FIFA World Cup

FT Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Morocco WDWWL 0
–
Portugal LDDWD 1
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POR101
Luzhniki Stadium · FS1

Match Report

EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo strikes again to knock Morocco out

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal in two World Cup matches as Portugal won 1-0 against a Morocco side that created plenty of chances.

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Team Stats

23
Fouls
19
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
4
54
Possession
46
16
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
359
Accurate Passes
283
468
Passes
395
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
9
Accurate Crosses
3
32
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
75
29
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
20
20
Tackles
30
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
6
9
Effective Clearances
27
9
Clearances
27

Head to Head

MAR leads series 1-0

Lineups

POR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 6José FonteCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 5Raphaël GuerreiroLB
  5. 21CédricRB
  6. 14William CarvalhoCM-L
  7. 8João MoutinhoCM-R
  8. 10João MárioLM
  9. 11Bernardo SilvaRM
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoCF-L
  11. 17Gonçalo GuedesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22BetoSUB
  2. 4Manuel FernandesSUB
  3. 13Rúben DiasSUB
  4. 2Bruno AlvesSUB
  5. 12Anthony LopesSUB
  6. 20Ricardo QuaresmaSUB
  7. 15Ricardo PereiraSUB
  8. 19Mário RuiSUB
  9. 23Adrien SilvaSUB
  10. 18Gelson MartinsSUB
  11. 16Bruno FernandesSUB
  12. 9André SilvaSUB

MAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Munir El KajouiG
  2. 4Manuel da CostaCD-L
  3. 5Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 2Achraf HakimiLB
  5. 17Nabil DirarRB
  6. 10Younès BelhandaAM
  7. 14Mbark BoussoufaLM
  8. 8Karim El AhmadiRM
  9. 13Khalid BoutaïbF
  10. 7Hakim ZiyechAM-L
  11. 16Nordin AmrabatAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Ahmed Reda TagnaoutiSUB
  2. 11Faycal FajrSUB
  3. 23Mehdi Carcela-GonzálezSUB
  4. 9Ayoub El KaabiSUB
  5. 18Amine HaritSUB
  6. 21Sofyan AmrabatSUB
  7. 20Aziz BouhaddouzSUB
  8. 1Yassine BounouSUB
  9. 6Romain SaïssSUB
  10. 19Youssef En-NesyriSUB
  11. 3Hamza MendylSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Portugal 1, Morocco 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Moutinho with a cross following a corner.
  2. 40' Medhi Benatia (Morocco) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 59' Substitution, Portugal. Gelson Martins replaces Bernardo Silva.
  4. 70' Substitution, Morocco. Ayoub El Kaabi replaces Khalid Boutaïb.
  5. 70' Substitution, Portugal. Bruno Fernandes replaces João Mário.
  6. 75' Substitution, Morocco. Mehdi Carcela-González replaces Younès Belhanda.
  7. 86' Substitution, Morocco. Fayçal Fajr replaces Karim El Ahmadi.
  8. 89' Substitution, Portugal. Adrien Silva replaces João Moutinho.
  9. 90'+2' Adrien Silva (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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