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Bulgaria Defeats Portugal 1-0 in Football Friendly

Lieria, Portugal, March 26 (BTA) - Bulgaria defeated Portugal 1-0 in a friendly in Lieria in front of a 24,000-strong crowd late on Friday evening.

Brazilian-born Marcelinho scored on his Bulgaria debut while Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty for Portugal as the visitors pulled off the shock 1-0 friendly, Reuters reproted.

The hosts were repeatedly foiled by Bulgaria goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov who capped an outstanding display by diving to his right to save Ronaldo's penalty, awarded for handball, in the 69th minute.

Marcelinho said after he the match that the victory in Portugal was historical.