UEFA Nations League

FT Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Portugal DDWWL 3
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Croatia WWLDL 2
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CRO112
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Match Report

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Portugal beat 10-man Croatia behind brace from Ruben Dias

Ruben Dias scored his first two goals for Portugal to help the European champions to a 3-2 win in Croatia in their Nations League clash on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
1
12
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
5
59.8
Possession
40.2
17
SHOTS
8
8
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
455
Accurate Passes
282
558
Passes
379
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
3
32
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
56
29
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
8
12
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
14
Interceptions
17
15
Effective Clearances
39
15
Clearances
39

Head to Head

POR leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

CRO · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 5Mile SkoricCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 16Domagoj BradaricLB
  5. 21Josip JuranovicRB
  6. 4Ivan PerisicM
  7. 17Marko RogCM
  8. 15Mario PasalicAM
  9. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  10. 10Luka ModricRM
  11. 13Nikola VlasicCF-R

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 4Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 3Rúben SemedoCD-R
  4. 19Mário RuiLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 13Danilo PereiraCM
  7. 8João MoutinhoLM
  8. 11Bruno FernandesRM
  9. 7Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. 23João FélixLF
  11. 21Diogo JotaRF

Timeline

  1. 22' Marko Rog (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Goal! Croatia 1, Portugal 0. Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Portugal. Trincão replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  4. 51' Second yellow card to Marko Rog (Croatia) for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Goal! Croatia 1, Portugal 1. Rúben Dias (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rúben Semedo following a set piece situation.
  6. 54' Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 57' Ivan Perisic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 60' Goal! Croatia 1, Portugal 2. João Félix (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
  9. 64' Substitution, Croatia. Josip Brekalo replaces Mario Pasalic.
  10. 65' Goal! Croatia 2, Portugal 2. Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nikola Vlasic.
  11. 71' Substitution, Portugal. Bernardo Silva replaces João Félix.
  12. 71' Substitution, Portugal. João Cancelo replaces Mário Rui.
  13. 77' Substitution, Portugal. Paulinho replaces Diogo Jota.
  14. 77' Substitution, Portugal. Sérgio Oliveira replaces Danilo Pereira.
  15. 84' Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Nikola Vlasic.
  16. 90' Goal! Croatia 2, Portugal 3. Rúben Dias (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  17. 90'+1' Substitution, Croatia. Toma Basic replaces Mateo Kovacic.

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