Milik's twice-taken penalty gives relegated Poland draw in Portugal
Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 3 - Portugal v Poland - Estadio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes, Portugal - November 20, 2018 Poland's Arkadiusz Milik scores their first goal from the penalty spot REUTERS/Miguel Vidal
GUIMARAES, Portugal (Reuters) - Poland forward Arkadiusz Milik scored from a twice-taken penalty to give his already-relegated side a 1-1 draw in Portugal in their final Nations League match on Tuesday.
Portugal, who had already qualified for next year's semi-finals as winners of Group A3, went ahead with Andre Silva's near-post header from a corner in the 34th minute, his 15th goal in 31 appearances for the European champions.
Yet the hosts gave away a penalty when midfielder Danilo tripped Milik as he burst into the area and was sent off. Milik's first effort from the spot was disallowed for encroachment, but he held his nerve to score again at the second attempt in the 66th minute. Portugal, without Cristiano Ronaldo who has not been selected since the World Cup, finished the group unbeaten with eight points from four games while Poland ended with two, both picked up away from home.
Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 3 - Portugal v Poland - Estadio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes, Portugal - November 20, 2018 Poland's Arkadiusz Milik shakes hands with Portugal's Joao Cancelo after the match REUTERS/Miguel Vidal
(Reporting by Brian Homewood; Editing by Toby Davis)
Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 3 - Portugal v Poland - Estadio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes, Portugal - November 20, 2018 Portugal's Pepe in action with Poland's Arkadiusz Milik REUTERS/Miguel VidalSoccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 3 - Portugal v Poland - Estadio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes, Portugal - November 20, 2018 Portugal's Danilo Pereira reacts after being shown a red card by referee Sergei Karasev REUTERS/Miguel VidalSoccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 3 - Portugal v Poland - Estadio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes, Portugal - November 20, 2018 Poland's Bartosz Bereszynski in action REUTERS/Miguel VidalSoccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 3 - Portugal v Poland - Estadio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes, Portugal - November 20, 2018 Portugal's Joao Cancelo in action with Poland's Przemyslaw Frankowski REUTERS/Miguel Vidal
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