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00:00There must be about 100 photographers in front of the Portuguese dugout. Ronaldo, you can
00:14see them all there, all their lenses trained on the man who is shocked to have been left
00:18out of the Portuguese team. A couple of waves to fans above him. It's a muggy old night
00:22here at Lusailian, right? What are your last thoughts before kick-off of this fascinating
00:26match?
00:27I think Gary summed it up beautifully with the Ronaldo. Definitely worth another blanket
00:32if you've seen him. I think we've got to watch out for Mbola. I think he's in great form.
00:36No goals in 2018, two in three at the moment. He's a guy in form, so we're going to have
00:40to keep an eye on him.
00:41Yeah, no, I think so. If I can make a sneaky one, I will go for Switzerland today.
00:46I'm going to go for Switzerland.
00:47Because they have a really, like, no-nonsense, solid team. They just go on the front foot.
00:53They know they're the underdogs against Portugal. Portugal needs to find a rhythm in order
00:58to win from Switzerland. But I think Switzerland got the best qualities, if you want to compare
01:03against Portugal.
01:04Well, three comebacks in the Euros last year against the French, and then one on penalties
01:06then lost in the next round to Spain. And as I said, Jakin says it's the best group
01:11that it's had, really, the best group that Switzerland have had in a generation. With
01:14all the talk about what's happened with Portugal, why would they not feel confident, Switzerland?
01:18I think they will feel confident. I think they've got a bit of experience as well. Shaqiri,
01:23for all he is, he's got an unbelievable moment in him. He can deliver in moments, and I think
01:27that little bit of quality up front. And look, what impact has the Cristiano Ronaldo situation
01:34had on the group over the last 24 hours for the Portuguese players? He's a massive, he's
01:38got massive stature in that dressing room. And are the rest of those players in the right
01:42frame of mind? We'll see.
01:43I think who controls the wide areas in this one, I think, is going to cause problems.
01:49I'm really looking forward to it. I'm hoping that Real Inbola can do something tonight.
01:53I really am.
01:54Morocco await the winners. So congratulations to Morocco again on a stunning win over Spain.
02:00Don't be surprised if this one goes the full distance tonight. The Swiss made something
02:04of a habit of it at last year's Euro, so primed and ready for us in the commentary box. Good
02:08evening to Ali McCoy and Clive Tilton.
02:12Good evening, Mark. Good evening, everybody. Just when you thought this World Cup of Surprises
02:19might have run out of surprises. And I'm not talking about Morocco's victory over Spain.
02:26This was the moment when all those big lens cameras were to be focused on the most famous
02:31face in the game, leading out his team. But Cristiano Ronaldo starts the evening watching
02:39with the rest of us. If Disney did World Cups and this World Cup has somehow got the
02:46feel of a visit to the Magic Kingdom, then Ronaldo and Lionel Messi would be walking
02:51into this stadium side by side a week on Sunday for the final. That may still happen. Who
02:56knows anymore? But tonight, Ronaldo is reliant on 11 other fellow countrymen to plot his
03:05route to the summit that he and Messi are yet to scale. And if Morocco can spring a
03:12surprise, then Switzerland will certainly believe that they can.
03:17Please rise, if you're able, for the national anthem of Portugal.
03:35Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Portugal
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04:35The biggest roar of the night so far, when Ronaldo appeared on the big screens, singing that anthem.
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05:354.35 For the last place in the last eight, it's Portugal against Switzerland live and next.
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07:07The Lusail is hosting its seventh game in two weeks.
07:11The pitch has had four days off, but there is plenty more traffic to come leading up
07:16to the final here on the 18th.
07:19Taking Cristiano Ronaldo's place in the Portuguese attack, 21-year-old Gonçalo Ramos Benfica
07:26gets a first international start.
07:28He's played 33 minutes for Portugal.
07:31Joao Cancelo and Ruben Neves have also been left out.
07:35Diogo Dalo starts right back.
07:39Switzerland have their senior goalkeeper Jan Sommerfeld after illness.
07:44There's a change at right back where Eddie Milsom Fernandes steps in for Sylvain Widmer,
07:50who's unavailable.
07:51Otherwise, it's the side that beat Serbia to qualify four days ago.
07:57A very good evening to Ali McCoy.
08:00So far, you've had a better evening than the main Portuguese striker.
08:04Yes.
08:05Good evening, everyone.
08:06That's very safe to say, Clive.
08:07It's one of these ones.
08:08Well, I'm actually a little bit surprised, but I'm not overly shocked.
08:09Reading the comments from Fernando Santos at the second press conference, he clearly
08:21said he was not happy with Ronaldo's reaction to the substitution.
08:26Having said that, I'm half hoping it's a tactical decision more than anything, because we don't
08:33want to see this whole thing end in tears, but I'm surprised that the exclusion of Ronaldo
08:38slightly.
08:39However, I have gone on record saying that I think Ronaldo's bigger part in Portugal
08:44might be a better side with him outing, coming off the bench.
08:47Yeah, let's not talk about Ronaldo for a little while now, because there are plenty of other
08:51outstanding individuals on the field.
08:54For match number 56 of 64, we're getting close to knowing now the final audition for a place
09:04In the grand finale, Lewandowski and Neuer and De Bruyne are already home watching in
09:10our massive worldwide television audience tonight, and there are no second chances anymore
09:17for the players who are out there.
09:21In goal for Portugal, Diogo Costa to the familiar figure of Pepe taking over the captain's armband.
09:30Nobody's come from behind to win one of these last 16 matches yet.
09:35Croatia got through, despite conceding first, thanks to the first shootout of the finals,
09:41but you don't want the stress and strain of chasing one of these games if you can possibly
09:45help it.
09:46No, 100%, but it gets to the stage, as we saw earlier on today, Clive, it is very, very
09:53fine margins.
09:55He's in, so he can start.
09:58Eddie Nilsson Fernandes is not a specialist right back, he has played there for Switzerland,
10:09he occupies a centre-back role in the main for his club.
10:13Here's Bernardo Silva, who can play just about anywhere for club or country.
10:19Support from Guerrero, Bruno Fernandes, this is Otavio, who's been preferred to Ruben Neves
10:27this evening.
10:28William Carvalho is the anchor in the Portuguese midfield, Pepe inviting Guerrero to get forward
10:39and test out Fernandes, instead he's found Joao Felix and the ball just bounced off Bruno
10:45Fernandes, rather uncharacteristically, because he had a bit of space and that was a heavy
10:51touch.
10:52That was an excellent switch of play from Pepe to Guerrero, and it was a heavy touch
10:55from some of the other quality of Fernandes.
11:00Both teams have had just three recovery days, Gonçalo Ramos has been belatedly flagged.
11:10Portugal have the luxury of resting their main cast on Friday, Switzerland played in
11:16the later game and they played their full ensemble, so small details can make a world
11:21of difference, but there is the man who's taken the biggest decision of all in Qatar
11:28today.
11:36Catchy first to it, Eddie Milsom Fernandes looking to get Raelem Bola on his way, he
11:44caught one in the face there from Ruben Dias, the assistant had a pretty good view of it.
11:50He's holding the side of his face isn't he, Dias is just protecting the ball, ushering
11:54it out.
11:55Get another look at it here, he does probably catch it with that right arm, yep, Barreiro
12:11is still frustrated, very angry, scored a couple of goals here.
12:19But the winner against his native Cameroon, the equaliser against Serbia, four in his
12:25last six internationals, just starting to realise the potential he's always had.
12:34Good job Felix, Kranjic Jaka halting his progress, one or two of his players have been cut down
12:54by a bit of a flu bug during the last week, Sombra and Elvedi missed the Serbia game because
12:59they run well, Fabian Schär has missed some training since, it must really set the alarm
13:04bells ringing when even a common cold starts to spread through a tournament camp.
13:09They've shut the air conditioning down in the Swiss hotel because they thought that
13:13was responsible, been there myself during a tournament.
13:33Diogo Costa here was actually born in Switzerland, lived the first seven years of his life there,
13:38he's come for Mbolo, looking to test the goalkeeper, and it's blocked by Pepe, and Switzerland
13:44have a corner, but he's looking as bright as I've seen him at any stage in his career.
13:50Excellent, really was, a bit of revenge on Ruben Dias, he's well bounced off him, got
13:56it onto his left foot, he'll have a goal, he'll have a shot, top scorer on the qualifiers
14:00as well, Clyde, goes to the back of the netters.
14:03He never had a double figures season in six years in the Bundesliga, Mbolo, he's moved
14:08on to Monaco in France now.
14:15Short to Shaqiri, cross towards Schär, well defended and Portugal have got some relief
14:26and release with a foul on Otavio.
14:30He did start the first game in midfield and was substituted because of injury, he's with
14:38Porto, one of the home-based players.
14:43He did start both of the play-off games in March which brought Portugal to these finals,
14:51so in that sense he's not a surprise selection, although Ruben Neves will be particularly
14:57disappointed to be left out, not as disappointed as somebody else.
15:19Rodriguez.
15:24White-footed foiler playing down that left side for Switzerland ahead of Rodriguez, Schär's
15:30clearance isn't the best.
15:36Xhaka trying to play his way out of trouble, Sommer was one of the flu victims, the goalkeeper
15:43missed the match against Serbia.
15:46There is foiler.
15:48Vargas is inside.
15:53Shaqiri.
16:00Yeah I was smiling, I watched that game, Swiss versus Serbia, got a little bit tasty, live.
16:06I wasn't really surprised to see Xhaka involved in the middle of it.
16:17Indeed Shaqiri, it was a game that was always likely to run a temperature with the Kosovo
16:21Albanian roots of Granit Xhaka and Jordan Shaqiri sprouting to the surface again.
16:32FIFA are further investigating Serbia's part in that.
16:39Here is Vargas to Shaqiri, it's roughed up a bit by Pepe.
16:49Very powerful low centre of gravity Shaqiri.
16:54Still think he's a little bit young to be heading over to the United States but he's
16:57made that decision, Chicago Fire.
17:01These two met as recently as June, met twice in the space of a week in the Nations League.
17:05Portugal won 4-0 in Lisbon, Ronaldo got a couple and then seven days later the Swiss
17:10won 1-0 in Geneva.
17:14Kanji.
17:18It's amazing, Switzerland have won three of the last six encounters between these two
17:24teams and how many of those three games do you think Ronaldo played in?
17:29Yeah, correct, none.
17:31He scored five goals in the other three and Portugal won them all, so maybe the Swiss
17:38are rather relieved to see him sitting on the bench.
17:45Just thinking of why these Nations League results don't count them very much.
17:49Just ask Gareth.
17:58The Swiss didn't have their full team out for that heavy defeat they suffered.
18:03No foul for Mboro this time.
18:06Here's Fernandes.
18:28Fabio trying to get a hold of it but it's run back by Foiler.
18:36There is Vargas.
18:48Foiler to Shaqiri.
18:54Vargas to Rodriguez.
18:58Fernandes had to scapper a little.
19:06This cross is overhead for Foiler.
19:12Yeah, it was too deep of a cross from Fernandes to Foiler but a good initial switch of play again.
19:18Switzerland are playing three at the back I think.
19:20Yeah, it looks like they are.
19:22Certainly Fernandes is higher up on the left in the right-hand seat here.
19:28He's been watching their formation settle.
19:31Ricardo Rodriguez who played at left-back through the group has actually been playing
19:37in a back three for his club in Italy.
19:41Did so for part of the Euros.
19:43That's a mistake by Ruben Dias from which Shaqiri was unable to profit.
19:53Rodriguez here playing as a left centre-back.
19:58Share in the centre.
20:22Fabio.
20:27It's a searching ball for Dalot but Rodriguez just had the stars on it.
20:34That's good co-op.
20:36Vargas was caught out of position there, gets the ball cleared and saved him.
20:48Ronaldo is over.
20:52Dalot to Otavio and towards Gonzalo Ramos, dealt with by Rodriguez.
20:58Hooked away by Akanji.
21:00So up to Mbola.
21:05Fernandes.
21:09And actually gets three and to five.
21:10This was as soon as the Portuguese get the ball quite.
21:14The two women dropping back.
21:20Not to mention the man in the middle is Cesar Arturo Ramos.
21:24A 38-year-old from Sinaloa in Mexico.
21:28A place name that fans of Narcos Mexico will be familiar with.
21:34Felix Gallardo was from Sinaloa.
21:37Great series.
21:40I'm not suggesting the referee had any links with him.
21:43He's actually younger than Pepe, would you believe, tonight's referee.
21:48Here is Pepe.
21:50Ten months older than the referee.
21:55Jean-Felix.
22:00Bruno Fernandes.
22:06You can see when Portugal get the ball.
22:08Guerrero on the left-hand side and Dalot on the right.
22:10Just forced on Ramos playing.
22:12There's an outside left and an outside right, Clive.
22:15Forced the Swiss back into the five.
22:18Felix in particular has dropped off into wee pockets.
22:20He's got the ball.
22:22He's got the ball.
22:24He's got the ball.
22:26He's got the ball.
22:28He's got the ball.
22:30He's got the ball.
22:32He's got the ball.
22:34He's got the ball.
22:36He's got the ball.
22:38He's got the ball.
22:40He's got the ball.
22:42He's got the ball.
22:44He's got the ball.
22:46He's got the ball.
22:48He's got the ball.
22:50He's got the ball.
22:52He's got the ball.
22:54He's got the ball.
22:56He's got the ball.
22:58He's got the ball.
23:01Dalot sees Ades defensive duties.
23:06Good challenge doesn't it.
23:07Confident.
23:23It's a well matched contest in the opening 15
23:27we've seen a number of games won earlier today that have almost been attack versus defense
23:39but these two look as if they have the intent and the ambition to serve up a genuine contest
23:50yeah not for the first time a swiss playing a diagonal
24:00to say i think it's a ball that played quite a bit
24:04to fernandez on the right hand side but that's on the left
24:20i just think in the early stages playing the key players for portugal at this moment in time
24:27majal felix and fernandez because when the two throwbacks push up
24:32it creates it gives them a little space to drop off and behind jacca and indeed
24:40florida
24:42they're trying to get in the pockets like that
24:44here is ralph felix
24:51carvalho will drop in between his centerbacks from time to time
24:54bruno fernandez with a searching ball
25:02good control from ralph felix guerrero little bit of space here for
25:07bernardo silva gonzalo ramos was waiting as well for switzerland that ricardo rodriguez was waiting
25:14too clive is brilliant anticipation from bernardo silva and he knows that the ball coming into him
25:21he's getting off pace to beat the defender so he doesn't know he doesn't need to go and meet
25:25he can take it in his stride
25:29finding gonzalo ramos
25:33this is his first international start
25:37and he has blasted portugal into the lead
25:41fabulous strike by a 21 year old who can't have expected to have been in the starting 11
25:49when he woke up this morning but has just taken a massive step into dreamland
25:59what a hit that is what a hit what a start for the young man it really is
26:07there's an argument you know that there's only 21 year olds would attempt this
26:13i mean he's going the wrong he's going the wrong side of the goal you get you get coached to hit the flat side the big side of the goal
26:21dear me the power completely beats the goalkeeper jan somer there that's actually a little bit of bend
26:29on a clevis an amazing strike i think it probably just starts the postings into the top corner
26:35he was two when cristiano ronaldo made his debut for portugal
26:40he's just come of age here tonight gonzalo ramos and if he's happy imagine how his manager is feeling right now
26:49better than him that's for sure
26:53he's had 35 minutes of international experience before tonight all of those in the last couple of weeks
27:00it's not his first goal but he did score in a a warm-up game last month which was played almost at walking pace
27:09he scored 14 goals for his country at under 21 level another 14 for ben finke this season
27:17and gonzalo ramos earned the trust and the faith of fernando santos
27:24and he has repaid that faith with dividends
27:31well do you know what happened there he hit that like a newcomer to the scene to be honest with you
27:35he really did it was fearless he just took it and hit it
27:39more experienced strikers would probably take another touch maybe played out the way
27:45fearless and got his dividends as you say what a hit
27:50again someone was just shell-shocked beaten on his near post
27:53wasn't expecting it
27:54there's always a question mark about a goalkeeper beaten on his near post
27:57but to use a cricketing phrase beat for pace
28:07free kick has been won by pepe
28:11I think his touch was heavy and he needed a bit of help there
28:21that's a slow one
28:24Troyer definitely catches up now here's the goal
28:27watch as he takes it to Lichten if he's going to have a shot you think he's well onside
28:32you think he's going to hit the big side of the goal
28:34make the goalkeeper make a save
28:36oh dear
28:39power left foot
28:43excellent
28:44the defender was rolled but he's probably thinking to himself
28:47he's not done it yet
28:48hit it fine we can deal with that
28:53it was unstoppable
29:00certainly not his first touch Clyde but you know he's been quiet in the build-up
29:06not that it might have moved
29:14he's just earned himself another tunnel two of respect
29:19from the likes of Akanji and Scheer trying to look after him
29:23Guerrero escaping and Salah Ramos is waiting again
29:28I can't believe he defended from Edimuelsson Fernandes there
29:32Clyde just allows Guerrero to run behind him
29:34doesn't attempt to match the run
29:43Guerrero
29:49it was slick football and Gonzalo Ramos was involved again
29:54Fernandes is just behind him there
29:56oh and he's waiting for it
29:57difficult one to take
29:58catches it to the ground
29:59keeps it down
30:00does the right thing
30:01Otavio
30:02just wondering
30:05if he'd just have left it for Bruno Fernandes there
30:11Portugal did take the lead in all three of their group games
30:14I'm not sure they've managed those leads particularly well
30:16they allowed Ghana to equalise
30:18they didn't get a second against Uruguay until Sunday
30:21they didn't get a second against Uruguay until stoppage time
30:25and they allowed South Korea to turn the third group game around
30:30Switzerland for their part were 2-1 down
30:33against Serbia in their final group game and came back to win it
30:39but they're having trouble with this man
30:42this boy
30:44who just cannot get enough of the ball at the moment
30:47brilliant play by Yao Felix and Bernardo Silva
30:50that's a tremendous cross field pass
30:53and he's a little button looking with his first touch you know
30:56it just catches the back leg of Schär
31:00another shot away
31:04he's not going to need an invitation to shoot anymore
31:06I'm liking the look of this fella
31:12Granit Xhaka
31:16Neymar Foiler
31:21Vargas
31:25he's not as strong on his left side
31:29look at Ramos' touch there
31:31look at Bruno Fernandes' touch
31:35I'm not sure what Pepe's doing there
31:40he'll turn 40 in February, Pepe
31:42he is the same player he was at the first of his four World Cups 12 years ago
31:50Neymar
32:07the first quarter of this game has promised much
32:09and has produced Portuguese gold
32:13Foiler trying to get Vargas on his way
32:16that's a difference, Dalot manages and blocks it on
32:18counters it on
32:21Neymar
32:33and that's the secret there isn't it
32:35Xabio Italdi looking to get Vargas into situations
32:38he still gets something
32:39you think he's outnumbered
32:41still gets his team a throw in, keeps possession of the ball
32:47there's a problem here with Xabi and Schär
32:51Neymar
32:54it looks like an injury but
32:56he's very fine, he has missed a bit of training with his cold bug
32:59in the last couple of days
33:11what a strike
33:13I really enjoyed that
33:16yeah, there was a naivety about it wasn't there
33:21which
33:23well I'm thinking to myself
33:24every coaching manual in the book will tell you
33:26right, low and hard across the face of the goal
33:28take your chances
33:31that's what I'm saying
33:32I think
33:33you know
33:34above 21 you probably attempt to do that
33:37when you're up to 21 you're gonna
33:39I'm still playing it off the cuff a little bit here
33:43this is all happening in
33:45England's half of the draw
33:47in France's half of the draw too
33:49and
33:50they will meet on Saturday
33:52it will be live here on ITV1 and STV
33:55we're on air at 6 o'clock
33:57on Saturday
34:05flag is up this time
34:13come on
34:16it's just in perpetual top gear at the moment
34:18Gonçalo Ramos
34:19it may need
34:21an older head just to calm him down a little
34:24and harness his undoubted ability
34:27or it may not
34:29it may need a
34:30an older head just to say
34:32go on son, keep trying
34:34you do know it's the World Cup, don't you?
34:43so
34:47Cher seems to be okay
34:55Vargas is busy
34:57he's a handful for Dalot
34:59it's a good contest that
35:02Dalot handled Son Heung-min pretty well
35:04in the final group game
35:31top gear
35:43Gonçalo Ramos' touch has been so sure too
35:55see now, that's a perfect example there
35:57Fernando Silva starts up the pitch
36:00and comes back into an area where
36:02Ricardo Rodriguez has got to run 15-20 yards
36:05from his left centre-back position
36:07they don't like it
36:08the three centre-backs are Kanji Rodriguez and Cher
36:11they've got the only mark in the one, Gonçalo Ramos
36:13and it's posing them a problem
36:16because Fernandes, Silva and João Felix
36:19have been very, very clever playing in little pockets
36:21like I said earlier
36:23and the three centre-backs do not like leaving their position
36:30and the last chase we saw from Gonçalo Ramos
36:33about 20 seconds ago
36:34just keeping the defenders on
36:36is something quite frankly we wouldn't see
36:39from a 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo
36:41of course
36:47it's a different vibe, a different energy
36:49about this Portuguese team
36:52in his absence
36:56you've got your legs in your team
36:57no matter who you are
37:01and Bolo
37:03he's done so well there to hold off Ruben Dias
37:06that is by the way
37:07and eventually the referee was given two or three opportunities
37:11to blow his whistle
37:13try to play advantage
37:15but Ruben Dias
37:17is in a fight with a genuine heavyweight here
37:23that was great strength there
37:25really was
37:26I think Guerrero came in as well
37:28got the same treatment
37:29earned his free kick there
37:31that's for sure
37:32you don't see that happen very often in the Premier League
37:35not to Ruben Dias
37:46Shaqiri is the favourite here
37:59it's a good 15 paces outside the penalty area this
38:0430 metres-ish
38:15Shaqiri
38:18well he had his goalkeeper
38:20but he didn't get the free kick
38:22and now he's got the free kick
38:24he's got the free kick
38:26he's got the free kick
38:29Diogo Costa
38:30scampering
38:31and actually touching it just in case
38:35not sure it's going in
38:37great effort
38:38certainly saved it
38:40it might just have struck the upright there
38:44doesn't take any chances anyway
38:46Costa quite right
38:48back on their ball duties with
38:50plenty of height to aim at
38:54failed to clear the front man
38:56Bruno Fernandes
38:59I think all the white shirts are coming back from offside positions
39:08it's a good effort
39:09you make the right choice
39:10you make the right choice
39:12it's a good effort
39:13you make the right choice
39:14you make the right choice
39:15you make the right choice
39:17it's a good effort
39:18you make the right
39:20goalkeeper taking no chances at all
39:23gets a left hand to it
39:24he's a unique player
39:25I can't think of anybody
39:27who's quite like him
39:28and uniquely shares the same pedestal
39:30as Ronaldo and Messi
39:31the three players who've scored
39:33at the last three World Cups
39:35and he has that similar strutting self-confidence
39:38that
39:40the dynamic duo have
39:46see, that's another thing
39:47it looks like
39:49Gonzalo Ramos has given Porto
39:51an option of a long ball
39:53he never won that header
39:54but
39:55his presence made
39:57Porto will pick up the second ball
39:58from an average header from
40:00Fabian Scheer
40:02another plus
40:17it's good passing from Portugal
40:19one sheet to another
40:20it was excellent
40:22they've just set their cruise control
40:23at a different speed tonight
40:25Joao Felix
40:26it's come off the header
40:27it's there
40:29and it's come very close
40:30to going in
40:32he's got a big one
40:33he probably had to get a touch
40:34it's an excellent ball
40:35yeah, he did have to get a touch
40:39you can see he was lucky
40:40I'll tell you what
40:41you can see he was a good defender
40:43and the margin between those two
40:45is about a foot
40:46he didn't have an option, Clive
40:47because Ramos was coming in behind them
40:51excellent
40:52and swinging ball again
40:53from Joao Felix
40:56more defending for Switzerland to do
41:00right now, you would conclude
41:01that Portugal are deserving of their lead
41:04but
41:05it's not
41:07it's not
41:08it's not
41:09it's not
41:10it's not
41:12yep
41:13go along with that
41:19Bruno Fernandes
41:222-0
41:24Pepe
41:27thumping header
41:30from a man who's
41:32approaching middle age
41:36that looks says it all, doesn't it
41:38Burak Yakin
41:39just a great delivery in
41:42nothing
41:43technical or clever about it
41:48cross comes in
41:49centre-back attacks it
41:51Pepe heads it
41:53goalkeeper no chance
41:56it's a goal you lose, Clive
41:57you're asking about your centre-back
41:58you're asking about the marking
42:01he's going to be some player when he's 40, isn't he
42:07he was almost out of power, wasn't he
42:08oh, that's poor
42:09that's really poor
42:11I think it's Akanji, isn't it
42:12it's Akanji
42:13Akanji and Fabian Scheer
42:15Clive caught in between the two of them
42:18not good, take nothing away
42:20just an aggression
42:22a desire to go and win a header
42:24there you are
42:25doesn't take his eye off at all
42:27it's a perfect header
42:30and only one man
42:31older than Pepe
42:32has ever scored at the World Cup Finals
42:35you'll all remember Roger Miller
42:38it's Pepe's first international goal
42:40for more than four years
42:42he did score at the last World Cup Finals
42:43against Uruguay
42:45he's scored at a couple of European Championship Finals too
42:49big personality for big moments
42:52and he's given Portugal a big lead here now
43:04he can be Marmite
43:05he can get on your nerves with his antics
43:08but what a career
43:10he's had
43:11here in his tenth major tournament
43:14with his country
43:15three times Champions League winner
43:17Pepe
43:18has scored the second goal
43:22and just a couple of months short
43:23of his 40th birthday
43:26he made me feel better
43:30Guerrero
43:32Portugal are moving in for the kill here
43:34Gonçalo Ramos
43:36Joao Felix
43:41it was a good idea
43:42and he should probably have
43:43appealed a little bit to the back post
43:47Ramos, he should have
43:50it was a lovely cross
43:51a lovely delivery
43:53he should just come another four or five yards
43:55and he'd have got himself another header
44:00got to see a close-up
44:02got to see Clyde
44:03defeat the Blacks not worked at all
44:05for the Swiss
44:08not worked at all
44:10Portuguese have been too clever for them
44:14too dynamic
44:15yeah
44:20I don't think that's a word that
44:22we necessarily associate
44:24with Portugal even at their best
44:26technically gifted
44:31when you look at generally speaking
44:32centre-backs
44:33they've got three there
44:34up against Ramos
44:37the average centre-back
44:39isn't happy
44:40unless he's got somebody to mark
44:44they're usually a
44:45a good mixture of sapphire and steel
44:48silky skills
44:50streetwise know-how
44:53but this evening
44:54they're playing with drive and energy
44:57too much for Switzerland
45:02I guess trying to change there
45:05Froilo
45:15Rodriguez to Xhaka
45:19Kajik
45:23Ramos
45:25Ramos
45:27Ramos
45:29Ramos
45:32Ramos
45:34Ramos
45:36Ramos
45:38Rodriguez to Vargas
45:42throw-in is the consolation
45:47such a front-foot player
45:49always trying to impose his
45:51will and personality on a game
45:54and always
45:56likely just to splash a smile
45:59just to let us all know
46:00he's enjoying it
46:07probably best described as
46:09a great team-mate
46:12not so great a player
46:15here's Fernandes
46:17that's a good stop by
46:18Diogo Costa for this
46:19and it goes
46:21and it's smashed off the line
46:22by Diogo Dalo
46:24Fabian Scheer
46:25trying to improvise a shot
46:28just made it onto the second tier
46:29but
46:30Diogo Costa did pretty well there
46:33yeah
46:34Fernandes
46:35cross
46:36ball
46:37can't make her mind up at the goalkeeping
46:40can't make up at all
46:43should be doing better
46:44changed my opinion on it
46:45should be doing a lot better
46:46Froilo can't get enough on it
46:47he does get a hand on it
46:48second attempt
46:49Costa
46:51makes amends for it
46:53he's had an eventful tournament
46:55he did make some good saves
46:56against Uruguay
46:58but he almost gifted Garner a goal
47:00at the end of the
47:01first game
47:02with an horrendous error
47:05well I think he should do better there
47:06Clive
47:07but again
47:08again
47:09credit where it's due
47:11does well to get a hand in the header
47:12from Froilo
47:13to prevent a goal
47:15certainly his 11th cap
47:24well then Bodo's still carrying the fight
47:25and whilst he is
47:26Switzerland have hope
47:29yeah I'm not sure he deserves to be tuned
47:30I think though
47:34I've seen precious little of So
47:36played into the path of Rodriguez
47:40Xhaka
47:42and usually for him
47:43he's been on the fringe of things too
47:45Froilo penalised for the foul on Pepe
47:57he just stands on his toe again
47:58for the second time
48:02I think he's still well ahead in points
48:03of Pepe
48:04in terms of standing on people's toes
48:05to be honest with you
48:08he has a little bit of the look of
48:09Gordon Brown
48:10about him
48:11doesn't he
48:12Fernando Santos
48:14I'm sure I'm giving you that one
48:16I think he does
48:17yeah
48:18former prime minister
48:19he's been very much in the news this week
48:20big football fan
48:22Rayford Oberlman
48:23Rayford Oberlman
48:24Rayford Oberlman
48:25Rayford Oberlman is his team
48:30I saw pictures of him being forced to watch
48:31the England match with
48:32Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy
48:33the other night
48:34and it reminded me
48:35of you and Graeme Sooners
48:36bravely joining the rest of us
48:37in front of the big screen
48:38at the hotel on Sunday
48:40yeah
48:43I don't think we've converted you yet
48:45I'm sure he wasn't
48:46tight in his chair
48:55good court shot
48:56first half
48:57five minutes to go
48:58Clive
48:59they've grown into the game
49:00wasn't a lot in at the opening
49:01exchanges
49:03I just think technically
49:04they're very clever in that area
49:05here's Shaqiri
49:08that's really good work
49:09by Bruno Fernandes
49:20someone did really well there
49:21front of the net
49:22Charles Felix
49:28Bruno Fernandes
49:32not like him at all
49:33when I was looking at the run
49:35from Gonzalo Ramos
49:36he had a great run
49:37to the knee of course
49:39Fernandes went over
49:40hit the cross
49:41he played down that seemingly
49:44frosty handshake
49:45he exchanged on
49:47his arrival
49:48finally
49:50I don't know the state
49:51of the friendship
49:52but
49:53wasn't the first time
49:54it's been suggested
49:55that Bruno Fernandes
49:56flourishes out of
49:57the Ronaldo shadow
50:20well they've all had to
50:21stand up for their country
50:22tonight
50:23following the coach's
50:24decision
50:25and the response
50:26has been outstanding
50:29goals from
50:30Gonzalo Ramos
50:31at one end of his career
50:32and Pepe at the other
50:34are the difference
50:35but he is so
50:37Shaqiri
50:47top missing attack
50:48which just petered out
50:49that's the late one
50:50by Cheryl
50:51Charles Felix
50:52advantage blind
50:53referee will be coming
50:54back to that
50:55Bruno Fernandes
50:56and here's Gonzalo Ramos
50:58denied a second goal
50:59by his smart side
51:00from Jan Sommer
51:03that's the first thing
51:04you've got to see
51:05but again it's a back three
51:06it's a problem
51:07it just drifts
51:08it's great movement
51:09from the young man Ramos
51:10it just drifts
51:11to the right hand side
51:12or sorry
51:13his left
51:14of the right hand side
51:15the defender
51:16and Fernandes
51:17can't get back
51:18it's really poor
51:19defending
51:20against really clever
51:21players
51:22you've no chance
51:23that's a yellow card
51:24that's acceptable
51:25referee does very well
51:26plays it on
51:31it's a pretty good start
51:32that
51:33yeah it's a great save
51:34I'm not doing the goalkeeper
51:35any favours at all
51:36and I should be
51:37because Jan Sommer
51:38keeps his team in it
51:39but I'm just so surprised
51:42that the defender
51:45shares second yellow card
51:46of the tournament
51:47because of the suspension
51:51Otavio
51:54Pepe's won it again
51:57kept alive momentarily
51:58by Gonzalo Ramos
52:01going in
52:02I'm just going to beat myself
52:03but I will not look good
52:04in the back of the goal
52:06Enemio Fernandes
52:07doesn't know whether
52:08he'll play right back
52:09play outside right
52:12and he's not helping
52:13Akanji at all
52:15he doesn't look comfortable
52:16taking nothing away
52:17from the movement
52:18from Gonzalo Ramos
52:21and a clever play
52:22very very clever
52:23technical players
52:24are keeping on about it
52:25Charles Felix
52:26Bernardo Silva
52:27Bruno Fernandes
52:32yeah there's a balance
52:33about the team isn't there
52:34all over the field
52:35the 4-2-3-1 is working
52:36perfectly
52:37absolutely perfectly
52:38looking at Otavio
52:39and Carvalho
52:41they've not been in it
52:42that much
52:43because they're doing
52:44their job effectively
52:47it's going for Dalot
52:48to chase
52:49Gonzalo Ramos
52:50has again managed
52:51to win it in the air
52:52directed back to Otavio
52:54Bruno Fernandes
52:56it's all clicking here
52:57for Portugal
52:58well this has been
52:59the best performance
53:00best 45 minutes
53:01I would think
53:04haven't been too many
53:05better than
53:06from anybody
53:07because Switzerland
53:08are resolute opponents
53:09despite their
53:10strategic issues
53:13yeah
53:29what a touch
53:30what a touch
53:32oh that's fantastic
53:33skill from
53:34Charles Felix
53:36athleticism to go with it too
53:38he's got options
53:41Bruno Fernandes
53:42on the spot for choice
53:43in the end
53:44trying to improvise
53:45a lofted pass
53:47when there were
53:48simpler options
53:51excellent play
53:52really was
53:54Charles Felix again
53:55and good movement
53:56he had forward runners
53:58Otavio was one of them
53:59Ramos was another
54:01and with a better ball
54:03taking a bit more care
54:04in the final pass
54:07four added minutes
54:13Otavio
54:18looking for a free kick
54:19but the assistant
54:20is inviting him
54:21to get to his feet
54:22he's got a nice one
54:27Vargas to Mbolo
54:28he's asked far too much
54:29of Shaqiri
54:32a yard
54:33I might be wrong
54:34but just going into half time
54:37the Swiss
54:38definitely need that
54:39talk about body language
54:41Shaqiri there
54:42and Mbolo
54:45certainly the three centre-backs
54:47they'll have to regroup
54:49got a talking to
54:50from Murat Yakin
54:53he's staggered if he doesn't
54:54make any tactical change
55:04it's rather ironic
55:05in a Portugal's greatest
55:06endurance team
55:07it's rather ironic
55:08in a Portugal's greatest
55:09international success
55:10was achieved virtually
55:11without Ronaldo
55:12he limped out of the
55:13Euro 2016 final
55:15midway through the first half
55:17in Paris against the French
55:20but
55:22he was no more than
55:23a cheerleader really
55:25for most of that night
55:27and here he is
55:28watching on
55:29an exhilarating
55:30Portuguese display
55:31without him
55:32and there's another ball
55:33it's just a simple ball
55:34over the top
55:36for Diogo Dalot
55:37to chase
55:39and the left-hand
55:40centre-back's got to
55:41come out and give away
55:42the corner
55:43it's just
55:44it's too easy
55:47reasonable cover
55:48in the end
55:49from Fabian Scheer
55:50right enough
55:55Ronaldo Silva
55:58Diogo Dalot
56:03Abel Guerrero
56:06Ronaldo Silva
56:14and just let Switzerland
56:15off the hook really
56:19leading back
56:22didn't make sure
56:23about that one at all
56:33well last year
56:34we watched
56:35maybe the game
56:36of the Euros
56:38together
56:40Switzerland 3
56:41France 3
56:42are there more
56:43dramas to come
56:44Shaqiri tried to
56:46revive
56:47Swiss hopes
56:48they got through
56:49that night
56:51penalties
56:52in the end but
56:54it was a memorable
56:55game
56:56Switzerland are going to
56:57have to lift themselves
56:58are they going to produce
56:59any more memories
57:00for us tonight
57:02wow
57:03incredible isn't it
57:06it's just
57:07a strike
57:08with a little bit of
57:09swing on the ball
57:13but the perfect
57:14three iron really that
57:19well I used the cricket
57:20analogy before
57:21beating for pace
57:22it was just the
57:23sound of the ball
57:24against the net
57:25rather like the sound
57:26of the ball against the
57:28timber of the wickets
57:29and that's the first
57:30someone knew about it
57:31it's just sweet
57:33you look at it
57:34it's just a beautiful
57:35strike of the football
57:36and unexpected
57:37the goalkeeper couldn't
57:38really have
57:39set himself
57:40the last place on the
57:41planet
57:42he's thinking that
57:43is going up to his
57:44right hand side
57:46that was the trigger
57:47for Portugal tonight
57:48and they've gone on
57:49from there
57:50they've been excellent
57:52Gonzalo Ramos
57:54was
57:55a left field
57:56selection
57:57for his first
57:58international star
58:00tonight
58:01but his left foot
58:02smashed the ball
58:03past Jan Sommer
58:06and then at the other
58:07end of the age range
58:08Pepe came up
58:10to head a second goal
58:11which Portugal
58:12thoroughly deserved
58:14and at the break
58:15they lead Switzerland
58:16by two goals to nil