Portugal vs Lithuania, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage
· UEFA European Championship QualifyingRonaldo scores hat trick, closes in on 100 goals as Portugal hit six past Lithuania
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored another hat trick as he led the European champions to a 6-0 drubbing of Lithuania.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 5': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross.
- 6': Penalty Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 6': Penalty conceded by Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 7': Goal! Portugal 1, Lithuania 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
- 8': Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal).
- 11': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Edvinas Girdvainis.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pizzi.
- 11': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Fedor Chernykh.
- 14': Attempt saved. Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pizzi.
- 15': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Saulius Mikoliunas.
- 16': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 19': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Edvinas Girdvainis.
- 20': Attempt saved. Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 22': Goal! Portugal 2, Lithuania 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gonçalo Paciência.
- 25': Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira with a cross.
- 27': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Paulius Golubickas.
- 27': Markus Palionis (Lithuania) is shown the yellow card.
- 29': Attempt missed. Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
- 30': Domantas Simkus (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal).
- 30': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Portugal).
- 30': Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arvydas Novikovas.
- 33': Foul by Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania).
- 33': Mário Rui (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pizzi.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Rúben Neves (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 37': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Edvinas Girdvainis.
- 37': Attempt saved. Mário Rui (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 37': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 42': Offside, Portugal. José Fonte tries a through ball, but Gonçalo Paciência is caught offside.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 44': Foul by Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal).
- 44': Mantas Kuklys (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Portugal 2, Lithuania 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Portugal 2, Lithuania 0.
- 46': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Mantas Kuklys.
- 46': Attempt missed. Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal) header from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a corner.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 49': Fedor Chernykh (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by José Fonte (Portugal).
- 52': Goal! Portugal 3, Lithuania 0. Pizzi (Portugal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
- 53': Foul by Domantas Simkus (Lithuania).
- 53': Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 56': Goal! Portugal 4, Lithuania 0. Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 57': Substitution, Lithuania. Deivydas Matulevicius replaces Mantas Kuklys.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 58': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Vytautas Andriuskevicius.
- 58': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Vytautas Andriuskevicius.
- 59': Foul by Vykintas Slivka (Lithuania).
- 59': Mário Rui (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 60': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Ernestas Setkus.
- 60': Hand ball by José Fonte (Portugal).
- 62': Attempt missed. Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross.
- 63': Goal! Portugal 5, Lithuania 0. Bernardo Silva (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
- 65': Goal! Portugal 6, Lithuania 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 66': Substitution, Portugal. Bruma replaces Bernardo Silva.
- 68': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gonçalo Paciência.
- 70': Attempt missed. Mário Rui (Portugal) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Rúben Neves.
- 71': Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Foul by Domantas Simkus (Lithuania).
- 71': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 72': Substitution, Lithuania. Justas Lasickas replaces Paulius Golubickas.
- 72': Substitution, Portugal. João Moutinho replaces Bruno Fernandes.
- 73': Attempt saved. Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal) header from very close range is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
- 73': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Saulius Mikoliunas.
- 74': Foul by João Moutinho (Portugal).
- 74': Justas Lasickas (Lithuania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 75': Corner, Lithuania. Conceded by Mário Rui.
- 76': Foul by Bruma (Portugal).
- 76': Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Foul by Justas Lasickas (Lithuania).
- 77': Pizzi (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Bruma (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Foul by Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania).
- 80': Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Substitution, Lithuania. Donatas Kazlauskas replaces Fedor Chernykh.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Gonçalo Paciência (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 83': Attempt saved. Bruma (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 83': Donatas Kazlauskas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Portugal).
- 83': Substitution, Portugal. Diogo Jota replaces Cristiano Ronaldo.
- 84': Attempt missed. Justas Lasickas (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 86': Hand ball by Donatas Kazlauskas (Lithuania).
- 88': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rúben Neves.
- 89': Hand ball by Justas Lasickas (Lithuania).
- 89': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Markus Palionis.
- 90'+2': Deivydas Matulevicius (Lithuania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by José Fonte (Portugal).
- 90'+2': Foul by Diogo Jota (Portugal).
- 90'+2': Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Portugal 6, Lithuania 0.
- 0': Match ends, Portugal 6, Lithuania 0.
Statistics
 LTU |
POR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 11 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 12 |
| 9 | Saves | 0 |
| 28.5 | Possession | 71.5 |
| 2 | SHOTS | 32 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 14 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 236 | Accurate Passes | 707 |
| 307 | Passes | 774 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 7 | Crosses | 30 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 44 | Long Balls | 50 |
| 26 | Accurate Long Balls | 37 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 11 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 38 | Effective Clearances | 4 |
| 38 | Clearances | 4 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Venue: Estadio Algarve
Location: Almancil, Portugal
Attendance: 18,534
Venue: Estadio Algarve
Location: Almancil, Portugal
Attendance: 18,534
EURO Qualifying Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 8 | +26 | 22 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 8 | +10 | 18 |
| 3 | Greece | 8 | +6 | 13 |
| 4 | Republic of Ireland | 8 | -1 | 6 |
Line-Ups
Portugal (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rui Patrício (GK) |
| 4 | Rúben Dias |
| 6 | José Fonte |
| 19 | Mário Rui |
| 15 | Ricardo Pereira |
| 10 | Bernardo Silva |
| 16 | Bruno Fernandes |
| 18 | Rúben Neves |
| 14 | Gonçalo Paciência |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 21 | Pizzi |
Lithuania (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Ernestas Setkus (GK) |
| 4 | Edvinas Girdvainis |
| 3 | Markus Palionis  |
| 19 | Vytautas Andriuskevicius |
| 13 | Saulius Mikoliunas |
| 20 | Domantas Simkus |
| 17 | Mantas Kuklys |
| 14 | Vykintas Slivka |
| 22 | Fiodor Cernych |
| 10 | Paulius Golubickas |
| 11 | Arvydas Novikovas |
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