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Ronaldo & Portugal win the UEFA Nations League

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to Portugal winning the UEFA Nations League over Spain on penalties. Then, a breakdown of France's victory over Germany in the UEFA Nations League 3rd place match and what has caused Germany problems in big tournaments. Plus, Jürgen Klinsmann discusses Pochettino and the USMNT after their loss to Turkey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome in to the latest edition of ESPNFC, K-Murray, Ali Moreno and Stevie

0:34.4

Nickel here in the studio, kicking things off with the Nations League final between Portugal and Spain.

0:40.3

Portugal twice coming from behind in this final to send the tie to extra time with Nuno Mendez and Cristiano Ronaldo responding to goals from Martin Zubimendi and Mikhail Oyarsabal, respectively.

0:51.7

Went into extra time, no goals there, so it went to a penalty shootout.

0:56.0

Everybody scored their penalties except for Alvaro Marata who had his saved, and so Portugal

1:01.0

and Nations League champions.

1:03.0

Well, welcome in Frank Leboff and Juergen Klinzman, who were watching this game for us as well,

1:08.0

but let me start in here with you guys. It was another decent showing in the Nations League, a good final. It was, and it's two teams that we must say, looking

1:18.0

ahead to next year's World Cup, they have to be among the very favorites going into that

1:25.6

competition. Both teams have more than enough talent in the attack.

1:30.3

They have more than enough talent in the midfield. They do have, both teams have frailties

1:36.3

in the back line. Those frailties actually sometimes come by design. When you think of Portugal

1:42.3

today and an outstanding player for Portugal today,

1:44.6

Nuno Mendez was that guy. But he is given the freedom to be in advanced positions all

1:50.9

the time. Same thing similarly to Joao Neves, who's given the freedom to then talk into

1:56.4

the midfield. When he did that over the course of the first half to try and help and create mismatches in terms of number in the midfield,

2:02.6

it created a natural counter-attacking opportunity for Spain and Nico Williams going over the top,

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