USA 0-2 Portugal Player Ratings: A Comprehensive Performace At The Mercedes-Benz Stadium Earns Portugal A Resounding Win As USA Fail To Impress Once Again

A good day in the office for Roberto Martinez and co. as Portugal returned to winning ways against hosts USA in an international friendly held at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The Selecao were coming off a 0-0 stalemate against Mexico in their previous game and had a point to prove, while the USA were trying to unlearn their 5-2 defeat at the hands of Belgium and perform at the highest levels before the globe gathering event at home in June.

The Portugal national football team maintained possession as usual, controlling most of the match while the home side were eager to use their pace on the counters and make the Portuguese defenders pay.

Portugal's sustained possession beared fruits in the 37th minute, when a swift turnover of possession on the halfway line found its way to one of the best Premier League midfielders currently, Bruno Fernandes, who made a brilliant run into the danger area, before backheeling quite exquisitely to set up Francisco Trincao, who expertly slotted it into Freese's far corner to give the Selecao the lead.

The second half brought more problems for the hosts, as Fernandes found Joao Felix on the edge of the box from a corner, and the Al Nassr superstar drilled in a venomous half-volley which went in off the post to double Portugal's lead in the 59th minute.

Alex Freeman and Christian Pulisic came close, but they failed to get it past Wolves' Jose Sa, who was playing just his 6th international match for Portugal. The USA national football team huffed and puffed, but there was a sheer lack of quality between them and their opponents, which proved to be the difference in the end.

Here are the USA vs Portugal Player Ratings.

Key Takeaways

• Portugal has 62% possession in the game, and had 9 shots in the game, of which four were on target, compared to the USA's three.
• Tomas Araujo recorded the most successful ground duels in this game (5).
• Bruno Fernandes lost possession of the ball most times (13), but also managed to put in four successful long balls, the most by any player in the match.

USA Player Ratings vs Portugal

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Portugal Player Ratings vs USA

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Man of the Match

Bruno Fernandes was adjudged the man of the match in USA vs Portugal.

Worst Performer

Weston McKennie was the worst performer in this international friendly.