:00:46. > :00:51.Good evening, we've reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 and
:00:51. > :00:55.it's time to answer some big questions. How good are Spain? Are
:00:55. > :00:59.the Germans re-emerging? Is Ronaldo the best player in the tournament?
:00:59. > :01:09.Can England go all the way? And what do the fifth officials
:01:09. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:01:52. > :01:54.It's all to play for. Tonight we have the first of the quarter-
:01:54. > :01:57.finals, and a European Championship first - a last-eight meeting
:01:57. > :02:07.between two countries who lost their opening encounters, the Czech
:02:07. > :02:07.
:02:07. > :02:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:02:58. > :03:02.How about that! They have done it, Only one nation won all three of
:03:02. > :03:05.their group games, guess who? Yes, of course, Germany. So who better
:03:05. > :03:13.to welcome alongside Alan and Lee than our favourite German, Jurgen
:03:13. > :03:17.Klinsmann? Always good to see you. Enjoyed the
:03:17. > :03:21.tournament so far? Yes, it is wide-open, anything can
:03:21. > :03:26.happen. It has been quite open in terms of
:03:26. > :03:30.the weightings are playing, we have seen entertaining matches?
:03:30. > :03:34.Yes, we have seen the usual big names going through, but also some
:03:35. > :03:40.surprises. Holland have been a big disappointment. If you look at all
:03:40. > :03:45.the games, anything is possible going forward. Anybody can beat
:03:45. > :03:49.anybody. Anybody can even beat Spain!
:03:49. > :03:53.It is an unpredictable tournament, but Ronaldo took a bit of time to
:03:53. > :03:59.warm up, but he is part of a Portuguese line-up that is
:03:59. > :04:03.unchanged for a 4th consecutive game. A special player?
:04:03. > :04:09.Absolutely, and what he needs to become a really special player is a
:04:09. > :04:13.trophy, a European Championship or World Cup. He has that chance now.
:04:13. > :04:18.Against the Germans he was nearly there, and against the duchy was
:04:18. > :04:21.phenomenal. Everyone says the Dutch played very openly, but he was
:04:21. > :04:26.absolutely fantastic on that left- hand side cutting in and showing
:04:26. > :04:33.what a great player he is. We talk about the two a great feat, the
:04:33. > :04:39.strength, the power in the air, the shooting ability, but like Jurgen
:04:39. > :04:42.says, he has to do it in a major tournament, and this could be at.
:04:42. > :04:45.The Czechs were the first team to qualify with a negative goal
:04:45. > :04:50.difference. I am sure they have not lost sleep about that. What do you
:04:50. > :04:56.think of them? Their first game was an eye-opener,
:04:56. > :05:01.and since then they have got better. Any team can beat any team at this
:05:02. > :05:08.stage, and they can cause Portugal problems. They have got pace in the
:05:08. > :05:12.wide areas with Pilar and Jiracek. Both of them attacked the full-
:05:12. > :05:17.backs, so although there is Ronaldo on one side and Nani on the other
:05:17. > :05:22.for Portugal, you will see the same for the Czech Republic. They will
:05:22. > :05:27.cause some problems. Whether they have got enough, I am not so sure?
:05:27. > :05:34.Petr Cech has had a topsy-turvy tournament. He has struggled.
:05:34. > :05:38.Yes, he played so well for Chelsea in the Champions League. We all
:05:38. > :05:44.know he is a quality goalkeeper, he has come to this tournament in
:05:44. > :05:48.great form, and he has been patchy, he really has.
:05:48. > :05:52.D'you see goals coming in this game? Portugal have only got one
:05:52. > :05:57.clean sheet in 10 games, Ronaldo has caused every game that he plays.
:05:57. > :06:00.We have got the Czech Republic who have scored in 12 of their last 13
:06:00. > :06:06.matches. I see a couple of goals tonight, I
:06:06. > :06:12.guess. Ronaldo is the player to watch. He cuts in from the left-
:06:12. > :06:18.hand side and get space. I watched the first to two games of the Czech
:06:18. > :06:23.Republic, and they left a lot of space behind their full-backs.
:06:23. > :06:26.I think Portugal can go all the way. They have got it could to central
:06:26. > :06:30.defenders, they have got a couple of players playing very well, and
:06:30. > :06:32.they have Ronaldo. In Warsaw this evening for us is
:06:32. > :06:34.the second highest-scorer in European Championship history, Alan
:06:34. > :06:43.Shearer, and the second-highest person in European Championship
:06:43. > :06:48.history, Jake Humphrey. Welcome back to Warsaw, where the
:06:48. > :06:52.tournament kicked off. Tonight, it is a more serious atmosphere. It is
:06:52. > :06:56.knockout football, you have played in these games. What is it like for
:06:56. > :07:00.the players? The pressure is high. No mistakes
:07:00. > :07:04.are allowed. The Steam team's got in by the play-offs, both lost
:07:04. > :07:09.their first game, but they are in the quarter-final with a great
:07:09. > :07:14.chance of getting to the semi-final. Portugal's hopes rest on the
:07:14. > :07:20.shoulders of Ronaldo. I am expecting much the same from
:07:21. > :07:24.him. He has numerous attempts on goal, two goals, and I think we
:07:24. > :07:31.will be in for a treat. He is not the only one. The Czechs
:07:31. > :07:37.have got good wide players as well. Yes, on both the right hand side
:07:37. > :07:43.and the left-hand side. PLR has two goals, so we should be a good game.
:07:43. > :07:51.-- Pilar. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk teens he
:07:51. > :07:59.barely made it, one win from the semi-finals. -- two teams.
:07:59. > :08:04.How do you see it panning out? The cheques will not be as open to
:08:04. > :08:13.begin with, but they have got pace on the wings, and they like to bomb
:08:13. > :08:19.forward. -- the Czech Republic. Jurgen, sometimes Portugal have
:08:19. > :08:23.played very negatively and left Ronaldo isolated. But they have now
:08:24. > :08:27.were it appears quite good going forward!
:08:27. > :08:31.They need to get him it in the game right from the beginning. If he
:08:31. > :08:35.comes in from the left or moves in from the ride, that is the big
:08:35. > :08:38.advantage, he can play everywhere. But the other three midfielders
:08:38. > :08:43.have to do a lot of work to cover for him and make sure that once
:08:43. > :08:49.they lose the ball, they are organised defensively.
:08:49. > :08:53.I cannot see that the Czech Republic can handle him. If you
:08:53. > :08:57.look at the gain, Portugal against the Dutch, if the Czech Republic
:08:57. > :09:01.play open, Portugal will hammer them. I think the Czech Republic
:09:01. > :09:09.will start of pretty tight, and I cannot see them pushing a lot of
:09:09. > :09:11.players forward. I will do with Portugal as well.
:09:11. > :09:14.This quarter-final promises much, it's the Czech Republic versus
:09:14. > :09:24.Portugal. The commentators in Warsaw are Martin Keown and
:09:24. > :09:28.
:09:28. > :09:35.Petr Cech and Ronaldo a weight. A good evening, everyone, from the
:09:35. > :09:38.beautiful national stadium in Warsaw. Hopes and dreams are built
:09:38. > :09:44.venue, just as they have been in this competition for these two
:09:44. > :09:49.nations. It is only the second time two team is beaten in their first
:09:49. > :09:53.game have reached this stage. The roof is closed, it is a lovely
:09:53. > :09:59.evening. 50,000 people are here to see if Portugal are indeed a one-
:09:59. > :10:09.man team or if the Czech Republic are better than their individual
:10:09. > :10:15.
:10:15. > :10:22.proverbs that work here. We have seen what Ronaldo can do, but had
:10:22. > :10:25.he done it -- can he dominate the finals like Maradona in 1986? Does
:10:25. > :10:35.he have the desire to take the competition by the scruff of the
:10:35. > :10:47.
:10:47. > :10:57.neck? A strutting Peacock or a # Nacao valente, imortal.
:10:57. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:08.# Levantai hoje de novo. # O esplendor de Portugal!
:11:08. > :11:18.# Entre as brumas da memoria. # O Patria, sente-se a voz.
:11:18. > :11:18.
:11:18. > :11:28.# Dos teus egregios avos. # Que ha-de guiar-te a vitoria!
:11:28. > :11:33.# As armas, as armas! # Sobre a terra, sobre o mar.
:11:33. > :11:43.# As armas, as armas! # Pela Patria lutar.
:11:43. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:22.# Contra os canhoes marchar, # Voda huci po lucinach.
:12:22. > :12:30.
:12:30. > :12:40.# Bory sumi po skalinach. # V sade skvi se jara kvet.
:12:40. > :12:47.
:12:47. > :12:57.# Zemsky raj to na pohled! # A to je ta krasna zeme.
:12:57. > :13:17.
:13:17. > :13:21.# Zeme ceska, domov muj. evening, Portugal in their third
:13:21. > :13:29.successive quarter-final, a run that started when they got a
:13:29. > :13:33.generation were beaten by the Czech Republic in 1996. Then, as now, the
:13:33. > :13:37.unsung Czech side improved and made it all away to the final. Tomas
:13:37. > :13:47.Rosicky, the captain, is still suffering with an Achilles injury
:13:47. > :13:49.
:13:49. > :13:55.picked up against Greece. Vladimir Darida or is preferred. Ethiopian
:13:55. > :14:04.born Gebre Selassie has been impressive at right-back. Hubschman
:14:04. > :14:14.and Plasil have anchored midfield well in the racing games. -- in
:14:14. > :14:33.
:14:33. > :14:36.recent games. The referee is our he will take his place in the team.
:14:36. > :14:46.Paulo Bento sticks to the same side he has used on their last five
:14:46. > :14:51.
:14:51. > :15:01.competitive games. He turned 43 yesterday. Ronaldo has now made 94
:15:01. > :15:06.
:15:06. > :15:16.appearances, and goes into this on in that park, the Czech Republic
:15:16. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:28.soon took lack game changes on all in red who will kick ass off.
:15:28. > :15:33.The majority of travelling fans will support Michal Bilek's t and
:15:33. > :15:39.today. The Czech Republic a neighbouring country. But this is
:15:39. > :15:45.the first time they have had to play this far north in Europe --
:15:45. > :15:55.Euro 2012. The Portuguese manager Paulo Bento, he played very well in
:15:55. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:08.Euro 2000 when they reached the the quarter-finals of Euro 2012. --
:16:08. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :16:36.Bruno Alves is that Zenit St Bruno Alves is that Zenit St
:16:36. > :16:58.
:16:59. > :17:04.Against Holland, with all of those great players, he was certainly the
:17:04. > :17:14.best on the field that evening. had three fine chances against
:17:14. > :17:19.
:17:19. > :17:24.Denmark, he was unlucky not to squad because of doubts before the
:17:24. > :17:34.tournament kicked off over Tomas Rosicky -- Vladimir Darida was
:17:34. > :17:45.
:17:45. > :17:50.so far in the competition? We were not expecting the Czech Republic to
:17:50. > :17:54.go through, so it is a great achievement to reach the quarter-
:17:54. > :17:59.finals. I think the Portuguese are quietly confident as they are
:17:59. > :18:09.progressing. I see them as the outright winners tonight, but it is
:18:09. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:40.all about performing on the big defence looked more secure and
:18:40. > :18:50.mobiles and moving in from left back. The offside flag raised by
:18:50. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:18.Mike Mullarkey. A Howard Webb of with a role Meireles on the left. -
:19:18. > :19:30.
:19:30. > :19:40.- Meireles on the left. You can see such incredible whip, with Nani on
:19:40. > :20:15.
:20:15. > :20:22.one side and Ronaldo on the other their play-offs. Portugal beat
:20:22. > :20:29.Bosnia Herzegovina 6-t on aggregate. The Czech Republic went through
:20:29. > :20:34.after beating Montenegro 3-0 on aggregate. In qualifying, Petr Cech
:20:34. > :20:44.was in fine form and here he has looked shaky. He had his shaky
:20:44. > :21:03.
:21:03. > :21:08.moments in Euro 2000 and date as because his father moved to the
:21:08. > :21:18.Czech Republic to study medicine. One thing we know about him, he can
:21:18. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :21:52.run, just like his namesake. in English football at Tottenham,
:21:52. > :22:00.who cost a lot of �0.5 million, and he scored one goal in 19 games. --
:22:00. > :22:05.a lot of money, �6.5 million. almost a decoy for Ronaldo when he
:22:05. > :22:15.comes into that central position. He just look awesome all over the
:22:15. > :22:39.
:22:39. > :22:44.Jiracek. He has come off that right hand side. Plasil of Bordeaux will
:22:44. > :22:54.take the corner kick. Gebre Selassie has gone for it. But Baros
:22:54. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:15.on the edge of the penalty area. break. -- Portugal. Ronaldo
:23:15. > :23:16.
:23:16. > :23:22.frustration. Eight minutes into the game and he hasn't really been on
:23:22. > :23:28.the ball yet. Meireles looks for Ronaldo. Cut out by Gebre Selassie.
:23:28. > :23:32.This is Hubschman, who has been very tidy. He is the man he was
:23:32. > :23:37.critical of England's hotel plans, that they didn't base themselves in
:23:37. > :23:47.the Ukraine, they based themselves in Poland. Hubschman himself plays
:23:47. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:23.he was excellent against the Dutch. playing the ball out to the left-
:24:23. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:50.an errant genius such as Ronaldo? think you can see in Nani, almost
:24:50. > :24:53.as if since his older brother has been away from Manchester United,
:24:53. > :24:57.he has risen to the occasion and has looked better in this
:24:57. > :25:07.tournament than he has for Manchester United. We have seen him
:25:07. > :25:32.
:25:32. > :25:37.has just pulled him over, hasn't he? Can he not expect Nani to get -
:25:37. > :25:42.- do something to get the ball when he is deliberately blocking it?
:25:42. > :25:48.but he has pulled him over. Nani knows a thing or two about diving
:25:48. > :25:54.himself. To be fair, we have seen fewer confrontations, by this stage,
:25:54. > :25:58.than we have normally had. In recent competitions, the level of
:25:58. > :26:02.dissent has been pulled right down, and the pushing and shoving in the
:26:02. > :26:10.penalty box at free kicks and corners. I just wonder if the
:26:10. > :26:14.officials behind the goal have played a part in that. Although the
:26:14. > :26:18.officials behind the goal may look, as you watch on television, to be
:26:18. > :26:28.doing nothing, they are in constant communication through radio links
:26:28. > :26:44.
:26:44. > :26:54.in these opening exchanges. He is a feeder in that midfield, he has to
:26:54. > :27:19.
:27:19. > :27:29.feed those quality players in front TAS. He has been steady in this
:27:29. > :27:58.
:27:58. > :28:03.galloped away downfield, Ronaldo had no intention of chasing back
:28:03. > :28:08.with him so Helder Postiga had to do it. Nani has come over to the
:28:08. > :28:13.left-hand side. Earlier, he was doing the chasing back. They
:28:13. > :28:17.recognise, they are feeling for him. When you have a player of that
:28:17. > :28:27.quality, you want him fresh on the ball, he cannot be going up and
:28:27. > :28:28.
:28:28. > :29:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:29:17. > :29:24.made 12 starts this season in their his team this season. They won it
:29:24. > :29:27.on the last day. Great closing down from Postiga. Interesting that the
:29:27. > :29:37.full-backs for the Czech Republic are not really getting forward as
:29:37. > :29:41.
:29:41. > :29:46.much as we have seen them do so far in up Portugal in 2004. The Czech
:29:46. > :29:56.Republic side went out to Portugal, they were expected -- who were
:29:56. > :30:16.
:30:16. > :30:26.players in qualifying, including 11 forwards who shared six goals
:30:26. > :30:59.
:30:59. > :31:06.drop --. The Portuguese have just finals, 1996, the Czech Republic
:31:06. > :31:16.11-0 at Villa Park, then four years ago, the Portuguese 13-1. Ronaldo
:31:16. > :31:31.
:31:32. > :31:38.the only survivor from that team A great noise in here now. Another
:31:38. > :31:42.corner for the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic are dangerous
:31:42. > :31:52.when they are prepared, they made a run in behind the Portuguese
:31:52. > :32:00.
:32:00. > :32:10.defence. They seem much more storm predicted, but the atmosphere
:32:10. > :32:19.
:32:19. > :32:25.the goalkeeper, Ronaldo was just in front of them. He is like an NBA
:32:26. > :32:35.basketball player, the height he gets from a standing jump. Another
:32:36. > :32:55.
:32:55. > :32:59.some very good moments, and Petr Cech at the other red has had some
:32:59. > :33:09.shaky ones as well. He did not look comfortable from
:33:09. > :33:19.that corner. Ronaldo has got more of a free role than we see him
:33:19. > :33:19.
:33:19. > :34:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:34:05. > :34:09.force things a bit at the moment. each other all over the place then.
:34:09. > :34:19.A teasing ball, you just want a strike on the end of it. Pepe is
:34:19. > :34:42.
:34:42. > :34:49.deep. Paulo Bento was one of the players banned after that Euro 2000
:34:49. > :34:53.semi-final, a six-month ban for trying to wrestle the red card away
:34:53. > :35:03.from the referee when he was sending off a team mate after
:35:03. > :35:30.
:35:30. > :35:39.you are a defender, Ronaldo is always on the shoulder and there is
:35:39. > :35:49.quality at the end of it. 60 goals for Real Madrid this
:35:49. > :36:26.
:36:26. > :36:32.situation, Pepe scored from a corner and went close against
:36:32. > :36:37.Germany as well. A superman would not have got on
:36:37. > :36:42.the end of that cross. That is poor. You have got to pin Ronaldo,
:36:42. > :36:52.because he has got incredible leap on him. Jiracek just overdid it
:36:52. > :37:10.
:37:10. > :37:15.full-backs are higher up the pitch, they have not really been able to
:37:15. > :37:19.do so yet because they have also got the wide men.
:37:19. > :37:23.They are almost wingers, they are allowed to spread out like a flower
:37:23. > :37:33.in this position. It has to start off with a good ball in the early
:37:33. > :37:47.
:37:47. > :37:52.Joao Pereira, and then fouled m. That is what the Czech Republic
:37:52. > :38:02.need to do, put it in behind the full-backs who like to push on.
:38:02. > :38:15.
:38:15. > :38:25.Alves has no place whatsoever. -- players are kept on from the 2010
:38:25. > :38:34.
:38:34. > :38:44.players, they look very suspect defensively. -- when you run at the
:38:44. > :38:44.
:38:44. > :39:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:39:25. > :39:30.deflected, but Cech recovered his ground.
:39:30. > :39:40.He always gets a very lucky with this deflection. -- he almost get a
:39:40. > :39:59.
:39:59. > :40:05.flash in the stadium. There were blue skies when we'd picked up
:40:05. > :40:10.through the glass roof, about 20 minutes before kick-off. Dark this
:40:10. > :40:20.is descending. There is an amazing -- was an amazing electric storm
:40:20. > :40:33.
:40:33. > :40:42.has made mistakes, he with -- he redeemed himself there, but the
:40:42. > :40:48.whistle had gone anyway. Look at the movement of Ronaldo. He
:40:48. > :40:55.puts an arm on him. Petr Cech, what a fantastic save. He does not know
:40:55. > :41:01.it is a free kick. Two players at the top of their game there.
:41:01. > :41:11.Howard Webber gave it, the assistant referee, he did not.
:41:11. > :41:43.
:41:43. > :41:50.game, doesn't he? Not the boat -- not the most robust of challenges.
:41:50. > :42:00.He makes so much a bit, as they all do these days.
:42:00. > :42:09.
:42:09. > :42:15.Nani missed the World Cup finals attracted defenders out of the way,
:42:15. > :42:25.but they simply let him go and stayed on Ronaldo. Miguel Veloso
:42:25. > :42:35.will get the yellow card. No complaints with that. He does
:42:35. > :42:41.
:42:41. > :42:45.not seem like he is at the races. Simply too slow death. -- to slow.
:42:45. > :42:54.I think the referee made the right decision with Ronaldo. It took
:42:54. > :42:58.three of them to stop him. Neither side is on a great one -- a
:42:58. > :43:08.great one of victories. The Portuguese have won three of their
:43:08. > :43:08.
:43:08. > :43:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:43:57. > :44:01.Czech Republic have looked dangerous, but it is almost like
:44:01. > :44:11.the Portuguese are drawing you one so they can get pocket of space for
:44:11. > :44:19.
:44:19. > :44:29.Ronaldo to run into it. -- pockets Greeks beat Russia famously a few
:44:29. > :45:07.
:45:07. > :45:16.hand side, Pepe in the end with great defending. If he doesn't get
:45:16. > :45:26.to it, it is in the neck. On that is what they have got to do, I get
:45:26. > :45:37.
:45:37. > :45:43.into that area behind them. On an - everything it 10 yards inside their
:45:43. > :45:50.midfield. They go man-for-man. They are being forced to play long balls
:45:50. > :46:00.and it is difficult to get them under control. It has to be settled
:46:00. > :46:10.penalty shoot-outs in European Championship history and have won
:46:10. > :46:15.
:46:15. > :46:20.Cech will settle him down, because he has looked a bit nervy, for a
:46:20. > :46:24.man of his experience, more than 400 games for Chelsea, that his a
:46:24. > :46:34.surprise. There was one stage during last season when we thought
:46:34. > :46:56.
:46:56. > :47:06.he had almost switched off, and in Limbersky. All over the pitch,
:47:06. > :47:07.
:47:07. > :47:12.little jaws are appearing. -- duels. The Portuguese don't seem to move
:47:12. > :47:22.the ball in the same way as she saw the Dutch, the Spanish and the
:47:22. > :47:46.
:47:46. > :47:53.of occasions to have a go at goal - have had nine corners in the
:47:53. > :48:03.opening 32 minutes and chances have been few and far between. Jiracek
:48:03. > :48:20.
:48:20. > :48:30.with a deflected shot, an effort stick, back across the face of goal
:48:30. > :48:35.by Limbersky. Pepe in there again, Rinaldo! He was onside. -- Ron Albu.
:48:35. > :48:41.It would have been a goal befitting a maestro. Sloppiness from the
:48:41. > :48:51.defender there. What is Gebre Selassie doing? He will punish you
:48:51. > :49:13.
:49:13. > :49:23.effort, wasn't it? 34 goals for nine out of 10 supporters wanted
:49:23. > :49:34.
:49:34. > :49:38.Nani riders on the floor. -- writhes. He got across his five.
:49:38. > :49:48.And the follow-up caught his ankle, he will make the most of bed. Just
:49:48. > :49:55.
:49:55. > :50:01.to let the referee know. -- Make Ronaldo. He has an emblem where his
:50:01. > :50:11.name is spent out and the letter H is replaced by a shadowed figure in
:50:11. > :50:12.
:50:12. > :50:22.this pose -- letter A. The posing, preening, prolific Ronaldo. Is this
:50:22. > :50:30.
:50:30. > :50:40.terms of power. You never know what he's going to do it from this area.
:50:40. > :50:59.
:51:00. > :51:09.It is swerving around away from the leading a band at their. Of -- the
:51:10. > :51:16.
:51:17. > :51:25.Czech supporters are leaping up and there. He is a changed man, he digs
:51:25. > :51:31.in deep now. He was previously criticised for his attitude,
:51:31. > :51:35.accused of being more interested in shoes than football. What do you
:51:35. > :51:38.make of a Vladimir Darida's entrance into Euro 2012? He has
:51:38. > :51:48.looked impressive, he has got pace and he wants to get forward and he
:51:48. > :52:10.
:52:10. > :52:20.has been a useful addition to this season in Russian football with
:52:20. > :53:00.
:53:00. > :53:10.Carlos Martins, who is out of the and just did it at the wrong moment.
:53:10. > :53:12.
:53:12. > :53:16.let his team mate know. Gebre Selassie had to think about it, it
:53:16. > :53:21.seems to be a problem for him. He just needs to get it out of his
:53:21. > :53:31.speed, get down that right hand side and get crosses in. -- out of
:53:31. > :53:44.
:53:44. > :53:54.not seen much of Pilar. He is best sort of Arshad then, very good
:53:54. > :54:02.
:54:02. > :54:12.player but not in the game. -- he middle. It is Helder Postiga, is
:54:12. > :54:15.
:54:15. > :54:25.it? He is holding the back of his five. -- thigh. It is a
:54:25. > :54:30.
:54:30. > :54:34.professional's nightmare, it is little sprint, tries to get beyond
:54:34. > :54:43.the defender and bank goes a hamstring. He has not made it
:54:43. > :54:48.through a game here without going off. The usual substitution for
:54:48. > :54:58.Portugal is to bring on Nelson Oliveira at around the 70 minute
:54:58. > :55:29.
:55:29. > :55:34.mark. He is going to have to make Almeida ready. It will be Hugo
:55:34. > :55:39.Almeida who comes on and he is a more experienced optioned for this
:55:39. > :55:45.stage of the game. He is 27 years of age, he has been around a long
:55:45. > :55:49.while. He made his debut against England some 80 years ago. He has
:55:49. > :55:56.not been a great score at international level -- eight years
:55:56. > :56:00.ago. He is now with the Sheikh TAS. One would imagine that even they
:56:00. > :56:10.get -- if they go through, it could be the end of the tournament four
:56:10. > :56:10.
:56:11. > :56:15.Helder Postiga. Almeida comes on. Six foot three, a real target man.
:56:15. > :56:25.He will carry on with that central role, much the way Postiga did.
:56:25. > :56:49.
:56:49. > :56:59.Czech Republic, Hubschman, he is goal in these finals, just as he
:56:59. > :57:13.
:57:13. > :57:23.did four years ago, has gone moment. It certainly has. Deal with
:57:23. > :57:44.
:57:44. > :57:54.Moutinho making a run of to the right hand side. Ronaldo has
:57:54. > :57:56.
:57:56. > :58:02.-- A. He has looked solid at the back but he will have his work cut
:58:02. > :58:09.out now. Just to remind you, you can see England against Italy
:58:09. > :58:13.exclusively live on BBC One and BBC One H D on Sunday evening at 7pm.
:58:13. > :58:23.All of the England games from now on in there are run the BBC. We
:58:23. > :58:34.
:58:34. > :58:38.hope it is not just the one. -- on and has used did poorly. -- used it.
:58:38. > :58:48.Just not good enough, you have got to have their top-quality playmaker
:58:48. > :58:56.
:58:56. > :59:06.in that central midfield and they rebel at his club. He won the title
:59:06. > :59:11.
:59:11. > :59:17.at Benfica and then fell out with under. A clever ball end towards
:59:17. > :59:23.Nani, he has gone down in the box. The man running with him was
:59:23. > :59:32.Limbersky. The Portuguese protested long and loud. Should that have
:59:32. > :59:39.been a penalty to Portugal? No, he slips. It is a poor first touch.
:59:39. > :59:43.For me, he takes a dive. fullback does have his arm on him.
:59:43. > :59:50.You would expect him to put his arm across, there is not enough contact
:59:50. > :59:54.to go down in the manner he has. have seen them given, though. And
:59:54. > :59:58.in a game like this, I think the referee will be have do -- have to
:59:58. > :00:08.be absolutely sure of and if it didn't get a good view of it, even
:00:08. > :00:16.
:00:16. > :00:26.though he has his assistant behind technology now, but not before time,
:00:26. > :00:39.
:00:39. > :00:48.it will not extend to penalty box They are moving the ball quicker
:00:48. > :00:58.now. Noticeably so. Yes, that was better.
:00:58. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:31.We have seen nothing of the Czech It is as if the Portuguese sense
:01:31. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:51.they have a chance to go in front magnificent! -- Ronaldo! That is
:01:51. > :02:01.what we have all been hoping to see, Ronaldo at his brilliant best.
:02:01. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:23.Fantastic swivel, just the post takes it round, it is like he is in
:02:23. > :02:30.his own back garden. Get it under control in a flash. He is in a
:02:30. > :02:40.league of his own. Scored a two against the Dutch,
:02:40. > :03:10.
:03:11. > :03:16.could have had four. It could have of the quarter-finals in Euro 2012,
:03:16. > :03:20.0-0. Cristiano Ronaldo hitting the post with a piece of sublime skill.
:03:20. > :03:30.Portugal are getting stronger, they sensed victory could be theirs in
:03:30. > :03:35.
:03:35. > :03:39.the second half. No goals at the No goals so far, but more
:03:39. > :03:42.threatening towards the latter stages of the first half?
:03:42. > :03:48.The first 35 minutes, I thought the Czech Republic were the better side,
:03:48. > :03:53.they defended well, they attacked in numbers, and I thought they
:03:53. > :03:57.passed and moved better than Portugal. Ronaldo, he had one good
:03:57. > :04:02.passing move with my tea neo-, and it was a foul, but on that occasion
:04:02. > :04:06.it was the one time when they moved it quickly. It is as if someone's
:04:06. > :04:09.wit -- flicked a switch, and they moved it quicker and got the Czech
:04:09. > :04:13.Republic turning quicker, and in the last five minutes, they could
:04:13. > :04:19.have had a couple of goals, culminating in a wonderful piece of
:04:19. > :04:23.skill from Ronaldo to hit the post. The Czech Republic had a game-plan,
:04:23. > :04:31.but it seemed the Portuguese gradually got on top of it?
:04:31. > :04:35.The plan at the beginning was to man-mark Ronaldo. He was surrounded
:04:35. > :04:40.by three or four players, even Gebre Selassie was following him
:04:40. > :04:45.into the middle. But then that when you start to switch positions, you
:04:45. > :04:49.start to lose people, then you have problems, and I think the last 15
:04:49. > :04:53.minutes was all Cristiano Ronaldo. It was all him, he took over a
:04:53. > :05:01.whole game. He has the skills forehead, and he looks hungry, he
:05:01. > :05:04.wants it badly. He looks angry! I think the Czech
:05:04. > :05:09.Republic started really well, created the best move that, got in
:05:09. > :05:14.a couple of times down the sides, but the game plan to stop Ronaldo
:05:14. > :05:19.and Nani, especially Ronaldo, has been set up by their full-backs.
:05:19. > :05:29.Gebre Selassie basically went man- to-man. In the first 10 minutes it
:05:29. > :05:36.
:05:36. > :05:41.Jiracek ends up going back all the way to the left-back position to
:05:41. > :05:51.try and cover. They know what they are doing and are trying to cover
:05:51. > :06:01.
:06:01. > :06:11.bad. Gebre Selassie stays tight on You would expect to Gebre Selassie
:06:11. > :06:14.
:06:14. > :06:17.to be able to run all day! He is just stay in really tight. All of a
:06:17. > :06:27.sudden, with 20 minutes to go before half-time, Ronaldo started
:06:27. > :06:27.
:06:27. > :06:32.to move into the middle of it. You do not see that so much now?
:06:32. > :06:36.Greece played it in 2004 and won the European Championship with it.
:06:36. > :06:42.It works to a certain extent if you have one or two exceptional players
:06:42. > :06:49.to mark. One is Ronaldo and the second one is Nani. But it does not
:06:49. > :06:54.work if there are three or four players, Spain would kill you. They
:06:54. > :06:59.can only focus on Ronaldo and a bit on Nani.
:06:59. > :07:03.You can see that when they started to pass it better and quicker, when
:07:03. > :07:13.you move them more about the place, they do not know whether you are
:07:13. > :07:17.
:07:18. > :07:23.Would you say his exclamation his hunger? You could also argue it is
:07:24. > :07:29.petulance. It is passion and hunger and desire.
:07:29. > :07:33.It is different body language to what we saw against Germany. He was
:07:33. > :07:41.just frustrated and negative. Now he has different body language,
:07:41. > :07:46.even if a team-mate have made a mistake, he encourages him.
:07:47. > :07:51.I did not think that was a foul, it is a good save.
:07:51. > :08:01.I think he is a bit unlucky to give a found a way. That is the first
:08:01. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:15.time he got away from Gebre He needs to use his left foot!
:08:15. > :08:24.is talent. Four magnificent touches. Wonderful to watch, and it deserved
:08:25. > :08:29.a goal. It is a piece of skill that lit up the stadium.
:08:29. > :08:31.You said before, Jurgen, that he needs to go and win the European
:08:31. > :08:37.Championship or the World Cup to prove he is a great player. Does
:08:37. > :08:41.that apply if he does not have that great group of players around him?
:08:41. > :08:50.It is much more difficult for Cristiano Ronaldo than it is for
:08:50. > :08:57.Xavi and Iniesta or even for the Germans. Even for the LSE? -- even
:08:57. > :09:01.for Lionel Messi? Yes, probably.
:09:01. > :09:09.He is a great player. Should Nani have had a penalty?
:09:09. > :09:19.Know. It would have been a softer decision. It is a long ball,
:09:19. > :09:31.
:09:31. > :09:38.Ronaldo chases it. The other angle That might have been a soft one,
:09:38. > :09:48.but an interesting stat, 53 fouls inside the penalty area, 52 of them
:09:48. > :09:49.
:09:49. > :09:53.committed by Ford's! -- committed by four words!
:09:53. > :10:00.From hereon din, and I hope you will consider this good news, every
:10:00. > :10:10.England game will be life on the BBC, hopefully three of them. --
:10:10. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:58.It is all getting very exciting. Let's get the latest from the
:10:58. > :11:17.
:11:17. > :11:22.Momentum, it is everything. The pragmatic, be hard to beat. The
:11:22. > :11:32.brilliant, p a bit lucky. Be what you have to be, do what you have to
:11:32. > :11:45.
:11:45. > :11:48.do. Just get through. Remind you of At the Italian base in Krakow, they
:11:48. > :11:54.know a thing or two about tournament football. And they see
:11:54. > :12:00.something to admire in England. TRANSLATION:, England are the
:12:00. > :12:06.favourites. They qualified well, we had difficulties. The only thing we
:12:06. > :12:13.have in our hearts is to win, to cultivate this dream that we have.
:12:13. > :12:16.Expectations of England? There is no more talking down their chances.
:12:16. > :12:20.There have been a group of people who did not think we would do well,
:12:21. > :12:27.but anyone who knew our mentality and what we came here to do, it is
:12:27. > :12:32.not a surprise. This is part of the plan. The whole point of coming
:12:32. > :12:37.here is not to keep people happy, we have come here to win games and
:12:37. > :12:41.be successful for us and for the country and to make people proud of
:12:41. > :12:45.English football. We do not fear anyone. We have not come here to
:12:45. > :12:49.fear anyone ought to feel inferior. We are a good team and we are here
:12:49. > :12:56.to do well. Tournament football is all about
:12:56. > :13:00.sticking around. Too often, this is when England have come unstuck.
:13:00. > :13:05.Trevor Brooking said you had a video of Italian penalty-takers.
:13:05. > :13:12.When you watch that? I watch it on my own, quite late on
:13:12. > :13:15.the day before kick-off. When I have not got a great deal to do! I
:13:16. > :13:20.do my research and know where the Italian players put their penalties,
:13:20. > :13:25.but I think anyone can do that if they just click on YouTube. It is
:13:25. > :13:29.all in the moment for me. In practice, have you been saving
:13:29. > :13:32.them? I try not to!
:13:32. > :13:38.Them is not really a right answer to that!
:13:38. > :13:45.I am going to say I have not saved one because they are all brilliant!
:13:45. > :13:49.Have you seen England play, Jurgen? Yes, I enjoyed them play in. Them
:13:49. > :13:53.is a different spirit around. A different atmosphere around this
:13:53. > :13:57.English side, it seems like they are getting along, there is no
:13:57. > :14:02.controversial stuff going on that, like we had in the last tournament,
:14:02. > :14:07.and they are looking good. Rooney is now back, he is not there yet,
:14:07. > :14:12.in the game against Ukraine he was not deep really want to see, but he
:14:12. > :14:18.can only get better. -- not the Rooney we want to see. They can
:14:18. > :14:22.build a belief to say that they can do that. There is no team in that
:14:22. > :14:26.competition you cannot beat. The Italians have not been hugely
:14:26. > :14:32.impressive, but they are always difficult to beat.
:14:32. > :14:37.The last game, two set pieces. They won the World Cup in 2006 with set
:14:37. > :14:43.pieces. Back in Walsall, let's get the
:14:43. > :14:47.views of Alan Shearer. -- back in Walsall.
:14:47. > :14:51.The substitutes are giving us the most entertaining we have seen.
:14:51. > :14:56.What is the problem? The Czech Republic are reluctant to
:14:56. > :15:00.break their system, they are quite content to going at 0-0 at half-
:15:00. > :15:08.time. From Portugal, I would love to see Contra get a little bit more
:15:08. > :15:13.for it, which will release Ronaldo. -- control. -- contralto. It would
:15:13. > :15:19.take a little bit of magic to break the system down. The Czech Republic
:15:19. > :15:23.will be quite happy going into the last five minutes at 0-0.
:15:23. > :15:28.Portugal are slack -- shackled by their own sluggish this?
:15:29. > :15:35.We have not seen at Jiracek or Pilar break free from the system,
:15:35. > :15:40.and we have also not seen much from Nani or Fabio Coentrao getting
:15:40. > :15:43.forward, and I hope the manager will wanted to get forward and we
:15:43. > :15:48.will see something brilliant from Ronaldo.
:15:48. > :15:52.There has not been much so far. You get the impression that Portugal
:15:52. > :15:57.can do it. How can the Czech Republic beat them?
:15:57. > :16:00.They can release the two white Ben, and we have not really seen them
:16:00. > :16:06.get forward. Gebre Selassie has been getting forward in previous
:16:06. > :16:11.games, he has only done it once so far. We have not seen much of
:16:11. > :16:21.Ronaldo working backwards. There is not much for the Czech
:16:21. > :16:21.
:16:21. > :16:26.The guys mentioned about the wide players for the Czechs, that is
:16:26. > :16:31.something you look at. It has not been their normal wing play.
:16:32. > :16:35.Jiracek are going down the left- hand side, when Ze corner. On the
:16:35. > :16:43.other side, Darida goes down and other side, Darida goes down and
:16:43. > :16:48.creates a chance. A decent ball in, just ahead of barrels. And Gebre
:16:48. > :16:51.Selassie a, as Alan Shearer said, the one time he did getting, it was
:16:51. > :16:57.then that right hand side and that is an invitation to Ronaldo to say
:16:57. > :17:01.if he is going forward, I will get space, but it hasn't happened. But
:17:01. > :17:06.I think if they are going to get any joy at all, it is in those
:17:06. > :17:10.areas. But having said that, Portugal are in the ascendancy.
:17:10. > :17:14.they stuck between a rock and a hard place, the Czech Republic? It
:17:14. > :17:18.is all well and good to have players back marking the likes of
:17:18. > :17:23.Nani and Ronaldo but it lessens what you have going forward. There
:17:23. > :17:28.is no danger, it is not going to change. They are not pushing up
:17:28. > :17:33.enough and I think they will speculate on a set piece, a corner
:17:33. > :17:37.kick to score a goal. We are as Portugal have him. If they play the
:17:38. > :17:42.way they did in the last 10 minutes, they will win. Let's hand you back
:17:42. > :17:48.to the second half with Martin Keown and Jonathan Pearce.
:17:48. > :17:53.JONATHAN PEARCE: Bank you very much, Gary. No changes to the team's --
:17:53. > :18:03.thank you. Portugal have already made one substitution with Almeida
:18:03. > :18:04.
:18:04. > :18:09.coming on for Postiga, who had a hamstring injury, we believe. And
:18:09. > :18:12.the goalmouths are just scuffing up, a little bit bare in patches. Heavy
:18:12. > :18:18.rain in Poland during the tournament so far, we had the
:18:18. > :18:23.electric storm, but apart from that, the two countries have been poles
:18:23. > :18:33.apart, it you will excuse the pun, in terms of temperature. The UK and
:18:33. > :18:39.
:18:39. > :18:49.has been taking part. -- the there. He has to score at this
:18:49. > :18:50.
:18:50. > :18:56.level from there. A great run by Meireles, he would sit in. He has
:18:56. > :19:00.got acres of space, he really should be putting bat away -- he
:19:00. > :19:04.whips it in. The European Championships quarter-final, the
:19:04. > :19:09.chances will come at a premium and that one needed to go in from him.
:19:09. > :19:17.He scored a couple of what -- in qualifying. He scored 14 in a
:19:17. > :19:21.Turkish football this season for Besiktas. It was only at Bremen in
:19:21. > :19:29.German football where he scored regularly in what is a fairly long
:19:29. > :19:39.career now. The Czechs were fast asleep at the start. We talked
:19:39. > :20:15.
:20:15. > :20:20.about people running with it but Mikel Platini, the highest scorer
:20:20. > :20:30.in the history of the European Championships -- Mikel Platini. He
:20:30. > :20:47.
:20:47. > :20:55.has scored nine, two ahead of Alan anyone is free, he is going to go
:20:55. > :21:05.and nail them. No attempt to play the ball, he certainly blocked off
:21:05. > :21:30.
:21:30. > :21:37.finals, two European Championship Ronaldo turned quickly with the
:21:37. > :21:47.appeal -- handball against Vladimir Darida. They a good spot by the
:21:47. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:24.Portugal think he got a fingertip to it but Howard Webb says he
:22:24. > :22:30.didn't. It is a fantastic strike, isn't it? I am not sure he got a
:22:30. > :22:34.hand on that. It just clicked the woodwork again. You really have to
:22:35. > :22:42.the brave as a goalkeeper when he is in that situation. He thunders
:22:42. > :22:50.it, the ball is squirming all over the place. Four times they have hit
:22:50. > :23:00.the woodwork now in this competition. All were the efforts,
:23:00. > :23:08.
:23:08. > :23:13.twice Ronaldo in this game. -- of Tomas Rosicky. He is the only
:23:13. > :23:17.game breaker they have on the bench. He will travel with it and he will
:23:17. > :23:27.punish you with his passing, he is a big loss. He is down on the bench
:23:27. > :24:06.
:24:06. > :24:10.and he took part in the warm-up Portugal at the moment are keeping
:24:10. > :24:20.the Czechs back in their own half. Moving it quickly, that is the
:24:20. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:53.name of Milan Baros. 30 years of age now. He has looked a bit
:24:53. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:01.sluggish at times in this discipline in the last couple of
:25:01. > :25:11.years, a couple of brushes with the sort of publicity he wouldn't have
:25:11. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :26:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:26:25. > :26:30.the Czechs from deep could be a problem, because Pepe only has an
:26:30. > :26:34.eye to pick up the striker, Baros. They were well beaten in their
:26:34. > :26:39.opening game against Russia. They scored two goals early against
:26:39. > :26:49.Greece and were fortunate at times against Poland, but they have been
:26:49. > :26:56.
:26:56. > :27:04.disappointing tonight, the Czech great run, he just wants it down.
:27:05. > :27:09.He tries to take it early and put it over. If he had taken the extra
:27:09. > :27:13.touch it would have forced the angle into a poorer situation.
:27:13. > :27:23.has come off his shin, he knows the defender is closing him down and he
:27:23. > :27:27.
:27:28. > :27:37.has to get the shot off. It is all up and down that line. -- You're a
:27:38. > :28:05.
:28:05. > :28:15.is all Portugal. 55% of pick-up -- the way back to the goalkeeper
:28:15. > :28:22.
:28:23. > :28:29.windows in their earlier days -- wingers. They are both very
:28:29. > :28:34.advanced again. The two centre- backs have only got Baros to deal
:28:34. > :28:39.with and he hasn't really been a threat. This man has, Ronaldo. It
:28:39. > :28:49.is a corner kick again. They are giving him too much space. As soon
:28:49. > :29:16.
:29:16. > :29:21.as they have the quality to find fantastic effort from there. Just
:29:21. > :29:31.beat the keeper for pace. Luckily for Petr Cech, the post was there
:29:31. > :29:43.
:29:43. > :29:53.lost in this competition before. Holland's defeat by Denmark. The
:29:53. > :29:55.
:29:55. > :29:59.Republic don't look like springing any surprise. They have almost
:29:59. > :30:03.giving up trying to attack, they are just staying in the game.
:30:03. > :30:07.Surely Ronaldo will not be on the losing side tonight, the way he has
:30:07. > :30:17.played? If they are banking on going to penalties, there is a long
:30:17. > :30:17.
:30:17. > :31:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:31:40. > :31:50.officials. Nani just Delaney cross for long enough. -- delaying the
:31:50. > :31:53.
:31:53. > :31:56.cross. It is always a joy to see those forwards running offside!
:31:56. > :32:06.And Arsenal centre-half with his hand in the air appealing for
:32:06. > :32:27.
:32:27. > :32:31.offside. How many times have we and the chance the Czech Republic
:32:32. > :32:41.have been waiting for has come and gone.
:32:42. > :33:05.
:33:05. > :33:15.A reminder of Pilar's quality, he his father played in the 1996 final
:33:15. > :33:27.
:33:27. > :33:37.referee does not agree. Jiracek just coming into the
:33:37. > :33:39.
:33:39. > :33:45.central position, causing a problem. It will be a man who has already
:33:45. > :33:55.played a role in this competition. Darida comes off, and the man who
:33:55. > :33:59.
:33:59. > :34:09.comes on his Jan Rezek. Started the competition, was then dropped to
:34:09. > :34:48.
:34:48. > :34:58.the bench after the first 45 the door on Nani. This is a big
:34:58. > :35:25.
:35:26. > :35:35.position with Rezek coming on the Republic.
:35:35. > :35:45.Very optimistic from Baros. It is high and wide. Almost a desperate
:35:45. > :36:01.
:36:01. > :36:05.attempt. This is Nanny's effort goal attempts, but the Czech
:36:05. > :36:15.Republic have just come back in terms of possession in the last few
:36:15. > :36:49.
:36:49. > :36:56.moving a long way in the air. Good goalkeeping.
:36:56. > :37:06.Petr Cech is in the eye of the storm. Another outstanding save.
:37:06. > :37:37.
:37:37. > :37:46.Top goalkeeper. Mitie neo- hit it qualifying, that would have been
:37:46. > :37:51.his first in the finals. -- Joao Moutinho.
:37:51. > :37:57.He should be hitting the back of the net with that. They cannot keep
:37:57. > :38:03.giving away these sorts of opportunities. Almeida, shocking
:38:03. > :38:13.header. You can watch highlight of
:38:13. > :38:17.
:38:17. > :38:21.tomorrow's quarter-final, Germany favourites for the competition, but
:38:21. > :38:31.there is a growing belief that the English boys can do it, and why
:38:31. > :38:35.
:38:35. > :38:41.but he still gave Cech a panicky moment!
:38:41. > :38:51.Yes, the big man got his feet sorted out there. Com is put --, as
:38:51. > :39:15.
:39:15. > :39:20.personified, he has got a Champions Kadlec's sales.
:39:20. > :39:30.The goalkeeper has to come up for this, he just takes the goalkeeper
:39:30. > :39:36.
:39:36. > :39:43.out. He is positive, and I love to he is big and long, he does not
:39:43. > :39:48.look as if he is carrying any sort of excess weight at all, he is so
:39:49. > :39:54.lean and life, but that is some weight that hits you.
:39:54. > :39:58.Goalkeepers always going with any up. Defenders always come off
:39:58. > :40:08.second best! I got hit a few times like that myself.
:40:08. > :40:16.
:40:16. > :40:21.and he has seen Petr Cech make a couple of very good saves. Portugal
:40:21. > :40:28.have had 13 efforts on the Czech goal, the Czechs have just made two,
:40:28. > :40:32.Adnan on target. -- and none on target.
:40:32. > :40:42.If Petr Cech does not come for that poor, there is a danger that
:40:42. > :41:11.
:41:11. > :41:17.Ronaldo flics that on. Grade's the last 20 minutes, Limbersky
:41:17. > :41:21.looks as if he is tiring. Nani is to sort his game up, his
:41:21. > :41:31.decision-making. Ronaldo appeals for a corner, gets
:41:31. > :41:35.it. I think Howard Webb has changed his mind. He has looked up at the
:41:35. > :41:40.assistant referee, had a goal kick is now given. Initially, the corner
:41:40. > :41:48.flag had been pointed at by the referee.
:41:48. > :41:53.I think they have got it wrong. No, a good decision. Maybe there is a
:41:53. > :41:58.bit of delay on the extra official getting the decision. -- getting
:41:58. > :42:08.the decision proved. The Martin Atkinson is behind the
:42:08. > :42:08.
:42:08. > :42:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:42:49. > :42:52.goal. They have these radio nothing wrong with that tackle. The
:42:52. > :43:02.Portuguese player did not get a shout.
:43:02. > :43:03.
:43:03. > :43:09.He just wanted to belong. -- he just wanted to long.
:43:09. > :43:16.He has hit his ankle or something. He has been substituted in their
:43:16. > :43:22.three games so far, Silvestre Varela has, on a couple of times
:43:22. > :43:32.and indeed scored the winner against Denmark. -- Silvestre
:43:32. > :43:32.
:43:32. > :45:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:45:04. > :45:08.right back. The Portuguese full- by Pepe and when it comes to
:45:08. > :45:14.Meireles, really he should be hitting the target. He just flashed
:45:14. > :45:18.at it. He nearly hit the great a vaulted roof of the stadium. He
:45:18. > :45:22.said to me beforehand that he thought it was like a cathedral
:45:22. > :45:32.before hand. It is the most unique atmosphere I have ever been into.
:45:32. > :45:42.
:45:42. > :45:49.summer, Madonna. But it will be the national stadium. Hugo Almeida just
:45:49. > :45:55.offside. The old stadium he er, the tenth anniversary Stadium, had
:45:55. > :46:05.rather crumpled into disrepair. had become a flea-market, actually.
:46:05. > :46:28.
:46:28. > :46:32.I have to say, the line -- linesmen half well, have just gone back into
:46:33. > :46:42.their shell a little bit. They just can't get Ronaldo on the ball at
:46:43. > :46:43.
:46:43. > :47:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:47:23. > :47:33.starting to cut a forlorn figure deflection. Portugal have another
:47:33. > :47:39.corner -- looped up and over. was another good move. Just getting
:47:39. > :47:49.enough on it. Meireles did well to hold off the challenge and slip it
:47:49. > :48:05.
:48:05. > :48:15.was his header away. And Pienaar has been filed. A bad Pilar has
:48:15. > :48:19.
:48:19. > :48:29.have had 66 attempts on goal in 3.5 games in this competition, Portugal.
:48:29. > :48:43.
:48:43. > :48:49.-- they have had. But they haven't thought he was felled by a Pepe,
:48:49. > :48:54.who whacked a finger at him. -- Waggett. The knowing the player, I
:48:54. > :48:59.am gambling that is a foul. The ash knowing the player, I am gambling
:48:59. > :49:05.that is a foul. Just to remind you, you can see England against Italy
:49:05. > :49:09.exclusively live on the BBC, Sunday evening at 7pm. All of the England
:49:09. > :49:19.games from now on I'll live on the BBC. The winners of this will play
:49:19. > :49:27.
:49:27. > :49:33.the winners of Spain or France -- Almeida was begging for the ball.
:49:33. > :49:37.What a waste again. You just want that quality in the final third and
:49:37. > :49:41.it doesn't seem to be here today. He didn't look up, you can see the
:49:41. > :49:51.centre forward right in there. has just got to pick him out, punch
:49:51. > :50:26.
:50:26. > :50:35.Portuguese, are they going to let Kadlec, vital there. Kadlec track
:50:35. > :50:45.is man brilliantly. -- track his man. He has done so well since he
:50:45. > :51:19.
:51:19. > :51:26.went back into the centre in this showed too much of it. But it is a
:51:26. > :51:36.ball that bad ball out by Limbersky. -- a bad ball out. This is a good
:51:36. > :51:38.
:51:38. > :51:41.run, a very good run. Jiracek's cross. A tree Co came. -- Patricio.
:51:41. > :51:51.And the quick release, Portugal realise that time is going away
:51:51. > :51:59.
:51:59. > :52:09.They need a midfield player to make that run, to go forward. They don't
:52:09. > :52:20.
:52:20. > :52:26.do it -- seemed to have that energy be his tournament? Could it be the
:52:26. > :52:31.year that Ronaldo finally get international silverware? The year
:52:31. > :52:38.that he becomes a true international legend as well as a
:52:38. > :52:41.club legend? A magnificently taken goal. Yes, right on cue. We were
:52:41. > :52:47.asking for a midfield player to make the run, Moutinho makes the
:52:47. > :52:52.run this time, a great cross and he does the rest, Ronaldo. Look at the
:52:52. > :52:57.run, brilliant off the ball. He would sit in and he is so good in
:52:57. > :53:07.the air, no chance for the keeper. -- he whips it in. Once you headed
:53:07. > :53:07.
:53:07. > :53:16.down, no chance. -- ahead it down. Petr Cech couldn't keep it out. His
:53:16. > :53:26.third goal in two games. He is on fire, isn't he? You can see what it
:53:26. > :53:35.
:53:35. > :53:39.himself at international level and not his country, in the best
:53:39. > :53:44.interests of Portugal, but he turned to the fans, bellowed, and
:53:44. > :53:50.got a huge ovation. And you are seeing the composure that he showed
:53:50. > :54:00.in the Dutch game, and now you are seeing that raw belief that he has.
:54:00. > :54:15.
:54:15. > :54:25.And that simple ability, he is just he will have played almost 12
:54:25. > :54:37.
:54:37. > :54:47.months of consecutive football. 70 competition as a whole, he got
:54:47. > :54:47.
:54:47. > :55:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:55:37. > :55:43.goalkeeping, because he will have saying that so late from behind
:55:43. > :55:49.Ronaldo. He is an outstanding goalkeeper. It is that run from
:55:49. > :55:59.deep again, just the extra player. He seems to have so much time as a
:55:59. > :56:09.
:56:09. > :56:19.custodian, the defensive midfield player, is about to come on --
:56:19. > :56:27.
:56:27. > :56:34.Custodio, the defensive midfield door. That is the goal. He covers
:56:34. > :56:36.so much ground to get there. Listen, he is so fired up. It is the
:56:36. > :56:46.movement off the ball, the hunger and the willingness to get on the
:56:46. > :57:00.
:57:00. > :57:10.end of it, and then he has the midfield player -- Custodio has
:57:10. > :57:25.
:57:25. > :57:29.come on. He will play in behind the because he was being towed dollar
:57:29. > :57:34.over the place and when he couldn't gain the advantage, Howard Webb are
:57:35. > :57:44.Blue -- he was getting pulled. Howard Webb is having a very good
:57:45. > :57:50.
:57:50. > :57:55.game. A I think he is having a very enough to stop Portugal in the end
:57:55. > :57:59.and I think they will be disappointed that they hadn't had
:57:59. > :58:04.an effort on target. The game plan was to hold, hold, hold and that
:58:04. > :58:08.was it. Park the bus and see if they could protect their goal,
:58:08. > :58:15.maybe breakout. There was one that will run by Pilar in the second
:58:15. > :58:21.half. -- one a little run. But they just laughed and attacking cutting
:58:21. > :58:31.edge. -- they have just been lacking and that tacking cutting
:58:31. > :58:58.
:58:58. > :59:08.than the rest. Here comes the Czech Republic substitution. Tomas
:59:08. > :59:14.
:59:14. > :59:21.Pekhart will command, a centre- his third appearance of these
:59:21. > :59:26.finals. 10 goals in Germany this season, but it is a big ask for him
:59:27. > :59:36.now. He scored the winner against England end the U21 Championship
:59:37. > :59:40.
:59:40. > :59:50.Here is Meireles from range. We know he can thump them from there,
:59:50. > :00:17.
:00:17. > :00:26.he has done for both Liverpool and very things. Almeida has played
:00:26. > :00:35.because of the injury to Postiga. The referee has a glance at Ronaldo
:00:35. > :00:43.and a wry look at walks away. Howard is right again. Ronaldo's ft
:00:43. > :00:53.on mesmerising at times. -- Ronaldo's feet are mesmerising at
:00:53. > :01:22.
:01:22. > :01:27.Portugal, who have been the only really attacking side in the game,
:01:27. > :01:34.prepared to make sure they are defensively durable as well in the
:01:34. > :01:42.last two minutes. They now have three centre-backs on the field of
:01:42. > :01:52.play, two defensive midfielders. Rolando was born in Cape Verde
:01:52. > :02:03.
:02:03. > :02:13.I do not like to be too critical, but that has been like his
:02:13. > :02:14.
:02:14. > :02:24.performance for me. Very average. 20 Everts, 70 in the competition.
:02:24. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:37.The team, that is, not him. -- 20 Czech Republic fans begin to look
:02:37. > :02:42.resigned. They need to grab the Rinaldo in
:02:42. > :02:45.cotton wool between now won the semi-final. -- they need to grab it
:02:46. > :02:55.Ronaldo in cotton wool. I think about him, they will be pretty
:02:56. > :03:10.
:03:10. > :03:15.at one or two of them throughout the evening.
:03:15. > :03:25.He has fought manfully. He will miss the semi-final if the
:03:25. > :03:25.
:03:25. > :04:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:04:10. > :04:19.Czech Republic come back into the man, he has just been booked. He
:04:19. > :04:23.has lost his head. He will not want to pick up any suspensions with the
:04:23. > :04:30.World Cup campaign coming up, they have Italy in their group, and
:04:30. > :04:40.Denmark as well, much-improved to Denmark. The Czech Republic have
:04:40. > :04:59.
:04:59. > :05:06.done very well to get to this stage, played his man, he certainly was
:05:06. > :05:16.not looking at the ball. The stage was set for Ronaldo, he took centre
:05:16. > :05:16.
:05:16. > :06:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:06:03. > :06:11.player in his time, a good ride problem for Alves and the
:06:11. > :06:14.Portuguese defence. Cech has gone forward. This would cause a
:06:14. > :06:24.sensation that if he could score here. He has kept Portugal at bay
:06:24. > :06:53.
:06:53. > :06:57.He has called control. -- he has caught Fabio Coentrao. I think the
:06:57. > :07:04.referee may have sent him off but for the fact we are in the closing
:07:04. > :07:08.stages of the Czech Republic's appearance in these finals.
:07:08. > :07:16.He is running like an express train, trying to get his team back in it.
:07:16. > :07:26.No malice in that challenge, for me. Well done, Howard Webb.
:07:26. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:40.Cech is now back -- back in his the semi-final of Euro 2012, and
:07:40. > :07:44.there Titanic leader has taken them through. It was billed as the
:07:44. > :07:49.Ronaldo showed, and that is the way it turned out. Hit the woodwork
:07:49. > :07:55.twice, he was foiled by the goalkeeper but finally, a brilliant
:07:55. > :08:00.header 11 minutes from time. He can bellow with delight. Ronaldo, match
:08:00. > :08:04.winner in front of his former heroes. And the Czech Republic are
:08:04. > :08:14.out, had Portugal sailed through, with Ronaldo getting better and
:08:14. > :08:15.
:08:15. > :08:21.better. STUDIO: Portugal are our first
:08:21. > :08:27.semi-finalist. The woodwork denied in towards the end of the first
:08:27. > :08:30.half, Cristiano Ronaldo found the net at the end of the second half.
:08:30. > :08:34.The Czech supporters and players are in it -- no doubt usually
:08:34. > :08:40.despondent, never really threatened in the game at all, all they could
:08:40. > :08:47.do was try and keep that man out. In the end, by sheer determination,
:08:48. > :08:54.he made it happen. Portugal had the better of the
:08:54. > :09:01.chances. I did not think the result was in question. The two best
:09:01. > :09:09.players, Mid T neo- and Ronaldo, combined to score the goal. -- Joao
:09:09. > :09:16.Moutinho. It was all Portugal. A win for Portugal, Jurgen?
:09:16. > :09:22.Absolutely. The Czech Republic did not do enough.
:09:22. > :09:29.Was that because of ineptitude? I think they wanted to speculate on
:09:29. > :09:33.a set piece, but you cannot play a knockout game like that. The nice
:09:33. > :09:40.thing to see what in the second half that not only was Ronaldo a
:09:40. > :09:45.constant threat, the players around him, they stepped it up. Routine
:09:45. > :09:53.ear, Nani came into the game. It was far more alive than the first
:09:53. > :10:01.half. -- Joao Moutinho. We witness the different emotions
:10:01. > :10:05.that you get in football. Even the cameraman seemed upset! For the
:10:05. > :10:09.Czech Republic players, it is over for them, but the euphoria
:10:09. > :10:14.continues for Portugal. The Czech Republic team will be
:10:14. > :10:18.disappointed, but they worked hard. As Jurgen said, they did not try
:10:18. > :10:22.and make the name -- win the game, and it summed up their performance
:10:22. > :10:26.at the end when they had the chance with the corner, said the
:10:26. > :10:28.goalkeeper up, and kicked the ball out of the box. It summed up their
:10:28. > :10:32.quality. On the other side, I quality. On the other side, I
:10:32. > :10:37.thought Portugal were full of quality, and they are a dangerous
:10:37. > :10:44.side. They were frustrated at times, but deserved to win.
:10:44. > :10:50.The story is Ronaldo. How good is He is world class, he is
:10:50. > :11:00.exceptional, in the top three in the world alongside Lionel Messi
:11:00. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:06.and Xavi or in the estate. -- investor. -- address any Esther.
:11:06. > :11:14.The rest of his team-mates have to pull themselves closer to this
:11:14. > :11:19.level. I thought Joao Moutinho was the
:11:19. > :11:26.better player. Ronaldo will take the headlines, but he was brilliant
:11:26. > :11:31.against the Dutch. Time and space are the hallmarks of great players,
:11:31. > :11:35.as being portance of getting it and giving it. He just controlled the
:11:35. > :11:42.game, it was a phenomenal performance.
:11:42. > :11:46.Portugal were your dog courses before the tournament, whence they?
:11:46. > :11:52.If you have got Ronaldo in your side, then you have always got a
:11:52. > :11:58.chance. -- dark horses.
:11:58. > :12:01.At times they have moved the ball better. Against the Germans, for
:12:01. > :12:05.the first 60 minutes, it was a waste of time, they defended too
:12:05. > :12:09.deep and had too many men before the ball -- behind the ball, but
:12:09. > :12:13.after they conceded, they hammered the Germans will stop they are a
:12:13. > :12:18.good time -- a good side. I think they have to do better
:12:18. > :12:21.century. I thought Veloso and Meireles were poor. I think there
:12:21. > :12:27.will be exposed against better teams.
:12:27. > :12:33.What about the goal? Terrific determination. He went in there and
:12:33. > :12:39.it really mattered for him. If you see where he was, he was
:12:39. > :12:49.outside the box, and he made the sprint to run into the box, and it
:12:49. > :13:02.
:13:02. > :13:08.Gebre Selassie was beaten, he has got to see him coming.
:13:08. > :13:15.It is difficult at that speed. Yes, but he did not even see him
:13:15. > :13:18.coming. A great reaction from Luis Figo!
:13:18. > :13:23.They have produced some great players.
:13:23. > :13:28.Truly great players. Joao Moutinho in the build up, get past the last
:13:28. > :13:32.defender, a great ball into the box. For me, they do the big two players
:13:32. > :13:37.tonight. They started believing. The minute
:13:37. > :13:44.they beat Holland, they are in the semi-finals, and Ronaldo, he has
:13:44. > :13:50.the class, the leadership. What would you do with a two in
:13:50. > :13:56.midfield? They have tremendous work-rate. It
:13:56. > :14:01.is getting to a point where it is probably a mind game.
:14:01. > :14:09.Veloso looks like he has about 24 stone. I think the two centre-backs
:14:09. > :14:13.are really good. In attacking mode, I do have got Ronaldo and Joao
:14:13. > :14:17.Moutinho. I think it is the ones in the middle he or I am not sure
:14:17. > :14:22.about. Throughout the night, Ronaldo was
:14:22. > :14:28.the constant threat. We were talking throughout the game
:14:28. > :14:32.and saying that there is nothing he cannot do. What is his weakness? He
:14:32. > :14:42.very rarely does anything wrong except from Greg frustrated when
:14:42. > :14:50.
:14:50. > :14:58.his team-mates cannot get him the The bite back played him onside
:14:58. > :15:03.there. -- the right back. The control, the term, it is
:15:03. > :15:13.fantastic. You can watch it time and time again.
:15:13. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:25.is a nothing ball and he makes it into a good ball. And watch what
:15:25. > :15:32.happens here. We are trying to work out what he did. With the slow
:15:32. > :15:40.motion, this is a trick and a half. The full-back has got twisted blood.
:15:40. > :15:45.They call that good technique. wasn't a penalty, by the way.
:15:45. > :15:50.love getting people's views on this, are you a Lionel Messi or a Ronaldo
:15:50. > :15:54.are you a Lionel Messi or a Ronaldo man? Lionel Messi. He has got
:15:54. > :16:00.weaknesses, he is not as good in the air, but if I was going to pay
:16:00. > :16:05.to play -- what one of them, I would pay to watch Lionel Messi.
:16:05. > :16:10.Jurgen? It is down to the chemistry of the team, so how does this work
:16:10. > :16:13.with a high energy Ronaldo that you have, how much energy does he give
:16:13. > :16:18.to the whole team environment? Lionel Messi is a pure giver,
:16:18. > :16:23.always one of the lads, always around, giving and giving. Ronaldo
:16:23. > :16:28.is a more ego-driven, which also helps him when he does that run and
:16:28. > :16:34.scores that goal. So he is a big difference maker, but how much does
:16:34. > :16:39.that kind of Kent into a team environment and the chemistry of a
:16:39. > :16:42.team? That is what wins a tournament. As a central defender,
:16:42. > :16:49.you always ask which one you would play against, and I would rather
:16:49. > :16:56.play against Ronaldo.Yet to find a top professional that goes for
:16:57. > :17:01.Ronaldo, it is frustrating for him. If you gave me the choice, I am
:17:01. > :17:04.taking Ronaldo! He would be the best player in the world of Lionel
:17:04. > :17:07.Messi wasn't around. The Portuguese Messi wasn't around. The Portuguese
:17:07. > :17:11.had other chances in the second half. They did, it was chance after
:17:11. > :17:16.chance. They pushed the Czech Republic back. Almeida should have
:17:16. > :17:25.done a lot better. That was after Jurgen told me he was a great
:17:25. > :17:35.finisher! He needs more games. and Moutinho, a great hit, great
:17:35. > :17:40.save. And it was all Portugal. That is a good block. Kadlec played well,
:17:40. > :17:44.the centre-back. The it was a very one-sided game, particularly the
:17:44. > :17:48.second half. We try to build a case in the first of all the Czech
:17:48. > :17:51.Republic but ultimately Jurgen was right, saying you cannot win a
:17:51. > :17:55.right, saying you cannot win a knockout game like that. The gave
:17:55. > :18:00.us the first 10 minutes and that was said. What is required there is
:18:00. > :18:05.a view from pitch-side, it is back to Alan And Jake.
:18:05. > :18:09.As the Portuguese fans walk out into the cool night, they breathe a
:18:09. > :18:14.sigh of relief. They have done it but only just. He was a man who
:18:14. > :18:18.scored a lot with his forehead, what did you make of a Ronaldo's?
:18:18. > :18:22.It was that desire and hunger to get into that place to score goals.
:18:22. > :18:27.If you look at where he started his run on the left-hand touchline, to
:18:27. > :18:31.get into the box, a great cross from Moutinho, and as I have said,
:18:31. > :18:34.it is up to the forwards to get onto it and Ronaldo has certainly
:18:34. > :18:39.done that and he has got his team into the semi-final. And deservedly
:18:39. > :18:43.so, they were the only team who wanted to win. As for the Czechs,
:18:43. > :18:47.you get into the tournament through the play-offs, get badly beaten in
:18:47. > :18:51.your first game and somehow find yourselves in the quarter-finals,
:18:51. > :18:54.so disappointing to produce such an impotent performance. They never
:18:54. > :18:58.looked like winning, I can't remember them troubling the
:18:58. > :19:02.Portuguese goalkeeper at all, so they didn't deserve to go through.
:19:02. > :19:06.It shows what a poor group they were in, they won that group.
:19:06. > :19:09.Looking ahead to the game tomorrow night, the Greeks did not even
:19:09. > :19:16.manage to win their group and they take on Germany, what can we
:19:16. > :19:20.expect? A Germany win, simple. all in all, pleased to see Ronaldo
:19:20. > :19:23.still in the competition? Death Neddy, he was the stand-out player
:19:23. > :19:27.tonight and he probably was in the last three games -- definitely.
:19:27. > :19:31.When you have him, you always have a chance. It is hard to know
:19:31. > :19:41.whether they did it or he did it, but either way, Portugal are into
:19:41. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:46.We will not stay out of the Warsaw stadium for longer because we can
:19:46. > :19:50.hear from Nani, who is with Steve Wilson.
:19:50. > :19:58.Congratulations, you are through to the semi-finals, but a cup game.
:19:58. > :20:05.Yes, very tough game. The -- tough game. I think everyone was
:20:05. > :20:09.fantastic on the pitch. It was a great effort by both players, so
:20:09. > :20:14.satisfied with the result. You have been consistent through this
:20:14. > :20:18.tournament, but it gets harder every match. Yes, now it is going
:20:19. > :20:23.to be more difficult every game. But all of the team is confident,
:20:23. > :20:27.very confident, about the next game and now we have to rest and prepare
:20:27. > :20:31.for the big match. It was just beginning to look quite frustrating
:20:31. > :20:40.for you, because chances were coming and Petr Cech was playing
:20:40. > :20:44.well and it was getting harder. we had a couple of chances, but
:20:44. > :20:49.finally Ronaldo scored a goal and we won the game, that is the most
:20:49. > :20:53.important thing. Everyone is happy. Well done.
:20:53. > :20:57.This time on Sunday, we will probably be going through the
:20:57. > :21:07.turmoil that is extra time, praying for a bit of magic, a great strike
:21:07. > :21:08.
:21:08. > :21:18.are ready for trouble. All I come off for now is -- can offer now is
:21:18. > :21:18.
:21:18. > :22:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:22:03. > :22:09.Lethal Blizzle. I am reliably informed that dench
:22:09. > :22:17.is the word to describe that. Let's get over to Gabby Logan. In an
:22:17. > :22:23.England press conference today, and it was revealed that he would step
:22:23. > :22:30.up and take a penalty if it came to and do it -- down to that. -- came
:22:30. > :22:34.down to that. He did so in Sweden in the Under 21 championships, but
:22:34. > :22:39.he didn't get through to the final after goading the Swedish players.
:22:39. > :22:44.He wouldn't discuss Mario Balotelli today but he did say it would be
:22:44. > :22:48.fun to play against him. The Italian press see it slightly
:22:48. > :22:50.differently, they see it as Balotelli against England and those
:22:50. > :22:55.circles are the various confrontations he has had with key
:22:55. > :23:01.England players, although Joe Hart say it is not players that wind him
:23:01. > :23:06.up, it is things off the pitch. He has also been a topic of
:23:06. > :23:11.conversation in the Italian squad, the reason his fellow player put
:23:11. > :23:15.his hand over his mouth was because he was going to say something to
:23:15. > :23:20.the Italian management and Balotelli later thanked him. Both
:23:20. > :23:22.camps interestingly are very relaxed, no infighting, everyone is
:23:22. > :23:26.going along very harmonious and they both see themselves as the
:23:26. > :23:31.underdog, they are both in a state of transition and you can't help
:23:31. > :23:35.but make the comparison between the two sides. As for training today,
:23:35. > :23:39.all 22 players that were present trained. Jermain Defoe return home
:23:39. > :23:44.for his father's funeral but is expected back tomorrow. Everything
:23:44. > :23:46.is rosy in Krakow at the moment. is rosy in Krakow at the moment.
:23:46. > :23:52.Good to hear it. A reminder that the BBC is the place to be full
:23:52. > :23:58.coverage of England against Italy this Sunday. We are live in Kiev
:23:58. > :24:01.are from 7pm on BBC One. Meanwhile, England's women have moved a step
:24:01. > :24:07.closer to the Euro 2013 finals with a four-goal victory in Slovenia
:24:07. > :24:09.tonight. A win in their final match at home to Croatia will see them
:24:09. > :24:15.at home to Croatia will see them qualify as group winners, you can
:24:15. > :24:18.see that game live on the BBC in September. Jurgen, I asked you
:24:18. > :24:22.about England earlier on, but she played the Italians and you are now
:24:22. > :24:29.the coach, of course, for the US national side and you gave them a
:24:29. > :24:36.good spanking. What is the secret? We beat them 1-0, surprisingly, in
:24:36. > :24:40.Genoa. It is a good side. They are a team in transition, in a certain
:24:40. > :24:43.way, yes. The manager changed the system and he is a little bit
:24:43. > :24:50.attacking -- more attacking minded, even if the last game did not look
:24:50. > :24:54.like that, so they have fresh blood coming into the team. Obviously
:24:54. > :24:57.Balotelli plays a major role, at both ends, positive and negative of
:24:57. > :25:03.them, but they have a lot of quality, they have a lot of quality
:25:03. > :25:06.in that team and experience as well. When we played them, this -- they
:25:06. > :25:11.could have scored two or three goals, we were a bit lucky in the
:25:11. > :25:15.beginning. It is a good side and I think we are going to see a very
:25:15. > :25:19.exciting game on Sunday. I will come back to you in just the second
:25:19. > :25:23.because we can return to Walsall where Ronaldo is waiting to talk to
:25:23. > :25:29.us. That Warsaw. You have come out to be incredibly difficult group
:25:29. > :25:35.and now a very Cup semi-final. we have to realise what the team do.
:25:35. > :25:39.We didn't play well, created chances, hit the post, but the
:25:39. > :25:43.priority is to get to the semi- finals, so we are happy for that,
:25:43. > :25:47.we know it will be difficult next game but we are ready and confident
:25:47. > :25:51.that the team is very mature, so we are ready for the fight.
:25:51. > :25:57.frustrating was it for you? You hit the woodwork twice, at Petr Cech
:25:57. > :26:01.played great. I remember the last game, I hit the post twice as well,
:26:01. > :26:07.but today, it was important that I scored, the team win, the team
:26:07. > :26:12.played very good, and we are in the semi-finals, so we are very happy.
:26:12. > :26:18.Big smiles all round. Of course, big smiles and good music. Then Q.
:26:18. > :26:22.Excellent, good to here. Germany play Greece in the next semi-final,
:26:22. > :26:26.there must be a degree of confidence in their homeland?
:26:26. > :26:31.Absolutely, we expect as Czech Republic to go to the final, that
:26:31. > :26:37.is the simple way it is. There is the possibility that you might meet
:26:37. > :26:42.England! But I mean Greece goes into that game and has nothing to
:26:42. > :26:45.lose at all. And they will go in to defend and maybe come out for a set
:26:45. > :26:49.piece of something surprising, something on the break, and they
:26:49. > :26:55.need to be prepared for that. We haven't seen the real Germany yet,
:26:55. > :26:58.I think they are playing at 75%. not deliberately, surely? I think
:26:58. > :27:01.they can be much better, but I think it depends on how the
:27:01. > :27:06.opponents look at them because the opponents so far have been too
:27:06. > :27:10.afraid of them. Do you think there will be harmony in the stadium, the
:27:10. > :27:17.Germans against the Greeks, the way things are going? On the financial
:27:17. > :27:22.markets? Well, I think there will be some tension, that is part of it,
:27:22. > :27:32.and I hope we will see a good game. How good a job is Joe Jemma Lowe
:27:32. > :27:32.
:27:32. > :27:36.doing? He is doing an amazing job. He was my number two, and he he has
:27:36. > :27:41.carried on the pulse of the, he has had a lot of players coming through
:27:41. > :27:44.the German youth system -- he has carried on the philosophy. We
:27:44. > :27:49.changed it at few years ago. The it seems to have done the trick, you
:27:49. > :27:55.are producing some great players. And he has amazing talent sitting
:27:55. > :28:01.on the bench, waiting for just a couple of minutes to play. He is a
:28:01. > :28:06.very positive character, very calm, good leadership, and he has kept
:28:06. > :28:12.the entire staff that I built over the two years up to the 12,006
:28:12. > :28:19.World Cup. -- 2006 World Cup. would be lovely to beaches in the
:28:19. > :28:23.semis. Yes, us to. That would be a really good game. It is hard to
:28:23. > :28:25.look past Germany in this game. think it will be Germany. The game
:28:25. > :28:29.against Denmark, there was a penalty, it could have been
:28:29. > :28:33.different, but Germany look like they can step up at any moment.
:28:33. > :28:37.don't think we have seen the best of the Germans. They have got some
:28:37. > :28:41.great players, phenomenal players, and I think they will get better.
:28:41. > :28:46.We haven't seen the best of England either. There you go, it is a
:28:46. > :28:50.promise for you. That will be our next game, but we will have
:28:50. > :28:55.highlight of the other two. Thank you, Jurgen, you will be joining us
:28:55. > :29:01.in Poland and the Ukraine. That is it from us as Portugal and Granada