nevertheless, Ronaldo was naturally given the freedom to explore that left side of the pitch he loves so much, and unsurprisingly, it was precisely from there that he was able to create his most unsafe plays…
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Cristiano Ronaldo couldn’t get too much going, but Portugal did get 10 shots on frame, with Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel performing well. Making the most of their chances proved another matter, however, and Tošić’s 65th-minute leveller was all they had to show for their efforts, the No7 lashing the ball into the top corner following an Aleksandar Kolarov cutback. “It was the birthday present that I wanted”, he said in the post-match interview, before recognising that the performance was not the best. Under new coach Fernando Santos, the Portuguese won their following six Group I games.
