Football
Football Union of Russia vs Portugal. European Championships Group A.
7:45pm, Wednesday 16th June 2004.
Match ends, Russia 0, Portugal 2.
Second Half ends, Russia 0, Portugal 2.
Nuno Valente (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dmitri Bulykin (Russia).
Attempt missed. Maniche (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Deco (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dmitri Loskov (Russia).
Goal! Russia 0, Portugal 2. Rui Costa (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo with a cross following a fast break.
Offside, Russia. Dmitri Bulykin is caught offside.
Dmitri Alenichev (Russia) is shown the yellow card.
Maniche (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dmitri Alenichev (Russia).
Attempt missed. Aleksey Smertin (Russia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dmitri Loskov with a cross.
Foul by Deco (Portugal).
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Deco (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt saved. Deco (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Deco (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dmitri Sennikov (Russia).
Foul by Nuno Gomes (Portugal).
Aleksey Bugayev (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Russia. Dmitri Bulykin replaces Andrey Karyaka.
Substitution, Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo replaces Luís Figo.
Jorge Andrade (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vladimir Bystrov (Russia).
Attempt saved. Luís Figo (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maniche.
Attempt saved. Deco (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Nuno Gomes.
Foul by Nuno Valente (Portugal).
Dmitri Sennikov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Russia. Vladimir Bystrov replaces Marat Izmaylov.
Attempt missed. Nuno Gomes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Deco.
Foul by Rui Costa (Portugal).
Marat Izmaylov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia).
Hand ball by Dmitri Sennikov (Russia).
Attempt missed. Deco (Portugal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Luís Figo (Portugal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nuno Gomes with a through ball.
Substitution, Portugal. Rui Costa replaces Simão.
Foul by Marat Izmaylov (Russia).
Attempt missed. Dmitri Loskov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt blocked. Dmitri Loskov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Jorge Andrade (Portugal).
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Vadim Evseev (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Ricardo.
Attempt saved. Andrey Karyaka (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marat Izmaylov.
Substitution, Portugal. Nuno Gomes replaces Pauleta.
Attempt saved. Deco (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Aleksey Smertin (Russia).
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Vyacheslav Malafeev.
Attempt saved. Nuno Valente (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Maniche.
Aleksey Bugayev (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Portugal. Pauleta is caught offside.
Pauleta (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Second Half begins Russia 0, Portugal 1.
First Half ends, Russia 0, Portugal 1.
Attempt missed. Luís Figo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Substitution, Russia. Vyacheslav Malafeev replaces Evgeni Aldonin.
Sergey Ovchinnikov (Russia) is shown the red card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Sergey Ovchinnikov (Russia).
Attempt missed. Andrey Karyaka (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Dmitri Alenichev (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Costinha (Portugal).
Evgeni Aldonin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Simão (Portugal).
Dmitri Sennikov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Pauleta (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Evgeni Aldonin (Russia) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Foul by Maniche (Portugal).
Attempt missed. Deco (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Maniche (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Evgeni Aldonin (Russia).
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Vadim Evseev.
Attempt missed. Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Deco with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Aleksey Bugayev.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Aleksey Smertin.
Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal).
Attempt blocked. Dmitri Loskov (Russia) right footed shot from long range on the right is blocked. Assisted by Andrey Karyaka.
Marat Izmaylov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Vadim Evseev (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luís Figo (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Vadim Evseev (Russia).
Simão (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Dmitri Alenichev (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Luís Figo (Portugal).
Marat Izmaylov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Simão (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Aleksey Smertin (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luís Figo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Simão (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! Russia 0, Portugal 1. Maniche (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Deco with a cross.
Luís Figo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.