FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Portugal vs North Macedonia, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Playoff Finals

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Portugal
  • 32': Bruno Fernandes
  • 65': Bruno Fernandes
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2 - 0
North Macedonia

    Portugal qualify for 2022 World after Bruno Fernandes brace sinks North Macedonia

    Bruno Fernandes grabbed a brace as Portugal secured a 2-0 victory over North Macedonia on Tuesday to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Hand ball by Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia).
    • 3': Foul by Bernardo Silva (Portugal).
    • 3': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 9': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Otávio.
    • 10': Diogo Jota (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Foul by Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia).
    • 13': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) header from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Otávio with a through ball.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
    • 15': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by João Cancelo.
    • 16': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by João Moutinho.
    • 16': Foul by João Cancelo (Portugal).
    • 16': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 17': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 17': Foul by Diogo Jota (Portugal).
    • 18': Foul by Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
    • 18': Pepe (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Portugal).
    • 20': Attempt missed. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski with a cross.
    • 23': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
    • 24': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross following a corner.
    • 26': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
    • 27': Offside, Portugal. João Moutinho tries a through ball, but Pepe is caught offside.
    • 32': Goal! Portugal 1, North Macedonia 0. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
    • 36': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
    • 36': Otávio (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Diogo Jota (Portugal).
    • 37': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia).
    • 37': Pepe (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Portugal).
    • 40': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Portugal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left.
    • 43': Bernardo Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia).
    • 44': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Arijan Ademi.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Portugal 1, North Macedonia 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Portugal 1, North Macedonia 0.
    • 45': Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Miovski replaces Milan Ristovski.
    • 49': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by João Moutinho (Portugal).
    • 50': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
    • 50': Otávio (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Attempt saved. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Otávio.
    • 53': Foul by Diogo Jota (Portugal).
    • 53': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 56': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 56': Foul by Bernardo Silva (Portugal).
    • 56': Foul by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
    • 56': Pepe (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
    • 58': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross following a corner.
    • 59': Substitution, North Macedonia. Darko Churlinov replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 61': Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia).
    • 65': Goal! Portugal 2, North Macedonia 0. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota with a cross following a fast break.
    • 68': João Cancelo (Portugal) is shown the yellow card.
    • 68': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
    • 68': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
    • 68': Otávio (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 72': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
    • 72': Otávio (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 73': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
    • 73': Otávio (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 74': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 75': Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Askovski replaces Tihomir Kostadinov.
    • 77': Substitution, Portugal. William Carvalho replaces Otávio.
    • 77': Substitution, Portugal. Rafael Leão replaces Diogo Jota.
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
    • 79': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Darko Velkovski.
    • 84': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Bernardo Silva (Portugal).
    • 86': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Darko Velkovski.
    • 87': Substitution, North Macedonia. Boban Nikolov replaces Eljif Elmas.
    • 87': Substitution, Portugal. João Félix replaces Bernardo Silva.
    • 88': Substitution, Portugal. Matheus Nunes replaces Bruno Fernandes.
    • 90': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Nuno Mendes.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Portugal. Vitinha replaces João Moutinho.
    • 90'+2': Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Matheus Nunes (Portugal).
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Portugal 2, North Macedonia 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Portugal 2, North Macedonia 0.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 11
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    3 Corner Kicks 7
    1 Saves 0
    35.8 Possession 64.2
    3 SHOTS 11
    0 ON GOAL 3
    0.0 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    258 Accurate Passes 523
    337 Passes 600
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 7
    10 Crosses 24
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    44 Long Balls 68
    11 Accurate Long Balls 46
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.7
    1 Blocked Shots 2
    13 Effective Tackles 13
    18 Tackles 20
    0.7 Tackle % 0.7
    13 Interceptions 8
    25 Effective Clearances 8
    25 Clearances 8

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: Estádio do Dragão
    Location: Porto, Portugal
    Attendance: 48,010

    Line-Ups

    POR Portugal (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    22 Diogo Costa (GK)
    13 Danilo Pereira
    3 Pepe
    2 Nuno Mendes
    20 João Cancelo Yellow Card
    8 João Moutinho
    10 Bernardo Silva
    11 Bruno Fernandes
    7 Cristiano Ronaldo
    19 Diogo Jota
    16 Otávio
    Portugal Substitutes:
    Cédric, Matheus Nunes, João Félix, Rafael Leão, Raphaël Guerreiro, José Fonte, William Carvalho, Vitinha, André Silva, Rui Patrício, José Sá, Gonçalo Guedes.

    MKD North Macedonia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
    6 Visar Musliu Yellow Card
    14 Darko Velkoski
    8 Ezgjan Alioski Yellow Card
    13 Stefan Ristovski
    7 Eljif Elmas
    10 Enis Bardhi
    5 Arijan Ademi
    19 Milan Ristovski
    9 Aleksandar Trajkovski
    21 Tihomir Kostadinov
    North Macedonia Substitutes:
    Todor Todoroski, Stefan Askovski, Damjan Siskovski, Boban Nikolov, Kire Ristevski, Nikola Serafimov, David Babunski, Kristijan Naumovski, Stefan Spirovski, Bojan Miovski, Dorian Babunski, Darko Churlinov.

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