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Friday, June 17, 2016

2016 UEFA Euro in France June 10 - July 10,2016 - Group F Portugal Vs Austria Saturday June 18,2016




Portugal in its opening match against Iceland could only draw 1-1 whereas Austria was beaten 2-0 by Hungary in its opening match


Match Facts

Head-to-head
  • Portugal have won only two of 10 previous meetings with Austria (D5, L3).
  • The six competitive encounters have produced two wins for each side plus two draws.
  • This will be the first time they have met at a major tournament.
  • Austria defeated Portugal 9-1 in Vienna in qualifying for the 1954 World Cup.
  • Austria's last victory against the Portuguese was in 1979, when they beat them 2-1 in a European Championship qualifier in Lisbon. The last meeting, in 1995, ended 1-1.
  • Portugal coach Fernando Santos oversaw two friendly wins against Austria (2-1 in November 2010 and 2-0 in August 2013) during his time in charge of Greece.
  • Austria have conceded exactly once to Portugal in each of their last five matches against them
Portugal
  • The Portuguese have made it through the group stage at all six of their previous European Championship finals appearances.
  • They have not won an opening game at a major tournament since 2008 (D2, L2).
  • They have only claimed one victory in their last five games (D3, L1) at major tournaments.
  • Portugal had 26 shots and 72.2% possession (as measured by Opta) in their opening game against Iceland - the highest figures of any side during the first round of matches.
  • Nani's goal against Iceland was the 600th scored in European Championship finals history.
  • Cristiano Ronaldo will become Portugal's most capped player if he features in this match - he's currently level with Luis Figo (127).
Austria
  • They have never kept a clean sheet at the European Championship finals, conceding at least once in each of their four games.
  • In fact, Austria have gone 13 games without a clean sheet at a major tournament. They last kept one against Algeria at the 1982 World Cup.
  • None of Austria's last 28 shots at the European Championship finals have found the back of the net.
  • Austria have lost three of their last four matches (including friendlies) - their sole win came against Malta
Group F Portugal Vs Austria   - The Match ended in a Goalless draw

 Ronaldo's frustrating Euro 2016 continued after the Real Madrid star saw a second-half penalty strike the post as Portugal were held  0-0 by Austria

Cristiano Ronaldo holds his head in his hands after missing the best chance to break the deadlock from the penalty spot against Austria
Ronaldo missed a handful of chances to get off the mark and Portugal now have just two points from their two Group F games so far



Cristiano Ronaldo Statistics Vs Austria
Minutes Played 90
Goals 0
Attempts On Target (inc Goals) 3
Attempts Off Target 3
Blocked Shots 4
Total Passes 35
Accurate Passes 29
Pass Completion 82.9



 Cristiano Ronaldo was happy to take a selfie with the fan


Cristiano Ronaldo made his 128th appearance for Portugal to overtake Luis Figo as the country's most-capped player.

Cristiano Ronaldo who has scored 58 goals for Portugal, made his international debut at the age of 18 in the 1-0 victory over Kazakhstan on 20 August 2003.

Luis Figo represented his country 127 times between 1991 and 2006, scoring 32 goals

Luis Figo was in the stands to watch the game with Ronaldo overtaking him as Portugal's most capped player of all time on Saturday






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