Late goals haunt Finland and hand Portugal the points in World Cup qualifier

[p]The top three teams in each of the League B groups will be advancing to the Playoffs, but with better seedings and possible promotion to League A for the UEFA Women's Nations League at stake, every match would be crucial for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/finland/EPXH92YE/"]Finland[/a] across the qualifying campaign.[/p][p]Taking something from their trip to top seeds [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/portugal/2wzV2vte/"]Portugal[/a] in their opener would represent a positive result, and that's what the Finns were hanging onto, as they limited their hosts to a pair of efforts on goal before the hour-mark from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/faria-andreia/GU86vrrf/"]Andreia Faria[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/silva-diana/bNeGSXoE/"]Diana Silva[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koivunen-anna/bFVBbVAQ/"]Anna Koivunen[/a] was equal to both.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gomes-diana/px39G7Pn/"]Diana Gomes[/a] was looking threatening for the home side, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marchao-joana/O0LV5twg/"]Joana Marchao[/a] made sure Koivunen's night wasn't getting any easier, as Finland finally forced Portuguese goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pereira-ines/ALPesqCR/"]Ines Pereira[/a] into a save through substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/engman-adelina/UusZ0tMB/"]Adelina Engman[/a]'s effort.[/p][embed guid="e0630c7b-4e61-4312-86d7-72eacba97ff9" url="https://x.com/HelmaritFI/status/2028933503102992587" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]But cruelly, the Helmarit resistance was broken in the 91st minute, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nazareth-kika/C6WD4e4E/"]Kika Nazareth[/a] picked out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alves-lucia/pCCMSSnB/"]Lucia Alves[/a], and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sl-benfica/8ho9ywWE/"]Benfica[/a] defender powered home her third goal for her national side.[/b][/p][p]That goal was a real sucker-punch for Finland, who capitulated in the final moments and [b]allowed Nazareth to register her second assist in three minutes, teeing up teenager [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/santiago-carolina/GM5amCWk/"]Carolina Santiago[/a] to score her first Portugal goal in just her second cap.[/b][/p][p][b]Added time became even more eventful six minutes in, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pinto-tatiana/4fVGVjzE/"]Tatiana Pinto[/a] was guilty of a foul on Engman inside the area, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/summanen-evelina/82hq01NP/"]Eveliina Summanen[/a] failed to convert the resulting penalty.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/finland-EPXH92YE/portugal-2wzV2vte/?mid=KfzyWzgJ"]A 2-0 win[/a] for Portugal was finally sealed, as they go top of the group on goal difference following [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/slovakia/6yMSOPh6/"]Slovakia[/a]'s 3-2 victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/latvia/b5PNuOS4/"]Latvia[/a] earlier today.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/world/world-cup-women/"]Review this evening's 2027 Women's WCQ results on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]