Lithuania vs Portugal, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage
· UEFA European Championship QualifyingRonaldo scores four as Portugal beat Lithuania
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo took his international tally to 93 goals when he scored four times against Lithuania in a 5-1 win.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Edvinas Girdvainis.
- 3': Attempt missed. Vykintas Slivka (Lithuania) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Saulius Mikoliunas with a cross.
- 6': Penalty conceded by Markus Palionis (Lithuania) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 7': Goal! Lithuania 0, Portugal 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 8': Corner, Lithuania. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Neves.
- 10': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Edvinas Girdvainis.
- 11': Attempt missed. Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bernardo Silva following a corner.
- 13': Foul by Rúben Neves (Portugal).
- 13': Karolis Laukzemis (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by José Fonte (Portugal).
- 15': Karolis Laukzemis (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Modestas Vorobjovas (Lithuania).
- 18': Edvinas Girdvainis (Lithuania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 18': Foul by Bernardo Silva (Portugal).
- 19': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Ernestas Setkus.
- 20': Attempt saved. José Fonte (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross.
- 23': Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
- 24': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Markus Palionis.
- 25': Offside, Portugal. Bernardo Silva tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
- 27': Corner, Lithuania. Conceded by José Fonte.
- 28': Goal! Lithuania 1, Portugal 1. Vytautas Andriuskevicius (Lithuania) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mantas Kuklys with a cross following a corner.
- 32': Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by José Fonte.
- 32': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Ernestas Setkus.
- 33': Foul by Karolis Laukzemis (Lithuania).
- 33': Rúben Dias (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Attempt saved. João Félix (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Rúben Neves with a headed pass.
- 34': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Ernestas Setkus.
- 34': Attempt missed. Bernardo Silva (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes following a corner.
- 36': Foul by Karolis Laukzemis (Lithuania).
- 36': Rúben Dias (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by João Cancelo (Portugal).
- 37': Ovidijus Verbickas (Lithuania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Attempt saved. João Félix (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rúben Neves.
- 37': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Ernestas Setkus.
- 38': Attempt missed. José Fonte (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross following a corner.
- 39': Attempt missed. Domantas Simkus (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Modestas Vorobjovas.
- 40': Attempt saved. Ovidijus Verbickas (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Modestas Vorobjovas.
- 40': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
- 43': Offside, Lithuania. Mantas Kuklys tries a through ball, but Karolis Laukzemis is caught offside.
- 44': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 45': Attempt missed. William Carvalho (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.
- 45'+2': Foul by Vykintas Slivka (Lithuania).
- 45'+2': João Félix (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Lithuania 1, Portugal 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Lithuania 1, Portugal 1.
- 47': Offside, Portugal. João Cancelo tries a through ball, but Bernardo Silva is caught offside.
- 49': Attempt missed. João Félix (Portugal) header from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro with a cross.
- 49': Hand ball by Bernardo Silva (Portugal).
- 50': Attempt missed. João Félix (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 51': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Domantas Simkus.
- 52': Foul by João Cancelo (Portugal).
- 52': Ovidijus Verbickas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by José Fonte (Portugal).
- 53': Karolis Laukzemis (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Modestas Vorobjovas (Lithuania).
- 54': João Félix (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Karolis Laukzemis (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vykintas Slivka.
- 54': Attempt missed. Mantas Kuklys (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 56': Substitution, Portugal. Rafa replaces Bruno Fernandes.
- 57': Corner, Lithuania. Conceded by José Fonte.
- 57': Attempt saved. Bernardo Silva (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
- 61': Attempt saved. Rafa (Portugal) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross.
- 61': Goal! Lithuania 1, Portugal 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafa.
- 65': Goal! Lithuania 1, Portugal 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross.
- 66': Substitution, Lithuania. Deimantas Petravicius replaces Karolis Laukzemis.
- 66': Foul by Vytautas Andriuskevicius (Lithuania).
- 66': João Cancelo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Bernardo Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Modestas Vorobjovas (Lithuania).
- 68': Attempt saved. João Félix (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
- 68': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Ernestas Setkus.
- 69': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Markus Palionis.
- 69': Substitution, Lithuania. Arturas Zulpa replaces Mantas Kuklys.
- 70': Foul by Modestas Vorobjovas (Lithuania).
- 70': William Carvalho (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 73': Attempt blocked. João Félix (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Rafa.
- 73': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Domantas Simkus.
- 73': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro with a cross following a corner.
- 76': Goal! Lithuania 1, Portugal 4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 77': Substitution, Lithuania. Donatas Kazlauskas replaces Ovidijus Verbickas.
- 79': Substitution, Portugal. Gonçalo Guedes replaces Cristiano Ronaldo.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Rafa (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 82': Bernardo Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 82': Foul by Domantas Simkus (Lithuania).
- 82': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Saulius Mikoliunas.
- 83': Attempt saved. João Félix (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.
- 86': Corner, Lithuania. Conceded by Rúben Neves.
- 87': Attempt saved. Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 89': Substitution, Portugal. Pizzi replaces Bernardo Silva.
- 90'+1': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Edvinas Girdvainis.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.
- 90'+2': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Ernestas Setkus.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Rúben Dias (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rúben Neves following a corner.
- 90'+2': Goal! Lithuania 1, Portugal 5. William Carvalho (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Lithuania 1, Portugal 5.
- 0': Match ends, Lithuania 1, Portugal 5.
Statistics
 POR |
LTU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 10 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 14 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 2 | Saves | 10 |
| 65.8 | Possession | 34.2 |
| 29 | SHOTS | 7 |
| 14 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 666 | Accurate Passes | 295 |
| 729 | Passes | 375 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 9 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 29 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 55 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 12 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 10 | Effective Clearances | 20 |
| 10 | Clearances | 20 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Venue: FK Zalgiris namu stadionas
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Attendance: 5,067
Venue: FK Zalgiris namu stadionas
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Attendance: 5,067
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
Lithuania (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Ernestas Setkus (GK) |
| 4 | Edvinas Girdvainis |
| 3 | Markus Palionis |
| 11 | Domantas Simkus |
| 19 | Vytautas Andriuskevicius |
| 13 | Saulius Mikoliunas |
| 17 | Mantas Kuklys |
| 21 | Modestas Vorobjovas |
| 18 | Ovidijus Verbickas |
| 14 | Vykintas Slivka |
| 9 | Karolis Laukzemis |
Portugal (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rui Patrício (GK) |
| 4 | Rúben Dias |
| 6 | José Fonte |
| 5 | Raphaël Guerreiro |
| 20 | João Cancelo |
| 18 | Rúben Neves |
| 14 | William Carvalho |
| 11 | Bruno Fernandes |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 23 | João Félix |
| 10 | Bernardo Silva |
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