UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Serbia vs Portugal, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Serbia
  • 68': Nikola Milenkovic
  • 85': Aleksandar Mitrovic
FT
2 - 4
Portugal
  • 42': William Carvalho
  • 58': Gonçalo Guedes
  • 80': Cristiano Ronaldo
  • 86': Bernardo Silva

Ronaldo scores as Portugal rekindle Euro hopes

European champions Portugal got their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign back on track with goals from Carvalho, Guedes, Ronaldo, and Silva.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Dusan Tadic (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darko Lazovic with a headed pass.
  • 6': Bernardo Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 6': Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Serbia).
  • 7': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Dusan Tadic.
  • 8': Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Foul by Nemanja Matic (Serbia).
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  • 10': Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 10': Foul by Nikola Maksimovic (Serbia).
  • 10': Nikola Maksimovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.
  • 12': Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 12': Foul by Matija Nastasic (Serbia).
  • 13': Attempt missed. Gonçalo Guedes (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 15': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 15': Foul by Rúben Dias (Portugal).
  • 17': Foul by Gonçalo Guedes (Portugal).
  • 17': Nikola Maksimovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
  • 18': José Fonte (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Filip Kostic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Portugal).
  • 23': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal).
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.
  • 29': Offside, Portugal. Gonçalo Guedes tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
  • 32': Foul by William Carvalho (Portugal).
  • 32': Nikola Maksimovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 32': Foul by José Fonte (Portugal).
  • 33': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov following a set piece situation.
  • 35': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Danilo Pereira (Portugal).
  • 36': Offside, Serbia. Darko Lazovic tries a through ball, but Aleksandar Mitrovic is caught offside.
  • 37': Foul by Gonçalo Guedes (Portugal).
  • 37': Nikola Maksimovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Darko Lazovic.
  • 39': Darko Lazovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Rúben Dias (Portugal).
  • 39': Rúben Dias (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.
  • 42': Goal! Serbia 0, Portugal 1. William Carvalho (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Matija Nastasic (Serbia).
  • 45'+1': Rúben Dias (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Serbia 0, Portugal 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Serbia 0, Portugal 1.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.
  • 49': Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Serbia).
  • 50': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 50': Foul by William Carvalho (Portugal).
  • 50': Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Luka Milivojevic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 52': Foul by Gonçalo Guedes (Portugal).
  • 52': Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Nikola Maksimovic (Serbia).
  • 55': Gonçalo Guedes (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 56': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
  • 56': Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Foul by Nikola Maksimovic (Serbia).
  • 57': William Carvalho (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Goal! Serbia 0, Portugal 2. Gonçalo Guedes (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
  • 59': Substitution, Serbia. Adem Ljajic replaces Darko Lazovic.
  • 61': Foul by William Carvalho (Portugal).
  • 61': Nemanja Matic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia).
  • 62': Nélson Semedo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Substitution, Portugal. João Cancelo replaces Nélson Semedo because of an injury.
  • 67': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by João Cancelo.
  • 68': Goal! Serbia 1, Portugal 2. Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross following a corner.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Adem Ljajic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  • 69': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Rui Patrício.
  • 70': Substitution, Portugal. João Félix replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  • 74': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
  • 74': Rúben Dias (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal).
  • 80': Goal! Serbia 1, Portugal 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a through ball.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Adem Ljajic (Serbia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  • 83': Attempt saved. Adem Ljajic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  • 83': Substitution, Serbia. Aleksandar Katai replaces Filip Kostic.
  • 85': Goal! Serbia 2, Portugal 3. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  • 85': Substitution, Portugal. João Moutinho replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 86': Goal! Serbia 2, Portugal 4. Bernardo Silva (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.
  • 87': Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Luka Milivojevic.
  • 89': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by William Carvalho (Portugal).
  • 89': William Carvalho (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Hand ball by João Moutinho (Portugal).
  • 90'+2': Aleksandar Katai (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+2': Foul by João Cancelo (Portugal).
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Katai (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adem Ljajic.
  • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. João Félix (Portugal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
  • 90'+5': Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by João Moutinho (Portugal).
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Serbia 2, Portugal 4.
  • 0': Match ends, Serbia 2, Portugal 4.

Statistics

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17 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 3
4 Saves 0
55.8 Possession 44.2
14 SHOTS 10
4 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
511 Accurate Passes 380
587 Passes 452
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
0 Accurate Crosses 4
10 Crosses 19
0.0 Cross % 0.2
54 Long Balls 49
27 Accurate Long Balls 33
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
6 Blocked Shots 0
7 Effective Tackles 6
14 Tackles 12
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
9 Interceptions 8
15 Effective Clearances 12
15 Clearances 12

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: Rajko Mitic Stadium
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: 39,839

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
Full Table

Line-Ups

SRB Serbia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Marko Dmitrovic (GK)
5 Matija Nastasic
18 Nikola Milenkovic
11 Aleksandar Kolarov Yellow Card
19 Nikola Maksimovic Yellow Card
10 Dusan Tadic
4 Luka Milivojevic
21 Nemanja Matic
9 Aleksandar Mitrovic
17 Filip Kostic
14 Darko Lazovic
Serbia Substitutes:
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Nemanja Radonjic, Boris Radunovic, Sasa Lukic, Predrag Rajkovic, Aleksandar Katai, Antonio Rukavina, Marko Gobeljic, Adem Ljajic, Luka Jovic, Uros Spajic, Filip Mladenovic.

POR Portugal (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Rui Patrício (GK)
4 Rúben Dias Yellow Card
6 José Fonte
13 Danilo Pereira
5 Raphaël Guerreiro
2 Nélson Semedo
11 Bruno Fernandes
14 William Carvalho
17 Gonçalo Guedes
10 Bernardo Silva
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal Substitutes:
Rafa Silva, José Sá, Renato Sanches, Pizzi, Beto, João Félix, João Cancelo, Mário Rui, Diogo Jota, Daniel Carriço, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho.

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