Group A: Portugal 2 - 0 Turkey
The second match and the second result displays a quite normal course of the championship. Portugal dominated the game, but stroked only in the 61st minute through Pepe and in the 92nd through Raul Meireles ending the first game in victory, not like in 2004 when they lost the first game with Greece. Through this game Portugal showed that they are potential future European Champions.
Portuguese lineup:
1. Ricardo, 4. Bosingwa, 15. Pepe, 16. Ricardo Carvalho, 2. Paulo Ferreira, 20. Deco, 8. Armando Petit, 10. João Moutinho, 7. Cristiano Ronaldo, 21. Nuno Gomes, 11. Simão Sabrosa
Substitutes:12. Quim, 22. Rui Patrício, 13. Luis Miguel, 14. Jorge Ribeiro, 5. Fernando Meira, 3. Bruno Alves, 17. Ricardo Quaresma, 6. Raul Meireles, 19. Nani, 18. Miguel Veloso, 23. Hélder Postiga, 9. Hugo Almeida
Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari
Substitutions:
68′ Nuno Gomes is replaced with Nani.
82′ Raul Meireles replaces Simao Sabrosa.
90′ Deco is replaced with Meira.
Yellow cards:
none
Turkish lineup:
23. Volkan Demirel, 22. Hamit Altintop, 4. Gökhan Zan, 2. Servet Çetin, 3. Hakan Balta, 18. Kazim Kazim, 7. Mehmet Aurélio, 5. Emre Belözoglu, 21. Mevlüt Erding, 8. Nihat Kahveci, 17. Tuncay Sanli
Substitutes: 1. Rüstü Reçber, 13. Emre Güngör, 15. Emre Asik, 14. Arda Turan, 6. Mehmet Topal, 20. Sabri Sarioglu, 11. Tümer Metin, 10. Gökdeniz Karadeniz, 16. Ugur Boral, 19. Ayhan Akman, 9. Semih Sentürk
Coach: Fatih Terim
Substitutions:
55′ Emre Asik replaces Gokhan Zan
75′ Altintop is replaced with Semih Senturk
Yellow cards:
04′ Kazim Kazim
49′ Gokhan Zan
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