Haaland meets Ronaldo as Nations League Matchday 2 gets underway

⚽ It’s been a packed weekend of international footie — and there’s more to unpack today. Matchday 2 of the UEFA Nations League gets underway tonight. The standout match of the evening is Norway versus Portugal at 9:45pm — Erling Haaland and Cristiano Ronaldo on the same pitch.

Also at 9:45pm, Jürgen Klopp’s Germany take on Greece in his second Nations League fixture in charge — following Thursday’s opening match against the Netherlands, who are back in action themselves tonight against Serbia at 7pm.

Also today in the UEFA Nations League:

• Lithuania vs. Azerbaijan — 4pm;
• Austria vs. Kosovo — 7pm;
• Denmark vs. Wales — 7pm;
• Gibraltar vs. Andorra — 7pm.

💡 All fixtures will be broadcast on beIN Sports. Check the full schedule here.

AND- Al Ahly will be taking on Kuwait’s Burgan SC at 8pm on ON Sport in the International Handball Federation’s Club World Championship. Zamalek are also taking on Barcelona right now on ON Sport.

💡 Egypt is hosting the tournament from 24 September to 1 October at the New Capital, featuring 10 international teams.

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In the AFCON qualifiers, Egypt were held to a disappointing goalless draw by Angola in Cairo — a flat opening to their campaign and a result that will need addressing when the Pharaohs travel to South Sudan next. The region’s other sides fared better: Algeria beat Zambia 3-1, Morocco beat Gabon 2-0, and Sudan beat Ethiopia 1-0 — three Arab nations opening with victories, leaving Egypt as the only one without maximum points from the first matchday.

In the UEFA Nations League, the weekend’s nail-biter was Saturday’s clash at Wembley. Spain beat England 3-2 as Lamine Yamal opened the scoring after just two minutes following a Marc Guéhi error. Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane turned it around for England, only for Alex Baena and Mikel Oyarzabal to restore Spain’s lead. The world champions showed exactly why they took home the World Cup.

Thursday had its own nail-biter too: Haaland scored twice as Norway beat Denmark 3-2 in Oslo. Oscar Bobb opened the scoring before Haaland added a second four minutes later, but Denmark clawed back through Mikkel Damsgaard’s free kick and a Rasmus Højlund equalizer, only for Haaland to fire the deciding goal in the 74th minute.

Also in the UEFA Nations League over the weekend: Portugal, defending champions, defeated Wales 1-0, and Germany and the Netherlands played out a 1-1 draw.

Finland, however, delivered a sweeping performance, thrashing San Marino 7-0 in Serravalle as Joel Pohjanpalo scored a hat-trick in a statement opening victory for a side that had just been relegated from League B.