Goals and Highlights: Portugal 4-0 Nigeria in Friendly Match

Portugal will make its debut against Ghana, on Thursday, November 24, at 11 am ET.

Game Over

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Ricardo Horta

João Félix is launched on the bottom line, deflects lightly and Gonçalo Ramos rolls to João Mario to score

João Félix plays to Guerreiro, who crosses low and Gonçalo Ramos has only the work of scoring the empty goal

Dennis hits the right corner and Rui Patrício hits the side and avoids the goal

Osayi-Samuel invades the area and is fouled by Dalot

In: Emmanuel Dennis

Out: Simon

In: Ricardo Horta

Out: Otávio

João Félix receives in the area, shoots a cross and the ball skims the post

Chukwueze dribbles past Antonio Silva, bursts into the box and hits a cross. Rui Patrício comes out of the goal and saves with his leg

In: Etebo

Out: Aribo

In: Gonçalo Ramos

Out:  André Silva

In: Onuachu

Out: Moffi

Simon crosses directly into Rui Patrício's hands

Game restarts

In: Raphaël Guerreiro, Pepe and João Mário

Out: Nuno Mendes, Bruno Fernandes and Rúben Dias

The first half ends

João Félix shoots in the measure to Bruno Fernandes, who takes it from Uzoho, but is without angle and finishes outside

Bruno Fernandes dislocates the goalkeeper and shoots into the left corner

Bernardo Silva crosses and Osayi-Samuel blocks with his hand

Simon takes a risk inside the area and Rui Patrício holds firm

Bruno Fernandes takes a corner with Nuno Mendes, who tables with Otávio and crosses low. William Carvalho shoots over the marker

Aribo receives in the area, but is stopped by Antonio Silva

João Félix shoots hard from a distance and the ball goes dangerously over the crossbar

Nuno Mendes is sent in for a short corner and decides to take a chance from the edge of the area. The ball goes close to Uzoho's goal

João Félix throws to Dalot, who lifts his head and puts it in the small area for Bruno Fernandes to score

Bernardo Silva receives a throw-in on the left side, crosses to the middle, but João Félix ends up missing the shot

Game played in the midfield

The referee blows the whistle

Nigeria's anthem playing first, then Portugal's turn

Players entering the field

Okoye, Adeleye, Duru, Etebo, Dessers, Chukwueze, Bonaventure, Onyeka, Onuachu, Chidozie, Ebuehi and Onyemaechi

Uzoho; Osayi-Samuel, Akpoguma, Ekong, Bassey; Aribo, Ndidi, Iwobi; Lookman, Moffi, Simon

Diogo Costa, José Sá, Pepe, Guerreiro, Palhinha, Danilo, Rafael Leão, Vitinha, João Mário, Rúben Neves, Cancelo, Ricardo Horta, Matheus Nunes and Gonçalo Ramos

Rui Patrício; Dalot, Rúben Dias, António Silva, Nuno Mendes; Otávio, Bruno Fernandes, William, Bernardo Silva; André Silva, João Félix

Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli

Assistant Referee 1: Michael Soteriou

Assistant Referee 2: Marios Kalogirou

Fourth official: Miguel Nogueira

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"That means that there is some accumulated fatigue in the players. You have to manage the times well, there are players with more pace and less pace, normal, there are some with more overload, Cancelo is the one with more minutes, we will try to manage to be all at the same level.

We will face teams from three different continents. Regarding Ghana, African soccer has improved a lot in tactical and organizational terms. Nigeria will have something to do with Ghana, very fast, talented players who will try to exploit the depth and with many individual plays. Nigeria is more 4x4x2, Ghana is more 4x3x3 or 3x5x2, [...] so I think it was a good choice for this preparation game.

I think they turned the key as soon as they left their clubs and went into national team mode and into World Cup mode, with great motivation and total focus on the national team."

In the last game before the ball starts rolling in Qatar, Portugal will have strong support from the Portuguese in the preparation game with Nigeria, as all tickets have been sold to follow the game at the José Alvalade Stadium, home of Sporting. The place has capacity for 50. 095 people.

 

1. Rui Patrício.

2. Diogo Dalot.

3. Pepe.

4. Rúben Dias.

5. Raphaël Guerreiro.

6. João Palhinha.

7. Cristiano Ronaldo.

8. Bruno Fernandes.

9. André Silva.

10. Bernardo Silva.

11. João Félix.

12. José Sá.

13. Danilo Pereira.

14. Wiliam Carvalho.

15. Rafael Leão

16. Vitinha.

17. João Mário.

18. Rúben Neves.

19. Nuno Mendes.

20. João Cancelo.

21. Ricardo Horta.

22. Diogo Costa.

23. Matheus Nunes.

24. António Silva.

25. Otávio.

26. Gonçalo Ramos.

Goalkeepers: Maduka Okoye (Watford), Francis Uzoho (AC Omonia) and Adebayo Adeleye (Hapoel Jerusalem)

Defenders: William Ekong (Watford), Olisa Ndah (Orlando Pirates), Calvin Bassey (Ajax), Kevin Akpoguma (Hoffenheim), Chidiebube Duru (Rivers United), Tyronne Ebuehi (Empoli), Bruno Onyemaechi (Boavista) and Bright Osayi Samuel (Fenerbahce)

Midfielders: Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (Southampton), Alex Iwobi (Everton), Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City), Frank Onyeka (Brentford) and Oghenekaro Etebo (Aris Thessaloniki)

Forwards: Moses Simon (Nantes), Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), Terem Moffi (Lorient), Paul Onuachu (Genk FC), Victor Osimhen (Napoli) and  Emmanuel Dennis (Nottingham Forest)

Coach: José Peseiro.

Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), José Sá (Wolverhampton) and Rui Patrício (Roma)

Defenders: Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), João Cancelo (Manchester City), António Silva (Benfica), Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint-Germain), Pepe (Porto), Rúben Dias (Manchester City), Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain) and Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders: João Palhinha (Fulham), Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), João Mário (Benfica), Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton), Otávio (Porto), Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain) and William Carvalho (Betis)

Forwards: André Silva (RB Leipzig), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica), João Félix (Atlético de Madrid), Rafael Leão (Milan) and Ricardo Horta (Braga).

Coach: Fernando Santos.

Nigeria will not be at the World Cup. It is the first time since 2006. Their debut came in 1994 and they won spots in 2002, 2010, 2014, and 2018. Now, the Super Eagles are holding friendly matches, coming off a loss, 2-0, to Costa Rica.

Portugal continues its preparation for the World Cup in Qatar. Part of group H, with Uruguay, Ghana and South Korea, the Seleção das Quinas, as it is known, will debut on November 24, Thursday, at 12 pm, against Ghana. Aiming at the world, the Portuguese chose to hold a friendly.

Portugal vs Nigeria, this Thursday (17), at the José Alvalade Stadium, at 2:45 pm ET, for the Friendly Match.

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