Former Sporting man scores in Portugal’s 3-0 win | OneFootball

The Portuguese women’s national football team beat Latvia 3-0 in qualifying for the 2027 World Cup, in the third matchday of Group B3. Francisco Neto’s side claimed their third consecutive win and maintain a perfect record, without conceding a single goal. Tatiana Pinto, a former Sporting player, scored one of the goals.

The first half was marked by clear Portuguese dominance, as they came out determined. Chances started to appear early and the opening goal came in the 14th minute, through Kika Nazareth from a direct free-kick. Shortly afterwards, Tatiana Pinto made it 2-0, finishing off a well-worked team move.

Even with the lead on the scoreboard, Portugal kept up the intensity and continued to create danger until half-time, while the Latvian side showed many difficulties in responding and almost never managed to trouble the goal defended by Inês Pereira.

In the second half, the pattern remained much the same, with the Navigators controlling the game and getting their third goal late on (73'), once again through Kika Nazareth, who grabbed her brace in the match. Portugal therefore strengthen their position as outright leaders of the group, with nine points from three games.

For Sporting, Tatiana Pinto made 126 appearances, scoring 33 goals and winning two National Championships (2016/17 and 2017/18), two Portuguese Cups (2016/17 and 2017/18) and also a Super Cup (2017). She left in 2021 for Levante, and also went on to play for Brighton, Atlético de Madrid and Juventus. The player shared a dressing room with Rita Fontemanha at Alvalade, a footballer who is set to retire at the end of the season.

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