Portugal maintain their unbeaten run without Ronaldo

No Cristiano Ronaldo, no problem.

Portugal drew with Italy 0-0 yesterday to pick up the point it needed to qualify for the Uefa Nations League finals and confirm it as host of the first Final Four in June.

Ronaldo is taking a break from the national team and wasn’t present at San Siro, just as he wasn’t in Portugal’s first two Nations League matches — both of which they won.

‘‘There’s a lot of satisfaction at having reached the final phase,’’ Portugal coach Fernando Santos said.

‘‘It was a difficult match, much more than we thought it would be. When we had the ball it was difficult to build and that was merit to Italy and demerit to us. Italy had a great game.’’

Poland has already been assured of finishing last in Group A3 and will be relegated to League B, and Italy will finish second.

Despite failing to qualify for the finals, there are positive signs for the Azzurri a year after Italian football’s darkest moment. LEAGUE B

Sweden kept alive its hopes of promotion with a 1-0 victory at Turkey, which was relegated to League C.

Andreas Granqvist netted the only goal with a second-half penalty after Okay Yokuslu brought down Marcus Berg. LEAGUE C

Scotland will win Group C1 if it beats Israel on Wednesday following a 4-0 victory over 10-man Albania in Tirana.

Ryan Fraser scored his first international goal shortly before Albania captain Mergim Mavraj was sent off.

Steven Fletcher doubled Scotland’s tally from the penalty spot, and James Forrest netted a second-half double.

Serbia beat Montenegro 2-1 despite Aleksandar Mitrovic missing a penalty and will win Group C4 if it beats Lithuania on Wednesday.

Lithuania lost 3-0 at Romania, which will go up if it beats Montenegro and Serbia fails to win.

LEAGUE D

Kosovo beat Malta 5-0 and Azerbaijan beat the Faroe Islands 2-0. The teams set up a winnertakes-all clash when they meet on Wednesdayin Group D3, although a draw would be enough for Kosovo.