FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Tuesday, March 29, 2022
North Macedonia WLWWW 0
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Portugal WWDLW 2
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POR112
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Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

POR leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 22Diogo CostaG
  2. 13Danilo PereiraCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 2Nuno MendesLB
  5. 20João CanceloRB
  6. 8João MoutinhoCM
  7. 10Bernardo SilvaLM
  8. 11Bruno FernandesRM
  9. 7Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. 19Diogo JotaLF
  11. 16OtávioRF

MKD · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 6Visar MusliuCD-L
  3. 14Darko VelkoskiCD-R
  4. 8Ezgjan AlioskiLB
  5. 13Stefan RistovskiRB
  6. 7Eljif ElmasAM
  7. 10Enis BardhiLM
  8. 5Arijan AdemiRM
  9. 19Milan RistovskiF
  10. 9Aleksandar TrajkovskiAM-L
  11. 21Tihomir KostadinovAM-R

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 45' Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Miovski replaces Milan Ristovski.
  3. 59' Substitution, North Macedonia. Darko Churlinov replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
  4. 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.
  5. 68' João Cancelo (Portugal) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 68' Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 74' Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 75' Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Askovski replaces Tihomir Kostadinov.
  9. 77' Substitution, Portugal. William Carvalho replaces Otávio.
  10. 77' Substitution, Portugal. Rafael Leão replaces Diogo Jota.
  11. 87' Substitution, North Macedonia. Boban Nikolov replaces Eljif Elmas.
  12. 87' Substitution, Portugal. João Félix replaces Bernardo Silva.
  13. 88' Substitution, Portugal. Matheus Nunes replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Portugal. Vitinha replaces João Moutinho.

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