UEFA Nations League: Portugal downed Poland 3-2 without Cristiano Ronaldo

European champions Portugal defeat Poland 3-2 in the Polish city of Chorzow through Andre Silva, a Kamil Glik own-goal and a brilliant strike from Bernardo Silva .

Portugal now have two wins in two game in the Nations League after also beating Italy 1-0 in September. Genoa striker Krzysztof Piatek had given Poland a 19th-minute lead with Jakub Blaszczykowski cutting the deficit for the home side in the 77th minute.

In Podgorica, Serbia reduced Montenegro 2-0 in the first meeting between the two former members of the old Yugoslavia. Aleksandar Mitrovic scored both goals with an 18th-minute penalty followed by an 81st-minute effort.

Israel recovered from a goal down in Haifa to defeat Scotland 2-1. Charlie Mulgrew put  Scotland ahead with a 25th- minute penalty but midfielder Dor Peretz levelled for Israel in the 52nd minute. Scotland were down to 10 men after an hour when defender John Souttar was sent off before Celtic's Kieran Tierney turned a cross from Beram Kayal past his own goalkeeper Allan McGregor with 16 minutes remaining.


The result ended Scotland's seven-match undefeated run in competitive outings stretching back to November 2016. Kosovo beat Malta 3-1 for their second win in thecompetition.

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