UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE: 

PORTUGAL OR THE NETHERLANDS?

On Sunday, June 9, 2019, at 2:45 pm EST, the inaugural UEFA Nations League final takes place in Porto’s Estádio do Dragão stadium, with Portugal and Netherlands battling it out to get their hands on the trophy.

Portugal’s 3-1 semifinal win over Switzerland looks particularly impressive on paper but shouldn’t disguise the fact that for long spells, the Swiss were the better side and led the way in most of the stats.

Ronaldo the Man

But, not for the first time, they were rescued by that man Cristiano Ronaldo who managed to conjure up a fine hat-trick from a game in which he had looked rusty and out-of-sorts. Yet, he did precisely what he has done so many times before, and from somewhere found it within him to get his country over the line.