Portugal vs Croatia, 2024 International Friendly
· International FriendlyModric helps Croatia beat Ronaldo-less Portugal in friendly
Goals in each half by Luka Modric and Ante Budimir got Croatia a historic first win over Portugal in eight matches when they beat the hosts 2-1 in an international friendly on Saturday, as Cristiano Ronaldo remained on the bench.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Portugal).
- 1': Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Attempt blocked. João Félix (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nuno Mendes.
- 4': Offside, Portugal. Nuno Mendes is caught offside.
- 7': Penalty Croatia. Mateo Kovacic draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 7': Penalty conceded by Vitinha (Portugal) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 8': Goal! Portugal 0, Croatia 1. Luka Modric (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 10': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Portugal).
- 10': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Attempt missed. Luka Modric (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 13': Attempt saved. Lovro Majer (Croatia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 16': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonçalo Inácio with a headed pass.
- 17': Offside, Portugal. Gonçalo Ramos is caught offside.
- 17': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
- 18': Foul by Gonçalo Inácio (Portugal).
- 18': Lovro Majer (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
- 21': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by João Palhinha.
- 22': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Nuno Mendes.
- 26': Attempt missed. Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Diogo Dalot with a cross.
- 27': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
- 28': Foul by Ante Budimir (Croatia).
- 28': Gonçalo Inácio (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Marin Pongracic (Croatia).
- 29': Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 32': Delay in match because of an injury Nuno Mendes (Portugal).
- 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lovro Majer.
- 33': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by João Palhinha.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
- 34': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Bruno Fernandes.
- 35': Attempt missed. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Lovro Majer with a cross following a corner.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lovro Majer.
- 38': Attempt missed. João Félix (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Ante Budimir (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
- 39': Foul by Ante Budimir (Croatia).
- 39': Gonçalo Inácio (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Ante Budimir (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 40': Foul by Nuno Mendes (Portugal).
- 40': Lovro Majer (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Attempt saved. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
- 42': Attempt missed. Ante Budimir (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Josip Stanisic with a headed pass.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by João Palhinha.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Portugal 0, Croatia 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Portugal 0, Croatia 1.
- 45': Substitution, Portugal. Diogo Jota replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
- 45': Substitution, Portugal. João Cancelo replaces Nuno Mendes.
- 45': Substitution, Portugal. Nélson Semedo replaces Diogo Dalot.
- 45': Substitution, Portugal. Rafael Leão replaces João Félix.
- 47': Foul by Josip Stanisic (Croatia).
- 47': João Cancelo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Goal! Portugal 1, Croatia 1. Diogo Jota (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 52': Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 52': Foul by Diogo Jota (Portugal).
- 53': Foul by Ante Budimir (Croatia).
- 53': Gonçalo Inácio (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Perisic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
- 54': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Lovro Majer.
- 54': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Sucic replaces Luka Modric.
- 56': Attempt saved. Mario Pasalic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 56': Goal! Portugal 1, Croatia 2. Ante Budimir (Croatia) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
- 58': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
- 58': Vitinha (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 61': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Josip Sutalo.
- 64': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Marin Pongracic.
- 65': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Josip Sutalo.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vitinha.
- 65': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Marcelo Brozovic.
- 66': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Ivan Perisic.
- 67': Substitution, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic replaces Ante Budimir.
- 68': Attempt saved. Vitinha (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 68': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Ivan Perisic.
- 68': Attempt missed. Rúben Dias (Portugal) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by João Cancelo following a corner.
- 70': Substitution, Portugal. Pedro Neto replaces Bruno Fernandes.
- 74': Attempt saved. Pedro Neto (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
- 75': Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
- 75': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Ivanusec replaces Mateo Kovacic.
- 75': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
- 76': Foul by João Cancelo (Portugal).
- 76': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': João Cancelo (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 80': Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
- 81': Foul by João Palhinha (Portugal).
- 81': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Attempt saved. Luka Sucic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Petkovic.
- 82': Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 82': Foul by Diogo Jota (Portugal).
- 84': Attempt missed. Vitinha (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Pedro Neto with a cross.
- 84': Substitution, Portugal. Matheus Nunes replaces Vitinha.
- 85': Foul by Matheus Nunes (Portugal).
- 85': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
- 90'+1': Foul by Luka Ivanusec (Croatia).
- 90'+1': Nélson Semedo (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+1': Luka Ivanusec (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Diogo Jota (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by João Cancelo.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Rúben Dias (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bruno Petkovic with a headed pass.
- 90'+3': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Diogo Costa.
- 90'+3': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Matheus Nunes.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Portugal 1, Croatia 2.
- 0': Match ends, Portugal 1, Croatia 2.
Statistics
CRO | POR | |
---|---|---|
7 | Fouls | 10 |
3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
0 | Offsides | 2 |
8 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
3 | Saves | 5 |
45.1 | Possession | 54.9 |
16 | SHOTS | 15 |
7 | ON GOAL | 4 |
0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
395 | Accurate Passes | 495 |
442 | Passes | 535 |
0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
1 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
15 | Crosses | 26 |
0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
39 | Long Balls | 42 |
24 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
5 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
10 | Effective Tackles | 16 |
16 | Tackles | 23 |
0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
7 | Interceptions | 2 |
20 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
20 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Venue: Estádio do Jamor
Location: Oeiras, Portugal
Attendance: 37,500
Line-Ups
Portugal (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
22 | Diogo Costa (GK) |
14 | Gonçalo Inacio |
4 | Rúben Dias |
19 | Nuno Mendes |
5 | Diogo Dalot |
6 | João Palhinha |
23 | Vitinha |
8 | Bruno Fernandes |
9 | Gonçalo Ramos |
11 | João Félix |
10 | Bernardo Silva |
Croatia (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Dominik Livakovic (GK) |
3 | Marin Pongracic |
6 | Josip Sutalo |
4 | Josko Gvardiol |
2 | Josip Stanisic |
11 | Marcelo Brozovic |
8 | Mateo Kovacic |
10 | Luka Modric |
16 | Ante Budimir |
9 | Andrej Kramaric |
7 | Lovro Majer |
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