UEFA European Championship

FT Tuesday, June 14, 2016
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Portugal LWWLW 1
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Match Report

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Portugal denied by minnows Iceland in Euro 2016 opener

Iceland battled back to frustrate Portugal as they drew 1-1 in their Euro 2016 Group F opener in Saint-Etienne.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
11
10
Saves
3
34
Possession
66
4
SHOTS
27
4
ON GOAL
10
1.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
141
Accurate Passes
553
246
Passes
623
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
9
9
Crosses
40
0.1
Cross %
0.2
76
Long Balls
62
30
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
9
13
Effective Tackles
5
17
Tackles
7
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
13
23
Clearances
17

Head to Head

POR leads series 2-0

Lineups

POR · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 6Ricardo CarvalhoCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 13Danilo PereiraDM
  5. 5Raphaël GuerreiroLB
  6. 11VieirinhaRB
  7. 8João MoutinhoAM
  8. 10João MárioLM
  9. 15André GomesRM
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoCF-L
  11. 17NaniCF-R

ISL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Hannes HalldórssonG
  2. 14Kári ÁrnasonCD-L
  3. 6Ragnar SigurdssonCD-R
  4. 23Ari SkúlasonLB
  5. 2Birkir SaevarssonRB
  6. 10Gylfi SigurdssonCM-L
  7. 17Aron GunnarssonCM-R
  8. 8Birkir BjarnasonLM
  9. 7Jóhann GudmundssonRM
  10. 15Jón BödvarssonCF-L
  11. 9Kolbeinn SigthorssonCF-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Portugal 1, Iceland 0. Nani (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by André Gomes with a cross.
  2. 50' Goal! Portugal 1, Iceland 1. Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jóhann Gudmundsson with a cross.
  3. 55' Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 71' Substitution, Portugal. Renato Sanches replaces João Moutinho.
  5. 76' Substitution, Portugal. Ricardo Quaresma replaces João Mário.
  6. 81' Substitution, Iceland. Alfred Finnbogason replaces Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
  7. 84' Substitution, Portugal. Éder replaces André Gomes.
  8. 90' Substitution, Iceland. Elmar Bjarnason replaces Jóhann Gudmundsson.
  9. 90'+4' Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.

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