Portugal striker to top group

The superior Portuguese win against Turkey by hits from Pepe and Raul Meireles. The team around young star Cristiano Ronaldo leads after first Group A match against the Czech Republic.

Titelaspirant Portugal, with a hochverdienten 2:0 - (0:0) the success of Turkey into the European Football Championship. The football star ensemble around Cristiano Ronaldo won on Saturday night with 29,106 spectators in the sold-out Stade de Geneve, thanks to hits from Real Madrid-interior defender Pepe (61st) and Joker Raul Meireles (93rd). The victory would have but still higher, as three aluminium hit by the success of Brazilian coach Luis Felipe Scolari supervised teams documented.

Portugal is so after the first match in the Group A table leaders before the Czech Republic, which is immediately before the opening match in Basle with 1:0 (0:0) v Austria co-hosts Switzerland enforced. Turkey decreased in the third Euro-duel with the Iberians as losers from the square: In the group stage the 1996 European Championship in England (0-1) and reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2000 in the Netherlands and Belgium (0-2) had also Defeats against the 'Brazilians of Europe ".

Aberkannter hits, aluminium victory prevented higher

After zaghaftem cheered the start from the beginning committed any Portuguese in minute 17 on the lead after a header by Pepe. But referee Herbert Fandel of Germany was after the short Eckball played by his assistants have been signalled offside - a difficult aufzulösende wrong. The slow motion proved, however, that it would read 1:0.

Also had bad luck superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, after exactly 37 minutes a free kick from acute angle exemplary said. But Turkey-man final Volkan, from his safe because everything else playing defense several abandoned, came with the fingertips to the ball and deflected it to the outside pole. Also shortly after the break only preserved the Torgebälk the Turks in front of a residue: After preparatory work by Simao by the depressed Gökan to limit the penalty area and it was gefoult after completing the advantage scene rightly saw yellow, landed the shot from Nuno Gomes to the peg (50).

In 56 minutes Ronaldo proved once again with a ball Strafraumdribbling and perfect mastery of his world class, this Volkan prevented the long overdue leadership of the EM-finalists 2004 and World Cup semi-finalists 2006. Joao Moutinho tried it a little later with a violent shot, he just over the bar (58th) hunted. After an hour it was done: The 30 million-euro real-Pepe defensive player signed a picture book, double-pass with Nuno Gomes to 1:0.

Another hit again thwarted first aluminum: After a flank from Ronaldo slammed a head ball from Nuno Gomes to the bar (65). Only in the 93rd Minute was the 2:0: After a wonderfully initiated by Cristiano Ronaldo combination worried Raul Meireles until ten minutes before eingewechselt was the final score.
Turks lots of opportunity

The much too defensive acting Turks, however, not a single significant opportunity and need to continue to succeed against their opponents fear wait. Since 1955 they have not won against Portugal. On the second match of Group A take on 11 June in Basel in Switzerland, while the Portuguese in the opening duel winner again in Geneva with the Czech Republic get to do ..
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