World Preliminary Round European Zone Group A, Portugal away to ireland, the two sides missed many scoring opportunities, Portugal finally drew 0-0 with Ireland in the case of one less man, in the standings, pressure Serbia to rank first, and the promotion to the Qatar World Cup is in sight.
Starting
Starting lineup
In this game, although the difference in strength between the two sides is obvious, coach Santos still arranges almost all the main forces to play, and C Ronaldo still leads.
Ronaldo
At the beginning of the game, both sides played more relaxed. Even a little casual!
Doherty diagonally passed
In the 5th minute, Doherty's diagonal pass into the penalty area almost formed a threat, fortunately Portugal has 38-year-old Pepe, as a needle in the haystack, he decisively attacked to defuse the danger.
C Ronaldo single-handedly defended
In the 7th minute, Ronaldo dribbled the ball, faced the 3-man bag clip defense, watched how he chose to eat strongly, and then the ball was divided, breaking through the box to create a corner. Is this 36-year-old Ronaldo? yes! That's him!
Kick it really freely
In the 15th minute, Ireland's return pass almost turned into a oolong ball, leaving their goalkeeper in a cold sweat. Let the fans sigh: this game, played like a friendly match.
The edge of the penalty area was brought down
Hit in the penalty area
Fall to the ground in pain
It's too fierce
He could only shake his head when he couldn't care less about the pain and went to comfort his teammates
A scene of controversy appeared in the 26th minute, C Ronaldo was knocked over and fell to the ground in pain when he was scrambled behind Doherty in the front of the penalty area and in the penalty area, the referee turned a blind eye, C Ronaldo covered his waist, in pain, but he could not care about the pain, because his teammates had also been put down, he went to comfort, and the grass clippings on his face were wiped in the future.
In the face of such a tough defense, the Spanish coach did not respond at all, and C Ronaldo could only shake his head and continue the game.
Portugal missed an opportunity
After that, the two sides attacked each other, and in the 40th minute, Portugal switched from defense to attack, and got a great 3V4 chance, and C Ronaldo originally chose a long pass to find the player at the back point, but was mistakenly intercepted by Guedes!
Irish offensive
Although Ireland have a clear gap in strength, at home, they are still resolute in their attack, and this attack almost broke Through patricio's goal in the first half.
antagonism
Ronaldo was carried down
In the 47th minute, C Ronaldo with the ball to break through the wing, was forced to push out of the sideline by the Irish defender, C Ronaldo knelt on the ground, old? If you change 5 young, such a strong eat, too simple!
Irish volley
Play with fire in front of Portugal
In this game, Portugal played really relaxed, in front of the goal were playing with fire, this no, this ball almost conceded the ball, with the ball to play the forward, fell in the box, and then was robbed, Irish shot was saved by Patricio.
Ronaldo's shot hit someone in the face
Immediately after, Portugal won a free kick in the front of the penalty area, C Ronaldo took the penalty, bombed a kick, hit the Irish player in the face, really painful!
This ball is beautiful
It's beautiful
In the 67th minute, A Silva crossed from the side, C Ronaldo jumped high, the standard lion flicked his head to attack the goal, the ball rubbed the upright, almost ah!
Ronaldo shoots from a distance
In the 78th minute, C Ronaldo took the ball in the penalty area, suddenly a long-range shot, the deviation was a little too big, C Luo covered his face and couldn't believe it!
Pepe red card
In the 81st minute, Pepe received a second yellow card on the defensive end and was sent off with a red card! Portugal fought with one less man, and more importantly, portugal was worried about the Serbian match behind!
In the end, after 90 minutes of matches, the two sides fought 0:0, Portugal continued to maintain the first place in the group, and the next round of home against Serbia, the promotion is in sight.
Santos
But in this game, Santos has one thing to sum up: Portugal played too easily, a little carelessly! They thought they could easily win the game, played a little carelessly, and almost lost on the road. The game has to be played one by one, don't be careless!