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World media reacts as Scotland leave Portugal with a 'lamb to kill' and Ronaldo tantrums know no bounds

It wasn't quite the famous win Scotland were chasing - but it's a result that will most certainly do. And those Ronaldo tears make it taste just that little bit sweeter for the Tartan Army.

Portugal were held to a point at Hampden in a game that assuaged some of the doubts swirling around Steve Clarke and showed Scotland can still mix it at the top table and deal the big dogs a bloody nose. The Cristiano Ronaldo factor of course made it a global affair - and after going down the flumes in Loch Lomond and signing autographs in Paisley, one of the greatest to ever play the game was reduced to a seething mess at full-time.

He drew a blank in Glasgow and was left ranting at the officials on the full-time whistle as Scotland celebrated a point that still leaves our hopes of staying in Nations League A hanging by a thread, but installed some much-needed optimism after a horrendous run of results. Here's what the worldwide media have been saying to it.

Before we get to Ronaldo (and believe me, we will get to Ronaldo), O Jogo were focused on a frustrating night for the Portugal team as a whole. A curious quirk: it's now the third competitive game in a row that Portugal have come to Glasgow and drawn 0-0, stretching back to 1980.

They said: "After scoring seven goals in the first three games of the Nations League - beating Croatia and Scotland 2-1 at home in September and Poland 3-1 away in the previous game - the national team once again came up blank, as they did in their last three matches at Euro 2024. In other words, in four of their last seven games they've been unable to rattle the opposition net.

"In Germany, it should be remembered, the lack of goalscoring was felt in the games with Georgia - a 2-0 defeat - Slovenia

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