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Witness of the madman! Ronaldo s King of Adversity, Portugal 7-5 Spain, breaking the 21-year spell to create history

12:17pm, 9 June 2025【Football】

On this international match day, the European League ushered in a highly anticipated championship battle. Ronaldo scored a winning goal in the semi-finals and led Portugal to defeat the German chariot Germany team, taking the lead in locking a ticket to the final. In another strong dialogue, Spain defeated the French team with a luxurious lineup in the goal battle, successfully met with Portugal in the final, won the European League championship in 23 years, and won the European Cup and Olympic championships in 24 years, and also saw the hope of four consecutive championships in the World Championships.

In this game, the madman Mourinho came to the scene to watch the Iberian derby. Spain was more optimistic before the game. With the goals of Zubimendi and Oyasabal, he took the lead in the score twice. However, the goals of Mendes and Ronaldo made both sides shake hands and make peace in regular time. Both teams in overtime did not score. In the cruel penalty shootout, Portugal performed better and defeated Spain 7-5 to win the championship!

[Match Highlights]

The two teams have had 40 encounters in the past world competitions. Spain has an absolute advantage with 18 wins, 16 draws and 6 losses. In addition, the last time they met, the Bullfighters also laughed 1-0. In order to continue their strong performance, Spain sent all the main players to play in this game. Simon played as the starting goalkeeper, Mingeza, Lenoorman, Wyson and Cucurella formed the back defense, Pedri, Zubimendi and Fabianruis were in the midfield, and Yamal, Oyasabal and Nico formed the offensive trident.

, eager to take revenge on Spain and once again stood on the championship podium, Portugal did not reserve at all in this game. Starting goalkeepers Costa, Mendes, Inasio, Rubendia and Joonevez formed the four-back defense system. B Se, Vitinia and B Fee lined up in the midfield, while the forward trio was Neto, Ronaldo and Concesan.

[Match Review]

With the referee's whistle, Spain began to push heavily on the field, putting pressure on Portugal's defense. In the 15th minute, Nico Williams made a cross from the left inverted triangle, and Pedri followed up with a low shot slightly out of the post. Six minutes later, the talented young man Yamal instigated the first goal of the Bullfighters' army. His cross from the wing caused chaos in Portugal's penalty area. Zubimendi scored and helped Spain take a 1-0 lead.

However, in the 26th minute, Portugal returned to the same starting line with a strong shot from Neto's left rib, allowing both sides to quickly return to the same starting line 1-1. Before the half-time game, Spain's fierce attack scored again. Pedri's scalpel was directly passed by, assisting Oyasabal to push and make a contribution, and the Bullfighter Army also returned to the locker room with a 2-1 advantage.

After the change of sides, Portugal significantly increased its investment in the offensive end. In the 49th minute, B Fe's long shot broke through Simon's ten fingers, but the referee determined that Neto was in an offside position to catch up, canceling B Fe's exciting world wave, but in the 61st minute, Portugal still equalized the score. Mendes broke through the cross from the left, and Ronaldo, who had previously invisible, scored a score of 2-2, and Ronaldo was injured and replaced by Ramos in the 87th minute. The two teams did not decide the winner during regular time, and the game entered overtime. In the 30-minute overtime game, neither side was able to score a goal, and the game entered a cruel penalty shootout:

Round 1: Ramos, Merino made an appearance, Portugal 3-3 Spain;

Second round: Vitinia made an appearance, Baenna made an appearance, Portugal 4-4 Spain;

Third round: B Fee made an appearance, Isco made an appearance, Portugal 5-5 Spain;

Fourth round: Mendes made an appearance, Morata missed, Portugal 6-5 Spain.

Round 5: Neves made a comeback, Portugal locked the championship 7-5.

With the whistle sounding in the final game, Portugal broke the curse of not defeating Spain for 21 years. With this victory, they also created history and became the first team to win two European League championships!