UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, November 16, 2023
Portugal WWWWW 2
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Liechtenstein LLLLL 0
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Rheinpark Stadion · 5,749 att.

Match Report

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Ronaldo scores as Portugal keep perfect Euro qualifying record

Cristiano Ronaldo found the back of the net to help Portugal beat Liechtenstein 2-0 in Group J clash on Thursday as the 38-year-old tied Belgium's Romelu Lukaku as the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign's top scorer.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
5
83.6
Possession
16.4
29
SHOTS
5
8
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
805
Accurate Passes
108
882
Passes
175
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
10
Accurate Crosses
0
28
Crosses
2
0.4
Cross %
0.0
60
Long Balls
56
50
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.8
Long Balls %
0.4
10
Blocked Shots
0
8
Effective Tackles
8
11
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
2
Interceptions
3
4
Effective Clearances
36
4
Clearances
36

Head to Head

POR leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

LIE · 3-5-2

  1. 1Benjamin BüchelG
  2. 10Sandro WieserCD
  3. 4Lars TraberCD-L
  4. 6Andreas MalinCD-R
  5. 8Aron SeleCM-L
  6. 17Simon LüchingerCM-R
  7. 7Marcel BüchelAM
  8. 3Maximilian GöppelLM
  9. 22Niklas BeckRM
  10. 18Julien HaslerCF-L
  11. 11Dennis SalanovicCF-R

POR · 3-1-4-2

  1. 12José SáG
  2. 18Rúben NevesCD
  3. 2Toti GomesCD-L
  4. 3António SilvaCD-R
  5. 8Bruno FernandesSW
  6. 11João FélixCM-L
  7. 10Bernardo SilvaCM-R
  8. 21Diogo JotaLM
  9. 20João CanceloRM
  10. 9Gonçalo RamosCF-L
  11. 7Cristiano RonaldoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Simon Lüchinger (Liechtenstein) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Liechtenstein. Livio Meier replaces Simon Lüchinger.
  3. 46' Goal! Liechtenstein 0, Portugal 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
  4. 57' Goal! Liechtenstein 0, Portugal 2. João Cancelo (Portugal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by António Silva.
  5. 60' Substitution, Portugal. Ricardo Horta replaces Bernardo Silva.
  6. 64' Substitution, Liechtenstein. Liam Kranz replaces Niklas Beck.
  7. 64' Substitution, Liechtenstein. Philipp Ospelt replaces Julien Hasler.
  8. 67' Substitution, Portugal. Vitinha replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  9. 67' Substitution, Portugal. Bruma replaces Cristiano Ronaldo.
  10. 77' Substitution, Liechtenstein. Jens Hofer replaces Aron Sele.
  11. 87' Substitution, Portugal. João Neves replaces João Félix.
  12. 87' Substitution, Portugal. João Mário replaces João Cancelo.
  13. 90'+1' Substitution, Liechtenstein. Martin Marxer replaces Dennis Salanovic.
  14. 90'+5' Diogo Jota (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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