Cristiano Ronaldo returned to international action on Friday, but he could not inspire Portugal to a win against Ukraine.
Match Events
16' CHANCE! Pepe's shot over the bar
That's close from Pepe! On the turn, the centre-back volleys the ball towards Pyatov with his left foot following a cleared Portugal corner and the goalkeeper takes no chances and tips it over the bar.
17' OFFSIDE! Carvalho's goal disallowed
CLOSE TO AN OPENER! Carvalho thought he had scored! He was unmarked at the back post and stooped low to head the cross back across goal and into the net, but he was a fraction offside and Clement Turpin makes the correct decision to rule it out. It's still 0-0 at the Estadio da Luz.
24' CHANCE! Ronaldo's shot saved
RONALDO COMES CLOSE! Guerreiro's pass finds the forward in an excellent position and he cuts inside and tries to squeeze the ball between Pyatov's legs, but the Ukraine goalkeeper is alert to the danger and makes an important save.
28' CLOSE! Ronaldo's shot saved
RONALDO AGAIN! The Juventus forward did what he does best and used his quick feet to create space for himself on the left side of the box, but Pyatov gets down low to his right to save Ronaldo's left-footed shot and keep the score at 0-0.
57' NICE SHOT! Andre Silva's shot saved
PYATOV MAKES ANOTHER SAVE! Portugal are setting up camp in Ukraine's defensive third for the moment and they're working the ball around very nicely. It eventually falls to Andre Silva just at the edge of the box and Pyatov makes another stunning save with his right hand to deny the striker a goal!
Match Report
Cristiano Ronaldo was frustrated on his return to international duty as Portugal were held to a 0-0 draw by Ukraine in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier.
Having not featured for Portugal since their defeat to Uruguay at World Cup 2018, Ronaldo was back for Friday's encounter in Lisbon, but failed to inspire a victory as the Euro 2016 champions began their Group B campaign on a flat note.
Andriy Pyatov played a key part in frustrating the hosts, twice denying Ronaldo in the first half before pulling off an exceptional save from Andre Silva.
Player Ratings
Line-ups
Portugal XI: Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe, Rui Patrício, João Moutinho, William Carvalho, Cancelo, Raphaël Guerreiro, André Silva, Rúben Neves, Rúben Dias, Bernardo Silva
Subs: José Fonte, Beto, Pizzi, Mário Rui, Dyego Sousa, Danilo Pereira, João Mário, Rafa, Semedo, José Sá, Diogo Jota, João Félix
Ukraine XI: A. Pyatov, Marlos, Taras Stepanenko, Sergey Krivtsov, Konoplyanka, Ruslan Malinovskiy, Oleksandr Karavayev, R. Yaremchuk, Zinchenko, M. Matviyenko, Vitaliy Mykolenko
Subs: Moraes, Denys Boyko, A. Kravets, Roman Bezus, S. Sydorchuk, Bogdan Butko, V. Buyalskyy, Mykyta Burda, Eduard Sobol, V. Tsygankov, Mykola Shaparenko, Andriy Lunin
danny7_ida
354
Ronaldo was good as always. So haters say he always stays in the box. He helped sometimes In defence, came back to the midfield and helped to build up play, got crosses in and wasn't just waiting in the box. Some people don't actually watch cristiano Ronaldo but come out and say useless things like he wait in the box. The man is a true player and very determined. GOAT
Nesaiknruy_Legend
283
Argentina I never expected to win cos that was the weakest and most unknown line up I've ever seen but Portugal was a real let down tonight considering that the Portugal line up is possibly the strongest it's ever been with the quality in the squad. So much quality, even more confusing as Jota is a bench player and he is a quality player. Kinda disappointing. Even CR7 is supposed to be in form but was shut out.
VanishPrasad
250
Well the game against Ukraine ended at 0-0!! Cristiano Ronaldo had a good performance though but Portugal midfield lacked creativity and the crossing was poor and Bernardo Silva had just wasted a lot of time!! Portugal has to improve in midfield department so that they can score some goals!! Ukraine played really well they were good on counters there defence was really tight and there goalkeeper played like God he just saved all the shots of Ronaldo!! Well Good game let's hope Ronaldo scores in next game!!!
fauadeilop
232
it's still a Draw & CR7 played awesome, if it's not bcz of Gud GK by Ukraine then it could have been Atleast 3-0 or 4-0 in favour of Portugal, even Possession Is in favour of CR7 😍 well played CR7 😍 now let's talk ABT club claimed best Who is letting his team down against Venezuela 😂😂😂
ReyMessi17
132
No Dybala no Pjanic no Cancelo, no hat trick party for Ronaldo. Both goats played good but their teams are as bad as PSG when they played Man Utd’s C team.
Koybcdekmz
97
Good performance from Ukraine goalkeeper now Ronaldo fans looking for him
fondsty
80
Ronaldo in form as how , shooting aimlessly, dribble zero, 2 chance created. see goat performance, you fans will start saying the truths about football