The duo of Barcelona Pedri and Lamine Yamal tasted defeat on Sunday evening while Spain was beaten by Portugal in the final of the League of Nations during a penalty shot.
Spain had opened the scoring at 21 minutes by Martin Zubimendi. Careful football ended with Yamal placing the ball in the box, and he finally fell in Zubimenddi to block at close range.
However, Spain celebrations were short -lived while Portugal struck five minutes later. Nuno Mendes accumulated the match with a thin low strike which crossed the goal and at the back of the net.
With the game towards half-time, Spain managed to restore its advance after a big race in front of Pedri. The Barça star led to Portugal and then produced a wonderful ball for Mikel Oyarzabal to pass in front of Diogo Costa and make 2-1.
3 – Pedri González was involved in three goals in his last four games with Spain in all competitions (one goal and two assists), only one less than in his previous 30 international appearances (two goals and two assists). Trust. pic.twitter.com/c0u1uefx50
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Bruno Fernandes then had the ball at the back of the net at the start of the second half, but saw it forbidden for the offside. However, Portugal managed to level up at a time when Cristiano Ronaldo struck the divert cross of Home Nuno Mendes at close range.
The two parties made late changes and went for the victory, Luis de la Fuente taking off Pedri who appreciated another catchy performance for Spain.
Pedri vs Portugal:
65 keys
100% finished passes (52/52)
100% Dribbles completed (1/1)
100% of the soil won (2/2)
5X possession won
7 goes to the last third
4 key passes
1 great chance created
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The Spanish replacement Isco had the best chances of the fence phases when he tested Costa with a curling shot that the goalkeeper switched to the bar while the match ended 2-2 and entered the overtime.
Portugal looked like the most threatening team during the additional period, the replacement Rafa Leao causing all kinds of problems in the left wing, but none of the teams could find a winner, which means that the game went to the sanctions.
A tense shootout followed with Goncalo Ramos, Vitinha, Fernandes and Nuno Mendes all on the target of Portugal. Mikel Merino, Alex Baena and Isco marked their kicks, but the effort of Alvaro Morata was saved, which allowed Ruben Neves to win it for Portugal
