England 0 - 0 Portugal

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Saturday Jul 01 2006 04:00

Wayne Rooney was sent off as England's World Cup dream died in Gelsenkirchen as Portugal won a penalty shootout 3-1 after the game had ended goalless after extra-time

Sven-Goran Eriksson brought in the fit-again Gary Neville, with Owen Hargreaves moving into midfield and Michael Carrick dropping to the bench.Cristiano Ronaldo was fit to start for Portugal, while Tiago earned a spot in midfield with both Costinha and Deco suspended.

Nine minutes in Wayne Rooney found space 25 yards out and drilled in a low-right-footer, but Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo was right behind it.

Ronaldo responded with a similar effort straight away at the other end, Paul Robinson was down smartly to collect.

After 17 minutes, a long throw by Gary Neville caused chaos, Rooney fed Frank Lampard, but his cut-back was cleared away by Miguel.

Two minutes later Luis Figo's raking long pass found Ronaldo, he twisted and turned, but blazed his shot over the crossbar from the edge of the area.

On the half-hour John Terry was booked and on the stroke of half-time Armando Petit was also cautioned, with both men ruled out of a potential semi-final.

Soon after half-time England skipper David Beckham had to limp off with an ankle injury, but their afternoon got even worse soon after as Rooney was red-carded after a clash with Ricardo Carvalho.

An initial stamp and a slight push on Ronaldo added up to a dismissal by Argentinian referee Mr Elizondo.

Joe Cole had prodded a shot over from 15 yards a couple of minutes earlier, after sub Aaron Lennon skipped clear of a couple of defenders.

Portugal struggled to make the extra man count, before 12 minutes from time Paul Robinson made a flying save to deny Figo and Rio Ferdinand made an excellent block to stop Nuno Valente's run.

Hugo Viana tested Robinson with a couple of long-range efforts, before England almost snatched a dramatic late winner, Lampard's effort was spilled by Ricardo, but he recovered to grab Lennon's weak follow-up effort.

In the first period of extra-time Peter Crouch started to make his presence felt, while Robinson had to make a smart low save from Simao as Portugal made most of the running.

Portugal continued to huff and puff through the second period of extra-time, with Helder Postiga seeing a header ruled out for offside before penalties loomed into view.

That only brought heartbreak as Lampard, Gerrard and Jamie Carragher were denied by Ricardo, before Ronaldo slotted home the decisive spot-kick.

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  • 120
    3-1 Portugal, Ronaldo sends Robinson the wrong way and England's World Cup dreams die in Gelsenkirchen.
  • 120
    2-1, Ricardo tips Carragher's effort up onto the bar and Portugal can win with the next kick.
  • 120
    2-1 Portugal, Postiga makes certain with Robinson rooted to the spot.
  • 120
    1-1, Gerrard's blaster is batted back out by Ricardo.
  • 120
    1-1, Petit sidefoots wide and England can go ahead.
  • 120
    1-1, Hargreaves nets despite Ricardo getting a hand to the ball.
  • 120
    1-0 Portugal, Viana smashes his shot against the post with Robinson going the wrong way.
  • 120
    1-0 Portugal, Lampard's weak kick is blocked by Ricardo.
  • 120
    1-0 Portugal, Simao makes no mistake with a shot into the corner.
  • 120
    FULL-TIME EXTRA-TIME: ENGLAND 0-0 PORTUGAL, penalties to be taken.
  • 120
    Maniche lifts a shot high over the bar, that was the final chance of the game.
  • 119
    Carragher turns the ball away for a corner after Miguel flashes a cross in from the right.
  • 119
    Lennon is replaced by Jamie Carragher to eat up some time.
  • 117
    Portugal still seem happy to knock the ball around, they are running out of time.
  • 115
    Terry's flick header allows Robinson to collect the loose ball, Terry has cramp.
  • 114
    Petit's low shot thumps into the chest of Robinson, a very solid barrier.
  • 113
    Miguel's cross drifts away past the far post, Robinson was worried as it flew over his head.
  • 112
    Ronaldo's weak header gives Robinson no problems.
  • 111
    Lennon runs the ball out to give away a goal-kick to Portugal.
  • 111
    Carvalho brings down Neville and gets a deserved card.
  • 110
    Simao gives the ball away and England counter.
  • 109
    Gerrard flips a shot well wide after a high ball causes problems.
  • 108
    Postiga heads home at the far post, turns around and sees the offside flag up to cut short his celebrations.
  • 107
    Hargreaves goes into the book for dissent.
  • 106
    Lennon gets away from a couple of tackles and goes down under Valente's challenge, but the protests are waved away.
  • 106
    England start the final 15 minutes, penalties are just around the corner.
  • 105
    HALF-TIME EXTRA-TIME: ENGLAND 0-0 PORTUGAL.
  • 105
    Ronaldo rattles in a 25-yard left-footer, it goes fractionally over with Robinson stretching.
  • 104
    Miguel powers forward, Gerrard makes a superb tackle.
  • 104
    Nearly up to half-time of extra-time.
  • 102
    Robinson palms away Simao's drive and the loose ball is hacked clear.
  • 101
    England mount a spirited attack, but Portugal hang on and spring forward.
  • 101
    Crouch battles away gamely and gives away another free-kick, but it comes to nothing.
  • 99
    Gerrard and Crouch combine superbly and the former lifts a ball to the far post, but Crouch is penalised for a push on the defender.
  • 97
    Neville watches Miguel's cross drift harmlessly out of play and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is fuming.
  • 96
    Portugal are still happy to bide their time, Viana has a shot deflected through to Robinson.
  • 95
    Simao unleashes a shot from long-range, it's well wide.
  • 94
    An England corner is cleared, but Lennon gets the ball back and wins a throw-in.
  • 92
    Petit shoots over after Hargreaves makes yet another tackle to stop Ronaldo's run.
  • 92
    It's Portugal making all the running, with England camped in their own area.
  • 91
    Portugal get the extra 30 minutes underway.
  • 90
    FULL-TIME: ENGLAND 0-0 PORTUGAL, extra-time to be played.
  • 90
    Postiga blasts a shot miles over after a quick break.
  • 90
    Hargreaves' superb run causes trouble, Gerrard has a shot blocked and Terry's follow-up is deflected for a corner.
  • 90
    Lennon wins a corner on the right.
  • 90
    Three minutes of added time to play.
  • 90
    Maniche is still shooting on sight, I bet some of his team-mates wish they could.
  • 89
    Simao prods the ball through, Robinson canters out and gathers to relieve the pressure.
  • 88
    Terry gets a foot in to divert Ronaldo's cross away, England are so deep in defence and are hanging on.
  • 86
    Figo limps off and Helder Postiga will come on up front.
  • 85
    Maniche for some reason tries his luck from 30 yards, yep, it's still out.
  • 84
    Extra-time is looming, six minutes to play.
  • 83
    Lampard's effort is spilled by Ricardo, but he recovers to grab Lennon's weak follow-up effort.
  • 82
    Lennon wins a free-kick 30 yards out, who will have a go at this one?
  • 81
    Viana smacks in a left-footer through a ruck of players and Robinson collects at the second attempt.
  • 79
    Viana flashes a shot wide from distance.
  • 78
    Robinson makes a flying save to deny Figo and Ferdinand makes an excellent block to stop Nuno Valente's run.
  • 76
    Maniche drifts a 30-yarder over the top, with Robinson watching the ball float too high to cause trouble.
  • 76
    Gerrard is now over on the left full-time with Joe Cole gone.
  • 74
    Tiago trots off and Hugo Viana gets a chance on the left side of midfield.
  • 73
    Gerrard makes another surge down the left, his cross goes across an empty penalty area.
  • 72
    Portugal have failed to make their extra man pay off so far.
  • 69
    Hargreaves makes a lung-bursting run down the left flank, but wastes his chance to get the ball into the area.
  • 68
    Lampard catches Ronaldo with a late lunge.
  • 68
    Figo plays a short corner to Maniche, Ferdinand gets a head to the shot and Figo blasts the rebound into the crowd.
  • 67
    The England fans have found their voice after seeming stunned for a few minutes.
  • 65
    Peter Crouch takes over from Joe Cole.
  • 65
    Joe Cole makes the most of a Meira challenge, it's all getting very niggly now.
  • 63
    Simao takes the place of Pauleta after all that.
  • 63
    What a blow for England and a terrible decison, there seemed to be little in that tussle.
  • 62
    Rooney is sent off controversially shown a straight red for a stamp on Ricardo Carvalho and a subsequent push on Ronaldo.
  • 61
    Rooney is dispossessed by a packed Portugal defence as the game appears to be opening up.
  • 59
    Lennon skips clear of a couple of defenders, Rooney miskicks in the area and Joe Cole prods a shot over from 15 yards.
  • 58
    Ricardo takes the flag-kick well and delivers a long ball downfield, Maniche goes down under little or no contact from Hargreaves.
  • 57
    Gerrard runs away down the left and forces a corner.
  • 54
    Joe Cole is caught out but Miguel fails to keep the ball in play.
  • 53
    Gerrard takes a corner with Beckham off, Lampard belts his volley into the turf and well over the crossbar.
  • 52
    Beckham should have gone off earlier, he was clearly unfit to continue.
  • 52
    Beckham has to limp off and Lennon belatedly comes on.
  • 51
    Tiago pokes the ball through and Robinson collects.
  • 50
    Ronaldo forces a throw-in off Neville.
  • 49
    Ronaldo goes down under Gerrard's challenge, no free-kick for that.
  • 48
    Beckham is struggling with an ankle problem, Aaron Lennon is getting ready.
  • 46
    A steady start to the second 45 minutes, neither side appear to be in a hurry.
  • 46
    Portugal start the second half, no substitutions at the interval by either coach.
  • 45
    HALF-TIME: ENGLAND 0-0 PORTUGAL.
  • 45
    Robinson gathers an overhit clearance and that's the first 45 minutes over.
  • 45
    Joe Cole feeds Lampard and he fires in a 25-yard effort, Ricardo is right behind it and holds on.
  • 45
    Beckham's free-kick slams into the defensive wall and is cleared by Figo.
  • 44
    Armando Petit brings down Joe Cole 20 yards out, Beckham territory and Petit will sit out the semi-final.
  • 43
    Hargreaves wins England first corner of the game with another strong run.
  • 41
    A short corner eventually sees Robinson forced into a diving save by Tiago's header.
  • 41
    Lampard cuts out Figo's cross and concedes the first corner of the game.
  • 40
    A quick England attack ends and Portugal are back on the ball and starting to build.
  • 39
    Figo drifts in off the left wing and curls a right-footer a couple of feet wide of the far post.
  • 37
    Gerrard gets away down the left and plays the ball across the area, but no-one is there to capitalise.
  • 35
    Hargreaves tries to play the ball forward, but only manages to handle it and concede a free-kick.
  • 33
    Ashley Cole goes down easily after a push by Tiago, seemed a bit of an easy free-kick to give away.
  • 32
    Neville nudges Miguel's cross back to Robinson, with Pauleta closing in.
  • 30
    A stunned Terry also gets a yellow card, he will miss the semi-final if England get through.
  • 29
    John Terry is down after a clash of heads with Tiago and doesn't look very well.
  • 28
    Lampard lets Ronaldo get another shot in, but Rio Ferdinand is in the right place to block the effort.
  • 27
    Hargreaves has certainly started with some purpose and is covering a lot of ground.
  • 25
    Rooney fights like a tiger to win the ball and then gives the referee's assistant a couple of words of advice.
  • 24
    A slight lull in proceedings, it's been lively so far.
  • 22
    No clear chances as yet, but plenty of attacking endeavour from both sides.
  • 20
    Gerrard's cross into the area from the right is inches too far in front of Lampard arriving at the far post.
  • 19
    Luis Figo's raking long pass finds Ronaldo, he twists and turns but blazes his shot over the crossbar from the edge of the area.
  • 18
    Lampard combines well with Beckham, but Portugal are back in numbers to hold firm.
  • 17
    A long throw by Neville causes chaos, Rooney feeds Lampard, but his cut-back is cleared away by Miguel.
  • 16
    A semi-final with Brazil or France awaits the winner.
  • 15
    Hargreaves is penalised again, he must be close to getting a yellow card.
  • 13
    Frank Lampard gives away a free-kick for a tackle on Miguel, but nothing comes from it.
  • 11
    Hargreaves upends Ronaldo in midfield, but escapes a caution.
  • 10
    Ronaldo responds with a similar effort at the other end, Robinson is down smartly to collect.
  • 9
    Rooney finds space 25 yards out and drills in a low-right-footer, but Ricardo is right behind it.
  • 8
    Early promise by England, they've started at a high tempo.
  • 6
    David Beckham's free-kick is fisted away by Ricardo and Steven Gerrard's follow-up cross drifts out for a goal-kick.
  • 5
    Fernando Meira launches a huge clearance downfield, Paul Robinson gathers.
  • 4
    Early possession for England, but most of it's in their own half.
  • 3
    It's a noisy atmosphere under the closed roof.
  • 2
    Wayne Rooney has a half-chance after Ricardo Carvalho slips but his shot is blocked.
  • 1
    England get the match underway.
  • 0
    Cristiano Ronaldo is fit to start for Portugal, while Tiago earns a spot in midfield with both Costinha and Deco suspended.
  • 0
    Sven-Goran Eriksson brings in the fit-again Gary Neville, with Owen Hargreaves moving into midfield and Michael Carrick dropping to the bench.
  • 0
    England and Portugal meet in a World Cup quarter-final in Gelsenkirchen.

Statistics

England
Shots on target 5
Shots off target 5
Shots off bar/post 0
Fouls 21
Offsides 0
Corners 6

Portugal
Shots on target 9
Shots off target 11
Shots off bar/post 0
Fouls 10
Offsides 3
Corners 4

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