UEFA European Championship

FT Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Wales WLWWW 0
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Portugal DDDWW 2
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Groupama Stadium · ESPN

Match Report

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Portugal reach Euro 2016 final as Ronaldo and Nani see off Wales

Two goals in three second-half minutes booked Portugal's place in the final of Euro 2016 as Wales were beaten in their first-ever major semifinal.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
3
54
Possession
46
9
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
441
Accurate Passes
325
510
Passes
393
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
56
45
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
8
10
Tackles
12
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
11
16
Clearances
13

Highlights

01:16 Agony and ecstasy from the fan zones in Portugal and Wales Watch on ESPN

Lineups

POR · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 2Bruno AlvesCD-L
  3. 4José FonteCD-R
  4. 13Danilo PereiraDM
  5. 5Raphaël GuerreiroLB
  6. 21CédricRB
  7. 23Adrien SilvaAM
  8. 10João MárioLM
  9. 16Renato SanchesRM
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoCF-L
  11. 17NaniCF-R

WAL · 5-3-2

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 6Ashley WilliamsCD
  3. 5James ChesterCD-L
  4. 19James CollinsCD-R
  5. 3Neil TaylorLB
  6. 2Chris GunterRB
  7. 16Joe LedleyCM
  8. 8Andy KingCM-L
  9. 7Joe AllenCM-R
  10. 11Gareth BaleCF-L
  11. 9Hal Robson-KanuCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Joe Allen (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 50' Goal! Portugal 1, Wales 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Raphaël Guerreiro with a cross following a corner.
  3. 53' Goal! Portugal 2, Wales 0. Nani (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  4. 58' Substitution, Wales. Sam Vokes replaces Joe Ledley.
  5. 62' James Chester (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, Wales. Simon Church replaces Hal Robson-Kanu.
  7. 66' Substitution, Wales. Jonny Williams replaces James Collins.
  8. 71' Bruno Alves (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.
  9. 72' Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 74' Substitution, Portugal. André Gomes replaces Renato Sanches.
  11. 79' Substitution, Portugal. João Moutinho replaces Adrien Silva.
  12. 86' Substitution, Portugal. Ricardo Quaresma replaces Nani.
  13. 88' Gareth Bale (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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