UEFA Nations League

FT Friday, November 15, 2024
Poland DWLLD 1
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Portugal LWWWD 5
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Estádio do Dragão · 47,239 att.

Match Report

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Ronaldo double helps Portugal reach Nations League quarterfinals

Portugal sealed a Nations League quarterfinal berth after a Cristiano Ronaldo double with a penalty and an overhead kick helped them hammer visiting Poland 5-1 in Group A1 on Friday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
5
34
Possession
66
12
SHOTS
19
5
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
271
Accurate Passes
602
326
Passes
648
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
15
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.4
30
Long Balls
34
12
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
13
13
Effective Clearances
12
13
Clearances
12

Highlights

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Head to Head

POR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Diogo CostaG
  2. 13Renato VeigaCD-L
  3. 4António SilvaCD-R
  4. 19Nuno MendesLB
  5. 5Diogo DalotRB
  6. 8Bruno FernandesAM
  7. 10Bernardo SilvaLM
  8. 15João NevesRM
  9. 7Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. 17Rafael LeãoAM-L
  11. 18Pedro NetoAM-R

POL · 3-5-2

  1. 12Marcin BulkaG
  2. 5Jan BednarekCD
  3. 14Jakub KiwiorCD-L
  4. 2Kamil PiatkowskiCD-R
  5. 10Piotr ZielinskiCM-L
  6. 7Kacper UrbanskiCM-R
  7. 3Taras RomanczukAM
  8. 21Nicola ZalewskiLM
  9. 18Bartosz BereszynskiRM
  10. 23Krzysztof PiatekCF-L
  11. 9Mateusz BoguszCF-R

Timeline

  1. 25' João Neves (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 32' Substitution, Poland. Jakub Kaminski replaces Bartosz Bereszynski because of an injury.
  4. 45'+2' Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Poland. Dominik Marczuk replaces Mateusz Bogusz.
  6. 45' Substitution, Poland. Sebastian Walukiewicz replaces Jan Bednarek.
  7. 45' Substitution, Portugal. Vitinha replaces João Neves.
  8. 56' Marcin Bulka (Poland) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 59' Goal! Portugal 1, Poland 0. Rafael Leão (Portugal) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nuno Mendes following a fast break.
  10. 72' Goal! Portugal 2, Poland 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  11. 73' Substitution, Poland. Adam Buksa replaces Kacper Urbanski.
  12. 77' Substitution, Portugal. Samú Costa replaces Bernardo Silva.
  13. 80' Goal! Portugal 3, Poland 0. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Vitinha.
  14. 81' Substitution, Poland. Antoni Kozubal replaces Krzysztof Piatek.
  15. 83' Goal! Portugal 4, Poland 0. Pedro Neto (Portugal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  16. 84' Substitution, Portugal. João Félix replaces Rafael Leão.
  17. 84' Substitution, Portugal. Trincão replaces Pedro Neto.
  18. 87' Goal! Portugal 5, Poland 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vitinha.
  19. 88' Substitution, Portugal. Nuno Tavares replaces Nuno Mendes.
  20. 88' Goal! Portugal 5, Poland 1. Dominik Marczuk (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jakub Kiwior.
  21. 90'+1' Nuno Tavares (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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