Portugal vs Norway 2-1

Portugal beat Norway 2-1 at Estádio do Dragão after Gonçalo Ramos put them in front in the 79th minute. Francisco Conceicao was sent off late on, and Portugal held on to the lead.

Norway opened the scoring in the 36th minute when Kristoffer Ajer finished Martin Odegaard’s assist to make it 0-1. Portugal levelled two minutes later as João Cancelo scored from Nuno Mendes’s pass on 38 minutes. It was 1-1 at half-time.

The winner arrived on 79 minutes, with Gonçalo Ramos scoring from Joao Felix’s assist to make it 2-1. Portugal made two changes on 63 minutes, sending on Diogo Dalot for João Cancelo and Rúben Neves for João Palhinha. Norway then changed Erling Haaland for Jörgen Strand Larsen on 67 minutes and Antonio Nusa for Oscar Bobb on 74 minutes. Portugal made two more changes on 86 minutes, with Bernardo Silva coming on for Vitinha, before two further swaps in stoppage time saw Nuno Tavares replace Joao Felix and Francisco Trincão replace Bruno Fernandes.

Portugal had 59% of the possession and 495 passes to Norway’s 351, with 20 shots to 9 and 7 on target to 3. They also led 6 corners to 4 and had 2 saves to Norway’s 5, while both sides were offside twice. The foul count was close, with Portugal on 8 and Norway on 7.

João Cancelo was booked in the 12th minute. Francisco Conceicao was shown a yellow card and then a red card in the 86th minute. Bruno Fernandes was booked in the 88th minute.