Euro 2004 Portugal vs Netherlands (semi-final) English commentary

Landauro Bastos

Full match: https://futeboltotalgrandesjogos.blogspot.com/2021/05/blog-post_77.html

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00:00It's time for the National Anthems.

00:30The National Anthems

01:00The National Anthems

01:30The National Anthems

02:00The José Alvalade Stadium

02:19Embracing around 9,000 Dutch fans

02:24All partisan, all passionate

02:27But Portugal have most of the rest of the stadium

02:31This is their team

02:33A change to a winning team

02:35Paoleta available again after suspension

02:37He comes back for Nuno Gomes

02:39Who, to be fair, has been struggling

02:41With a sore ankle since the England game

02:43What has really worked for Portugal

02:45Their decision, a sweeping one

02:47To change three of the back four

02:48After that first day defeat against Greece

02:50Miguel, Ricardo Cavalio, Nuno Valente

02:54All brought in

02:55And they've all been playing

02:56Since then

02:57To rave reviews

02:59Holland have had some problems

03:09In the centre of their defence

03:10Frank de Boer out

03:11Wilfrid Baumar

03:13Who started the competition in the team

03:14Is picked again

03:16Though he has had a sore Achilles tendon

03:18I'm told though

03:19He's 100% fit now

03:20Further forward

03:21Mark Overmars

03:22Starts for the first time

03:23In the tournament

03:24In place of an out of touch

03:26Andy van der Maeder

03:28It's been quite strange

03:31After a daily diet

03:33Of Euro 2000 football

03:36Euro 2004 football

03:38To have

03:38A couple of days without games

03:40I'm sure these two teams

03:44Have been glad of the

03:45The rest and recovery time

03:47But that certainly favours

03:49Portugal who've had six days

03:50Since they celebrated

03:52Their success against England

03:53Compared to four

03:55The Dutch have mentioned that

03:57Portugal have got

03:58One or two players

03:59Who fall into

04:00That category of falling over

04:03Too easily

04:04I hope that's not a decision like that

04:08That decides the outcome here

04:09In the home of the

04:11Sporting club of Portugal

04:13Sporting Lisbon

04:14As they're often incorrectly known

04:15Here's Koku

04:16Ricardo was pretty sure

04:19About his angles

04:19Caught to

04:21Forward

04:22A versatile Koku

04:26Trying to deal with Figo

04:28As they played together

04:30For a while at Barcelona

04:31That's the first real shot in anger

04:34It comes from

04:36For Portugal

04:3720 minutes to go to half time

04:39And Cristiano Ronaldo

04:43Heads Portugal

04:46Quite simply

04:47Into the lead

04:48Scolari salutes

04:54The opening goal here

04:56Well it didn't look anything

05:07Too clever

05:09Some good movement towards the near post

05:10That distracted some of the Dutch defenders

05:13But it's a nightmare goal to concede

05:16If you're a dick advocate

05:17Unmarked

05:23Unmarked

05:24Portugal

05:29Davids

05:33It's over Mars

05:36Well a chance

05:42So soon

05:44After going behind

05:45To level it up again

05:47It's never easy

05:48To hit a dropping ball

05:50Tenacious play by Miguel

05:57But they're a bit slow to react

05:59From the throw

06:00And Miguel

06:01Slipped by Davids

06:02It's a corner

06:05Again Seidoff

06:07Trying to make up the ground

06:09From midfield

06:10He goes near post

06:12And

06:14Fortunately for Portugal

06:17Jorge Andrade

06:18Went with him

06:18Final success

06:19Crucial opening goal

06:22That day

06:24An opening goal here

06:25That could be

06:26Even more historic

06:28Over Mars

06:31Oh Van Nistelrooy's put it in

06:33But the flag has gone up

06:34And the Dutch aren't happy about that

06:36Mark over Mars

06:43Gets the yellow card

06:44For

06:45Taking issue

06:47With the assistant

06:47The ball

06:54Figo

06:57Oh

07:01Fantastic effort

07:02Comes back out

07:04Off the post

07:05Well here's a man

07:09Who doesn't want to be

07:10Substituted

07:11In a semi-final

07:12Like he was

07:13In the quarter-final

07:14Wonderful play

07:16Couldn't have hit it better

07:18More relaxed

07:22It's been a good half

07:27For Portugal

07:28Manish

07:31Behind Seidoff

07:33Wrestling by

07:42Bauma

07:43On

07:44Paoleta

07:45Now it's going to be

07:58Deco

07:58Who scored on his

08:01Portugal debut

08:02Against the country

08:03Of his birth

08:03Brazil

08:05Remains his only goal

08:07For the national team

08:08Smacks it into the wall

08:09Smacks it into the wall

08:10Follows it up

08:11And it brings to the end

08:18First half

08:19Full of promise

08:20And a bit of fulfilment

08:21Already

08:22For Portugal

08:23The goal

08:25Straightforward one

08:26Ronaldo heading in a corner

08:29And other chances for

08:32Paoleta

08:32Mark Overmars

08:34Fired one over the bar

08:35For Holland

08:36Who had a goal

08:38Disallowed

08:39Portugal start the second half

08:42Forty-five minutes away

08:45They hope

08:46From

08:47Crossing a bridge

08:49That has

08:50Not

08:52Been one they've been able

08:53To cross before

08:54That from a semi-final

08:56Even from an angle

08:57It would have been

08:57A decent chance

08:58Deco

09:00It's nicely balanced

09:00The game

09:01Because the Portugal

09:02Need to keep attacking

09:03Figo

09:05So close again

09:10Oh it's behind

09:19Bauma

09:20It's Paoleta

09:21And it still won't

09:23Go in for him

09:24He went for power

09:27Good stop

09:29By Edwin van der Saar

09:30But

09:30Now van der Waart

09:31On for Bauma

09:32Which means

09:33That move I mentioned earlier

09:35Cocu goes into the back line

09:37Dick Avakar

09:38Score from there

09:38But they might be

09:41From the corner

09:42Which is taken quickly

09:42By Portugal

09:43Manish

09:44Oh

09:45Score

09:46Scorcher

09:49Sensational goal

09:52For Portugal

09:53Quick thinking

09:56At the corner

09:56And top quality

10:00From the scorer

10:03That's a moment

10:10To grace

10:10Any tournament

10:11And it might well

10:12Have sunk

10:13Dick Advocat's

10:14Dutch team

10:15Little bit of organising

10:19Going on

10:20But that

10:22Is absolutely

10:24Unstoppable

10:25He could line up

10:26All three of the

10:27Dutch goalkeepers

10:28In this squad

10:28And it would still be

10:30Nestling in the back

10:31Of the net

10:32There have been some

10:35Great goals in this

10:36Competition

10:36But that could just be

10:39The pick of the lot

10:42Of them

10:42And Portugal do have

10:46The cushion of a

10:47Second goal

10:47And what a goal

10:48From the Porto

10:50Midfield player

10:51Manish

10:52Van Brockhorst

10:57There's a

11:03Van der Vaart

11:03Seedorf

11:07Makes it even more

11:13Of an all action game

11:14Which is why

11:16It wins out over

11:17Well for my money

11:18And for millions of you

11:19Any other

11:20Team

11:21Ball sport

11:22Non-stop

11:24Oh

11:28It's an own goal

11:29And

11:31Holland have got

11:32Back in it

11:33George Andrade

11:37Well

11:39Now

11:41Scolari

11:42Suddenly had the

11:42Smile wiped off

11:43His face

11:48Watch the number

11:49Four

11:50There

11:50A slice

11:56Of luck

11:57For Holland

11:59And it's

12:042-1

12:06Seedorf

12:12Takes it

12:12Just needed

12:16The touch

12:17And

12:19Bronkhorst

12:20One of

12:22Several

12:22Trying to

12:22Supply

12:23It

12:23Gianno

12:26Ronaldo

12:26Who

12:28Has

12:28Contributed

12:29To the

12:29Semi-Final

12:30He's

12:30Scored

12:30The

12:31Opening

12:31Goal

12:31A

12:33Very

12:34Different

12:34Type

12:34Of

12:34Midfield

12:35Player

12:35Comes

12:35On

12:36Off

12:44Goes

12:44Paoleta

12:45Being told

12:47To get

12:48A

12:48Move

12:48On

12:48Plenty of

12:51Sympathy

12:52And

12:54A

12:54Clause

12:54For

12:54His

12:54Efforts

12:55But

12:55He

12:57Has

12:57Had

12:57Chances

12:58That

12:59Could

12:59Have

12:59Avoided

13:01This

13:01Difficult

13:03Scenario

13:03Luno

13:04Luno

13:04Gomes

13:04Scored

13:05In

13:05The

13:05Semi-Final

13:05Four

13:06Years

13:06Ago

13:06Has

13:09Had

13:09Much

13:09Fortune

13:09In

13:10The

13:1050-50

13:11Shouts

13:11With

13:11The

13:11Referee

13:12Shall

13:12We

13:12Say

13:12The

13:17Opportunity

13:18To

13:18Talk

13:19To

13:19Figo

13:19About

13:20It

13:20To

13:21Standing

13:21Ovation

13:21For

13:22Manish

13:23And

13:26Ternando

13:27Cote

13:27Reclaims

13:28The

13:28Portugal

13:30All-Time

13:30Appearance

13:31Record

13:31Going

13:32Back

13:32Above

13:33Figo

13:33With

13:34His

13:34110th

13:35Appearance

13:36For

13:36His

13:36Country

13:37Long

13:40Way

13:40Away

13:40Doesn't

13:41Work

13:41Anymore

13:41Because

13:42There's

13:42A

13:42Replacement

13:42One

13:43At

13:43Ground

13:43Level

13:43Everyone

13:44Van der

13:45Star

13:45Kicks

13:45It

13:45As

13:45Long

13:46As

13:46He

13:46Can

13:46Up

13:47Goes

13:47Mackay

13:48Collected

13:51By

13:51Nuno

13:51Gomes

13:52Figo

13:54There's

13:55A

13:55Ball

13:55On

13:55Here

13:56For

13:56Deco

13:56And

13:58Van

13:58Der

13:58Saar

13:59Makes

14:00The

14:00Save

14:01But

14:01It

14:01Might

14:01Just

14:01Be

14:02Academic

14:02Maybe

14:06Time

14:07For

14:07One

14:07Last

14:07Holland

14:08Attack

14:08Seed

14:09Off

14:09Van

14:10Hoedonk

14:11Heads

14:11On

14:12Van

14:13De

14:13Vaart

14:14Kukou

14:14In

14:14There

14:14As

14:15Well

14:15And

14:18Portugal

14:18Are

14:19In

14:20The

14:21Final

14:21Of

14:21Euro

14:212004

14:22The

14:24Country's

14:25First

14:25Ever

14:25Major

14:26Final

14:26Done

14:28At

14:28The

14:28Expense

14:29Tonight

14:29At

14:29The

14:30Expense

14:31Of

14:31The

14:31Dutch

14:32In

14:33Which

14:33Dick

14:34Advocats

14:34Team

14:35Have

14:35Pressed

14:36And

14:36Chased

14:37And

14:37Harried

14:37Particularly

14:38In

14:38The

14:38Last

14:3820

14:39Minutes

14:39Or

14:39So

14:39To

14:40Try

14:41And

14:41Overturn

14:42The

14:42Odds

14:42And

14:42Overturn

14:43What

14:43Was

14:44A

14:44Two

14:44Goal

14:44Lead

14:45At

14:45One

14:45Point

14:46Manish

14:46Is

14:47Goal

14:47Is

14:47The

14:47Winner

14:48And

14:48What

14:49A

14:49Wonderful

14:49Goal

14:50It

14:50Was

14:51Cristiano

14:53Ronaldo

14:53In

14:54The

14:54First

14:54Half

14:54When

14:55Portugal

14:55Looked

14:55Comfortable

14:562-0

14:57They

14:57Looked

14:57As

14:57Though

14:58It

14:58Would

14:59Be

14:59A

14:59Straight

14:59Forward

15:00Passage

15:00Into

15:01The

15:01Final

15:02Holland

15:04Thanks

15:05To

15:05George

15:05Andrade's

15:06Own

15:06Goal

15:07Were

15:08Revived

15:09Through

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