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Football: Wolves substitute Neto salvages 1-1 draw with Southampton

WOLVERHAMPTON (REUTERS) - Wolverhampton Wanderers's Pedro Neto came off the bench to cancel out a Theo Walcott strike for high-flying Southampton as the two sides battled to an entertaining 1-1 draw in their Premier League clash at the Molineux Stadium on Monday (Nov 23). Walcott, on loan at Saints from Everton, was left unmarked to rattle home a Che Adams centre in the 58th minute and spurned a great chance to make it 2-0 six minutes later. It was to prove a costly miss as Wolves fought back, Raul Jimenez striking a post in the 75th after good work by Joao Moutinho before Neto reacted quickest to slam the ball home. Wolves had the better chances but there were no more goals and the stalemate leaves Southampton in fifth on 17 points, three behind pacesetters Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, while Wolves rise to ninth on 14 points after nine games. More on this topic   Related Story Football: Wolves beat Crystal Palace 2-0 to move up to third in Premier League   Related Story Football: Burnley get first win with Wood strike against Palace

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Football: Pedro Neto, Paulinho score on debuts as Portugal rout Andorra in friendly

LISBON (REUTERS) - Pedro Neto and Paulinho both scored on their Portugal debuts as the European champions unsurprisingly routed Andorra 7-0 in a friendly on Wednesday (Nov 11), while Cristiano Ronaldo was also on target. Neto, 20, rifled in the opening goal after eight minutes while Paulinho, making his debut at the age of 28, got in front of his marker to score the second just before the half hour. Renato Sanches added the third in the 56th minute and Braga forward Paulinho headed in his second from Mario Rui's cross five minutes later. Emili Garcia turned the ball into his own net before Ronaldo, who was rested for the first half, headed his 102nd international goal with five minutes left and Joao Felix completed the rout. Ronaldo's goal left the 35-year-old only seven short of former Iran forward Ali Daei's alltime record of 109 international goals.

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