#FT: Liechtenstein 0-2 Portugal
Venue: Rheinpark Stadion
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Liechtenstein
Benjamin Büchel, Sandro Wieser, Lars Traber, Andreas Malin, Aron Sele (Jens Hofer), Simon Lüchinger (Livio Meier), Marcel Büchel, Maximilian Göppel, Niklas Beck (Liam Kranz), Julien Hasler (Philipp Ospelt), Dennis Salanovic (Martin Marxer).
Subs: Andrin Netzer, Kenny Kindle, Severin Schlegel, Gabriel Foser, Nicola Kollmann, Lorenzo Lo Russo, Sandro Wolfinger.
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Portugal
José Sá, Rúben Neves, Toti , António Silva, Bruno Fernandes (Vitinha ), Bernardo Silva (Ricardo Horta), Diogo Jota , João Cancelo (João Mário ), Goncalo Ramos, João Félix (João Neves), Cristiano Ronaldo (Bruma ).
Subs: Diogo Costa, Rui Patrício, Otávio , Gonçalo Inacio, Rúben Dias, João Palhinha, Raphaël Guerreiro.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
24’ Simon Lüchinger (Liechtenstein) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45’ Substitution, Liechtenstein. Livio Meier replaces Simon Lüchinger.
46’ Goal! Liechtenstein 0, Portugal 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
57’ Goal! Liechtenstein 0, Portugal 2. João Cancelo (Portugal) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by António Silva.
60’ Substitution, Portugal. Ricardo Horta replaces Bernardo Silva.
63’ Substitution, Liechtenstein. Philipp Ospelt replaces Julien Hasler.
64’ Substitution, Liechtenstein. Liam Kranz replaces Niklas Beck.
67’ Substitution, Portugal. Bruma replaces Cristiano Ronaldo.
67’ Substitution, Portugal. Vitinha replaces Bruno Fernandes.
77’ Substitution, Liechtenstein. Jens Hofer replaces Aron Sele.
87’ Substitution, Portugal. João Mário replaces João Cancelo.
87’ Substitution, Portugal. João Neves replaces João Félix.
90’+1’ Substitution, Liechtenstein. Martin Marxer replaces Dennis Salanovic.
90’+5’ Diogo Jota (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
All the butt hurt mates who lost their bets howling here
Honestly, I think this is a hard game to take any conclusions from. We were already qualified, pretty sure mathematically guaranteed as top of the group, and against the 200th-ranked team in the world, so this really was no more than a friendly game where the only real stakes were the possibility for 9/9 wins in Euro qualifiers (a first for us). We got the job done and Martínez got to do some experimentation… even if his changes were bizarre, to say the least.
That said, we were on autopilot all game long, apart from a few stretches. CR7 and Cancelo were game, Félix had a good moment or two (outside of the many missed attempts), otherwise the team just kinda slogged through. Gonçalo Ramos had a shambles performance, but in fairness to him, pretty much nobody really showed up.