FIFA World Cup

FT Thursday, June 26, 2014
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Portugal DWWLD 2
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Match Report

Portugal leads Ghana 1-0 at halftime in World Cup

Portugal leads Ghana 1-0 at halftime in World Cup

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
21
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
3
46
Possession
54
18
SHOTS
19
6
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
249
Accurate Passes
358
321
Passes
446
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
6
27
Crosses
35
0.3
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
72
26
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
21
24
Tackles
27
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
31
25
Clearances
31

Lineups

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 22BetoG
  2. 2Bruno AlvesCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 4Miguel VelosoLB
  5. 21João PereiraRB
  6. 6William CarvalhoCM
  7. 20Rúben AmorimLM
  8. 8João MoutinhoRM
  9. 11ÉderF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 17NaniRF

GHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Fatau DaudaG
  2. 19Jonathan MensahCD-L
  3. 21John BoyeCD-R
  4. 20Kwadwo AsamoahLB
  5. 23Harrison AffulRB
  6. 18Majeed WarisAM
  7. 17Mohammed RabiuLM
  8. 8Emmanuel BaduRM
  9. 3Asamoah GyanF
  10. 10André AyewAM-L
  11. 7Christian AtsuAM-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Own Goal by John Boye, Ghana. Portugal 1, Ghana 0.
  2. 39' Harrison Afful (Ghana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 55' Abdul Waris (Ghana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 57' Goal! Portugal 1, Ghana 1. Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kwadwo Asamoah with a cross.
  5. 61' Substitution, Portugal. Silvestre Varela replaces João Pereira.
  6. 69' Substitution, Portugal. Vieirinha replaces Éder.
  7. 71' Substitution, Ghana. Jordan Ayew replaces Abdul Waris.
  8. 76' Substitution, Ghana. Afriyie Acquah replaces Mohammed Rabiu Al-Hassan.
  9. 78' Jordan Ayew (Ghana) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 80' Goal! Portugal 2, Ghana 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  11. 81' Substitution, Ghana. Mubarak Wakaso replaces André Ayew.
  12. 89' Substitution, Portugal. Eduardo replaces Beto because of an injury.
  13. 90'+4' João Moutinho (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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