Trincao fuels Ronaldo’s blush, Spain and France win gunfight

Francisco Trincao spared Cristiano Ronaldo’s blush, Portugal set up a national league semi-final in Germany, thanks to Denmark’s 5-2 victory over Denmark.

Portugal trailed 1-0 from the first leg and missed the early chance of gilding when Ronaldo saw the tame sixth minute free throw savings.

Before the half, the host made seven minutes for Joachim Andersen’s own goal seven minutes before, just allowing Denmark to win the distance through Rasmus Kristensen in the 56th minute.

Ronaldo won the goal after Bruno Fernandes’ appearance 16 minutes later, but Christian Eriksen’s quick response seemed to send Denmark to the last four.

But when the alternative Trincao lashes home from the box after Denmark failed to defend the harmless cross four minutes after normal time, he began his rescue. After Kasper Schmeichel was unable to cope with Goncalo Ramos’ efforts, the sports center man was the fastest reaction for a minute.

𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗔̃𝗢. 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢. 🤩#Fazhistória | #NationSleague pic.twitter.com/snzd7v8uy0

– Portugal (@selecaoportugal) March 23, 2025

His left foot finish eventually gave Portugal a lead in the tie, with Ramos having five minutes left to secure the progress.

Meanwhile, Germany survived the incredible second leg with Italy in the second half, where they benefited from Azzurri’s loss of concentration.

Germany led 2-1 from San Siro but eventually stuck to avoid the extra time after Dortmund’s fanatical 3-3 draw.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and his teammates were even more worried about their argument after Joshua Kimmich gave the masters the lead from the scene, and then after reaching out to the corner of Jamal Musiala, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and his teammates were even more worried about their arguments after Italy lacked incredible focus.

Tim Kleindiest got a close header from the top Kimmich cross before halftime, but Moise Kean gave Italian Hope the second half double.

The drama was late as Maximilian Mittelstadt was ruled to have been processed in the area after a VAR check, but Italy could not find a quarter to force the extra time.

Spain and France competed in a gunfight

Spain beat France from the 2024 European Cup semi-finals, but Les Bleus will have a chance to take a small revenge after winning the penalty shootout to reach its final four games.

European champion Spain won after another fascinating encounter with the Netherlands, which kept it late in the first leg with a score of 2-2.

Mikel Oyarzabal’s eighth minute free throw put La Roja in the front, but Memphis Depay canceled the effort in a nine-minute second half.

13 minutes later, Oyarzabal returned to Spain’s lead, the real social star who was eliminated after his initial effort after a brilliant match for Nico Williams of Sports Bilbao.

How will we deal with these two?#vamosespaña | #NationSleague pic.twitter.com/blyapmecne

– Spanish Football (@spainisfootball) March 23, 2025

Ian Maatsen slammed the upper right corner, doubled his efforts again and imposed an extra time, but he was beaten by Lamine Yamal, who showed incredible control to collect the ball on the right and cut into Bart Verbruggen to surpass Bart Verbruggen.

Xavi Simons sent a second Dutch free throw to a gunfight after being knocked down by Spanish goalkeeper Unai Simon, in which the missed Noa Lang and Donyell Malen destined Oranje.

Spain overcomes Yamal’s mistakes and Pedri switches a decisive fine after Mullen’s failure.

France’s victory wasn’t that confusing, with Didier Deschamps’ man knocking out a 2-0 first-leg deficit with a draw from Croatia with goals from Michael Olise and Ousmane Dembele.

Both sides missed two of their first five fines in the gunfight, but Dayot Upamecano won the French title after Josip Stanicic was rejected by Mike Maignan.