Portugal 0-3 Netherlands: 5 Talking Points

#3 Portugal showed spirit with 10 men and fought till the end

Portugal showed fight but lacked the cutting edge

Portugal were reduced to 10 men when Joao Cancelo was shown a second yellow card in the 61st minute for a late challenge on Tonny Vilhena. To add to that, Santos withdrew Cristiano Ronaldo in the 68th minute.

But, Portugal played their best football in the last 22 minutes. Introduction of Gelsons Martins and Joao Moutinho made a difference to the Portugal side. They looked threatening and created quite a few goalscoring chances late in the game.

Martins, in particular, was threatening from the wide areas and made some wonderful crosses into the box. Portugal came close to scoring twice in the 90th minute but was kept out by a wonderful Cillessen save and a goal-line clearance from Van De Beek.