Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund got here off the bench to web the winner as his facet beat Portugal 1-0 within the first leg of their Nations League quarter-final on the Parken stadium on Thursday.
The hosts created loads of possibilities and playmaker Christian Eriksen had a first-half penalty saved by Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa, who got here to the rescue on a number of events, whereas Eriksen additionally had a goal-bound shot cleared by Diogo Dalot.
There was little Costa may do about Denmark’s objective although as Eriksen picked out Andreas Skov Olsen on the fitting of the field and he squared the ball for Hojlund to steer it residence along with his proper foot within the 78th minute.
Denmark backed off after scoring and invited Portugal to assault however the residence facet managed to maintain Cristiano Ronaldo’s facet quiet and take a lead into Sunday’s second leg in Lisbon.
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