{"id":46245,"date":"2025-03-20T18:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/rasmus-hojlund-copies-cristiano-ronaldos-goal-celebration-as-denmark-beat-portugal-in-nations-league-football-news\/20\/03\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:52:36","slug":"rasmus-hojlund-copies-cristiano-ronaldos-goal-celebration-as-denmark-beat-portugal-in-nations-league-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/rasmus-hojlund-copies-cristiano-ronaldos-goal-celebration-as-denmark-beat-portugal-in-nations-league-football-news\/20\/03\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasmus Hojlund copies Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal celebration as Denmark beat Portugal in Nations League | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rasmus Hojlund performed Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal celebration after scoring the winner for Denmark against Portugal in the Nations League on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Hojlund came off the bench to net the winner in his side’s 1-0 Nations League quarter-final first-leg victory at Parken Stadium.<\/p>\n

The Manchester United striker struck in the 78th minute to help spare the blushes of Christian Eriksen, whose first-half penalty was saved.<\/p>\n

“It was fantastic, it was a great day in many ways,” said Hojlund about the goal and celebration.<\/p>\n

“I played against my idol and scored and was the match winner. It couldn’t have been written much better.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bruno Fernandes, Hojlund’s captain at Old Trafford but playing on the opposite side to the forward in Portugal colours, said: “We weren’t surprised, we knew they were aggressive and that they would come out strong.<\/p>\n

“We lacked aggression and we needed to be stronger in the duels, more intelligent in taking advantage of the depth.<\/p>\n

“We have a difficult game ahead of us but we really want to win, and at home with our fans we are sure that we’ll be able to turn the game around.”<\/p>\n

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What else happened in the Nations League?<\/h3>\n

Arsenal’s Mikel Merino scored a stoppage-time equaliser as European champions Spain <\/strong>snatched a 2-2 draw against the Netherlands <\/strong>in their Nations League quarter-final first leg.<\/p>\n

Spain struck early in Thursday’s encounter in Rotterdam through Nico Williams but the hosts quickly responded as Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo found the net.<\/p>\n

Tijjani Reijnders then gave the Dutch the lead early in the second half but the 81st-minute sending-off of Jorrel Hato gave the Spanish hope and Merino had the final say.<\/p>\n

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France <\/strong>face a tough task to retrieve their last-eight tie after going down 2-0 to Croatia <\/strong>in Split.<\/p>\n

Ante Budimir and Ivan Perisic both scored in the first half after Andrej Kramaric had missed an early penalty for the hosts.<\/p>\n

Germany <\/strong>claimed the advantage against Italy <\/strong>after coming from behind to win 2-1 in Milan.<\/p>\n

Sandro Tonali opened the scoring for the Italians after nine minutes but Tim Kleindienst headed Germany level four minutes after the break. A header from Leon Goretzka secured the win 14 minutes from time, as Italy suffered an injury scare to Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori late on.<\/p>\n

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Belgium <\/strong>are facing the prospect of dropping into League B after conceding three times in the second half to lose 3-1 to Ukraine <\/strong>in Murcia. Turkey <\/strong>beat Hungary <\/strong>3-1, while Austria <\/strong>and Serbia <\/strong>drew 1-1.<\/p>\n

Kosovo <\/strong>beat Iceland <\/strong>2-1 while Georgia <\/strong>ran out 3-0 winners in Armenia<\/strong>. Slovakia <\/strong>and Slovenia <\/strong>have everything still to play for after a goalless draw.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rasmus Hojlund performed Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal celebration after scoring the winner for Denmark against Portugal in the Nations League on Thursday. Hojlund