FACTS & STATS: RONALDO MAKES HISTORY AS PORTUGAL BEAT GHANA 3-2
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Farouq Oduola A.
FIFA World Cup Group H Match Statistics
PORTUGAL VS GHANA
Venue: Stadium 974
Portugal 3 vs 2 Ghana
C Ronaldo (65′ Pen) A Ayew (73′)
J Felix (78′) O Bukari (89′)
R Leao (80′)
Portugal XI (4-3-1-2): Costa; Cancelo, Dias, Perreira, Guerreiro; Fernandes, Otavio; B. Silva; Ronaldo, Felix
Ghana XI (5-4-1): Ati Zigi; Seidu, Djiku, Amartey, Salisu, Rahman; Kudus, Partey, Abdul Samed, A. Ayew; Williams
MATCH FACTS
5 – Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first player to score five in different editions of the World Cup (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022).
4 – Portugal 3-2 Ghana was just the fourth #FIFAWorldCup match to see as many as five goals having been 0-0 at half-time, after:
Poland 5-1 Peru (1982)
Netherlands 2-3 Brazil (1994)
Belgium 3-2 Japan (2018)
3 – Joao Felix 🇵🇹 is the third youngest Portuguese to score in the #WorldCup (23y 13d) after Cristiano Ronaldo in 2006 (21y 132d) & António Simoes in 1966 (22y 217d). Rafael Leao (23y 167d) is the fourth youngest to do so.
Ghana are the first team in the tournament to go the entire first half without a touch in the opposition box, and frankly they weren’t even close.
MATCH STATS
Portugal Ghana
Possession: 62% 38%
Shots: 8 7
Shots on target: 5 3
Corners: 3 3
Fouls: 14 19
Yellow Card: 2 4
Red Card: 0 0
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Assistants: Kyle Atkins, Corey Parker
VAR: Armando Villarreal
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