Silva and Jota on target for Portugal

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) –  Defending champions Portugal remained top of Nations League Group A3 with a 3-0 win over Sweden, who are staring at relegation after losing all four games.

The European champions were without Cristiano Ronaldo, who is in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19.

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva opened the scoring and Liverpool forward Diogo Jota netted in each half for the hosts in Lisbon.

In the group’s other game, France won 2-1 in Croatia.