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Portugal 2-0 Turkey (Result)

EURO 2000 - Kicks Off Today 5.00 p.m U.K Time

They've Kicked-Off

Portugal win a throw-in inside the Turkish half but they play the ball all lthe way back to their goalkeeper

Okan gets his head to the ball inside the Portugese box but his effort goes wide

Arif plays a good ball forward into the box but Baia reads the situation well and collects the ball

Joao Pinto is fouled by Hakan Unsal in midfield

Okan makes a great tackle on Rui Costa on the edge of the box

Arif tries a shot from distance, it goes well wide

Dimas puts a poor ball into the Turkish box, it's easily headed clear

Luis Figo plays a good ball into the Turkish box, Nuno Gomes just fails to get onto the end of it

Luis Figo is tackled by Fatih on the left wing, Turkey get a throw-in, by their own corner-flag

Costinha makes a great tackle in midfield

Ogun crosses into the Portugese box from the right, it's easily headed clear and Portugal break, Figo finds Conceicao on the right but the move breaks down

Figo crosses into the box from the left, it only just misses the goal and Turkey get the goal-kick

Hakan Unsal fouls Joao Pinto, Ru9i Costa does well to win a corner on the right. Conceicao's corner comes into the box, the keeper does well to claim the ball, he injures himself in the process

Rui Costa has a good shot blocked in the box, Dimas then does well to win a corner on the left

The cross comes over and finds Costinha unmarked at the far post, Rustu makes a great save, again the keeper needs treatment

20-minutes played and Turkey have a goal-kick

Luis Figo dribbles through the Turkish defence and shoots just wide from the edge of the box

Rui Costa beats three defenders in midifeld, his final ball isn't read by anybody and rolls out of play for a goal-kick

Hakan Suker puts a header over the bar from inside the box, following a free-kick

Okan is caught offside for Turkey

Conceicao crosses from the right, it goes behind for a goal-kick

Joao Pinto receives a Yellow Card following a foul and a very theatrical dive by Hakan Unsal

Alpay has received a Red Card for a retaliation on Fernando Couto, and again following some play-acting and bad sportsmanship from Fernando Couto

Luis Figo is tackled on the edge of the Turkish box

Arif and Conceicao clash, Portugal get the free-kick

Okan receives a Yellow Card for dissent

Dimas does well on the left, Rui Costa's final pass is poor

Dimas is tackled by Hakan Sukur, deep inside the Turkish half

Conceicao gets down the right flank and again his final pass into the box is poor

Turkey break well, Hakan Sukur and Arif combine well, Hakan Sukur is caught offside

Arif breaks down the left flank, he's fouled by Fernando Couto and Couto receives a Yellow Card

Rui Costa gets down the right wing, he's tackled and wants a free-kick, he doesn't get it, he receives a Yellow Card for arguing with the linesman

Rui Costa gives the ball away in midfield, he does well to win it back, Costinha receives a Yellow Card for a foul in midfield

Dimas gets down the left flank, he's tackled by Tayfur and Portugal get a corner

The cross comes over, Costinha heads wide with the goalkeeper well beaten

Conceicao breaks down the right and his cross is deflected behind for a corner. The cross comes over, Couto gets a header goal-bound but it's headed clear

Figo crosses into the box from the right flank , Nuno Gomes gets onto it and slips the bal linto the net, after 44-minutes

Goal !!! Nuno Gomes !!! Portugal 1-0 Turkey

4-minutes of first-half injury time left to play

Rui Costa breaks into the box on the left, he crosses well and Joao Pinto volleys just wide

There's a clash of heads just outside the Portugese box and two players receive treatment, Ogun and Fernando Couto, there's a drop-ball, it's played back to Portugal

Hakan Sukur goes down in the box as he's challenged by Couto, nothing is given

Fernando Couto gives away a penalty for a foul on Arif in the box

Arif lines up the ball and Vitor Baia makes the save, he then saves the rebound from Hakan Sukur

Half-Time: Portugal 1-0 Turkey

Second-Half Starts

Paolo Sousa has replaced Costinha at half-time for Portugal

Figo breaks down the left flank, his cross is headed clear by Ergun

Hakan Unsal goes down under a challenge, he's offside anyway and Portugal get the free-kick

Dimas tries a shot from distance, it goes wide of the far post

Conceicao crosses from the right wing, it's headed clear from the edge of the box by Fatih

Rui Costa has a shot deflected behind for a corner on the left

The cross is flicked on by Couto at the near post but headed clear by Hakan Sukur

Figo crosses from the left, it just flies past Nuno Gomes

Turkey get forward and win a corner on the right, the cross comes over, Baia drops the ball, Tayfur chips it over the bar

Hakan Sukur is caught offside for Turkey

Figo puts a free-kick well over the bar, a poor effort

Rui Costa finds Conceicao on the overlap, he wins a corner on the right. Figo crosses, it' s headed clear at the near post by the first defender

Figo rounds Unsal and crosses into the box, Gomes has a simple tap in from 6-yards out, in the 56th minute

Goal !!! Nuno Gomes !!! Portugal 2-0 Turkey

Figo goes down in the box, nothing is given

Joao Pinto shoots just wide from the edge of the box

Suat and Oktay replace Arif and Okan for Turkey in the 61st minute

Portugal win a corner on the left, thecross comes over and a header comes in, Jorge Costa blocks it and puts it right across the goal from only 6-yards out, a great chance missed for Portugal

Gomes runs throught he defence and plays a square ball, it's knocked behind for a corner on the right

Conceicao tries a shot from the edge of the box, it's straight at the keeper who saves it at the second attempt

Turkey put some good passes together in midfield, the move breaks down with a poor ball into the box that runs out of play for a goal-kick

Figo puts a great cross in from the right, Nuno Gomes puts it wide from only 6-yards out

Rustu makes a good save from Rui Costa's shot from the edge of the box

Rui Costa breaks into the box, he plays the ball straight to the keeper

Nuno Gomes is replaced by Sa Pinto for Portugal in the 74th minute

Hakan Sukur is fouled by Jorge Costa as Turkey try to break

Rui Costa sets up a run for Sa Pinto, he wastes his final shot with a tame effort from the edge of the box

Turkey get the ball into the box, Hakan Sukur goes down, nothing is given

Ogun fouls Joao Pinto on the half-way line

Conceicao is tackled inside the Turkish box

Rui Costa breaks into the box, he's given offside as his shot is saved

Hakan Sukur is fouled by Fernando Couto on the edge of the box, wide on the left. The ball is played in and headed clear by Joao Pinto

Turkey win another free-kick in the same place, this time Tayfur gets his head to the ball but it's an easy save for Baia

Rui Costa finds Paulo Bento in the box, Rustu saves with his legs

Ergun receives a Yellow Card for dissent

Portugal win a corner on the left. Figo's cross comes over, it's headed clear by the defence

Hakan Unsal tries a shot from the half-way line, with thte keeper off his line, it lands on the roof of the net

Ergun is replaced by Sergen for Turkey in the 84th minute

Capucho replaces Rui Costa for Portugal in the 86th minute

Conceicao crosses into the box, Joao Pinto is tackled and the Turks get the ball clear

Rustu makes a good save from Joao Pinto

Baia makes a good save at the feet of Hakan Unsal

2-minutes of injury time to play and Sa Pinto is fouled 25-yards out and central

Figo 's free-kick is straight at the wall, he then hits the rebound over the bar

Full-Time: Portugal 2-0 Turkey

 

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