00:03...years and 132 days, Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the oldest out, oldest in the squad,
00:09Cedric Bacumbu, he needs two more goals to become his country's record score.
00:18And off we go in Houston, Portugal all in red, kicking from left to right in this opening half.
00:30Mendez, Neto making the run down the line, and Neto's got it back, Mendez, Neto, great hammer, and in!
00:48Shroud, now from his teammates and the fans in here.
00:52Well, when you're going to park it deep tonight, you want to get the game's first goal,
00:55and certainly the delivery here is exquisite from Neto.
01:00It's completely unmarked, gets in front of a tiffin.
01:03It's a dangerous cross, and Cancelo had to deal with it, spent with Wisser once more.
01:09Has a pop! Wasn't too far away either!
01:13They possibly can tonight in the final third here.
01:16This is pulled wide, but that's very positive to get their playmaker on the ball here.
01:22And he can do some pretty magical things when it comes to chance creation in combination with Cedric Bacumbu.
01:28And Vettinha is amazing. They show up in lots of different areas.
01:33Lots of different places throughout the game.
01:36Makes it very hard to track them with their movement and mobility.
01:48It's a good foul. It is a good foul. It is a straight leg, and that's what brings the yellow
01:58out.
01:59Walked out to the left for Nuno Mendes.
02:05Fernandez scooped over the top, Mendes who continued the run, a lovely first touch, he's thrown!
02:10And it's battered away by Mpessi.
02:13Now Bruno Fernandes!
02:17Right across the face of goal, and Bernardo Silva, on the stretch, couldn't quite reach it.
02:24They were defensively compact in qualifying.
02:28The Archon Goh conceding just six goals along the way, but here come Portugal.
02:32And that is a vital interception from Mbemba.
02:37Neto looking to square for Ronaldo.
02:39Neto.
02:42Cancelo, wicked goal.
02:44What a pace on that.
02:46Boy, Ronaldo made a great run.
02:48You watch him just walking around the penalty area, observing things.
02:52Sees it get wide, and Ronaldo was on.
02:56Challenge last night, which is quite a topic of discussion.
03:02Bernardo Silva just went down here.
03:07Neto holding his throat.
03:10And the yellow card is out, as you can see.
03:15My apologies.
03:17Differently carrying a yellow.
03:19Mendes with a free kick, and Bemba is the one to clear it.
03:21Lovely take on the turn there.
03:23Whistler from distance.
03:30It's a nice ball, a nice take from Bernardo Silva, and Masuaku gets in there.
03:36The combo possibilities here, but they've got to move the ball quickly.
03:41Masuaku, Whistler's made his move into the box.
03:43This is Mutasami, took it first time.
03:47It's a corner.
03:48Oh, deliver something good.
03:50Okay, so they go 2v1 here.
03:53Mukau.
03:56That's interesting.
03:58Whistler!
04:06They play a short one here instead of the delivery.
04:09And so the ball moves.
04:10That means the defense has to move in relation to it.
04:13He's unmarked.
04:14It's a great snap header.
04:15Look at this flow down here.
04:17He gets up, times it perfectly.
04:20And just look at the scenes in the stands from the Congolese,
04:23and look at dismay from Cristiano Ronaldo.
04:26But it's came on right now in Houston.
04:29Make no mistake about that.
04:32Half-time.
04:33Portugal 1, DR Congo 1.
04:38Ronaldo a little over-keen to...
04:41at this second half underway, but we are good to go.
04:47Yor Kongo, dressed all in blue,
04:49kicking from left to right in this second half.
04:53Whistler coming short for him.
05:01Mukau, nicely done.
05:04Wan-Bissaka.
05:06And his touch was the last one.
05:09Goal-kick Portugal.
05:22There's some contact at the back post.
05:25That's what the fans are shouting about.
05:27Because getting in there and ghosting into that back stick.
05:30To your point, he's a live wire, he's already making things happen.
05:33He's gotten to the back post here on this delivery.
05:36Takes a little contact, it's not enough.
05:40But he gets himself in a good position.
05:44And that energy is what...
05:47Wan-Bissaka of West Ham, who will also be
05:49Mid-England's second tier next season,
05:52following relegation from the Premier League.
05:55Mukombu...
05:56Oh, Costa with the save.
05:59Flag is up now.
06:00But Costa...
06:01Does not have much of a shooting angle here.
06:05Slightly offside.
06:07Slightly offside.
06:07Yeah.
06:10Cancelo.
06:15Fernandez.
06:18Great ball in.
06:21Well, the finish, the flag is up.
06:23The flag is up, it will not come.
06:28Juel Cancelo...
06:30With the acrobatics.
06:33It would have been a peach.
06:38Not sure.
06:40Who's offside here?
06:43Mukau.
06:48Oh, good ball inside.
06:49Not a great first touch, though, from Keyembe.
06:52The canvas, that's the post!
06:56I think the referee has brought up for a foul just prior.
07:01Again, nervy moments here for Portugal,
07:04who are sloppy in front of their own goal.
07:07Here.
07:07And it's leading to chances.
07:09Bruno got nudged off this one in a big way.
07:16Get back from Fernandez.
07:25And it's...
07:28No more than a few yards away.
07:30The Portuguese bench up in arms.
07:35Now the referee has to intervene.
07:39...at Okoyembe, in the heat of battle down there, Rantenta's just beginning to fray a little.
07:48These players need to back off this referee, you saw the fourth official come and stand between the bench.
07:55Well, this was the one they were upset about, the Portuguese.
08:14...to Fernandes, Conce Sao's turn back, and Ronaldo can't convert.
08:23Again, they break him down beautifully here.
08:26Come central, first time ball, threaded through the eye of a needle.
08:34Fernandes, Conce Sao has made a real difference in this second period to Portugal's attacking play.
08:40And he's taken out by Capuari.
08:45Yeah, Bruno Fernandes, who you mentioned, I don't think has had the impact on the game today that Roberto Martinez
08:51would have wanted.
08:53That said, it only takes one.
08:57Now...
08:59Cancelo!
09:02Empathy...
09:02...drops on it.
09:04Ronaldo ghosting into the back post, if that's not clean handling, you're in trouble.
09:11Aaron Wessel leading the surge, going the other way, there's a card shown to Nelson Semedo.
09:21Great challenge going in there from the men, but...
09:25...Siddiqi, rather.
09:27There's Twan Sebi.
09:31Bruno Fernandes!
09:33Taking matters into his own hands.
09:36And it didn't cause Empathy a problem.
09:40I had mentioned a couple...
09:43I had a feeling they're going to really pour it on in the closing stages here, Portugal.
09:48And Dior Congo, hold on and see it through.
09:52Ronaldo can't get a real good looking goal.
09:54Oh, hang on, hang on.
09:56Charles Pickle down there, getting involved with one of the Portuguese substitutes.
10:02It's fizzled out rather quickly.
10:04Johan Wessel, blocked off by Arugio.
10:07It's yellow.
10:12Bring defender, but you can see quite clearly that...
10:15Yeah, that's a fresh cold say so.
10:17I think he's the only one who probably could have caught him on Portugal right now.
10:24Those two not exactly seeing eye to eye either.
10:29And that is it.
10:32It ends in a draw here.
10:35But what a point it is for Dior Congo.
10:38The first goal and first point at a FIFA World Cup.
10:44A frustrating start for Roberto Martinez, Cristiano Ronaldo and for Portugal.
10:52Who started in the best possible fashion when João Neves put them in front early on.
10:58But Johan Wisser in first half stoppage time leveled matters.
11:04And it represents an excellent hard earned point for Dior Congo.
11:11Full time in Houston.
11:12Portugal one, Dior Congo one.
11:15A few seconds left.
11:16The one on the list for Portugal on the left.
11:17The fifth stop is like no one.
11:17Somewhere a little bit better in the rest.
11:19The fourth stop is to find the most extreme, which is the first stop has to list.
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