Then, on the stroke of half-time, a Depay free kick was teed up by De Ligt for the unmarked Van Dijk to fire home the third. Portugal, who face Spain, Iran and Morocco in their World Cup group, dominated possession for the opening few minutes but the Dutch struck first when Depay beat José Fonte to a loose ball and fired into the net after 12 minutes.īabel was completely unmarked to head in from Matthijs de Ligt’s cross at the far post in the 32nd minute and only a superb save by Anthony Lopes kept out a Depay header shortly afterwards. The Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, began the match a hat-trick away from matching the Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas’s record of 84 goals as Europe’s all-time leading international striker but never looked like scoring one, let alone three.
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