UEFA Nations League

FT Saturday, September 5, 2020
Croatia DWDWW 1
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Portugal WWLWW 4
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CRO011
POR134
Estádio do Dragão · ABC

Match Report

AP Photo/Miguel Angelo Pereira

Portugal thump Croatia as Ronaldo sits out due to toe injury

Titleholders and European champions Portugal made light of Cristiano Ronaldo's absence when they swept aside Croatia with a 4-1 win.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
1
43
Possession
57
5
SHOTS
27
2
ON GOAL
11
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
356
Accurate Passes
522
430
Passes
588
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
21
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.4
45
Long Balls
53
18
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
15
15
Tackles
26
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
14
Interceptions
16
21
Effective Clearances
19
21
Clearances
19

Head to Head

POR leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 12Anthony LopesG
  2. 4Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 5Raphaël GuerreiroLB
  5. 20João CanceloRB
  6. 13Danilo PereiraCM
  7. 11Bruno FernandesLM
  8. 8João MoutinhoRM
  9. 23João FélixF
  10. 15Diogo JotaLF
  11. 10Bernardo SilvaRF

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 3Borna BarisicLB
  5. 16Tin JedvajRB
  6. 10Nikola VlasicAM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 15Mario PasalicRM
  9. 9Andrej KramaricF
  10. 18Ante RebicAM-L
  11. 7Josip BrekaloAM-R

Timeline

  1. 41' Goal! Portugal 1, Croatia 0. João Cancelo (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
  2. 58' Goal! Portugal 2, Croatia 0. Diogo Jota (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.
  3. 60' Tin Jedvaj (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Perisic replaces Josip Brekalo.
  5. 61' Substitution, Croatia. Marcelo Brozovic replaces Mario Pasalic.
  6. 70' Goal! Portugal 3, Croatia 0. João Félix (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  7. 71' Borna Barisic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 74' Substitution, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  9. 78' Substitution, Portugal. Trincão replaces Bernardo Silva.
  10. 82' Substitution, Portugal. Sérgio Oliveira replaces João Moutinho.
  11. 88' Substitution, Portugal. André Silva replaces João Félix.
  12. 90'+1' Goal! Portugal 3, Croatia 1. Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ante Rebic with a through ball.
  13. 90'+4' Goal! Portugal 4, Croatia 1. André Silva (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pepe following a corner.

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