Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Tunisia fight back to draw and expose Portugal’s defensive weaknesses

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Portugal’s defensive frailties were again exposed as England’s first group stage opponents Tunisia hit back from two goals behind to hold the European champions to a 2-2 draw in a World Cup warm-up on Monday.

Portugal, who rested their captain and leading scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo, after he played in Saturday’s Champions League final for Real Madrid, went ahead through Andrá Silva’s header from Ricardo Quaresma’s pinpoint cross in the 22nd minute.

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from Football | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2L5ftLl

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