World Soccer

PORTUGAL TRIUMPH ON HOME SOIL

eing the first winners of the Nations League is a joyous moment for the Portuguese people. “We will go down in history,” said coach Fernando Santos moments after his team had conquered Europe for the second time in three years. And there was not much sign it was a secondary trophy s tens of thousands of fans packed into Porto’s Praca dos Aliados to welcome the team and revel in victory late into the night.

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