Portugal struggled without captain Cristiano Ronaldo as they fell to a
surprise defeat in a friendly at home to the Cape Verde Islands.
Portugal are top of their qualifying group for Euro
2016 but rested Ronaldo against the African side and finished with 10
men in defeat.
Odair Fortes put Cape Verde ahead before Admilson Gege doubled their lead after the break.
The hosts then had Andre Pinto sent off to round off a poor evening in Estoril.
Cape Verde -
eliminated at the group stage of this year's Africa Cup of Nations
- are ranked 38th in the world, sandwiched between Wales and Scotland.
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