Portugal vs Serbia, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage
· UEFA European Championship QualifyingPortugal held by Serbia as Ronaldo limps off early with leg injury
Wasteful Portugal were held to a 1-1 home draw by Serbia after their captain and top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo limped off with an apparent hamstring.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 4': Attempt missed. William Carvalho (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 6': Attempt missed. Mijat Gacinovic (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a through ball.
- 6': Penalty Serbia. Mijat Gacinovic draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 6': Penalty conceded by Rui Patrício (Portugal) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 7': Goal! Portugal 0, Serbia 1. Dusan Tadic (Serbia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 9': Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Danilo Pereira.
- 9': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Marko Dmitrovic.
- 11': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
- 11': Pepe (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 12': Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.
- 14': Delay in match Mijat Gacinovic (Serbia) because of an injury.
- 15': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 15': Attempt saved. Rafa (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 15': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Marko Dmitrovic.
- 15': Attempt missed. Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bernardo Silva following a corner.
- 17': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by João Cancelo.
- 19': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Danilo Pereira.
- 20': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross.
- 21': Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Radonjic replaces Mijat Gacinovic because of an injury.
- 22': Darko Lazovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal).
- 23': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Rafa.
- 24': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
- 24': João Cancelo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Danilo Pereira (Portugal).
- 27': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Dias.
- 30': Substitution, Portugal. Pizzi replaces Cristiano Ronaldo because of an injury.
- 32': Bernardo Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
- 35': Attempt missed. William Carvalho (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 37': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
- 37': Pepe (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Adem Ljajic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Bernardo Silva (Portugal).
- 42': Goal! Portugal 1, Serbia 1. Danilo Pereira (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.
- 43': Dyego Sousa (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Foul by Uros Spajic (Serbia).
- 44': Attempt missed. Dusan Tadic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 45'+1': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+1': Foul by Pepe (Portugal).
- 45'+1': Pepe (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+3': Attempt missed. Darko Lazovic (Serbia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 45'+3': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Pepe.
- 45'+3': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Raphael Guerreiro.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Portugal 1, Serbia 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Portugal 1, Serbia 1.
- 46': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
- 46': Pizzi (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Rúben Dias (Portugal).
- 49': Attempt saved. Darko Lazovic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
- 50': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal).
- 50': Attempt missed. Nemanja Radonjic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
- 52': Attempt missed. Dyego Sousa (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro with a cross.
- 53': Foul by Dusan Tadic (Serbia).
- 53': João Cancelo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Hand ball by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
- 56': Attempt missed. Adem Ljajic (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Darko Lazovic.
- 57': Attempt missed. Danilo Pereira (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.
- 58': Substitution, Portugal. André Silva replaces Dyego Sousa.
- 60': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Antonio Rukavina.
- 63': Attempt missed. Pepe (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pizzi.
- 66': Attempt missed. André Silva (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rafa with a cross.
- 67': Offside, Serbia. Dusan Tadic tries a through ball, but Nemanja Radonjic is caught offside.
- 68': Attempt missed. Danilo Pereira (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by João Cancelo.
- 69': Substitution, Serbia. Andrija Zivkovic replaces Darko Lazovic.
- 70': Attempt missed. William Carvalho (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by André Silva.
- 70': Foul by Andrija Zivkovic (Serbia).
- 70': Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Pizzi (Portugal) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 71': Attempt blocked. William Carvalho (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
- 71': Attempt missed. Dusan Tadic (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nemanja Radonjic.
- 73': Attempt blocked. André Silva (Portugal) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross.
- 74': Attempt missed. Andrija Zivkovic (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 74': André Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 74': Foul by Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia).
- 75': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Foul by William Carvalho (Portugal).
- 77': Bernardo Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Foul by Filip Mladenovic (Serbia).
- 77': Filip Mladenovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 78': Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by William Carvalho.
- 79': André Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Foul by Uros Spajic (Serbia).
- 79': Uros Spajic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 79': Attempt saved. Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pizzi.
- 82': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Antonio Rukavina.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Pizzi (Portugal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafa.
- 84': Substitution, Portugal. Gonçalo Guedes replaces Rafa.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.
- 85': Andrija Zivkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Gonçalo Guedes (Portugal).
- 86': Bernardo Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Foul by Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia).
- 86': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
- 87': Substitution, Serbia. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic replaces Adem Ljajic.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90': Hand ball by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Serbia).
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.
- 90'+3': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Pepe (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+4': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Nemanja Maksimovic.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Pepe (Portugal) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+5': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Serbia).
- 90'+5': Pizzi (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Portugal 1, Serbia 1.
- 90'+7': Match ends, Portugal 1, Serbia 1.
Statistics
 SRB |
POR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 30.1 | Possession | 69.9 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 28 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 190 | Accurate Passes | 556 |
| 281 | Passes | 645 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 8 | Crosses | 22 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 66 | Long Balls | 58 |
| 32 | Accurate Long Balls | 32 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 10 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 18 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 17 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 28 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 28 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 50,342
Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 50,342
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 (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rui Patrício (GK) |
| 4 | Rúben Dias |
| 3 | Pepe  |
| 5 | Raphaël Guerreiro |
| 2 | João Cancelo |
| 14 | William Carvalho |
| 13 | Danilo Pereira |
| 15 | Rafa Silva |
| 11 | Bernardo Silva |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 23 | Dyego Sousa |
Serbia (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marko Dmitrovic (GK) |
| 4 | Nikola Milenkovic |
| 5 | Uros Spajic |
| 11 | Filip Mladenovic |
| 2 | Antonio Rukavina |
| 22 | Adem Ljajic |
| 6 | Nemanja Maksimovic |
| 14 | Mijat Gacinovic |
| 17 | Darko Lazovic |
| 9 | Aleksandar Mitrovic |
| 10 | Dusan Tadic |
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