Portugal 0-0 Ukraine: Ronaldo's return ends in frustrating draw

Published on: 22 March 2019

Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 85 goals in 155 international games

Reigning champions Portugal were held to a frustrating goalless draw in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier against Ukraine as Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the side.

Ronaldo had missed the past six internationals after Portugal were knocked out in the World Cup last 16.

Ukraine keeper Andriy Pyatov made two strong saves to deny Ronaldo and also kept out Andre Silva's curling effort.

Portugal had 18 shots in Lisbon while Ukraine managed just two.

William Carvalho thought he had put Portugal in front with a close-range header after 16 minutes but it was ruled out for offside.

There was also a penalty appeal from the hosts in stoppage time when substitute Dyego Sousa appeared to be bundled over in the box as he tried to get on the end of Ronaldo's low cross.

Portugal will host Serbia on Monday in Lisbon. Luxembourg beat Lithuania 2-1 in Friday's other Group B match.

The top two teams from each group qualify for the Euro 2020 finals but if Portugal were to miss out, they are guaranteed a play-off place after reaching the Nations League semi-finals.

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    Line-ups Match Stats Live Text

Line-ups

Portugal

    1Rui Patrício

    2Cavaco Cancelo

    3Pepe

    4Rúben Dias

    5Guerreiro

    18NevesSubstituted forFerreira Silvaat 62'minutes

    14William Carvalho

    8João MoutinhoSubstituted forJoão Márioat 87'minutes

    11Bernardo Silva

    9André SilvaSubstituted forFerreira Sousaat 73'minutes

    7Cristiano Ronaldo

Substitutes

    6José Fonte

    10João Mário

    12Malheiro de Sá

    13Danilo

    15Ferreira Silva

    16Sequeira

    17Jota

    19Mário Rui

    20Afonso Fernandes

    21Nélson Semedo

    22Beto

    23Ferreira Sousa

Ukraine

    12Pyatov

    21Karavaev

    4Krivtsov

    22Matvyenko

    13Mykolenko

    6StepanenkoBooked at 86mins

    11MarlosSubstituted forTsygankovat 67'minutes

    17Zinchenko

    8Malinovskiy

    10KonoplyankaSubstituted forBuyalskiyat 87'minutes

    18YaremchukSubstituted forRibeiro Moraes Juniorat 76'minutes

Substitutes

    1Boyko

    2Butko

    3Sobol

    5Burda

    7Shaparenko

    9Kravets

    14Buyalskiy

    15Tsygankov

    16Sydorchuk

    19Ribeiro Moraes Junior

    20Bezus

    23Lunin

Referee:

Clément Turpin

Match Stats

Home TeamPortugalAway TeamUkraine

Possession

Home59%

Away41%

Shots

Home18

Away6

Shots on Target

Home6

Away1

Corners

Home18

Away2

Fouls

Home9

Away14

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Portugal 0, Ukraine 0.

Full TimePosted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Portugal 0, Ukraine 0.

Posted at 90'+4'

João Mário (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Moraes (Ukraine).

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Dyego Sousa (Portugal).

Posted at 90'+2'

Sergey Krivtsov (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by William Carvalho.

Posted at 90'+1'

Pepe (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Moraes (Ukraine).

Posted at 90'

Attempt saved. Dyego Sousa (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Mário.

Posted at 90'

William Carvalho (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine).

Posted at 88'

Attempt missed. William Carvalho (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 88'

Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine).

SubstitutionPosted at 87'

Substitution, Ukraine. Vitaliy Buyalskiy replaces Yevhen Konoplyanka.

SubstitutionPosted at 87'

Substitution, Portugal. João Mário replaces João Moutinho.

BookingPosted at 86'

Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 86'

Rafa (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine).

Posted at 86'

Attempt missed. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.

Posted at 85'

Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Rúben Dias.

Posted at 85'

Attempt blocked. Moraes (Ukraine) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.

Posted at 85'

Attempt saved. Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.

Posted at 84'

Attempt blocked. Moraes (Ukraine) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 82'

Pepe (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Moraes (Ukraine).

Posted at 81'

Attempt missed. Dyego Sousa (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by João Moutinho with a cross following a corner.

Posted at 81'

Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Taras Stepanenko.

Posted at 81'

Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.

Posted at 80'

Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Vitaliy Mykolenko.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Dyego Sousa (Portugal).

Posted at 79'

Andriy Pyatov (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 79'

Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Sergey Krivtsov.

SubstitutionPosted at 76'

Substitution, Ukraine. Moraes replaces Roman Yaremchuk.

Posted at 76'

Offside, Portugal. João Cancelo tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.

Posted at 75'

Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Taras Stepanenko.

SubstitutionPosted at 73'

Substitution, Portugal. Dyego Sousa replaces André Silva.

Posted at 70'

Rúben Dias (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine).

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Source: bbc.com

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