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00:00So the Portuguese, seven of that side played at Wembley back in December, among the other four, the goalkeeper Vitor Baia and Rui Costa of Fiorentina, both of whom will be vital to their chances.
00:16No place in the starting line-up for Secretario or for Foglia, but the movement from midfield and the front players can be, on their day, quite inspiring.
00:30The Danes have in their squad seven survivors of their winning 22 last time, but they start with just three, Schmeichel, Henrik Larsson and Brian Laudrup.
00:43His brother Michael was missing then, but he's in the side now.
00:51Thompson of Ipswich Town and the Reaper of West Ham United start the championship.
01:00So, away we go, opening of Group D, the last group to get into the action, a group which also involves Croatia and Turkey.
01:14This is Elde.
01:15We'll see the Portuguese style alter as the game settles down, at the moment there, starting with what looks like a back four.
01:34Laudrup's already involved.
01:40So was Ho, and now Reaper.
01:45Divas will get there first, rolled up nicely for him, Rui Costa.
02:05So Pinto and John Pinto both forward, this is John Pinto.
02:08And one of the midfield players also got up, as well, and that's very much typical of their style, they seem to rotate from midfield to up front.
02:19It's David Pleat washing intently.
02:21He'll, er, bring his expertise to in a moment.
02:33Nicely fed through.
02:35Brian Laudrup.
02:36Jean Pinto.
02:39Jean Pinto.
02:40Jean Pinto.
02:43Free kick is given.
02:44Portuguese, too, tend to exaggerate occasionally to make sure they get the, er, the award.
02:55Might work against them if they overdo that.
02:58Free kick certainly justified.
03:00It's just possible that Cotto's gonna have a crack from here.
03:03Yeah.
03:05He is.
03:09There's rarely room for that.
03:10That was a good strike though by Rui Costa.
03:16But those extra touches of the free kick so rarely work because the man who's supposed to attack the ball has those extra seconds to get there.
03:23But Rui Costa certainly got hold of that.
03:25Bit of a flash shot though.
03:29That's well played.
03:31Luciano found he was going to arrive too late.
03:33He thought about it.
03:34This is Elde.
03:39Oh, that was always the danger.
03:40And here's Brian Laudrup.
03:46What a strike!
03:48And it really all came as a result of the back pass which wasn't necessary.
03:54Because it was across the face of a goal to a goalkeeper going to clear with his right foot.
03:59And the block.
04:01The ball coming through to Brian Laudrup.
04:04But what a power strike coming in from the left side.
04:08Well, Elde was a little bit casual in the first place.
04:12Bayer was a little bit late onto the ball.
04:13And you can't give that sort of chance.
04:17Once he turned on the inside, he hits it into the near post.
04:21It was such a fast, hard shock, a la Shearer on Saturday, that Bayer had no chance.
04:35Opening goal at Group D.
04:36One to be remembered.
04:38Goalkeeper beaten on the near post, but in trouble for the moment that his defender let him down, in my opinion.
04:47And the opening goal goes to the defending champions.
04:51Against the side, much frenzy to do well.
04:54I hope I'm not going to spoil it, but I would be surprised if that's the only goal of the match.
05:00I do feel the game needed it.
05:02I felt the tempo was going to a rather slow, slow, slow type game.
05:08And there wasn't the up pace from the midfield areas.
05:11And I think that goal nearly now will make the Portuguese a little bit more inventive and a little bit more forward thinking.
05:18Dimas.
05:28Figo.
05:32Rui Costa.
05:37Oceano.
05:39A hopeful prod really.
05:41All cleared.
05:42And the referee showing a yellow card again.
05:57Probably for a foot up, I think.
05:59But he's taking...
06:07Sapinto.
06:08John Pinto makes the round.
06:10Figo.
06:11Figo again.
06:14First effort was blocked as two players arrived on the ball at the same time.
06:18But it was a good spin, but then he couldn't keep it down.
06:20Yeah, it was a good turn by Figo.
06:21He's playing more centrally at the moment.
06:23He started off on the left-hand side, in between the two Pintos.
06:27But the spin and the quick shot, unfortunately for Portugal he wasn't able to keep it down.
06:32But it was a quickly taken shot and a difficult to execute.
06:36He said there's some doubt at the moment about exactly who owns all the yellow cards.
06:43There's a...
06:45Something to be checked on.
06:46Rui Costa!
06:48Wonderful save!
06:50Touch fortunate maybe, because it could so easily have got a ricochet.
06:54Just a little touch there would have turned it away.
06:57But through the crowd, British Michael got down and parried with the left ball on.
07:01Think about keeping your eye on the ball, but it just needed a passing brush of a toe cap.
07:10It's a good comeback by the Portuguese.
07:11And it's good to watch.
07:12Up comes Elda.
07:13Koto is further back.
07:14Elda has gone into the six-yard box.
07:15First man peels away, Sapinto!
07:16Great applause with a great day.
07:18corner. This is a good comeback by the Portuguese, and it's good to watch.
07:28Up comes Elde, Koto's further back. Elde's gone into the six-yard box.
07:34First man peels away is Sarpinto. Great applause for the great day.
07:48We've moved in to the second third of the match, I think we could say.
07:54So vital at this stage that Denmark don't sit too deep.
07:57There's no sign of that at the moment.
07:59Reaper and Ho look as though they've got the field in front of them.
08:04We've just got to watch the right-hand side.
08:06That's the left-back position for Denmark, where Portugal are making some inroads.
08:12Yes, Sarpinto. Steve Nielsen for company.
08:18Paulino Santos.
08:21Palo Sosa. 19.
08:2420 Figo. 13 Divas.
08:27With a shooting chance.
08:31A little bit slow, perhaps, to see that.
08:34Brie Costa.
08:37Offside given.
08:40Again, it was tight.
08:41It's a Brie Costa's attempt earlier. Just if that had got a freak.
08:51But he deserved credit for making the stop, that's for sure.
08:54And it was a planned free-tick two, with Figo running across the face of the goalkeeper, trying to unsight him.
09:00And that's why he made it such a good save.
09:03All behind the ball for Denmark.
09:04And he's away from Pinto.
09:05Good save.
09:06Look how far forward he was.
09:07After the penalty spot.
09:08Took a bit too long then.
09:09And against Pinto.
09:10Good save.
09:11Look how far forward he was.
09:12After the penalty spot.
09:13Took a bit too long then.
09:14And against Peter Schmeichel, you don't have as much time as you think you have.
09:15Because he comes into, and the couple twofps that appears to–
09:18Can you walk in a bit too long and you don't have the boat
09:20when you move in or you take in a bit?
09:21Can you get the credit spot?
09:22All behind the ball for Denmark.
09:26Of course, good save!
09:26And he's away from F Vegan water.
09:27Good save!
09:29Look how far forward he was.
09:31Up to the penalty spot.
09:32All behind the ball for Denmark.
09:37And he's away from Figo.
09:40Good save.
09:41Look how far forward he was.
09:42知 how far forward he was, after the penalty spot.
09:43Took a bit too long then.
09:44And against Peter Schmeichel, you don't have as much time as you think you have.
09:45To find a point on it, sort of, makes you feel very small as he spreads himself in front of him.
09:55He was hurt a little bit in that challenge.
09:59Marie Costa.
10:05Now you see it, now you don't, there's some other passing.
10:09Just as the Dane thinks he's going to take the ball, it's poked away from him,
10:13another Portuguese player.
10:15It was a good diagonal in the first place that got into Pinto,
10:19it was clever the way he sold the dummy, but Schmeichel just proving what we all know.
10:27And the stride for Sosa, a bit of a taken by Figo.
10:33Awkward bounce, well watched.
10:37It's not the right moment for Brian Lauderdorf, this is Marie Costa.
10:41Oh, goodness me.
10:44But he's had a couple of sighters.
10:49That really came as a result of the mistake by Brian Lauderdorf.
10:53Past the hand it was, but also past the post.
10:56Very positive, but he did have a shooting chance because the tackle didn't quite get to him.
11:01Referee with the whistle in his mouth and then he takes it out.
11:10Foglia, and then he puts it back in again.
11:12And at half-time, it's the Danes who lead by this man's goal.
11:20Brian Lauderdorf, really cracking shot that beat the goalkeeper on the near post,
11:25but a goalkeeper who'd been let down by an unnecessary pass across the goal
11:29and his failure to clear the ball.
11:31Portugal have had the greater possession, but at half-time at Hillsborough,
11:36the Danes lead by the only goal.
11:40Check on the bookings.
11:42The referee waving the cards around for Portugal.
11:45Paulino Santos, Oceano, who's now been substituted, and Sarpinto.
11:50And on the Danish side, Riesiger and Helberg.
11:57So, Henrik Larsson was not booked in the incident with Oceano.
12:10First clearance for Peter Schmeichel, waves everybody away.
12:15And in comes Cotto, who didn't make the ball and had his arm forward.
12:24It's interesting that when the initial pass was made, there was only one option.
12:29It was in trying to find Jean-Pinto.
12:32And they lost possession for the first time.
12:34On the counter.
12:36Paulino Santos won it well.
12:39And here is Jean-Pinto.
12:42Rui Costa inside him.
12:46Foglia.
12:48Looking for a better cross this time.
12:49And he finds it!
12:51Oh, yes, Sarpinto!
12:57Beautifully watched.
12:59Got it just where he wanted.
13:02And Foglia, who missed an opportunity to get a good cross in a few moments ago,
13:07finds one this time, and is obviously very pleased about it as Portugal put it back to 1-1.
13:14With a fine goal, attack, counter-attack, and then again counter-attack.
13:20And it was a good cross.
13:21Good cross.
13:23And Sarpinto, inside his pad, read the bounce and directed the header.
13:27Really thought about the header, didn't he?
13:30Almost waited for the ball to bounce up.
13:33And then decided where he was going to place it.
13:36And stretched his neck.
13:37And the third minute of the second half.
13:41Real buzz around Hillsborough.
13:42Little comments at half-time from the locals was how much they were enjoying the game.
13:43And the third minute of the second half.
13:49Real buzz around Hillsborough.
13:51Little comments at half-time from the locals was how much they were enjoying the game.
14:08Ricardo Salpinto.
14:10It's not Irish about this European side, Portugal.
14:13There's a lot of flexibility in their movement.
14:15There's a bit of invention.
14:17Clever on the ball.
14:18Not stiff.
14:21That's beautifully done.
14:22To Salpinto.
14:23Early cross.
14:29Good save, Schmeichel.
14:31So quick off his line again to the nice John Pinto.
14:40He was looking, I think, for an offside, but look how quickly he came.
14:43And he spread himself, did the splits, and it came off his left leg.
14:49The build-up is so much more deliberate.
14:52And rather less pacing.
14:56The Danes progress.
14:58The Portuguese dart.
15:00But that's useful.
15:01Here's Brian Lowry!
15:03Good improvisation.
15:07Parts of the anatomy.
15:10Used by a goalkeeper.
15:14It's a good attack.
15:16A huge contrast to the style of the Portuguese.
15:19Even so, good football.
15:21That was a really clever ball.
15:23And Lowry!
15:25Just taking the ball on his left.
15:26Whether he could have taken it on half a yard.
15:29But certainly great anticipation by Vai.
15:36Chance at the counter here for the Portuguese.
15:37Rui Costa in possession.
15:39Space is going to be down the left side.
15:41But he used it by not using it.
15:43Still Rui Costa.
15:45Hoping for a little touch from Domingos.
15:48As he continued his run.
15:50Costa to the right.
15:51Didn't get it.
15:53Oh dear.
15:55That's a bit of frustration from Sapinto.
16:05Everybody talked about cagey opening games.
16:07We're certainly two sides here looking for a winner.
16:10One with slightly more belief than the other.
16:15Koto is well caught there.
16:18This is promising.
16:19Beck.
16:25Well, I think Koto surprises there with some really intricate footwork.
16:28Good play.
16:30First time he's really come forward in the game.
16:36First Danish corner of the second half.
16:38Second half.
16:43Second of the match.
16:47Good climb at the back.
16:49Out by Koto.
16:54Hervé.
16:56Reaper.
17:00Got a man over.
17:01Thompson.
17:02Oh, what a chance that was.
17:04I don't know whether until he has the opportunity to look at it again, he will realize how good a chance that was.
17:11Very poor marking there.
17:13No awareness at all of Thompson's position.
17:16By the right sided defender there.
17:19Santos.
17:21And a good, clean, clear chance.
17:23And he got it all wrong.
17:25Michael Laudrup.
17:27Space on the right side.
17:29Further ahead down that flank is Brian Laudrup.
17:34Now square.
17:36Number 11.
17:37Good pace from Brian Laudrup.
17:40And here's Michael.
17:41Back to Brian Laudrup.
17:43Just run out of room.
17:47Best piece of combination we've seen from the two brothers.
17:50But for the moment that he started the drag here and changed pace, there were always possibilities.
17:56He always knows when and where to quicken does Brian Laudrup.
17:59He's quick and he's got great movement.
18:01Sapinto.
18:03Score of the Portuguese goal.
18:07Dimas.
18:09Three in the middle.
18:12Not too much over the crossbar.
18:17Which Michael would have felt the air wave a bit.
18:24Well he certainly cracked it.
18:27And that really flew.
18:29The tower faces now.
18:32Could be seen among those with red shirts of Portugal.
18:36Not if corners are taken like that.
18:38He's going to get a second chance there because of the result of that clearance.
18:43Easy for Bayer.
18:47Poor old Reaper was screeching at the back post for that ball.
18:49Still a promise for Portugal.
18:59Schmeichel comes to claim and has lost it because of the defender.
19:03And he's curious.
19:05They're absolutely having a go at each other.
19:07Well, as you said some while ago, Barry, fortune favours the brave.
19:14And Schmeichel making a hell of a mess of that, colliding.
19:18And really there was a golden presentation to Portugal to say, there's your second.
19:23And it would have been sad for Schmeichel.
19:24Schmeichel.
19:26Schmeichel and Reaper.
19:27Unfortunately, no grim story.
19:29No grim story.
19:35Holt.
19:41And if Steve Bruce is watching, he'll know exactly what he appears to be shouted by Schmeichel like that.
19:47Not that he tends to make that many errors.
19:50Errors of that nature.
19:52Won't make any more at Manchester United.
20:00That's the final whistle.
20:01A peep, peep, peep.
20:02And then a peep.
20:03And it's all over at 1-1.
20:06As I said right at the start.
20:08A contrast in styles.
20:11Each goalkeeper beaten once here as the first scorer.
20:13Brian Laudrup.
20:16And there's his brother Michael, who's captain decided to appoint.
20:20Played rather better in the second half.
20:23And the equaliser.
20:25A delightful goal.
20:27Scored by Sarpinto from Folio's Cross.
20:33Watched it very well.
20:35Jean Pinto, like so many, worked very hard.
20:38And at the end, the reward for both teams is 1-1.
20:41This group is another.
20:44It's going to be very interesting.
20:51Well, it was probably the nicest match so far, wasn't it, of the four that we've had?
20:54I thought it was a great match to watch.
20:56I thought that Denmark will be very, very pleased with that result.
20:59They had two great chances in the second half.
21:01But it has to be said, the Portuguese football at times is irresistible.
21:05Going forward, it was just terrific to watch.
21:07And the goal was great and they deserved every moment of it.
21:11Yeah, the Danes are on the attack here.
21:13And it's a good tackle there from Sosa.
21:17Plays the ball forward to Pinto.
21:21And you think, well, difficulty score from you.
21:25But it breaks the foyer.
21:28Decent ball into the box.
21:30I think Reisinger, the Danish defender, sleeps there.
21:34A great header and a fabulous finish.
21:37Great presence of mind with the header though, wasn't it?
21:40Yeah, but I think the defender never expected that he could cross from that position.
21:45He wasn't expecting the cross, you think?
21:47No, because he was well, you know, defended, you know.
21:51So he was surprised by it.
21:54It's a great header from Sosa Pinto.
21:56Yeah, it's very difficult.
21:58I think if that was one of your Chelsea defenders, you'd be unhappy.
22:00Yeah, I would be crazy.
22:02They have got great touch and all the rest of it.
22:03Compare them to the Germans here who haven't got that kind of technique.
22:06But I know I'd fancy if they play each other.
22:08The Germans are better defensively.
22:09Yeah, but you know, the thing is they don't have a lot of technique, the Germans.
22:16But they have the right technique just to do the job.
22:20And that is what you need. You need just the basic, you know.
22:23The Portuguese sometimes have too much technique and defensively sometimes it was so-so.
22:29So you can't have both of them.
22:31And I think the Germans through, you know, time has showed us that they have both of them a little bit.
22:36It's well practiced.
22:37They're always there.
22:38It's well practiced.
22:39It's well practiced.
22:40It's well organized.
22:41If you give them the right organization, they can do it.
22:44Have a look at this header that Thompson had, which might have upset the Portuguese.
22:49Well, Helvet cross, it's a free header.
22:53He's got his score, hasn't he?
22:55It's a terrific chance.
22:56He didn't expect it also.
22:58The images before it, he didn't expect the ball.
23:00Too late, he was not prepared for it.
23:02I mean, that's the best chance in the match, that is.
23:05Yeah.
23:07We're going back to the Portuguese defense again.
23:09I mean, if you look at how many chances the Danes had in that game, they had a right few.
23:12Brian Ladrup had a chance.
23:14Brian Ladrup had a chance.
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