UEFA Nations League

FT Thursday, September 5, 2024
Croatia WWLDD 1
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Portugal WWLWL 2
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CRO101
POR202
Estádio da Luz · 57,675 att.

Match Report

Ronaldo's historic goal helps Portugal beat Croatia

Cristiano Ronaldo's 900th career goal helped Portugal to a 2-1 win over Croatia in their first Nations League game on Thursday as Diogo Dalot opened the scoring for the hosts and netted an own goal.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
4
50.1
Possession
49.9
13
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
538
Accurate Passes
540
576
Passes
580
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
8
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.2
35
Long Balls
46
26
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
6
11
Effective Tackles
6
15
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
5
14
Effective Clearances
13
14
Clearances
13

Head to Head

POR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Diogo CostaG
  2. 14Gonçalo InácioCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 19Nuno MendesLB
  5. 5Diogo DalotRB
  6. 23VitinhaCM
  7. 8Bruno FernandesLM
  8. 10Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 7Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoLF
  11. 20Pedro NetoRF

CRO · 3-5-2

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 3Marin PongracicCD
  3. 4Josko GvardiolCD-L
  4. 6Josip SutaloCD-R
  5. 16Martin BaturinaCM-L
  6. 10Luka ModricCM-R
  7. 8Mateo KovacicAM
  8. 19Borna SosaLM
  9. 2Kristijan JakicRM
  10. 9Andrej KramaricCF-L
  11. 15Mario PasalicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Portugal 1, Croatia 0. Diogo Dalot (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a through ball.
  2. 34' Goal! Portugal 2, Croatia 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Nuno Mendes with a cross.
  3. 41' Own Goal by Diogo Dalot, Portugal. Portugal 2, Croatia 1.
  4. 45' Substitution, Croatia. Duje Caleta-Car replaces Marin Pongracic.
  5. 45' Substitution, Portugal. João Neves replaces Rafael Leão.
  6. 45' Substitution, Portugal. Nélson Semedo replaces Pedro Neto.
  7. 61' Substitution, Croatia. Igor Matanovic replaces Martin Baturina.
  8. 67' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Sucic replaces Mario Pasalic.
  9. 72' Luka Modric (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 76' Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Perisic replaces Kristijan Jakic.
  11. 77' Substitution, Croatia. Petar Sucic replaces Luka Modric.
  12. 77' Substitution, Portugal. António Silva replaces Gonçalo Inácio.
  13. 88' Substitution, Portugal. Diogo Jota replaces Cristiano Ronaldo.
  14. 90' Substitution, Portugal. Pote replaces Vitinha because of an injury.

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