croatia vs portugal - game report - euro 2016

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Croatia vs PortugalGAME REPORT

UEFA EURO 2016 - FRANCE

ROUND OF 16 STAGE


WWW.VIDEOBSERVER.COMANALYSIS BY MAURO SARAIVA

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23 Danijel Subašić

03 Ivan Strinić

05 Vedran Ćorluka

11 Darijo Srna

21 Domagoj Vida

10 Luka Modrić

14 Milan Badelj

4 Ivan Perišić

7 Ivan Rakitić

14 Marcelo Brozović

17 Mario Mandžukić

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02 Šime Vrsaljko

06 Tin Jedvaj

08 Mateo Kovačić

09 Andrej Kramarić

13 Gordon Schildenfeld

15 Marko Rog

20 Marko Pjaca

22 Duje Čop

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Tactical SystemCROATIA – Group Stage



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1 Rui Patrício

3 Pepe

5 Raphael Guerreiro

6 Ricardo Carvalho

7 Cristiano Ronaldo

8 João Moutinho

10 João Mário

11 Vierinha

14 William Carvalho

15 André Gomes

17 Nani

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16 Renato Sanches

20 Ricardo Quaresma

23 Adrien Silva

13 Danilo

21 Cédric Soares

9 Éder

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Tactical SystemPORTUGAL – Group Stage



CROATIAAnte Čačić was happy to have Mandžukić and Modrić in shape for this game, as the 2 stars have missed the last game in the group matches stage against Spain.

In the middle, Modrić and Badelj keep their dynamic and worked really well controling the Portugal´s counter attacks.

In the back, Strinić didn’t get many chances to attack, but in the right, Srna was in great shape and played really well both attaking and defending.

Upfront, Mandžukić struggled against Pepe and Fonte, and it was clear he wasn’t 100%.

Perišić, Rakitić and Brozović, gave the pace the team needed. Rakitić was well marked by the portuguese midfield and when Renato Sanches got in the game, Rakitić suffered with his agressivity.

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DynamicsCroatia opted to play inside portuguese lines and create space in the back of the defense, exploring the through pass.

In the counter attack, they explored more the 1-on-1 situation, specially in the wings.

Offensive Process



Shots

Dynamics

Croatia shoted a lot, but most of the shots were from outside the box. This shows some lack of accuracy, with 17 shots and only 2 were on target.

Perišić, usually coming from behind and taking advantage of the 1-on-1 situations was the man who shooted the most with 7 shots.

Mandžukić, the biggest reference in the attack, only shot twice, revealing the struggle he had against the portuguese center backs.



Set Play

Dynamics

Srna kept delivering the set pieces.

The main target was Vida.

Croatia opted for the second post as the target area.



PORTUGAL

Fernando Santos made 3 changes in Portugal´s team. 2 of them, were debuts in this European championship – Adrien Silva (midfielder) and Cédric Soares (right back).

Portugal opted to maintain the dynamic that Nani and Ronaldo revealed against Hungary and were both in the line up, relegating Quaresma for the bench.

In the middle, Adrien Silva replaced João Moutinho due to physical condition. This change gave Portugal more physical hability to face a strong Croatia.

In the back, Cédric replaced Vieirinha. Cédric doesn’t attack as much as Vieirinha, but has more consistancy on the defensive process.

In the left, Raphael Guerreiro started the game, after missing the game with Hungary in the group matches stage.

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DynamicsPortugal opted for a 3-player construction phase, but with low pace, Croatia controled Portugal.With Renato, he transported the ball closer to Croatia lines, and started to creat numeric advantage in the middle – supported by João Mário, Adrien and sometimes Nani. The goal is due to a counter attack, with Renato doind this transporting perfectly.

Offensive Process



Shots

Dynamics

Portugal had some problems with the offensive process, which resulted in a low shooting number with only 4 shots the entire game.

This is due specially to the fact that Ronaldo was lost between the defenders, not being so influent as he usually is, in the last third.

With Renato on pitch, Portugal get closer to the opponent´s area, but with few players they didn’t get many chances to get Subašić in trouble.



Set Play

DynamicsJoão Mário takes the corners as well as Quaresma.Although Portugal had benefit from 30 corners in the group matches stage (average of 19), in this game they only benefit from 2, revealing the struggle to reach the goal of Croatia.

Raphael from the left and João Mário from the right, were chosen to take the Indirect Free Kicks.

The targets were Pepe, José Fonte and Ronaldo.

Chosing the center of the area to put the ball, Portugal was trying to creat the doubt between the defenders and the goalkeeper, and take advantage of some communication mistakes.



The Goal

PortugalThe counter attack worked really well, taking advantage of the space in the middle, with Renato taking the ball to the last third. There, he fixed the defender perfectly and puts the ball on the left for Nani.Quaresma and Ronaldo were clever enought to understand the importance of the opposite side of the ball - as the ball was crossed they’re already there, so Ronaldo first and Quaresma later, made the winning goal for Portugal

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