UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Sunday, March 29, 2015
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Portugal LLWWL 2
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Match Report

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Portugal tested by Serbia on way to 2-1 Euro qualifier victory

Portugal claimed their third successive win in European Championship qualifying Group I by edging out Serbia at Estadio da Luz on goals from Ricardo Carvalho and Fabio Coentrao.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
7
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
1
45
Possession
55
6
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.9
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
1
1
Crosses
1
0.0
Cross %
1.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
4
Clearances
4

Head to Head

Lineups

POR

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 13BosingwaD
  3. 2Bruno AlvesD
  4. 6Ricardo CarvalhoD
  5. 18EliseuD
  6. 5Fábio CoentrãoD
  7. 8João MoutinhoM
  8. 19TiagoM
  9. 17NaniM
  10. 10DannyF
  11. 7Cristiano RonaldoF

Substitutes

  1. 12Anthony LopesG
  2. 22Hugo VenturaG
  3. 3Vitorino AntunesD
  4. 4José FonteD
  5. 21Cedric SoaresD
  6. 11VieirinhaM
  7. 14William CarvalhoM
  8. 15André GomesM
  9. 16João MárioM
  10. 9Hugo AlmeidaF
  11. 20Ricardo QuaresmaF
  12. 23ÉderF

SRB

  1. 1Vladimir StojkovicG
  2. 18Dusan BastaD
  3. 6Branislav IvanovicD
  4. 5Matija NastasicD
  5. 11Aleksandar KolarovD
  6. 21Lazar MarkovicM
  7. 8Radosav PetrovicM
  8. 14Nemanja MaticM
  9. 10Dusan TadicM
  10. 22Adem LjajicM
  11. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF

Substitutes

  1. 12Milan LukacG
  2. 23Zeljko BrkicG
  3. 2Ivan ObradovicD
  4. 3Dusko TosicD
  5. 13Nikola MaksimovicD
  6. 15Nenad TomovicD
  7. 4Nemanja GudeljM
  8. 7Zoran TosicM
  9. 16Luka MilivojevicM
  10. 17Filip KosticM
  11. 19Filip DjuricicM
  12. 20Petar SkuleticF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal!! Ricardo Carvalho hits a very good header low through the middle from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Portugal now leads 1 - 0
  2. 16' Portugal makes a sub: Jose Fonte enters for Ricardo Carvalho. Reason: Injury
  3. 24' Nemanja Matic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 41' Adem Ljajic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 41' Fábio Coentrão is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 48' Aleksandar Kolarov is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 61' Goal!! Nemanja Matic hits a very good left footed shot to the upper right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  8. 63' Goal!! Fábio Coentrão hits a very good left footed shot low through the middle from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Portugal now leads 2 - 1
  9. 65' Serbia makes a sub: Filip Djuricic enters for Lazar Markovic. Reason: Tactical
  10. 78' Portugal makes a sub: Ricardo Quaresma enters for Fábio Coentrão. Reason: Tactical
  11. 78' Serbia makes a sub: Zoran Tosic enters for Dusan Tadic. Reason: Tactical
  12. 82' Zoran Tosic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 85' Serbia makes a sub: Petar Skuletic enters for Adem Ljajic. Reason: Tactical
  14. 85' Portugal makes a sub: William Carvalho enters for Miguel Danny. Reason: Tactical
  15. 90' End of the game
  16. 90'+1' Filip Djuricic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  17. 90'+2' João Moutinho is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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