UEFA Nations League

FT Saturday, November 14, 2020
France WWDWL 1
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Portugal WDDWW 0
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Match Report

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Kante, France eclipse Ronaldo's Portugal to reach Nations League semis

France handed defending Nations League champions Portugal a rare defeat on Saturday, winning 1-0 in Lisbon with N'Golo Kante's second-half strike.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
6
49.9
Possession
50.1
13
SHOTS
18
7
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
444
Accurate Passes
445
526
Passes
524
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
45
36
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
16
Interceptions
9
18
Effective Clearances
14
18
Clearances
14

Head to Head

FRA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 4Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 5Raphaël GuerreiroLB
  5. 20João CanceloRB
  6. 13Danilo PereiraCM
  7. 11Bruno FernandesLM
  8. 14William CarvalhoRM
  9. 7Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. 23João FélixLF
  11. 10Bernardo SilvaRF

FRA · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 13N'Golo KantéDM
  5. 21Lucas HernándezLB
  6. 2Benjamin PavardRB
  7. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  8. 14Adrien RabiotLM
  9. 6Paul PogbaRM
  10. 10Anthony MartialCF-L
  11. 11Kingsley ComanCF-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Danilo Pereira (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 53' Goal! Portugal 0, France 1. N'Golo Kanté (France) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  3. 56' Substitution, Portugal. Diogo Jota replaces William Carvalho.
  4. 59' Substitution, France. Marcus Thuram replaces Kingsley Coman.
  5. 62' Hugo Lloris (France) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 72' Substitution, Portugal. Trincão replaces Bernardo Silva.
  7. 72' Substitution, Portugal. João Moutinho replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  8. 78' Substitution, France. Olivier Giroud replaces Anthony Martial.
  9. 79' N'Golo Kanté (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 82' Lucas Hernández (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 85' Substitution, Portugal. Paulinho replaces João Félix.
  12. 85' Substitution, Portugal. Sérgio Oliveira replaces Danilo Pereira.

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