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Panama punished Portugal with two beautiful goals 

Panama punished Portugal with two beautiful goals

16.08.2012

Portugal played an easy control match against Panama, and won with 2:0 at the stadium "Algarve".

In the first match after Euro 2012, Paulo Bento has released a strong composition and had no way to get to a different result.

Youngster Nelson Oliveira opened the scoring in the 30th minute with his first goal for the men's national team. He received a good pass from Miguel Lopez, and shoot a powerful at an angle for 1:0.

Cristiano Ronaldo was in the throes in the first half, but he failed to score. This was however in the 50th minute after an assist of Raul Meyrelesh, found Ronaldo in front of penalty area from a distance the captain of Portugal rose to 2:0.

Just minutes before the goal, Panama left with a man less after Gabriel Gomez hit Joao Moutinyo and the arbitrator Cesar Munis Fernandez of Spain saw the situation.

Shortly after the Portuguese took a comfortable advance, Paulo Bento make a bunch of changes, which tore the game on the pitch and to third goal never came.

Panama had a chance to get to the surprising honorable goal in the final minutes but the reserve Rolando Blackburn came against the door of the hosts and shoot over the crossbar.

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