From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Three days later, Portugal continued to host Serbia, another strong rival in the group.

Compared with the first match, Santos made personnel adjustments. In the midfield, Porto midfielder Danilo Pereira replaced Ruben Neves. In the frontcourt, Brazilian naturalized center forward Diego Sousa made his first start, replacing Andre Silva. Three days ago against Serbia, he replaced the Sevilla striker in the 73rd minute and made his national team debut.

Against Serbia, Portugal played 433, with William Carvalho as the single defensive midfielder. Against Serbia, the Five Shields changed to a double defensive midfielder formation, changing to 442. Santos used the double defensive midfielder to completely liberate Portugal's frontcourt.

Compared to the first game, Bruno has more freedom, or it can be said to be absolutely free. He moves left, right, and center.

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In another match earlier in this round, Serbia beat Luxembourg away. Luxembourg won 2:1 at home against Lithuania in the first round and also got 3 points. Therefore, in the match between Portugal and Serbia, both the host and the visiting team who had a bye in the first round wanted to win.

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In the 4th minute, Joao Cancelo made a cross and there was chaos in the Serbian penalty area. William Carvalho had a very good chance, but he missed the ball in the face of a half-empty goal.

Portugal failed to score an empty goal and Serbia immediately responded with punishment.

In the 7th minute, Tadic made a lob pass into the penalty area, and Gasinovic rushed over and made a lob shot.

The ball didn't go in, but Patricio, who was attacking, knocked down the Serbian midfielder.

The referee awarded a penalty kick, Tadic scored with his left foot, but the Portuguese goalkeeper failed to judge the direction correctly.

After conceding a goal early, the Portuguese team became anxious and launched a frantic attack.

In the 10th minute, Ronaldo dribbled past the opponent's defender at the front of the penalty area and shot hard, but the ball was saved by Dmitrovic.

In the 16th minute, Bruno shot in the penalty area, but was saved by the Serbian goalkeeper.

In the 23rd minute, Portugal made a cross from the left, Bruno made a scorpion pass to the front of the goal, Ronaldo's shot was blocked by Milenkovic, and Milenkovic, who fell to the ground, brought Ronaldo down, but the referee did not call a foul, and Ronaldo was very angry.

Portugal controlled the situation on the field, but it could not find a way to score.

In the 28th minute, Portugal made a long pass and Ronaldo fell to the ground after chasing the ball in the frontcourt. After falling to the ground, he touched the captain's armband on his right arm.

From that action, it can be seen that his injury was serious and he was mentally prepared to leave.

The team doctor gave Ronaldo a simple treatment on the sidelines, but he could no longer hold on. In the 30th minute, Ronaldo left the field and was replaced by Benfica midfielder Pizzi.

When he left the field, Ronaldo handed the captain's armband to Bruno. He applauded the fans at the Stadium of Light, and the fans also gave him a warm applause.

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After Ronaldo left the field, the Portuguese team did not seem to be affected and the attack continued wave after wave.

Throughout the first half, both sides moved very fast and the competition was extremely fierce, giving people a dizzying feeling.

In the 42nd minute, Bruno got the ball in the midfield. He dribbled forward and four Sevilla players came forward to intercept him. During this process, Bruno paused. Then he accelerated again and shot hard at the front of the penalty area, and the ball flew straight to the Serbian goal.

This is Bruno's 51th goal in his 60st appearance for the Portugal national team!

The score on the field was also rewritten to 1:1!

After the start of the second half, the pace of both teams slowed down a bit.

Portugal still couldn't find a way to score, and in the 57th minute, Santos replaced Diego Sousa with Andre Silva.

Portugal controlled the midfield but could not get into the opponent's penalty area, and sometimes had to rely on long shots. Whether it was due to lack of tacit understanding or other reasons, Bruno passed the ball into the opponent's penalty area again and again, but no teammate could touch it, let alone shoot.

In the 71st minute, Bruno made a cross from the left side of the penalty area, Andre Silva headed the ball to the back post, Bernardo Silva knocked the ball in front of the goal, Pizzi made a close-range shot, but the ball was blocked by Rukavina on the goal line.

The most controversial scene of the entire game occurred in the 73rd minute. Bruno made a cross from the right, and Andre Silva headed the ball from the left side of the penalty area, but the ball hit the open arms of Serbian right back Lukavina.

This was a very obvious handball in the penalty area, but after consulting with the linesman, the referee did not award a penalty, and the protests from the Portuguese players and Santos on the sidelines were ineffective.

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The Portuguese team still did not give up. At the Stadium of Light, they were struggling to pursue victory and light.

In the 84th minute, Gonzalo Guedes replaced Danilo Pereira and Santos decided to make a last-ditch effort.

The Portuguese's efforts were rewarded just before the end of the game.

Serbia set up its formation in the 30-meter area in front of the penalty area. Guedes failed to attack on the right and was forced to pass the ball back to Cancelo.

After the right back came in, he looked at the penalty area and saw people everywhere, making it impossible to score.

At this time, Bruno in the middle suddenly retreated from the front and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Cancelo passed the ball to Bruno.

Bruno stopped with his chest and moved diagonally to the left.

Serbia's right-back Rukavina quickly rushed forward and tightly entangled Bruno, while Radonjic in the middle also quickly approached.

One-on-one, Serbian players couldn't defend Bruno, so Krstajic asked the players to pay attention to assisting in defense.

The same situation has occurred many times in previous games, but this time it's a little different.

As the ball was quickly transferred from the right to the left, Serbia's entire defense line was also moving quickly. Radonjic was unable to double-team Rukavina in the first place as he had done before, and he was a little slower.

Bruno had been waiting for an opportunity. When he realized that there was a gap between Rukavina and Radonjic, he would never miss such an opportunity and immediately chose to dribble the ball and attack.

He started very quickly and moved diagonally towards the penalty area, while Rukavina was standing on the left and Radonjic was one step away. Although the two Serbian defenders reacted at the same time, Bruno still seized the only gap and broke out of the double-team of the two defenders with the ball at the fastest speed.

The whole process may sound long, but it actually took only one or two seconds. Andy Gray of Sky TV, who was in charge of the live commentary, didn't even have time to react.

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"Cancelo makes a big move, give it to Bruno!"

"Bruno dribbles the ball...and breaks through!"

"Pretty!"

"Bruno is very fast. He dribbled the ball between two Serbian defenders and rushed to the front of the penalty area!"

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Spajic gave up Andre Silva at the first moment and decisively rushed forward, trying to force Bruno and prevent him from rushing into the penalty area.

But when the Serbian center back just rushed to Bruno, he felt Bruno suddenly stop, and then he felt a figure flash in front of him. It seemed that Bruno was going to continue to cut to the middle. Spajic immediately blocked it, but unexpectedly, Bruno cut with his right foot.

"Bruno made a clever pass past Spajic!"

After dribbling past Spajic, Bruno rushed into the penalty area at the fastest speed.

Dmitrovic reacted very quickly. When Cancelo made a transfer and Bruno dribbled the ball, he had already moved his position to the right side of the goal, blocking Bruno's shooting angle to the maximum extent.

But Bruno was too fast when he dribbled past Spajic, and then he rushed into the penalty area with great explosiveness, which caught Dmitrovic off guard. By the time he reacted, Bruno was already at the front of the small penalty area, and kicked a ground ball with the outside of his right foot, which quickly slid past the left side of Dmitrovic's body.

Although the Serbian goalkeeper reacted quickly, the ball still missed him.

Maradenovic quickly chased back and caught up with the ball in front of the goal line. He made a sliding tackle and tried to clear the ball, but the end result was that he slid into the goal and the ball completely hit the goal line.

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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"In the 87th minute, Portugal finally scored another goal!"

"It was Bruno who scored the goal again!"

"Double goal! Bruno once again scored a wonderful goal against Serbia!"

The entire Stadium of Light was filled with cheers!

Bruno excitedly turned around and rushed out of the court, running all the way with his arms stretched as far as possible. He was like a glider, flying on the grass of the Stadium of Light, and finally slid to his knees in the corner area.

He was already sweating profusely, but his expression was extremely excited.

Scored twice!

He enjoys the feeling of scoring a goal!

Soon, Pepe and other teammates also rushed over.

The Portuguese national team's veteran defender hugged Bruno tightly from behind and laughed loudly. He seemed extremely excited and even happier than if he had scored a goal.

Including Bernardo Silva, Gonzalo Guedes, Cancelo...all the Portuguese players rushed up to celebrate Bruno's goal.

Scoring a goal at this time basically meant that Portugal had completed the final kill and won the game once again.

Consecutive victories over two strong rivals, Ukraine and Serbia, are very important for Portugal to qualify for the group, especially to be the first in the group.

Although Portugal has already qualified for the European Cup through the UEFA Nations League, victory is always so fascinating!