EURO 2000 -
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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