Portugal as impressive as ever, with or without Ronaldo


Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 3 - Portugal v Sweden - Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal - October 14, 2020 Portugal's Bernardo Silva celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

(Reuters) - With or without Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal remain one of the most impressive teams in Europe as they showed once again with their 3-0 Nations League win over Sweden on Wednesday.

Sweden have made a habit of knocking teams such as Portugal out of their stride with their aggressive, physical style but the European champions refused to be bullied, even without their talismanic all-time record scorer.

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