Portugal beat Denmark 4-2 as Leão wears No. 7

Portugal beat Denmark 4-2 in Copenhagen on October 1, earning a third consecutive Nations League Group A4 victory without Cristiano Ronaldo, who had left the national-team camp the day before. Rafael Leão wore Portugal’s No. 7 shirt in the match, but the assignment does not establish that he will keep the number permanently. João Cancelo, Gonçalo Ramos, Vitinha and João Félix scored for Portugal. Denmark equalised twice, through Mikkel Damsgaard and Rasmus Højlund, before Vitinha put Portugal ahead again and Félix added the final goal. Match reports said the win left Portugal with three victories from three Group A4 games. Leão said after the match that wearing No. 7 was special because Ronaldo had been his childhood idol. He also noted that his children were born on the seventh day of a month. The shirt has been closely associated with Ronaldo during his Portugal career, giving the matchday change personal significance for Leão, but his comments did not indicate whether the number would remain his in future matches. Portugal’s squad listing for the Denmark fixture named Leão as No. 7 and Fábio Silva as No. 17, the number Leão had been assigned for the international window.