João Félix has scored a goal for Portugal! Assist by William Carvalho.
GOALLL!! 7-0! Felix smashes past Gomes from inside the area with a left-footed volley after Danilo had cushioned down a header to him at the back post. Somehow, Silva's initial wayward cross managed to find the PSG midfielder unmarked at the back post to play in Felix.
Carvalho opts to head down towards Felix instead of shooting and sets up the seventh goal for the hosts.
86'
Rui has had enough of being the provider and unleashes a left-footed driven shot from 30 yards which Gomes parries away as the goalkeeper gets down well low to his right.
85'
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a goal for Portugal! Assist by Mário Rui.
GOALLLL!!! 6-0. Ronaldo finally gets his goal as he heads past Gomes at the back post. The goalkeeper had just saved Ronaldo’s deflected shot before being bombarded by another Rui cross to set-up Juventus’ forward at the back post.
Yet another assist comes from the left foot of Rui. This time he crosses from the corner of Andorra's area and picks out Ronaldo at the back post.
84'
There is a bit of commotion on the left after Rui and Rubio exchange a few kicks. Referee Bieri intervenes and gives Portugal the free-kick, much to the annoyance of Rubio.
83'
Rubio wins a free-kick against Rui near the left-hand touchline, which will give Andorra a chance to breathe as they look to keep the score at 5-0.
81'
Danilo dissects two Andorran centre-backs with a right-footed pass to Ronaldo in the area. The Juventus striker has just Gomes to beat but cannot sort his feet out in time and Danilo's pass trickles out of play for a goal-kick.
80'
Sergi Moreno enters the game and replaces Marc Pujol.
Captain Pujol is forced to come off injured and will be replaced by Moreno.
79'
Jota stands up a right-footed cross towards the back post, but again from inside the six-yard area Ronaldo heads wide of Gomes' goal. Alavedra did just enough to put the Portuguese forward off of his stride.
78'
There is chaos in the Portugal area as Lopes takes matter into his own hands to protect his clean sheet and comes racing out of goal, heading away a clearance under the pressure of Clemente.
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76'
Emili García is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
GOALLL!! 5-0! It only gets worse for Andorra as Emili Garcia prods at a clearance and deflects one into his own net past Gomes. Silva had done well on the right to cut inside, ignoring the run of Nelson Semedo before shooting towards the far post.
74'
Diogo Jota enters the game and replaces Trincão.
Danilo Pereira enters the game and replaces João Moutinho.
Liverpool forward Jota comes on for Trincao, who is one of the only Portugal attackers to have not really done any thing all game.
Captain Moutinho, who has dictated play all game, is brought off for Paris Saint-Germain's Danilo.
73'
Rodrigues is far too eager as he goes in strongly through Felix's back which gives the referee an easy decision to award Portgual a free-kick near the halfway line.
71'
Carvalho has the ball in the back of the net but for the second time this game the goal is chalked off for offside as Carvalho had strayed offside as he looked to latch onto Ronaldo's flick.
70'
Moutinho and Felix swap passes before the former sends in a testing cross towards Ronaldo at the back post. However, a combination of Andorran defenders do well to scramble and clear for a throw-in.
69'
Álex Martínez enters the game and replaces Joan Cervós.
Ludovic Clemente enters the game and replaces Cristian Martínez.
Cervos comes off and is replaced by Alex Martinez.
Cristian Martinez also comes off at the same time and on in his place comes Clemente.
68'
Ronaldo is perhaps unlucky to not earn a penalty in the area as he was dragged down by Alavedra when looking to get on the end of Rui's cross from the left-hand touchline.
67'
Andorra enjoy a rare foray forward as Alaez forces Duarte into conceding a throw-in wide near the right-hand touchline.
66'
Silva attempts to find Rui at the back post but it is headed away. Felix then latches onto the loose ball, goes one way and then the other before blasting wide of the Andorran net.
65'
Ronaldo stoops to head a cross from the right back across Gomes but his header loops just over the bar and wide to the right.
64'
Felix is straight into the action as he gives Alavedra a few stern words after the centre-back had tried grabbing him to stop him from getting into position.
63'
João Félix enters the game and replaces Paulinho.
William Carvalho enters the game and replaces Renato Sanches.
Paulinho is denied the chance at a hat-trick as Felix comes on up top.
After scoring the third goal, Sances is given a rest and will be replaced by Carvalho.
61'
Paulinho has scored a goal for Portugal! Assist by Mário Rui.
GOALLLL!! 4-0! A second on debut for Paulinho as the forward heads powerfully to Gomes’ right and into the top corner. Paulinho had done well to find space in between Emili Garcia and Pujol before heading in Rui’s left-footed cross.
Rui delivers a pinpoint cross with his left foot to find Paulinho, who heads in from near the penalty spot.
59'
Albert Alavedra enters the game and replaces Marc Rebés.
Jordi Aláez enters the game and replaces Márcio Vieira.
Vieira is subbed off after earning his 98th cap and on in his places comes Alaez.
Rebes, who has had lots of work to do at the back here, is given a breather and taken off for Alavedra.
58'
Alvarez stands with his arms folded on the touchline as he appears to wonder what he can do against Santos' side. Meanwhile, Silva cuts in on his left foot inside the area but the assistant has their flag up for offside.
56'
Renato Sanches has scored a goal for Portugal! Assist by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo has multiple options to his right as Nelson Semedo and Sanches overload that side, he opts to play Sanches, who calmly finishes past Gomes in the area.
GOALLL!! 3-0 PORTUGAL! Sanches gets in on the act as he slots a right-footed placed finish past Gomes, who had rushed out of his goal to intercept Ronaldo’s pass into the area.
55'
Nelson Semedo brings down Sanches' dinked pass and then attempts to beat Rebes, who does well to tackle behind for Portugal's 11th corner of the game.
54'
Sanches is fouled in the middle of the park by Pujol and then plays the free-kick quickly. Possession eventually finds Nelson Semedo, who opts to play back towards Moutinho instead of crossing for Ronaldo or Paulinho in the area.
52'
Ronaldo should do better at the back post as he gets on the end of Moutinho's driven pass, however, he can only get the slightest of touches which isn't enough to deflect the cross back towards Gomes' goal.
51'
Rui dances past two Andorrans on the left before attempting to find Paulinho at the front post but Emili Garcia is there to turn it behind for a corner to the hosts.
50'
Nelson Semedo uncharacteristically fails to bring a long ball down on the right-hand touchline, which gifts the visitors possession for the first time in the second half.
48'
Ronaldo climbs the highest to meet Rui's cross and heads over from inside the six-yard area. The Juventus forward seems to have caused himself a bit of pain though as he lands on his side after beating Rebes in the air.
47'
Ruben Semedo catches Alburquerque accidentally with a stray arm but the striker is straight back to his feet and fine to carry on.
46'
Bernardo Silva enters the game and replaces Sérgio Oliveira.
Cristiano Ronaldo enters the game and replaces Pedro Neto.
Moisés San Nicolás enters the game and replaces Marc García.
Both sides are back out and referee Bieri gets the second half underway!
Oliveira, who assisted the first goal, is replaced by Manchester City's Silva at half-time.
As if things could get worse for the visitors, Santos makes a double change. The first of which sees Ronaldo replace Neto, who opened the scoring on his debut.
After going down injured twice in the first half, Marc Garcia is replaced by Moi.
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HALF-TIME: PORTUGAL 2-0 ANDORRA
45'
Rodrigues flies into a slide tackle on Rui and the referee deems it a foul just outside the box wide on the left. Moutinho stands over it before delivering the set-piece towards the back post and Gomes parries away.
44'
Paulinho has a few words with the referee as he feels Rebes is gaining an unfair advantage from Portugal's corner. This time the hosts work their corner short, but it is deflected out for yet another corner.
Moutinho's outswinging corner is met by the head of Paulinho, however, the debutant cannot make good enough contact and heads wide from near the near post.
41'
Rebes does well to slide and block Trincao's attempted cross from the byline but in the process gives away another corner to the hosts. Neto takes and finds Trincao, whose header is way wide of the target.
40'
Paulinho has the ball in the back of the net as he scores past Gomes on the rebound, however, once again the assistant has his flag up as the forward had strayed offside from Moutinho's initial pass.
39'
For the second time this half, Marc Garcia battles with Trincao and ends up on the floor injured. Luckily, this time, the Andorran gets straight back up and races back to his position.
38'
Some thing seems to have upset captain Moutinho but play goes on as Andorra bide their time over a throw-in deep on the left-hand side.
36'
Neto gets absolutely clattered by Pujol inside the area as they both look to latch onto a loose ball. The referee sees nothing wrong with the challenge and awards Portugal a corner.
33'
Rui finds Oliveira, who shifts the ball onto his right foot and looks to curl a shot towards the far post but it is deflected behind for a corner to the hosts.
29'
Paulinho has scored a goal for Portugal! Assist by Nélson Semedo.
GOALLL!!! 2-0 PORTUGAL! Another goal on debut but this time it is for Paulinho, who ghosts inside Rodrigues before prodding home Nelson Semedo’s near-post cross. Gomes should perhaps do better at his front post, however, that won't matter to Paulinho as he is now off the mark for his country!
Semedo drills a right-footed cross towards the near post for Paulinho to flick round the corner and into the back of the net.
28'
Rui and Neto exchange passes with one another before the latter prods a left-footed volley towards Gomes' goal, which the goalkeeper saves with great ease.
26'
Trincao shows a few of his skills before crossing from near the byline on the right, however, Gomes reads the cross and dives on it before Paulinho can pounce in the area.
24'
Sanches somehow misses three Portugal players with his sideward pass but Nelson Semedo is on hand to keep the ball in play. The hosts then work possession to the left, where Moutinho appears content to retain the ball and play backwards.
20'
Nelson Semedo makes great progress down the right, reaching the byline before pulling it back for Neto on the edge of the area but Rubio is on hand to step in and clear the danger.
19'
Neto has tons of time in the area as he latches onto Moutinho's chipped pass but the assistant on the far side has his flag up as Wolves' attacker had just strayed offside.
18'
Duarte needlessly fouls near the right-hand touchline, however, the Portuguese then deal with Andorra's free-kick and clear their lines down the pitch.
17'
Pujol intercepts in midfield and opts to play all the way back to Gomes in an attempt to give the visitors a breather, after the hosts' quick start.
13'
Lopes finds Rui on the left with a pinpoint pass which allows the hosts to break at pace. Possession eventually falls back to Rui, whose left-footed cross is then headed in the area by Oliveira. However, none of that will matter as referee Bieri says there has been a foul in the build-up.
11'
Pujol has a chance to cross from a free-kick, however, his long ball is wayward and travels straight out of play. That was a wasted opportunity from the Andorran captain.
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Pedro Neto has scored a goal for Portugal! Assist by Sérgio Oliveira.
Sanches and Nelson Semedo look to exchange passes down the right but the former's pass is far too strong and races out for a goal-kick to the men in yellow.
Oliveira sensibly opts to pass instead of shoot in the area to provide Neto with the simplest of finishes.
GOALLLL!!! 1-0 PORTUGAL! Neto smashes in with his left foot from inside the area! Initially, Nelson Semedo’s cross had been nodded down by Paulinho to Oliveira, who played a simple pass to set Neto up for his first international goal.
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Rui sends in a searching left-footed cross towards the front post and Paulinho looks to close in on it, however, unfortunately for the hosts, Gomes is on hand to sweep up the danger inside the six-yard area.
5'
Portugal earn the first corner of the game as Emili Garcia is forced into slicing away Nelson Semedo's right-footed cross. Neto takes but it evades every player in the area and rolls towards the touchline.
4'
Rui makes a run inside, which allows Neto some space down the left, however, he opts to play backwards and retain possession in the early stages of this game.
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The game starts as expected, Portugal attempt to penetrate the visitors' defence, while Andorra seem content to sit back and absorb the pressure. Moutinho tries to work the ball from side to side but Sanches loses possession on the edge of the area.
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After the national anthems are out of the way, referee Alain Bieri blows his whistle to get this friendly started!
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the friendly between Portugal and Andorra at the Estadio da Luz.
The hosts will likely use this friendly as a chance to experiment, given their two crucial Nations League fixtures against France and Croatia coming up. For Andorra, they sit bottom of Group D1 with no wins so far. In fact, they can only boast one win from their last 23 internationals.
PORTUGAL (4-3-3-): Anthony Lopes; Nelson Semedo, Ruben Semedo, Domingos Duarte, Mario Rui; Renato Sanches, Sergio Oliveira, Joao Moutinho; Trincao, Paulinho, Pedro Neto.
SUBS: Diogo Jota, Rui Patricio, Bruno Fernandes, William Carvalho, Joao Cancelo, Joao Felix, Danilo Pereira, Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Fonte, Rui Silva.
ANDORRA (5-3-2): Josep Gomes; Marc Rebes, Marc Garcia, Jordi Rubio, Adri Rodrigues, Emili Garcia; Joan Cervos, Cristian Martinez, Marc Pujol; Aaron Sanchez Alburquerque, Marcio Vieira.
SUBS: Albert Alavedra, Ricard Fernandez, Ludovic Clemente, Luigi San Nicolas Schellens, Luis Emilio Blanco Coto, Victor Bernat, Moises San Nicolas, Jordi Alaez, Sergio Moreno, Victor Silverio, Alex Martinez.
The players are making their way out of the tunnel and shortly the game will be underway.
This friendly is going perfecly for Portugal's head coach as his rotated side control proceedings, which means he will not have to call upon his superstars from the bench unless he wants to. For Alvarez and Andorra, they will simply be wondering how to keep the deficit to a minimum, as they rarely entered the hosts' half in the first half.
Andorra make it nine on the bounce without a win and next Alvarez will take his men to Malta in the Nations League. The hosts, after dominating as expected here, next have two crucial Nations League fixtures against France and Croatia as they look to succeed in Group A3.
That is all from this friendly at the Estadio da Luz, until next time!
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