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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes prolonged his glorious kind forward of Euro 2024 in yet one more high-quality efficiency for Portugal as they beat Eire 3-0.
Joao Felix opened the rating throughout the opening 18 minutes of proceedings to ship Portugal on their manner. It was Fernandes who offered the help for Felix’s opening strike.
Second-half targets within the fiftieth and sixtieth minutes respectively from Cristiano Ronaldo sealed the deal for Portugal of their last pleasant conflict earlier than they kickstart their Euro 2024 marketing campaign in Germany.
Fernandes performed all 90 minutes of the motion.
Throughout the time he was on the pitch, the playmaking midfielder registered 90 touches of the ball and efficiently delivered 69 of the 74 passes he tried, managing a person cross completion fee of 93%.
Six of Fernandes’ passes had been key passes.
He tried to discover a Selecao teammate with 5 crosses and three lengthy balls. He discovered his supposed goal with one in all his crosses and two of the three lengthy balls he pinged.
The 29-year-old created one massive probability and had two photographs to his identify. One was on-target whereas the opposite didn’t require Caoimhin Kelleher within the Eire internet to swing into motion.
The United skipper launched into three dribbles however accomplished simply one in all them. He delved into three floor duels and got here out on high on only one event.
Fernandes shared the pitch with United teammate Diogo Dalot, who featured for simply 45 minutes earlier than he was changed by Nelson Semedo. Roberto Martinez made the identical personnel change in Portugal’s prior match vs. Croatia and it might be indicative of the truth that he has not settled on a assured beginning right-back for Euro 2024.
Dalot touched the ball 41 occasions and delivered 33 of the 34 passes he tried – a cross accuracy of 97%. One in every of his passes was a key cross.
The United defender received half of his contests on the bottom. He additionally put in a single sort out.
(Stats obtained from Sofascore)
All consideration for Fernandes, Dalot and their worldwide teammates now shifts to their opening group conflict of Euro 2024 towards Czechia in per week’s time.
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