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Portugal had few difficulties beating Qatar 3-0 in an international friendly at Estádio do Algarve. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 37th minute with second half goals to José Fonte and André Silva wrapping it up.
Fernando Santos handed senior Seleção debuts to Diogo Costa, Matheus Nunes and Rafael Leão, full-back Diogo Dalot producing a man of the match performance. PortuGOAL's Matthew Marshall reports from the Algarve.
Portugal showed Liechtenstein no mercy in the 2023 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifiers, dishing out a record breaking 11-0 thrashing at Estádio Do Vizela.
The game was over at half-time with the Esperanças establishing a 9-0 lead, the second half unable to match the ferociousness of the opening 45 minutes as substitutions stifled their rhythm.
Fernando Santos has announced the Portugal squad for the upcoming matches against Qatar (friendly) and Luxembourg (World Cup qualifier).
The main news is the debut call-up of Sporting midfielder Matheus Nunes.
Also worthy of note are recalls for William Carvalho and Diogo Dalot.
Portugal returned to action with three straight wins which sees the Seleção pull two points clear of Serbia in Group A of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. A late Ronaldo double clinched a 2-1 win against Republic of Ireland, Qatar were beaten 3-1 in a friendly before a one sided 3-0 win in Azerbaijan.
Before we turn our attentions back to club football, PortuGOAL looks at some talking points from our assessment of Portugal’s performances during the international break.
Azerbaijan 0-3 Portugal
Portugal made light work of beating Azerbaijan in their latest World Cup qualifier in a wet Baku this afternoon. Two quickfire first-half goals by Bernardo Silva and André Silva put Portugal in charge.
The second half was even more one-sided, with Portugal creating a host of chances to increase their lead and Diogo Jota finally ending his recent barren run with another headed goal.
