1) Croatia and Portugal faced off in a tight group stage match at UEFA Euro 2016 in France. Croatia controlled possession but struggled to create chances against Portugal's defense. 2) Portugal scored on a counterattack late in the match, with Renato Sanches driving the ball forward and passing to Nani, whose cross was finished by goals from Ronaldo and Quaresma. 3) Both teams created few shots on goal, with Croatia taking mostly long shots and Portugal struggling to create chances with Ronaldo marked closely. The match remained level until Portugal's late winner.

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GAME REPORT
UEFA EURO 2016 - FRANCE
GROUP MATCHES STAGE

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23 Danijel Subašić
03 Ivan Strinić
05 Vedran Ćorluka
11 Darijo Srna
21 Domagoj Vida
10 Luka Modrić
14 Milan Badelj
4 Ivan Perišić
7 Ivan Rakitić
14 Marcelo Brozović
17 Mario Mandžukić
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02 Šime Vrsaljko
06 Tin Jedvaj
08 Mateo Kovačić
09 Andrej Kramarić
13 Gordon Schildenfeld
15 Marko Rog
20 Marko Pjaca
22 Duje Čop
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Tactical SystemCROATIA – Stage Group

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1 Rui Patrício
3 Pepe
5 Raphael Guerreiro
6 Ricardo Carvalho
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
8 João Moutinho
10 João Mário
11 Vierinha
14 William Carvalho
15 André Gomes
17 Nani
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16 Renato Sanches
20 Ricardo Quaresma
23 Adrien Silva
13 Danilo
21 Cédric Soares
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Tactical SystemPortugal – Stage Group

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Croatia
Ante Cacic was happy to see Mandzukic and Modric in shape for
this game, after the 2 stars missed the last game in the stage
group against Spain
In the middle Modric and Badelj keep their dynamic and worked
really well controling the counter attacs of Portugal.
In the back Strinic didn’t get many chances to attack, but in the
right, Srna was in great shape and played really well both
attaking and defending.
Upfront, Mandzukic struggled against Pepe and Fonte, and it was
clear he wasn’t 100%.
Perisic, Rakitic and Brozovic, gave the pace the team needed.
Rakitic was well marked by the portuguese midfield and when
Renato Sanches got in the game, Rakitic suffered with his
agressivity.
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Dynamics
Croatia opted to play inside portuguese lines and create space in
the back of the defense, exploring the through pass.
In the counter attack, they explored more the 1-on-1 situation,
specially in the wings.
Offensive Process

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Shots
Dynamics
Croatia shoted a lot, but most of the shots were from outside the
box. This shows some lack of accuracy, wit 17 shots and only 2
were on goal.
Perisic, usually coming from behind and taking advantage of the
1-on-1 situations was the man who shooted the most with 7
shots.
Madzukic, the biggest reference in the attack, only shot twice,
revealing the struggled he had against the portuguese center
backs.

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Set Play
Dynamics
Srna kept delivering the set pieces.
The main target was Vida.
Croatia opted for the second post has the target area.

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Portugal
Fernando Santos made 3 changes in Portugal team. 2 of them,
were debuts in this Euro – Adrien Silva (midfielder) and Cédric
Soares (right back).
Portugal opted to maintain the dynamic that Nani and Ronaldo
revealed agains Hungary and were both in the line up, relegating
Quaresma for the bench.
In the middle, Adrien Silva replaced João Moutinho due to
physical condition. This change gave Portugal more physical
hability to face a strong Croatia.
In the back, Cédric replaced Vieirinha. Cédic doesn’t attack as
much as Vieirinha, but has more consistancy on the defensive
process.
In the left, Raphael Guerreiro started the game, after missing
Hungary.
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Dynamics
Portugal opted for a 3-player construction pahse, but with low
pace, Croatia controled Portugal.
With Renato, he transported the ball closer to Croatia lines, and
start to creat numeric advantage in the middle – supported by
João Mário, Adrien and sometimes Nani. The goal is due to a
counter attack, with Renato doind this transporting perfectly.
Offensive Process

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Shots
Dynamics
Portugal had some problems in the offensive process. This
revealed a low shooting number with only 4 shots the entire
game.
This is due specially to Ronaldo, lost between the defenders,
didn’t was so influent has he usually is in the last third.
With Renato on pitch, Portugal get closer to the opponents area,
but with few players they didn’t get many chances to trouble
Subasic.

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Set Play
Dynamics
João Mário takes the corners as well as Ricardo Quaresma.
Although Portugal benefit from 30 corners in the stage group (19
average), in this game only benefit from 2, revelaing the struggle
to reach the goal of Croatia.
Raphael from the left and João Mário from the right, were
choosen to take the Indirect Free Kicks.
The targets were Pepe, José Fonte and Ronaldo.
Choosing the center of the area to put the ball, Portugal were
trying to creat the doubt between the defenders and the
goalkeeper, and take advantage of some comunication mistake.

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The Goal
Portugal
The counter attack worked really well, taking advantage of the
space in the middle, with Renato taking the ball to the last third.
There he fixed the defender perfectly and puts the ball on the left
for Nani.
Quaresma and Ronaldo were clever enought to understand the
importance of the opposite side of the ball, as the ball was
crossed they’re already there and Ronaldo first and Quaresma
later made the winning goal for Portugal

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