Euro 2008 Live Blog: Portugal v Turkey

Portugal (Pepe 60, Raul Meireles 93) 2-0 Turkey - FT

Teams:

Portugal: Ricardo, Bosingwa, Pepe, Carvalho, Ferreira, Petit, Joao Moutinho, Ronaldo, Deco, Simao, Nuno Gomes. Subs: Rui Patricio, Bruno Alves, Fernando Meira, Raul Meireles, Hugo Almeida, Miguel, Jorge Ribeiro, Quaresma, Veloso, Nani, Postiga, Quim.

Turkey: Demirel, Altintop, Cetin, Zan, Balta, Kazim-Richards, Emre, Aurelio, Erding, Sanli, Nihat. Subs: Rustu, Zengin, Topal, Senturk, Karadeniz, Metin, Gungor, Turan, Asik, Boral, Akman, Sarioglu.

21:37: GOAL: Raul Meireles 93 - Lovely move as Ronaldo feeds in Moutinho who passes it past the goalkeeper and sub Raul Meireles strokes the ball home. 2-0 and game over.

21:35: And there was your chance. Ball fell to Tuncay in the box and he hit a fresh air shot.

21:32: Nani hit a bobbler from distance that Clive says is a good effort. Clutching at straws a but me thinks.

21:25: Turkey get a chance from a corner but they head wide.

21:18: Clear handball that was missed by the referee. Portugal look good but Turkey will create a chance.

21:09: Gomes now hits the bar - this Portuguese team is good - very good.

21:06: Goal: Pepe 60 - What a wonderful move, a one-two between Pepe and Nuno Gomes, and Pepe is in, the centre back dinks it over the outcoming goalkeeper and the ball ends up in the back of the net.

21:02: This game has opened up and it is end to end stuff.

20:54: And within seconds Portugal hit the post. Bad foul but terrific advantage and Gomes pokes the ball against the post.

20:54: Nihat goes down in the box but no penalty.

20:49: And we are underway yet again.

20:33: 0-0 HT

20:29: Portugal have just had a series of corners and nearly scored from every one. They are dominating the game but Turkey when they get a chance look lively as well.

20:24: They get another free kick in a much less favourable position but he drills a free kick that fires back off the inside of the upright. The replay shows that it was actually a world-class save - what a save!

20:16: Simao pulled rank and didn't hit the target.

20:14: Ronaldo has been quiet for a bit but he is standing over a free kick in a good location for him.

20:10: For the record, two of my female housemates have just gone out to the pub, with other females. When asked if I wanted to join them I declined because of the game. Priorities...

20:05: Pepe heads home and wheels away in celebration. However the linesman has his flag up and upon replay he was off. Good decision.

20:01: Tuncay goes box in the box in a very theatrical way. Referee was having none of it.

19:57: Portugal have started really well. They look like a strong outfit but Turkey are doing ok so far.

19:51: Early yellow for Kazim-Richards for a foul off the ball on Nuno Gomes.

19:50: New Chelsea signing Bosingwa has already got forward down the right hand flank twice. Looks like a very attacking full back.

19:48: And we are off!

19:46: Prediction - Portugal 1-1 Turkey

19:38: The most excellent Clive Tyldesley makes a terrific point about how often we've seen our home nation teams toil in the heat in major tournaments - and here we are in soggy cool Switzerland this year...

19:22: Andy Townsend goes for Germany, Gary Neville goes for France.

19:18: Gary Neville is with Andy Townsend in the studio - what a pathetic pundit line-up. Have ITV just punted this tournament because England aren't involved?

19:15: ITV kick off their coverage with Matt Smith leading the way. ITV aren't based over in Austria or Switzerland which is disappointing. I was impressed by their title sequence though.