Portugal defeated Spain 5-3 in a penalty shootout in the final of the UEFA Nations League 2025 played in Munich. Cristiano Ronaldo won the third international trophy of his career, before this he won the Euro Cup in 2016 and the Nations League in 2019.
The final of the UEFA Nations League 2025 was played between Portugal and Spain at the Allianz Arena. A thrilling final was played between the two teams. The result of the match came out through penalty shootout. Portugal won the penalty shootout 5-3 against Spain. With this, Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has won the third international trophy in his career.
Ronaldo first won the Euro Cup in 2016. After this, he won the Nations League in 2019 and now in 2025 he has once again won the Nations League title. However, if we talk about Ronaldo’s biggest rival Lionel Messi, then he has won 4 international trophies in his career so far.
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This was the final of Portugal and Spain
The first goal in the final match was scored by Spain. Martin Zubamendi scored the first goal for Spain in the 21st minute. However, this lead of Spain did not last long. Just 5 minutes later, Nuno Mendes scored the equalizer for Portugal. After this, Mikel Oyarzabal scored for Spain in the 45th minute. After this, Portugal made a comeback again in the second half. In the 61st minute, none other than Cristiano Ronaldo himself scored for Portugal.
After this, none of the two teams scored a goal for 90 minutes. Spain’s emerging player Lamin Yamal failed to leave his mark in the title match. After 90 minutes, half an hour of extra time was given, in that too both the teams failed to score a goal. After this, the result was decided in the penalty shootout. Let us tell you that Ronaldo did not participate in the penalty shootout for Portugal, because he was already substituted (in the 88th minute).
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The Portuguese football team has won the Nations League Cup title. In the final played late Sunday night, Portugal defeated Spain 5-3 in a penalty shootout. After the extra time ended, the score was tied at 2-2. Then in the penalty shootout, Portugal scored in all five of its shots, while Spain missed one shot. Portugal’s goalkeeper Diego Costa was the hero. One of his saves won Portugal the Nations League title. After the match, Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo started crying. This is Portugal’s second title. Earlier, it had also won the title in the first season of the tournament in 2018-2019.
The start of the final was not good for Portugal. In the 21st minute, Spain’s Martin Zubimendi scored a goal and put the team ahead 1-0. However, Spain could not maintain this lead for long. In the 26th minute, Nuno Mendes scored a goal and equalized the score. Before half time, Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabay scored a goal and put Spain ahead 2-1. After this, Ronaldo scored a goal in the 61st minute and equalized the score to 2-2. After this, the score remained equal at 2-2 till full time. Then the match went into 30 minutes of extra time. No goal could be scored in that too. Then the match went to penalty shootout.
What happened in the penalty shootout?
- For Portugal, Gonzalo Ramos took the first shot and scored a goal. Score Portugal 1-0 Spain
- For Spain, Mikel Merino took the first shot and scored a goal. Score Portugal 1-1 Spain
- For Portugal, Vitinha took the second shot and scored a goal. Score Portugal 2-1 Spain
- For Spain, Alex Baena took the second shot and scored a goal. Score Portugal 2-2 Spain
- The third shot for Portugal was taken by Bruno Fernandes and he scored. Score Portugal 3-2 Spain
- The third shot for Spain was taken by Isco and he scored. Score Portugal 3-3 Spain
- The fourth shot for Portugal was taken by Nuno Mendes and he scored. Score Portugal 4-3 Spain
- The fourth shot for Spain was taken by Alvaro Morata and he missed. Score Portugal 4-3 Spain
- The fifth shot for Portugal was taken by Ruben Neves and he scored. Score Portugal 5-3 Spain