'Can't concede a goal after 30 seconds,' Portugal coach reacts to Swiss defeat

Switzerland took the lead after just 57 seconds against a Portugal side playing without Cristiano Ronaldo when Haris Seferovic scored from Silvan Widmerrsquos pass in their UEFA Nations League match on SundayPortugal were unlucky not to get something from the game with Swiss rsquokeeper Jonas Omlin saving from Danilo and Bernardo SilvaPortugual coach Fernando Santos PicsAFPldquoWe canrsquot concede a goal after 30 seconds of the game Itrsquos our mistakerdquo said Portugal coach Fernando Santos ldquoWe lacked aggression We would have preferred to stay top of the group but I have always said that the decisive match will be the one against SpainrdquoVictory was a welcome boost for the Swiss side who went into the game having lost their previous three matchesSpain beat Czech RepublicHowever Spain stay top of League A Group 2 with eight points from four games with Portugal a point further back Spain won their second successive match beating Czech Republic 20 while rivals Portugal Spain went in front in Malaga after 24 minutes when a perfectlyweighted pass by Marco Asensio released Carlos Soler to scoreAlso Read Pressure grows on France after UEFA Champions League footage deletedPablo Sarabia added the second on 75 minutes as Spain got the better of a Czech side against whom they had drawn 22 in Prague last week Despite the win Spain were indebted to some fine saves by Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon He thwarted an 18thminute strike from Vaclav Cerny and two minutes later denied Jan Kuchta ldquoI hope to return in the next international window and go to the World Cuprdquo said Soler ldquoBut now I only think of going on vacation Itrsquos been a very tough season which started with the Tokyo Olympics I have made many dreams come true but I hope to make many more come truerdquoHaaland scores braceMeanwhile Erling Haaland scored twice and set up the third as Norway beat neighbours Sweden 32 in Oslo in League B ldquoIrsquom speechlessrdquo the 21yearold striker told Norwegian television before adding ldquoTo win against Sweden in the last match of the season itrsquos beautifulrdquo added Haaland who completed his signing with Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund on Monday on a fiveyear deal after agreeing a release clause reported of around USD 63 millionFootball matches to have five substitutesFootballrsquos rules body on Monday said that five substitutes would be permanently introduced for all top games and that an automatic offside detector is closer to being introduced at this World CupFIFA president Gianni Infantino said the substitute change which was started after the Coronavirus pandemic followed ldquostrong support from the entire football communityrdquo He also added that experts would decide on whether semiautomatic offside detection system would be used for the World Cup that starts November 21The system monitors as many as 29 data points on the limbs of players to create a skeletal threedimensional model that is reviewed pitchside by the referee It has been tested at the FIFA Arab Cup last year in Doha and the Club World Cup in FebruaryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever