Cristiano Ronaldo returned to international action on Friday, but he could not inspire Portugal to a win against Ukraine.
2020 EURO qualification
0-0
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.
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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