Historic Nations League Upsets
Greece Earns Landmark Victory Over Germany While Portugal and Netherlands Win
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Portugal stayed perfect in the 2026/27 UEFA Nations League with a 2-1 away win over Norway, as João Félix opened the scoring and Gonçalo Ramos restored Portugal’s lead shortly after Erling Haaland equalized. Greece earned a landmark 1-0 victory over Germany, its first against the country, with Dimitris Kourbelis scoring late in Jürgen Klopp’s first home match in charge. The Netherlands also won on the road, beating Serbia 2-1 through Mexx Meerdink’s two goals, while Ireland defeated Israel 3-0.
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The Netherlands’ Mexx Meerdink scored both goals in his first start for the national team: he converted a penalty after a foul on Crysencio Summerville, then scored the winner after Serbia’s Luka Jović had equalized.
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Cristiano Ronaldo remained on Portugal’s bench for the entire match; goalkeeper Diogo Costa had earlier denied Haaland twice before the Norwegian equalized.
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Greece’s win ended a run of ten previous attempts without a victory over Germany, and extended its winning start in League A.
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Ireland scored all three goals in the first half of its 3-0 win over Israel.
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