Date: 07-06-2008
Stage: first round
Place: GENEVE
Running time: 103 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : spanish/italian
My rating: **
Notes: Ronaldo
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 07 June 2008, 20:45
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 29,106
Meteo: Clear, 20 °C
PORTUGAL
Ricardo
José Bosingwa
Paulo Ferreira
Pepe
Ricardo Carvalho
Deco
João Moutinho
Petit
Simão
Nuno Gomes (c)
Cristiano Ronaldo
Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari (POR)
68′ ↓Nuno Gomes ↑Nani
82′ ↓Simão ↑Raúl Meireles
90′ ↓Deco ↑Fernando Meira
TURKEY
Volkan Demirel
Gökhan Zan
Servet Çetin
Emre Belözoğlu (c)
Hakan Balta
Hamit Altıntop
Mehmet Aurélio
Colin Kâzim-Richards
Mevlüt Erdinç
Nihat Kahveci
Tuncay Şanlı
Coach: Fatih Terim (TUR)
4′ Colin Kâzim-Richards
52′ Gökhan Zan
73′ Sabri Sarıoğlu
46′ ↓Mevlüt Erdinç ↑Sabri Sarıoğlu
55′ ↓Gökhan Zan ↑Emre Aşık
76′ ↓Hamit Altıntop ↑Semih Şentürk
Referee: Herbert Fandel (GER)
Goals:
61′ Pepe POR
90′ Raúl Meireles POR
Match overview
Portugal struck the woodwork three times before centre-back Pepe surged forward to score. Substitute Meireles finished a flowing move in added time to wrap up a deserved Group A victory.
Trivia
Pepe’s opener was the first goal ever scored by a Portuguese defender at a European Championship finals.
