A friendly match between Nigeria and Portugal took place on 17 November. The game ended 4-0 in favor of Portugal.
Team starting lineups
Portugal
№1 Rui Patrício (c) – GK
№19 Nuno Mendes – Defender
№24 António Silva – Defender
№4 Rúben Dias – Defender
№2 Diogo Dalot – Defender
№8 Bruno Fernandes – Midfielder
№14 William Carvalho – Midfielder
№25 Otávio – Midfielder
№10 Bernardo Silva – Midfielder
№11 João Félix – Forward
№9 André Silva – Forward
Nigeria
№23 Francis Uzoho – GK
№2 Bright Osayi-Samuel – Defender
№5 William Troost-Ekong – Defender
№6 Kevin Akpoguma – Defender
№17 Calvin Bassey – Defender
№7 Ademola Lookman – Midfielder
№4 Wilfred Ndidi – Midfielder
№18 Alex Iwobi – Midfielder
№15 Moses Simon – Midfielder
№10 Joe Aribo – Forward
№12 Terem Moffi – Forward
Football Game Highlights, News, and Results
The advantage of Portugal was from the first minutes of the game. Bruno Fernandes scored two goals in the first half, while João Mário and Gonçalo Ramos scored one more in the second half of the game. As a result, Portugal scored a crushing victory over Nigeria with a score of 4-0.
Bruno Fernandes was the leader of his team as Cristiano Ronaldo missed the match due to health issues. As reported by open sources, the player had stomach problems. Also, the legendary defender Pepe was not in the starting lineup, as the veteran had a long break due to an injury. The player entered the field only in the second half. 19-year-old defender António Silva made his debut in the starting lineup of the Portuguese national team, which was a big surprise for the fans.
Bruno Fernandes scored his first game goal against Nigeria 9 minutes into the game after a great assist from João Félix to Diogo Dalot, who passed the ball to Fernandes, who scored into the empty net.
In the 35th minute of the match, Bruno Fernandes scored his second game goal. After Bernardo Silva hit the ball in the hand of Bright Osayi-Samuel, the match referee awarded a penalty. Bruno Fernandes calmly converted the penalty and scored his third double for Portugal.
Bruno Fernandes: “The perfection didn’t exist or at least it is very hard to accomplish, but we made a great game, dominating every level. It was a win that give us great confidence ahead of our debut against Ghana. We are a team, it is not about individuals and we have a great group, young players that are up and coming and hungry. We are ready to the World Cup.”
In the second half, Portuguese coach Fernando Santos made 6 substitutions. In the 81st minute, the Portuguese goalkeeper saved Emmanuel Dennis’ penalty after a VAR foul by Diogo Dalot.
82 minutes into the match, Gonçalo Ramos scored another goal against Nigeria after an accurate pass from Raphaël Guerreiro. Finally, João Mário, in the 84th minute of the match, put an end to the game by scoring 4th goal against Nigeria.
Game stats
Portugal Nigeria
61% Ball possession 39%
12 Total shots 4
5 Shots on target 3
5 Shots off target 1
2 Blocked shots 0
5 Corner kicks 4
0 Offsides 1
12 Fouls 7
1 Yellow cards 1
5 Big chances 2
1 Big chances missed 2
0 Hit woodwork 1
10 Shots inside box 4
2 Shots outside box 0
3 Goalkeeper saves 1
642 Passes 408
581 (90%) Acc. Passes 345 (85%)
30/40 (75%) Long balls 27/44 (61%)
0/13 (0%) Crosses 0/7 (0%)
2/12 (17%) Dribbles 9/23 (39%)
96 Possession lost 114
38 Duels won 40
3 Aerials won 6
27 Tackles 14
11 Interceptions 5
11 Clearances 11
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