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90+3 |
The referee blows the final whistle as England draw 1-1 away to the EURO 2004 hosts Portugal. |
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90+2 |
Great control from Alan Smith plays Dyer in down the inside-right channel. Dyer's cross goes out for a corner from which Carragher's header goes high and wide. |
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90 |
Miguel has a shot and as the rebound looks to be falling for a Portugal player, Dyer gets in a challange to clear the ball to safety. |
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89 |
Portugal win a last-gasp corner which Deco swings into the area. England clear and as the ball is again fed out to him, Deco crosses weakly and the ball goes out for a goalkick. |
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87 |
The game has been somewhat spoilt by all the substitutions as both sides look to be happy with the 1-1 draw. |
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Jamie Carragher comes on for Nicky Butt |
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Jermaine Jenas is on for David Beckham |
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Wayne Bridge is replaced by Owen Hargreaves |
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84 |
Beckham's free-kick is a little short of Joe Cole and Portugal manage top clear before any threat |
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Fernando Couto is replaced by Beto |
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82 |
Almeida manages to get past Bridge and hits an early shot at goal... the ball goes high and wide of James' goal. |
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Hugo Viana is on for Petit. |
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79 |
Portugal survive a scare and now look to try to calm the match down as England sense that there are more goals in this match. |
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78 |
A great chance goes begging for Sven's side. Alan Smith cuts in from the right side wonderfully well and passes inside to Cole who immediately rolls a pass into the path of Dyer. He shoots but Ricardo's trailing leg keeps the ball out. |
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Hugo Almeida of Porto comes on for Pauleta |
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76 |
A woeful effort from Boa Morte rolls harmlessly wide as the substitute shoots rather hopefully from 30 yards out. |
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74 |
Mills and carvalho clash but the young referee sees nothing wrong and allows play to go on. |
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Jorge Andrade comes off for Ricardo Carvalho |
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74 |
Emile Heskey races on to a Joe Cole chip over the Portugal defence but the referee's assistant flags for a dubious offside. |
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73 |
Ricardo acrobatically punches a Beckham free-kick clear. |
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71 |
A foul by substitute Deco on Heskey gives England a free-kick in a promising position. Could Beckham shoot here?... |
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Emile Heskey is on for Michael Owen |
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Alan Smith is on for Wayne Rooney |
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GOAL! PORTUGAL 1-1 ENGLAND Pauleta strikes with a brilliant free-kick to bring the scores level. A wonderful curling right-footed shot overb the wall and into the top right-corner of James' goal. |
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68 |
Boa Morte threatened to get away and run into the England area. Butt sticks out a leg and brings the Fulham forward down, giving away a free-kick - promising for Portugal... |
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67 |
A scrappy piece of play on the edge of the England area could have spelt danger for England but captain Beckham is back to sweep up and clear. |
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Luis Boa Morte comes on for 100 cap man Luis Figo |
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Petit is booked for another foul on Dyer. |
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65 |
Good defending sees England break up a promising looking Portuguese attack. |
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62 |
The game quietens down as both Portugal and England play long balls looking for Pauleta and owen respectively. |
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61 |
England are beginning to drop back as the Portuguese come forward. England steal possession and break with Dyer but he is fouled by a combination of Miguel and Petit. |
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Thiago comes on for Rui Costa. |
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60 |
Rui Costa crosses into the area but again Pauleta is well behind play. |
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59 |
Petit shoots wildly as Portugal look to equalise. Thiago is making moves on the bench - looks like he's coming on. |
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58 |
Ronaldo takes on Bridge down the inside-left channel and the 19-year-old crosses well though no-one manages to connect on the end of it. |
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56 |
Nicky Butt wins a free-kick in the centre of midfield as Petiti goes in on the Manchester United utility man. England try to play the ball into Mills but the ball goes out for a goalkick. |
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54 |
Wayne Bridge is played in by Joe Cole. he gets beyond his marker and has time to fire a shot at Ricardo's goal, only to see the ball go past the far post for a throw-in. |
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52 |
Ronaldo goes down in the box but the referee waves away any Portuguese claims for a penalty. |
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50 |
Gareth Southgate comes to England's rescue. James misses a ball into the area and the ball heads towards the unguarded net... thankfully the Middlesbrough defender gets back to clear the ball of the line. |
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49 |
Michael Owen nearly finds a way through the Portugal defence as the home side fail to settle into the match at the start of the second half. |
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GOAL!! PORTUGAL 0-1 ENGLAND David Beckham swings in a free-kick from the right-wing. The ball goes past all the defenders and Ledley King appears at the back post to give England the lead. |
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Off we go at the start of the second half. It's all to play for as the match still stands at 0-0. |
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Kieron Dyer is on for Paul Scholes |
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Deco is on for Costinha |
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Cristiano Ronaldo is on for Simao |
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Miguel on for Paulo Ferreira |
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Joe Cole comes on for the impressive Frank Lampard |
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Danny Mills for Philip Neville |
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45+1 |
The referee blows for half-time. The best moment of the match came with Figo's shot but England are looking bright on the counter-attack.
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45 |
Scholes does well to recycle possession on the right wing. He passes to Beckham who crosses into the area. Out comes Ricardo to claim ahead of Owen.
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44 |
It looks like Lampard has played Rooney through! The Everton man is clear of his marker and closing in on goal... but up goes the flag - he's offside.
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43 |
A deep free-kick is played into the England area. King fails to clear the ball properly and Rui Costa has a shot at goal. Thankfully for Sven's men the ball goes over the bar.
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42 |
Lampard's long cross-field ball finds Owen on the right. he exchanges passes with Beckham and Scholes but Portugal intercept to clear the danger.
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40 |
Owen gives the ball away, the ball is fed to Figo and he lays the ball off for Petit to shoot. The shots deflects away for a corner which is dealt with easily. |
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39 |
Lampard pressing well on Figo and Rui Costa on the right, forcing Portugal to pass back to Ricardo. |
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38 |
Figo tries an audacious drag-back on Butt but he can't quite pull it off, giving England a bit of breathing space. |
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37 |
Figo and Beckham are up against each other but this time Becks charges down his Real Madrid team-mate's cross. |
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35 |
Again Lampard is judged to have fouled Rui Costa. The free-kick from Figo is flicked on by Butt and nearly gives Costinha a chance. He can't quite connect and the ball goes behind for a corner. |
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34 |
England dropping deep but a sudden break sees Owen pass out to Scholes. His cross into the centre is just infront of the poaching Owen and Rooney. |
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33 |
Lampard and Rui Costa clash, the Chelsea man trying to regain possession for the Three Lions. Foul given but the free-kick comes to nothing. |
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31 |
The game has become a bit scrappy but Portugal sweep up and play the ball around at the back. |
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29 |
Owen latches onto a chip through by Scholes. He volleys it with the outside of his right foot but the ball goes narrowly over the bar. |
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28 |
Owen suddenly gets some space. He fires in a cross towards Rooney. Neither he nor Costa can quite control the ball and the chance goes begging. |
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27 |
Rui Costa swings a hopeful ball into the England area but the ball sails over everyone and bounces away for a goalkick. |
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25 |
A clever ball forward from Scholes is headed away by Costinha. The corner from Beckham leads to nothing. |
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24 |
Figo plays another clever ball to Ferreira who gets behind the England defence once again. But again his final delivery is poor. |
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22 |
King does his best and heads the ball back into the area. A penalty-box scramble ensues but Portugal clear. |
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21 |
Wayne Bridge receives a ball from Scholes and his cross evades everyone and flies out to the right-hand side of the pitch. |
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19 |
King out-foxes Rui Costa and plays a long ball up to Rooney. |
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18 |
Portugal looking more comfortable in possession but their final delivery is letting them down. |
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Wayne Bridge comes on for Ashley Cole |
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16 |
Figo plays a good ball through to Pauleta down the inside left channel but James comes out to clear up. |
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15 |
England looking brighter. The ball is played by Beckham up for Owen but Costa tackles the Liverpool striker well. |
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14 |
Lampard and Rooney combine well out on the left. Rooney sends in a cross but it is headed away ahead Owen. |
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13 |
A long punt upfield by James is headed on by Beckham but England lose possession. Portugal break but James collects a long ball. |
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12 |
Corner from the right is flicked away by Frank Lampard as Portugal continue to press England's makeshift defence. |
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11 |
Butt challenges Rui Costa just as the Milan man looked to find Pauleta in the area. |
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10 |
Wayne Rooney gets past his marker with ease but his cross goes behind Owen and too far infront of Scholes. |
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9 |
Ferreira receives the ball out on the right but his cross is charged down by Ledley King. The corner comes to nothing. |
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8 |
Figo's ball over the top finds Pauleta. The PSG man cuts to the by-line but his shot is charged down. |
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6 |
Lampard tackles Figo and the ball runs for Cole to collect. |
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5 |
England struggling a little in midfield as Portugal keep hold of the ball which great skill. |
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4 |
A poor clearance from Ashley Cole gifts Figo a shooting chance which James does well to save low to his left. |
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3 |
Nicky Butt knocks the ball back to James as England try to settle into a rhythm. |
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2 |
Portugal exchange quick passes in defence to deny Scholes and Rooney. |
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1 |
David James collects comfortably from a Portuguese free-kick wide on the left. |
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The match gets underway. England are playing from right to left and are in their traditional white and blue kit. |