<p class="title">Portugal, playing without embattled Cristiano Ronaldo, defeated Poland 3-2 in the Nations League on Thursday, shattering Robert Lewandowski's celebrations of playing his 100th international.</p>.<p class="bodytext">European champions Portugal scored three times in 20 minutes in the Polish city of Chorzow through Andre Silva (32 minutes), a Kamil Glik own-goal (43) and a strike from Bernardo Silva (52).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fernando Santos's Portugal team now have two wins in two in the Nations League after also beating Italy 1-0 in September.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prolific Genoa striker Krzysztof Piatek had given Poland a 19th-minute lead with Jakub Blaszczykowski cutting the deficit for the home side in the 77th minute.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Podgorica, Serbia downed Montenegro 2-0 in the first meeting between the two former members of the old Yugoslavia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Aleksandar Mitrovic scored both goals with an 18th-minute penalty followed by an 81st-minute effort.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Israel recovered from a goal down in Haifa to defeat Scotland 2-1. Charlie Mulgrew put the Scots ahead with a 25th-minute penalty but midfielder Dor Peretz levelled for Israel in the 52nd minute.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Scotland were reduced to 10 men after an hour when defender John Souttar was sent off before Celtic's Kieran Tierney turned a cross from Beram Kayal past his own goalkeeper Allan McGregor with 16 minutes remaining.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The result ended Scotland's seven-match undefeated run in competitive outings stretching back to November 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kosovo beat Malta 3-1 for their second win in the competition. </p>.<p><span class="bold"><strong>Results: League A: Group 3:</strong></span> Poland 2 lt to Portugal: 3</p>.<p><span class="bold"><strong>League B: Group 2:</strong></span> Russia: 0 drew with Sweden: 0</p>.<p><span class="bold"><strong>League C: Group 1:</strong></span> Israel: 2 bt Scotland: 1; <span class="bold"><strong>Group 4:</strong></span> Montenegro: 0 lt to Serbia: 2; Lithuania: 1 (Zulpa 90) lt to Romania: 2.</p>.<p><span class="bold"><strong>League D: Group 3:</strong></span> Faroe Islands: 0 lt to Azerbaijan: 3; Kosovo: 3 bt Malta: 1</p>
<p class="title">Portugal, playing without embattled Cristiano Ronaldo, defeated Poland 3-2 in the Nations League on Thursday, shattering Robert Lewandowski's celebrations of playing his 100th international.</p>.<p class="bodytext">European champions Portugal scored three times in 20 minutes in the Polish city of Chorzow through Andre Silva (32 minutes), a Kamil Glik own-goal (43) and a strike from Bernardo Silva (52).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fernando Santos's Portugal team now have two wins in two in the Nations League after also beating Italy 1-0 in September.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prolific Genoa striker Krzysztof Piatek had given Poland a 19th-minute lead with Jakub Blaszczykowski cutting the deficit for the home side in the 77th minute.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Podgorica, Serbia downed Montenegro 2-0 in the first meeting between the two former members of the old Yugoslavia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Aleksandar Mitrovic scored both goals with an 18th-minute penalty followed by an 81st-minute effort.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Israel recovered from a goal down in Haifa to defeat Scotland 2-1. Charlie Mulgrew put the Scots ahead with a 25th-minute penalty but midfielder Dor Peretz levelled for Israel in the 52nd minute.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Scotland were reduced to 10 men after an hour when defender John Souttar was sent off before Celtic's Kieran Tierney turned a cross from Beram Kayal past his own goalkeeper Allan McGregor with 16 minutes remaining.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The result ended Scotland's seven-match undefeated run in competitive outings stretching back to November 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kosovo beat Malta 3-1 for their second win in the competition. </p>.<p><span class="bold"><strong>Results: League A: Group 3:</strong></span> Poland 2 lt to Portugal: 3</p>.<p><span class="bold"><strong>League B: Group 2:</strong></span> Russia: 0 drew with Sweden: 0</p>.<p><span class="bold"><strong>League C: Group 1:</strong></span> Israel: 2 bt Scotland: 1; <span class="bold"><strong>Group 4:</strong></span> Montenegro: 0 lt to Serbia: 2; Lithuania: 1 (Zulpa 90) lt to Romania: 2.</p>.<p><span class="bold"><strong>League D: Group 3:</strong></span> Faroe Islands: 0 lt to Azerbaijan: 3; Kosovo: 3 bt Malta: 1</p>