Date: 14-06-1996
Stage: first round
Place: NOTTINGHAM
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/italian/ spanish/portuguese/russian
My rating: *
Notes: RuiCosta,Figo,PauloSousa, Rustu,Sukur
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 14 June 1996, 16:30
City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 22,670
Meteo: Partly cloudy, mild, 18 °C
PORTUGAL
Vítor Baía (c)
Dimas
Fernando Couto
Hélder
Paulinho Santos
Paulo Sousa
Rui Costa
António Folha
João Vieira Pinto
Luís Figo
Sá Pinto
Coach: Antonio Oliveira (POR)
2′ Paulinho Santos
58′ Luís Figo
72′ Tavares
46′ ↓António Folha ↑Tavares
65′ ↓Sá Pinto ↑Jorge Cadete
76′ ↓João Vieira Pinto ↑Hugo Porfirio
TURKEY
Rüştü Reçber
Alpay Özalan
Ogün Temizkanoğlu
Recep Çetin
Vedat Inceefe
Abdullah Ercan
Oğuz Çetin (c)
Sergen Yalçın
Tugay Kerimoğlu
Hakan Şükür
Saffet Sancaklı
Coach: Fatih Terim (TUR)
43′ Abdullah Ercan
65′ Vedat Inceefe
73′ Rahim Zafer
76′ Tolunay Kafkas
46′ ↓Ogün Temizkanoğlu ↑Rahim Zafer
63′ ↓Saffet Sancaklı ↑Tolunay Kafkas
70′ ↓Oğuz Çetin ↑Arif Erdem
Referee: Sandor Puhl (HUN)
Goals:
65′ Fernando Couto POR
Match overview
Portugal dominated possession but lacked a clinical edge until centre-back Fernando Couto thumped in a loose ball midway through the second half. Turkey battled gamely yet posed limited threat, and the win lifted António Oliveira’s side to the top of Group D while eliminating the Turks from Euro 96 contention.
Trivia
Couto’s strike was his first competitive goal for Portugal. It arrived on the anniversary of Eusébio’s famous 1966 World Cup hat-trick, giving local fans another defensive hero to celebrate beneath Nottingham’s cloudy skies.
