Football
Portugal vs France. FIFA World Cup Semi-Final.
8:00pm, Wednesday 5th July 2006.
Attendance: Attendance66,000.
Match ends, Portugal 0, France 1.
Second Half ends, Portugal 0, France 1.
Offside, Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Eric Abidal.
Attempt missed. Fernando Meira (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Deco (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Louis Saha (France).
Foul by Fernando Meira (Portugal).
Zinedine Zidane (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Hélder Postiga (Portugal).
Claude Makelele (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Louis Saha (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luís Figo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, France. Louis Saha replaces Thierry Henry.
Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dangerous play by Thierry Henry (France).
Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal).
Sylvain Wiltord (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lilian Thuram (France).
Foul by Nuno Valente (Portugal).
Zinedine Zidane (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Luís Figo (Portugal) header from very close range is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Patrick Vieira (France).
Substitution, Portugal. Hélder Postiga replaces Costinha.
Substitution, France. Sidney Govou replaces Franck Ribéry.
Offside, Portugal. Simão is caught offside.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Lilian Thuram.
Substitution, France. Sylvain Wiltord replaces Florent Malouda.
Foul by Simão (Portugal).
Willy Sagnol (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Portugal. Simão replaces Pauleta.
Offside, Portugal. Pauleta is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nuno Valente.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Portugal. Paulo Ferreira replaces Miguel Brito because of an injury.
Delay in match (France).
Delay in match because of an injury Miguel Brito (Portugal).
Foul by Deco (Portugal).
Lilian Thuram (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Eric Abidal (France).
Corner, France. Conceded by Nuno Valente.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Willy Sagnol.
Attempt missed. Pauleta (Portugal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luís Figo.
Foul by Luís Figo (Portugal).
Eric Abidal (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Franck Ribéry (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Thierry Henry.
Corner, France. Conceded by Ricardo.
Attempt saved. Thierry Henry (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Second Half begins Portugal 0, France 1.
First Half ends, Portugal 0, France 1.
Attempt blocked. Luís Figo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Attempt blocked. Franck Ribéry (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Claude Makelele.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Costinha following a fast break.
Franck Ribéry (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Thierry Henry (France).
Fernando Meira (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
Thierry Henry (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Costinha (Portugal).
Fabien Barthez (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Deco.
Attempt missed. Luís Figo (Portugal) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is too high. Assisted by Ricardo Carvalho.
Attempt saved. Maniche (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nuno Valente.
Goal! Portugal 0, France 1. Zinedine Zidane (France) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty France. Thierry Henry draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) after a foul in the penalty area.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Luís Figo (Portugal).
Foul by Claude Makelele (France).
Deco (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Thierry Henry (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
Luís Figo (Portugal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Delay in match because of an injury Luís Figo (Portugal).
Attempt saved. Luís Figo (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Miguel Brito.
Thierry Henry (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Maniche (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Patrick Vieira (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Deco (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Attempt missed. Florent Malouda (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lilian Thuram with a through ball.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
