Joy for Germany and Klopp as Ronaldo-less Portugal win in Denmark

Jurgen Klopp secures first win as Germany manager, while Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence is not felt by Portugal in Austria.Published On 1 Oct 20261 Oct 2026Germany claimed a ‌first win under new coach Juergen Klopp on Thursday with a 2-0 Nations League victory ⁠over Serbia, while Portugal ⁠shrugged off the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo in Denmark and the Netherlands came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Greece.Klopp selected a completely new starting XI from ⁠the side that lost to Greece last time, handing debuts to goalkeeper Jonas Urbig and winger Derry Scherhant.Germany attacked the Serbia goal in waves, but it took until the 39th minute to take ⁠the lead as Florian Wirtz picked out Tom Bischof to score his first senior national team goal in his second cap.After Nick Woltemade missed a sitter at the back post, Wirtz scored the second just past the hour-mark with a neat finish from the edge of the box.There will be relief for Klopp to ‌get a win at the third attempt on his return to coaching, and his side were full value for their victory.Greece were close to making it three wins from three but conceded a late equaliser at home to the Netherlands.Fotis Ioannidis and Giorgios Maso...