UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, June 13, 2015
Portugal WWLWL 3
–
Armenia LDLLL 2
1st2ndT
POR123
ARM112
Republican Stadium · 15,000 att. · ESPN

Match Report

REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

Cristiano Ronaldo's hat trick just enough for Portugal to defeat Armenia

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his third successive hat trick for club and country as 10-man Portugal survived a big scare to beat Armenia 3-2.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

14
Fouls
19
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
3
49
Possession
51
7
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
5
0.7
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
0
6
Crosses
3
0.2
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
2
Clearances
4

Head to Head

POR leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

ARM

  1. 1Roman BerezovskiG
  2. 15Hrayr MkoyanD
  3. 5Robert ArzumanyanD
  4. 2Gaël AndonianD
  5. 20Levon HayrapetyanD
  6. 13Kamo HovhannisyanD
  7. 6Karlen MkrtchainM
  8. 18Henrikh MkhitaryanM
  9. 8Marcos Pineiro PizzelliM
  10. 10Gevorg GhazarianM
  11. 11Artur SarkisovF

POR

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 2Bruno AlvesD
  3. 5Fábio CoentrãoD
  4. 6Ricardo CarvalhoD
  5. 23EliseuD
  6. 8João MoutinhoM
  7. 19TiagoM
  8. 11VieirinhaM
  9. 17NaniM
  10. 10DannyF
  11. 7Cristiano RonaldoF

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal!! Marcos Pineiro Pizzelli hits a very good left footed shot to the upper right corner from the right channel (aprox. 35 yards) and scores!! Armenia now leads 1 - 0
  2. 29' Cristiano Ronaldo places the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower right corner and scores!! The goalkeeper was nowhere near the shot.
  3. 29' Armenia makes a sub: Rumyan Hovsepyan enters for Karlen Mkrtchain. Reason: Injury
  4. 33' Tiago is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 55' Goal!! Cristiano Ronaldo hits a very good right footed shot low through the middle from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Portugal now leads 2 - 1
  6. 58' Goal!! Cristiano Ronaldo hits a very good right footed shot to the upper right corner from the right channel (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! Portugal now leads 3 - 1
  7. 61' Armenia makes a sub: Aras Özbiliz enters for Kamo Hovhannisyan. Reason: Tactical
  8. 62' Tiago has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: second bookable offence
  9. 63' Portugal makes a sub: William Carvalho enters for Danny. Reason: Tactical
  10. 73' Goal!! Hrayr Mkoyan hits a very good right footed shot to the upper right corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Armenia now trails 2 - 3
  11. 74' Armenia makes a sub: Ruslan Korian enters for Artur Sarkisov. Reason: Tactical
  12. 74' Portugal makes a sub: Adrien Silva enters for Fábio Coentrão. Reason: Tactical
  13. 79' Portugal makes a sub: Jose Fonte enters for Ricardo Carvalho. Reason: Tactical
  14. 85' Rumyan Hovsepyan is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  15. 90' End of the game

EURO Qualifying News

All news
Video Zidane: 'Not proud, but no regrets' over 2006 World Cup final clash with Materazzi Zidane: 'Not proud, but no regrets' over 2006 World Cup final clash with Materazzi Video De Jong: Netherlands 'tried to get Guardiola and Slot before Xavi' De Jong: Netherlands 'tried to get Guardiola and Slot before Xavi' Video Zidane: I've been waiting five years to become France's head coach Zidane: I've been waiting five years to become France's head coach Video Klopp: When you don't want me as Germany coach, I'm gone Klopp: When you don't want me as Germany coach, I'm gone