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Portugal v Ghana LIVE - World Cup 2022 in Qatar updates as Cristiano Ronaldo enters the fray

World Cup / Group Stage
Stadium 974 / 24.11.2022
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Updated 24/11/2022 at 18:18 GMT


16:48
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16:48
HALF-TIME: Portugal 0-0 Ghana
45'
THERE'LL BE TWO ADDED MINUTES
I'm pleased because this is poor, but are we reverting to not keeping time properly? The amount of injury-time played has been one of the highlights of this World Cup.
45'
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KUDUS LAUNCHES AT CANCELO
Leg outstretched, studs bourne ... and he lands a right sair yin on Cancelo's foot. He's booked.
44'
BETTER FROM PORTUGAL
They get Bernardo on the ball and find Cancelo in space; he crosses low and there's no one on the end of it. But they sustain the attack, Cancelo feeds in Otavio, and his cross sails behind.
42'
BRUNO SWIRLS A DECENT cross TO THE BACK STICK
Ronaldo sees it's going over his head and switches off, so when Guerreiro drives it back in, it hits him in the legs, and pursuing the loose ball, Felix is penaltised for a foul.
41'
KUDUS INTERCEPTS A POOR PASS FROM CANCELO DOWN THE LEFT
But when he finds Williams inside, the next ball, that should've gone to Partey is slow, and that attack - such as it is - breaks down.
40'
NEVES TRIES A LONG BALL
Bruno running past Ronaldo. Tere's too much on the pass, but he appreciates the idea.
38'
ANOTHER POOR CORNER
Is headed away by Ronaldo, then the flag goes up for a foul on Danilo.
37'
SEIDU WINS GHANA'S FIRST CORNER OF THE GAME
But Neves clears Kudus' cross at the near post, then when the ball is tossed back, Bruno is up to head behind.
35'
BERNARDO SPREADS A GLORIOUS INSIDE-OUT SCHOLES BALL TO CANCELO
But Rahman is there with him and sees him away easily enough. Portugal are so narrow, I don't understand why Cancelo is so deep.
33'
PORTUGAL WIN ANOTHER FREE-KICK
Down the right and level with the edge of the box, 25 yards out. Bruno swings over a decent-looking ball, but Ayew gets a big head on it and concedes the corner; that goes short to Otavio, who crosses straight at Zigi.
31'
FELIX PULLS WIDE
And hooks a terrific ball over his shoulder and into the box, where Ronaldo, down its left side, shoves Djiku out of the road and absolutely leathers into the far side-netting. But the flag goes up, and that's fair enough - though had it not been given, I'm not sure Var would've disallowed the goal.
30'
SAlISU FOULS RONALDO
Free-kick Portugal, 45 yards out, and Bernardo's effort is easily headed away by Amartey.
28'
BERNARDO SLIPS A LOVELY BALL INTO FELIX
He's such a clever passer. But Felix's head goes up and the ball does likewise, well overthe bar.
27'
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BETTER FROM PORTUGAL
Kudus backs off when the ball's played out, allowing Neves to get in, and Bruno, Bernardo and Ronaldo combine to get the ball out to Guerreiro. But they might as well have saved the bother, because the eventuating cross is straight into Zigi's arms.
25'
OTAVIO TRIES A CHIP OVER THE TOP
Fernandes running in behind. But he can't quite keep up with it, and it drops behind. This is not a good game, or anything approximating to one - it lacks the tempo the other low-scorers have had.
22'
AMARTEY ADVANCES AND FORCES THE BALL INFIELD
And suddenly, Kudus is in space, with space in behind! By he waits a second too long to slide Williams in and his pass is a poor one in any case, easily intercepted by Dias. Kudus has started this match very poorly.
20'
PORTUGAL HAVE HAD 70% POSSESSION
But they've not got Ghana on the rack. They're not moving the ball quickly enough or running into space intelligently enough.
19'
PORTUGAL TRY AND USE THE WIDTH
But they're not getting their creators on the ball anywhere useful. Bruno is either too deep or too wide and Bernardo isn't getting as much of it as he needs.
17'
EVERYTHING IS IN FRONT OF GHANA
Someone needs to run in behind. In the meantime, though, Cancelo tries a cross which Djiku heads clear.