Czech Republic v Portugal Match of the Day Live

Good evening, we've reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 and

it's time to answer some big questions. How good are Spain? Are

the Germans re-emerging? Is Ronaldo the best player in the tournament?

Can England go all the way? And what do the fifth officials

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It's all to play for. Tonight we have the first of the quarter-

finals, and a European Championship first - a last-eight meeting

between two countries who lost their opening encounters, the Czech

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How about that! They have done it, Only one nation won all three of

their group games, guess who? Yes, of course, Germany. So who better

to welcome alongside Alan and Lee than our favourite German, Jurgen

Klinsmann? Always good to see you. Enjoyed the

tournament so far? Yes, it is wide-open, anything can

happen. It has been quite open in terms of

the weightings are playing, we have seen entertaining matches?

Yes, we have seen the usual big names going through, but also some

surprises. Holland have been a big disappointment. If you look at all

the games, anything is possible going forward. Anybody can beat

anybody. Anybody can even beat Spain!

It is an unpredictable tournament, but Ronaldo took a bit of time to

warm up, but he is part of a Portuguese line-up that is

unchanged for a 4th consecutive game. A special player?

Absolutely, and what he needs to become a really special player is a

trophy, a European Championship or World Cup. He has that chance now.

Against the Germans he was nearly there, and against the duchy was

phenomenal. Everyone says the Dutch played very openly, but he was

absolutely fantastic on that left- hand side cutting in and showing

what a great player he is. We talk about the two a great feat, the

strength, the power in the air, the shooting ability, but like Jurgen

says, he has to do it in a major tournament, and this could be at.

The Czechs were the first team to qualify with a negative goal

difference. I am sure they have not lost sleep about that. What do you

think of them? Their first game was an eye-opener,

and since then they have got better. Any team can beat any team at this

stage, and they can cause Portugal problems. They have got pace in the

wide areas with Pilar and Jiracek. Both of them attacked the full-

backs, so although there is Ronaldo on one side and Nani on the other

for Portugal, you will see the same for the Czech Republic. They will

cause some problems. Whether they have got enough, I am not so sure?

Petr Cech has had a topsy-turvy tournament. He has struggled.

Yes, he played so well for Chelsea in the Champions League. We all

know he is a quality goalkeeper, he has come to this tournament in

great form, and he has been patchy, he really has.

D'you see goals coming in this game? Portugal have only got one

clean sheet in 10 games, Ronaldo has caused every game that he plays.

We have got the Czech Republic who have scored in 12 of their last 13

matches. I see a couple of goals tonight, I

guess. Ronaldo is the player to watch. He cuts in from the left-

hand side and get space. I watched the first to two games of the Czech

Republic, and they left a lot of space behind their full-backs.

I think Portugal can go all the way. They have got it could to central

defenders, they have got a couple of players playing very well, and

they have Ronaldo. In Warsaw this evening for us is

the second highest-scorer in European Championship history, Alan

Shearer, and the second-highest person in European Championship

history, Jake Humphrey. Welcome back to Warsaw, where the

tournament kicked off. Tonight, it is a more serious atmosphere. It is

knockout football, you have played in these games. What is it like for

the players? The pressure is high. No mistakes

are allowed. The Steam team's got in by the play-offs, both lost

their first game, but they are in the quarter-final with a great

chance of getting to the semi-final. Portugal's hopes rest on the

shoulders of Ronaldo. I am expecting much the same from

him. He has numerous attempts on goal, two goals, and I think we

will be in for a treat. He is not the only one. The Czechs

have got good wide players as well. Yes, on both the right hand side

and the left-hand side. PLR has two goals, so we should be a good game.

-- Pilar. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk teens he

barely made it, one win from the semi-finals. -- two teams.

How do you see it panning out? The cheques will not be as open to

begin with, but they have got pace on the wings, and they like to bomb

forward. -- the Czech Republic. Jurgen, sometimes Portugal have

played very negatively and left Ronaldo isolated. But they have now

were it appears quite good going forward!

They need to get him it in the game right from the beginning. If he

comes in from the left or moves in from the ride, that is the big

advantage, he can play everywhere. But the other three midfielders

have to do a lot of work to cover for him and make sure that once

they lose the ball, they are organised defensively.

I cannot see that the Czech Republic can handle him. If you

look at the gain, Portugal against the Dutch, if the Czech Republic

play open, Portugal will hammer them. I think the Czech Republic

will start of pretty tight, and I cannot see them pushing a lot of

players forward. I will do with Portugal as well.

This quarter-final promises much, it's the Czech Republic versus

Portugal. The commentators in Warsaw are Martin Keown and

Petr Cech and Ronaldo a weight. A good evening, everyone, from the

beautiful national stadium in Warsaw. Hopes and dreams are built

venue, just as they have been in this competition for these two

nations. It is only the second time two team is beaten in their first

game have reached this stage. The roof is closed, it is a lovely

evening. 50,000 people are here to see if Portugal are indeed a one-

man team or if the Czech Republic are better than their individual

proverbs that work here. We have seen what Ronaldo can do, but had

he done it -- can he dominate the finals like Maradona in 1986? Does

he have the desire to take the competition by the scruff of the

neck? A strutting Peacock or a # Nacao valente, imortal.

# Levantai hoje de novo. # O esplendor de Portugal!

# Entre as brumas da memoria. # O Patria, sente-se a voz.

# Dos teus egregios avos. # Que ha-de guiar-te a vitoria!

# As armas, as armas! # Sobre a terra, sobre o mar.

# As armas, as armas! # Pela Patria lutar.

# Contra os canhoes marchar, # Voda huci po lucinach.

# Bory sumi po skalinach. # V sade skvi se jara kvet.

# Zemsky raj to na pohled! # A to je ta krasna zeme.

# Zeme ceska, domov muj. evening, Portugal in their third

successive quarter-final, a run that started when they got a

generation were beaten by the Czech Republic in 1996. Then, as now, the

unsung Czech side improved and made it all away to the final. Tomas

Rosicky, the captain, is still suffering with an Achilles injury

picked up against Greece. Vladimir Darida or is preferred. Ethiopian

born Gebre Selassie has been impressive at right-back. Hubschman

and Plasil have anchored midfield well in the racing games. -- in

recent games. The referee is our he will take his place in the team.

Paulo Bento sticks to the same side he has used on their last five

competitive games. He turned 43 yesterday. Ronaldo has now made 94

appearances, and goes into this on in that park, the Czech Republic

soon took lack game changes on all in red who will kick ass off.

The majority of travelling fans will support Michal Bilek's t and

today. The Czech Republic a neighbouring country. But this is

the first time they have had to play this far north in Europe --

Euro 2012. The Portuguese manager Paulo Bento, he played very well in

Euro 2000 when they reached the the quarter-finals of Euro 2012. --

Bruno Alves is that Zenit St Bruno Alves is that Zenit St

Against Holland, with all of those great players, he was certainly the

best on the field that evening. had three fine chances against

Denmark, he was unlucky not to squad because of doubts before the

tournament kicked off over Tomas Rosicky -- Vladimir Darida was

so far in the competition? We were not expecting the Czech Republic to

go through, so it is a great achievement to reach the quarter-

finals. I think the Portuguese are quietly confident as they are

progressing. I see them as the outright winners tonight, but it is

all about performing on the big defence looked more secure and

mobiles and moving in from left back. The offside flag raised by

Mike Mullarkey. A Howard Webb of with a role Meireles on the left. -

- Meireles on the left. You can see such incredible whip, with Nani on

one side and Ronaldo on the other their play-offs. Portugal beat

Bosnia Herzegovina 6-t on aggregate. The Czech Republic went through

after beating Montenegro 3-0 on aggregate. In qualifying, Petr Cech

was in fine form and here he has looked shaky. He had his shaky

moments in Euro 2000 and date as because his father moved to the

Czech Republic to study medicine. One thing we know about him, he can

run, just like his namesake. in English football at Tottenham,

who cost a lot of �0.5 million, and he scored one goal in 19 games. --

a lot of money, �6.5 million. almost a decoy for Ronaldo when he

comes into that central position. He just look awesome all over the

Jiracek. He has come off that right hand side. Plasil of Bordeaux will

take the corner kick. Gebre Selassie has gone for it. But Baros

on the edge of the penalty area. break. -- Portugal. Ronaldo

frustration. Eight minutes into the game and he hasn't really been on

the ball yet. Meireles looks for Ronaldo. Cut out by Gebre Selassie.

This is Hubschman, who has been very tidy. He is the man he was

critical of England's hotel plans, that they didn't base themselves in

the Ukraine, they based themselves in Poland. Hubschman himself plays

he was excellent against the Dutch. playing the ball out to the left-

an errant genius such as Ronaldo? think you can see in Nani, almost

as if since his older brother has been away from Manchester United,

he has risen to the occasion and has looked better in this

tournament than he has for Manchester United. We have seen him

has just pulled him over, hasn't he? Can he not expect Nani to get -

- do something to get the ball when he is deliberately blocking it?

but he has pulled him over. Nani knows a thing or two about diving

himself. To be fair, we have seen fewer confrontations, by this stage,

than we have normally had. In recent competitions, the level of

dissent has been pulled right down, and the pushing and shoving in the

penalty box at free kicks and corners. I just wonder if the

officials behind the goal have played a part in that. Although the

officials behind the goal may look, as you watch on television, to be

doing nothing, they are in constant communication through radio links

in these opening exchanges. He is a feeder in that midfield, he has to

feed those quality players in front TAS. He has been steady in this

galloped away downfield, Ronaldo had no intention of chasing back

with him so Helder Postiga had to do it. Nani has come over to the

left-hand side. Earlier, he was doing the chasing back. They

recognise, they are feeling for him. When you have a player of that

quality, you want him fresh on the ball, he cannot be going up and

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made 12 starts this season in their his team this season. They won it

on the last day. Great closing down from Postiga. Interesting that the

full-backs for the Czech Republic are not really getting forward as

much as we have seen them do so far in up Portugal in 2004. The Czech

Republic side went out to Portugal, they were expected -- who were

players in qualifying, including 11 forwards who shared six goals

drop --. The Portuguese have just finals, 1996, the Czech Republic

11-0 at Villa Park, then four years ago, the Portuguese 13-1. Ronaldo

the only survivor from that team A great noise in here now. Another

corner for the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic are dangerous

when they are prepared, they made a run in behind the Portuguese

defence. They seem much more storm predicted, but the atmosphere

the goalkeeper, Ronaldo was just in front of them. He is like an NBA

basketball player, the height he gets from a standing jump. Another

some very good moments, and Petr Cech at the other red has had some

shaky ones as well. He did not look comfortable from

that corner. Ronaldo has got more of a free role than we see him

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force things a bit at the moment. each other all over the place then.

A teasing ball, you just want a strike on the end of it. Pepe is

deep. Paulo Bento was one of the players banned after that Euro 2000

semi-final, a six-month ban for trying to wrestle the red card away

from the referee when he was sending off a team mate after

you are a defender, Ronaldo is always on the shoulder and there is

quality at the end of it. 60 goals for Real Madrid this

situation, Pepe scored from a corner and went close against

Germany as well. A superman would not have got on

the end of that cross. That is poor. You have got to pin Ronaldo,

because he has got incredible leap on him. Jiracek just overdid it

full-backs are higher up the pitch, they have not really been able to

do so yet because they have also got the wide men.

They are almost wingers, they are allowed to spread out like a flower

in this position. It has to start off with a good ball in the early

Joao Pereira, and then fouled m. That is what the Czech Republic

need to do, put it in behind the full-backs who like to push on.

Alves has no place whatsoever. -- players are kept on from the 2010

players, they look very suspect defensively. -- when you run at the

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deflected, but Cech recovered his ground.

He always gets a very lucky with this deflection. -- he almost get a

flash in the stadium. There were blue skies when we'd picked up

through the glass roof, about 20 minutes before kick-off. Dark this

is descending. There is an amazing -- was an amazing electric storm

has made mistakes, he with -- he redeemed himself there, but the

whistle had gone anyway. Look at the movement of Ronaldo. He

puts an arm on him. Petr Cech, what a fantastic save. He does not know

it is a free kick. Two players at the top of their game there.

Howard Webber gave it, the assistant referee, he did not.

game, doesn't he? Not the boat -- not the most robust of challenges.

He makes so much a bit, as they all do these days.

Nani missed the World Cup finals attracted defenders out of the way,

but they simply let him go and stayed on Ronaldo. Miguel Veloso

will get the yellow card. No complaints with that. He does

not seem like he is at the races. Simply too slow death. -- to slow.

I think the referee made the right decision with Ronaldo. It took

three of them to stop him. Neither side is on a great one -- a

great one of victories. The Portuguese have won three of their

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Czech Republic have looked dangerous, but it is almost like

the Portuguese are drawing you one so they can get pocket of space for

Ronaldo to run into it. -- pockets Greeks beat Russia famously a few

hand side, Pepe in the end with great defending. If he doesn't get

to it, it is in the neck. On that is what they have got to do, I get

into that area behind them. On an - everything it 10 yards inside their

midfield. They go man-for-man. They are being forced to play long balls

and it is difficult to get them under control. It has to be settled

penalty shoot-outs in European Championship history and have won

Cech will settle him down, because he has looked a bit nervy, for a

man of his experience, more than 400 games for Chelsea, that his a

surprise. There was one stage during last season when we thought

he had almost switched off, and in Limbersky. All over the pitch,

little jaws are appearing. -- duels. The Portuguese don't seem to move

the ball in the same way as she saw the Dutch, the Spanish and the

of occasions to have a go at goal - have had nine corners in the

opening 32 minutes and chances have been few and far between. Jiracek

with a deflected shot, an effort stick, back across the face of goal

by Limbersky. Pepe in there again, Rinaldo! He was onside. -- Ron Albu.

It would have been a goal befitting a maestro. Sloppiness from the

defender there. What is Gebre Selassie doing? He will punish you

effort, wasn't it? 34 goals for nine out of 10 supporters wanted

Nani riders on the floor. -- writhes. He got across his five.

And the follow-up caught his ankle, he will make the most of bed. Just

to let the referee know. -- Make Ronaldo. He has an emblem where his

name is spent out and the letter H is replaced by a shadowed figure in

this pose -- letter A. The posing, preening, prolific Ronaldo. Is this

terms of power. You never know what he's going to do it from this area.

It is swerving around away from the leading a band at their. Of -- the

Czech supporters are leaping up and there. He is a changed man, he digs

in deep now. He was previously criticised for his attitude,

accused of being more interested in shoes than football. What do you

make of a Vladimir Darida's entrance into Euro 2012? He has

looked impressive, he has got pace and he wants to get forward and he

has been a useful addition to this season in Russian football with

Carlos Martins, who is out of the and just did it at the wrong moment.

let his team mate know. Gebre Selassie had to think about it, it

seems to be a problem for him. He just needs to get it out of his

speed, get down that right hand side and get crosses in. -- out of

not seen much of Pilar. He is best sort of Arshad then, very good

player but not in the game. -- he middle. It is Helder Postiga, is

it? He is holding the back of his five. -- thigh. It is a

professional's nightmare, it is little sprint, tries to get beyond

the defender and bank goes a hamstring. He has not made it

through a game here without going off. The usual substitution for

Portugal is to bring on Nelson Oliveira at around the 70 minute

mark. He is going to have to make Almeida ready. It will be Hugo

Almeida who comes on and he is a more experienced optioned for this

stage of the game. He is 27 years of age, he has been around a long

while. He made his debut against England some 80 years ago. He has

not been a great score at international level -- eight years

ago. He is now with the Sheikh TAS. One would imagine that even they

get -- if they go through, it could be the end of the tournament four

Helder Postiga. Almeida comes on. Six foot three, a real target man.

He will carry on with that central role, much the way Postiga did.

Czech Republic, Hubschman, he is goal in these finals, just as he

did four years ago, has gone moment. It certainly has. Deal with

Moutinho making a run of to the right hand side. Ronaldo has

-- A. He has looked solid at the back but he will have his work cut

out now. Just to remind you, you can see England against Italy

exclusively live on BBC One and BBC One H D on Sunday evening at 7pm.

All of the England games from now on in there are run the BBC. We

hope it is not just the one. -- on and has used did poorly. -- used it.

Just not good enough, you have got to have their top-quality playmaker

in that central midfield and they rebel at his club. He won the title

at Benfica and then fell out with under. A clever ball end towards

Nani, he has gone down in the box. The man running with him was

Limbersky. The Portuguese protested long and loud. Should that have

been a penalty to Portugal? No, he slips. It is a poor first touch.

For me, he takes a dive. fullback does have his arm on him.

You would expect him to put his arm across, there is not enough contact

to go down in the manner he has. have seen them given, though. And

in a game like this, I think the referee will be have do -- have to

be absolutely sure of and if it didn't get a good view of it, even

though he has his assistant behind technology now, but not before time,

it will not extend to penalty box They are moving the ball quicker

now. Noticeably so. Yes, that was better.

We have seen nothing of the Czech It is as if the Portuguese sense

they have a chance to go in front magnificent! -- Ronaldo! That is

what we have all been hoping to see, Ronaldo at his brilliant best.

Fantastic swivel, just the post takes it round, it is like he is in

his own back garden. Get it under control in a flash. He is in a

league of his own. Scored a two against the Dutch,

could have had four. It could have of the quarter-finals in Euro 2012,

0-0. Cristiano Ronaldo hitting the post with a piece of sublime skill.

Portugal are getting stronger, they sensed victory could be theirs in

the second half. No goals at the No goals so far, but more

threatening towards the latter stages of the first half?

The first 35 minutes, I thought the Czech Republic were the better side,

they defended well, they attacked in numbers, and I thought they

passed and moved better than Portugal. Ronaldo, he had one good

passing move with my tea neo-, and it was a foul, but on that occasion

it was the one time when they moved it quickly. It is as if someone's

wit -- flicked a switch, and they moved it quicker and got the Czech

Republic turning quicker, and in the last five minutes, they could

have had a couple of goals, culminating in a wonderful piece of

skill from Ronaldo to hit the post. The Czech Republic had a game-plan,

but it seemed the Portuguese gradually got on top of it?

The plan at the beginning was to man-mark Ronaldo. He was surrounded

by three or four players, even Gebre Selassie was following him

into the middle. But then that when you start to switch positions, you

start to lose people, then you have problems, and I think the last 15

minutes was all Cristiano Ronaldo. It was all him, he took over a

whole game. He has the skills forehead, and he looks hungry, he

wants it badly. He looks angry! I think the Czech

Republic started really well, created the best move that, got in

a couple of times down the sides, but the game plan to stop Ronaldo

and Nani, especially Ronaldo, has been set up by their full-backs.

Gebre Selassie basically went man- to-man. In the first 10 minutes it

Jiracek ends up going back all the way to the left-back position to

try and cover. They know what they are doing and are trying to cover

bad. Gebre Selassie stays tight on You would expect to Gebre Selassie

to be able to run all day! He is just stay in really tight. All of a

sudden, with 20 minutes to go before half-time, Ronaldo started

to move into the middle of it. You do not see that so much now?

Greece played it in 2004 and won the European Championship with it.

It works to a certain extent if you have one or two exceptional players

to mark. One is Ronaldo and the second one is Nani. But it does not

work if there are three or four players, Spain would kill you. They

can only focus on Ronaldo and a bit on Nani.

You can see that when they started to pass it better and quicker, when

you move them more about the place, they do not know whether you are

Would you say his exclamation his hunger? You could also argue it is

petulance. It is passion and hunger and desire.

It is different body language to what we saw against Germany. He was

just frustrated and negative. Now he has different body language,

even if a team-mate have made a mistake, he encourages him.

I did not think that was a foul, it is a good save.

I think he is a bit unlucky to give a found a way. That is the first

time he got away from Gebre He needs to use his left foot!

is talent. Four magnificent touches. Wonderful to watch, and it deserved

a goal. It is a piece of skill that lit up the stadium.

You said before, Jurgen, that he needs to go and win the European

Championship or the World Cup to prove he is a great player. Does

that apply if he does not have that great group of players around him?

It is much more difficult for Cristiano Ronaldo than it is for

Xavi and Iniesta or even for the Germans. Even for the LSE? -- even

for Lionel Messi? Yes, probably.

He is a great player. Should Nani have had a penalty?

Know. It would have been a softer decision. It is a long ball,

Ronaldo chases it. The other angle That might have been a soft one,

but an interesting stat, 53 fouls inside the penalty area, 52 of them

committed by Ford's! -- committed by four words!

From hereon din, and I hope you will consider this good news, every

England game will be life on the BBC, hopefully three of them. --

It is all getting very exciting. Let's get the latest from the

Momentum, it is everything. The pragmatic, be hard to beat. The

brilliant, p a bit lucky. Be what you have to be, do what you have to

do. Just get through. Remind you of At the Italian base in Krakow, they

know a thing or two about tournament football. And they see

something to admire in England. TRANSLATION:, England are the

favourites. They qualified well, we had difficulties. The only thing we

have in our hearts is to win, to cultivate this dream that we have.

Expectations of England? There is no more talking down their chances.

There have been a group of people who did not think we would do well,

but anyone who knew our mentality and what we came here to do, it is

not a surprise. This is part of the plan. The whole point of coming

here is not to keep people happy, we have come here to win games and

be successful for us and for the country and to make people proud of

English football. We do not fear anyone. We have not come here to

fear anyone ought to feel inferior. We are a good team and we are here

to do well. Tournament football is all about

sticking around. Too often, this is when England have come unstuck.

Trevor Brooking said you had a video of Italian penalty-takers.

When you watch that? I watch it on my own, quite late on

the day before kick-off. When I have not got a great deal to do! I

do my research and know where the Italian players put their penalties,

but I think anyone can do that if they just click on YouTube. It is

all in the moment for me. In practice, have you been saving

them? I try not to!

Them is not really a right answer to that!

I am going to say I have not saved one because they are all brilliant!

Have you seen England play, Jurgen? Yes, I enjoyed them play in. Them

is a different spirit around. A different atmosphere around this

English side, it seems like they are getting along, there is no

controversial stuff going on that, like we had in the last tournament,

and they are looking good. Rooney is now back, he is not there yet,

in the game against Ukraine he was not deep really want to see, but he

can only get better. -- not the Rooney we want to see. They can

build a belief to say that they can do that. There is no team in that

competition you cannot beat. The Italians have not been hugely

impressive, but they are always difficult to beat.

The last game, two set pieces. They won the World Cup in 2006 with set

pieces. Back in Walsall, let's get the

views of Alan Shearer. -- back in Walsall.

The substitutes are giving us the most entertaining we have seen.

What is the problem? The Czech Republic are reluctant to

break their system, they are quite content to going at 0-0 at half-

time. From Portugal, I would love to see Contra get a little bit more

for it, which will release Ronaldo. -- control. -- contralto. It would

take a little bit of magic to break the system down. The Czech Republic

will be quite happy going into the last five minutes at 0-0.

Portugal are slack -- shackled by their own sluggish this?

We have not seen at Jiracek or Pilar break free from the system,

and we have also not seen much from Nani or Fabio Coentrao getting

forward, and I hope the manager will wanted to get forward and we

will see something brilliant from Ronaldo.

There has not been much so far. You get the impression that Portugal

can do it. How can the Czech Republic beat them?

They can release the two white Ben, and we have not really seen them

get forward. Gebre Selassie has been getting forward in previous

games, he has only done it once so far. We have not seen much of

Ronaldo working backwards. There is not much for the Czech

The guys mentioned about the wide players for the Czechs, that is

something you look at. It has not been their normal wing play.

Jiracek are going down the left- hand side, when Ze corner. On the

other side, Darida goes down and other side, Darida goes down and

creates a chance. A decent ball in, just ahead of barrels. And Gebre

Selassie a, as Alan Shearer said, the one time he did getting, it was

then that right hand side and that is an invitation to Ronaldo to say

if he is going forward, I will get space, but it hasn't happened. But

I think if they are going to get any joy at all, it is in those

areas. But having said that, Portugal are in the ascendancy.

they stuck between a rock and a hard place, the Czech Republic? It

is all well and good to have players back marking the likes of

Nani and Ronaldo but it lessens what you have going forward. There

is no danger, it is not going to change. They are not pushing up

enough and I think they will speculate on a set piece, a corner

kick to score a goal. We are as Portugal have him. If they play the

way they did in the last 10 minutes, they will win. Let's hand you back

to the second half with Martin Keown and Jonathan Pearce.

JONATHAN PEARCE: Bank you very much, Gary. No changes to the team's --

thank you. Portugal have already made one substitution with Almeida

coming on for Postiga, who had a hamstring injury, we believe. And

the goalmouths are just scuffing up, a little bit bare in patches. Heavy

rain in Poland during the tournament so far, we had the

electric storm, but apart from that, the two countries have been poles

apart, it you will excuse the pun, in terms of temperature. The UK and

has been taking part. -- the there. He has to score at this

level from there. A great run by Meireles, he would sit in. He has

got acres of space, he really should be putting bat away -- he

whips it in. The European Championships quarter-final, the

chances will come at a premium and that one needed to go in from him.

He scored a couple of what -- in qualifying. He scored 14 in a

Turkish football this season for Besiktas. It was only at Bremen in

German football where he scored regularly in what is a fairly long

career now. The Czechs were fast asleep at the start. We talked

about people running with it but Mikel Platini, the highest scorer

in the history of the European Championships -- Mikel Platini. He

has scored nine, two ahead of Alan anyone is free, he is going to go

and nail them. No attempt to play the ball, he certainly blocked off

finals, two European Championship Ronaldo turned quickly with the

appeal -- handball against Vladimir Darida. They a good spot by the

Portugal think he got a fingertip to it but Howard Webb says he

didn't. It is a fantastic strike, isn't it? I am not sure he got a

hand on that. It just clicked the woodwork again. You really have to

the brave as a goalkeeper when he is in that situation. He thunders

it, the ball is squirming all over the place. Four times they have hit

the woodwork now in this competition. All were the efforts,

twice Ronaldo in this game. -- of Tomas Rosicky. He is the only

game breaker they have on the bench. He will travel with it and he will

punish you with his passing, he is a big loss. He is down on the bench

and he took part in the warm-up Portugal at the moment are keeping

the Czechs back in their own half. Moving it quickly, that is the

name of Milan Baros. 30 years of age now. He has looked a bit

sluggish at times in this discipline in the last couple of

years, a couple of brushes with the sort of publicity he wouldn't have

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the Czechs from deep could be a problem, because Pepe only has an

eye to pick up the striker, Baros. They were well beaten in their

opening game against Russia. They scored two goals early against

Greece and were fortunate at times against Poland, but they have been

disappointing tonight, the Czech great run, he just wants it down.

He tries to take it early and put it over. If he had taken the extra

touch it would have forced the angle into a poorer situation.

has come off his shin, he knows the defender is closing him down and he

has to get the shot off. It is all up and down that line. -- You're a

is all Portugal. 55% of pick-up -- the way back to the goalkeeper

windows in their earlier days -- wingers. They are both very

advanced again. The two centre- backs have only got Baros to deal

with and he hasn't really been a threat. This man has, Ronaldo. It

is a corner kick again. They are giving him too much space. As soon

as they have the quality to find fantastic effort from there. Just

beat the keeper for pace. Luckily for Petr Cech, the post was there

lost in this competition before. Holland's defeat by Denmark. The

Republic don't look like springing any surprise. They have almost

giving up trying to attack, they are just staying in the game.

Surely Ronaldo will not be on the losing side tonight, the way he has

played? If they are banking on going to penalties, there is a long

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officials. Nani just Delaney cross for long enough. -- delaying the

cross. It is always a joy to see those forwards running offside!

And Arsenal centre-half with his hand in the air appealing for

offside. How many times have we and the chance the Czech Republic

have been waiting for has come and gone.

A reminder of Pilar's quality, he his father played in the 1996 final

referee does not agree. Jiracek just coming into the

central position, causing a problem. It will be a man who has already

played a role in this competition. Darida comes off, and the man who

comes on his Jan Rezek. Started the competition, was then dropped to

the bench after the first 45 the door on Nani. This is a big

position with Rezek coming on the Republic.

Very optimistic from Baros. It is high and wide. Almost a desperate

attempt. This is Nanny's effort goal attempts, but the Czech

Republic have just come back in terms of possession in the last few

moving a long way in the air. Good goalkeeping.

Petr Cech is in the eye of the storm. Another outstanding save.

Top goalkeeper. Mitie neo- hit it qualifying, that would have been

his first in the finals. -- Joao Moutinho.

He should be hitting the back of the net with that. They cannot keep

giving away these sorts of opportunities. Almeida, shocking

header. You can watch highlight of

tomorrow's quarter-final, Germany favourites for the competition, but

there is a growing belief that the English boys can do it, and why

but he still gave Cech a panicky moment!

Yes, the big man got his feet sorted out there. Com is put --, as

personified, he has got a Champions Kadlec's sales.

The goalkeeper has to come up for this, he just takes the goalkeeper

out. He is positive, and I love to he is big and long, he does not

look as if he is carrying any sort of excess weight at all, he is so

lean and life, but that is some weight that hits you.

Goalkeepers always going with any up. Defenders always come off

second best! I got hit a few times like that myself.

and he has seen Petr Cech make a couple of very good saves. Portugal

have had 13 efforts on the Czech goal, the Czechs have just made two,

Adnan on target. -- and none on target.

If Petr Cech does not come for that poor, there is a danger that

Ronaldo flics that on. Grade's the last 20 minutes, Limbersky

looks as if he is tiring. Nani is to sort his game up, his

decision-making. Ronaldo appeals for a corner, gets

it. I think Howard Webb has changed his mind. He has looked up at the

assistant referee, had a goal kick is now given. Initially, the corner

flag had been pointed at by the referee.

I think they have got it wrong. No, a good decision. Maybe there is a

bit of delay on the extra official getting the decision. -- getting

the decision proved. The Martin Atkinson is behind the

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goal. They have these radio nothing wrong with that tackle. The

Portuguese player did not get a shout.

He just wanted to belong. -- he just wanted to long.

He has hit his ankle or something. He has been substituted in their

three games so far, Silvestre Varela has, on a couple of times

and indeed scored the winner against Denmark. -- Silvestre

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right back. The Portuguese full- by Pepe and when it comes to

Meireles, really he should be hitting the target. He just flashed

at it. He nearly hit the great a vaulted roof of the stadium. He

said to me beforehand that he thought it was like a cathedral

before hand. It is the most unique atmosphere I have ever been into.

summer, Madonna. But it will be the national stadium. Hugo Almeida just

offside. The old stadium he er, the tenth anniversary Stadium, had

rather crumpled into disrepair. had become a flea-market, actually.

I have to say, the line -- linesmen half well, have just gone back into

their shell a little bit. They just can't get Ronaldo on the ball at

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starting to cut a forlorn figure deflection. Portugal have another

corner -- looped up and over. was another good move. Just getting

enough on it. Meireles did well to hold off the challenge and slip it

was his header away. And Pienaar has been filed. A bad Pilar has

have had 66 attempts on goal in 3.5 games in this competition, Portugal.

-- they have had. But they haven't thought he was felled by a Pepe,

who whacked a finger at him. -- Waggett. The knowing the player, I

am gambling that is a foul. The ash knowing the player, I am gambling

that is a foul. Just to remind you, you can see England against Italy

exclusively live on the BBC, Sunday evening at 7pm. All of the England

games from now on I'll live on the BBC. The winners of this will play

the winners of Spain or France -- Almeida was begging for the ball.

What a waste again. You just want that quality in the final third and

it doesn't seem to be here today. He didn't look up, you can see the

centre forward right in there. has just got to pick him out, punch

Portuguese, are they going to let Kadlec, vital there. Kadlec track

is man brilliantly. -- track his man. He has done so well since he

went back into the centre in this showed too much of it. But it is a

ball that bad ball out by Limbersky. -- a bad ball out. This is a good

run, a very good run. Jiracek's cross. A tree Co came. -- Patricio.

And the quick release, Portugal realise that time is going away

They need a midfield player to make that run, to go forward. They don't

do it -- seemed to have that energy be his tournament? Could it be the

year that Ronaldo finally get international silverware? The year

that he becomes a true international legend as well as a

club legend? A magnificently taken goal. Yes, right on cue. We were

asking for a midfield player to make the run, Moutinho makes the

run this time, a great cross and he does the rest, Ronaldo. Look at the

run, brilliant off the ball. He would sit in and he is so good in

the air, no chance for the keeper. -- he whips it in. Once you headed

down, no chance. -- ahead it down. Petr Cech couldn't keep it out. His

third goal in two games. He is on fire, isn't he? You can see what it

himself at international level and not his country, in the best

interests of Portugal, but he turned to the fans, bellowed, and

got a huge ovation. And you are seeing the composure that he showed

in the Dutch game, and now you are seeing that raw belief that he has.

And that simple ability, he is just he will have played almost 12

months of consecutive football. 70 competition as a whole, he got

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goalkeeping, because he will have saying that so late from behind

Ronaldo. He is an outstanding goalkeeper. It is that run from

deep again, just the extra player. He seems to have so much time as a

custodian, the defensive midfield player, is about to come on --

Custodio, the defensive midfield door. That is the goal. He covers

so much ground to get there. Listen, he is so fired up. It is the

movement off the ball, the hunger and the willingness to get on the

end of it, and then he has the midfield player -- Custodio has

come on. He will play in behind the because he was being towed dollar

over the place and when he couldn't gain the advantage, Howard Webb are

Blue -- he was getting pulled. Howard Webb is having a very good

game. A I think he is having a very enough to stop Portugal in the end

and I think they will be disappointed that they hadn't had

an effort on target. The game plan was to hold, hold, hold and that

was it. Park the bus and see if they could protect their goal,

maybe breakout. There was one that will run by Pilar in the second

half. -- one a little run. But they just laughed and attacking cutting

edge. -- they have just been lacking and that tacking cutting

than the rest. Here comes the Czech Republic substitution. Tomas

Pekhart will command, a centre- his third appearance of these

finals. 10 goals in Germany this season, but it is a big ask for him

now. He scored the winner against England end the U21 Championship

Here is Meireles from range. We know he can thump them from there,

he has done for both Liverpool and very things. Almeida has played

because of the injury to Postiga. The referee has a glance at Ronaldo

and a wry look at walks away. Howard is right again. Ronaldo's ft

on mesmerising at times. -- Ronaldo's feet are mesmerising at

Portugal, who have been the only really attacking side in the game,

prepared to make sure they are defensively durable as well in the

last two minutes. They now have three centre-backs on the field of

play, two defensive midfielders. Rolando was born in Cape Verde

I do not like to be too critical, but that has been like his

performance for me. Very average. 20 Everts, 70 in the competition.

The team, that is, not him. -- 20 Czech Republic fans begin to look

resigned. They need to grab the Rinaldo in

cotton wool between now won the semi-final. -- they need to grab it

Ronaldo in cotton wool. I think about him, they will be pretty

at one or two of them throughout the evening.

He has fought manfully. He will miss the semi-final if the

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Czech Republic come back into the man, he has just been booked. He

has lost his head. He will not want to pick up any suspensions with the

World Cup campaign coming up, they have Italy in their group, and

Denmark as well, much-improved to Denmark. The Czech Republic have

done very well to get to this stage, played his man, he certainly was

not looking at the ball. The stage was set for Ronaldo, he took centre

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player in his time, a good ride problem for Alves and the

Portuguese defence. Cech has gone forward. This would cause a

sensation that if he could score here. He has kept Portugal at bay

He has called control. -- he has caught Fabio Coentrao. I think the

referee may have sent him off but for the fact we are in the closing

stages of the Czech Republic's appearance in these finals.

He is running like an express train, trying to get his team back in it.

No malice in that challenge, for me. Well done, Howard Webb.

Cech is now back -- back in his the semi-final of Euro 2012, and

there Titanic leader has taken them through. It was billed as the

Ronaldo showed, and that is the way it turned out. Hit the woodwork

twice, he was foiled by the goalkeeper but finally, a brilliant

header 11 minutes from time. He can bellow with delight. Ronaldo, match

winner in front of his former heroes. And the Czech Republic are

out, had Portugal sailed through, with Ronaldo getting better and

better. STUDIO: Portugal are our first

semi-finalist. The woodwork denied in towards the end of the first

half, Cristiano Ronaldo found the net at the end of the second half.

The Czech supporters and players are in it -- no doubt usually

despondent, never really threatened in the game at all, all they could

do was try and keep that man out. In the end, by sheer determination,

he made it happen. Portugal had the better of the

chances. I did not think the result was in question. The two best

players, Mid T neo- and Ronaldo, combined to score the goal. -- Joao

Moutinho. It was all Portugal. A win for Portugal, Jurgen?

Absolutely. The Czech Republic did not do enough.

Was that because of ineptitude? I think they wanted to speculate on

a set piece, but you cannot play a knockout game like that. The nice

thing to see what in the second half that not only was Ronaldo a

constant threat, the players around him, they stepped it up. Routine

ear, Nani came into the game. It was far more alive than the first

half. -- Joao Moutinho. We witness the different emotions

that you get in football. Even the cameraman seemed upset! For the

Czech Republic players, it is over for them, but the euphoria

continues for Portugal. The Czech Republic team will be

disappointed, but they worked hard. As Jurgen said, they did not try

and make the name -- win the game, and it summed up their performance

at the end when they had the chance with the corner, said the

goalkeeper up, and kicked the ball out of the box. It summed up their

quality. On the other side, I quality. On the other side, I

thought Portugal were full of quality, and they are a dangerous

side. They were frustrated at times, but deserved to win.

The story is Ronaldo. How good is He is world class, he is

exceptional, in the top three in the world alongside Lionel Messi

and Xavi or in the estate. -- investor. -- address any Esther.

The rest of his team-mates have to pull themselves closer to this

level. I thought Joao Moutinho was the

better player. Ronaldo will take the headlines, but he was brilliant

against the Dutch. Time and space are the hallmarks of great players,

as being portance of getting it and giving it. He just controlled the

game, it was a phenomenal performance.

Portugal were your dog courses before the tournament, whence they?

If you have got Ronaldo in your side, then you have always got a

chance. -- dark horses.

At times they have moved the ball better. Against the Germans, for

the first 60 minutes, it was a waste of time, they defended too

deep and had too many men before the ball -- behind the ball, but

after they conceded, they hammered the Germans will stop they are a

good time -- a good side. I think they have to do better

century. I thought Veloso and Meireles were poor. I think there

will be exposed against better teams.

What about the goal? Terrific determination. He went in there and

it really mattered for him. If you see where he was, he was

outside the box, and he made the sprint to run into the box, and it

Gebre Selassie was beaten, he has got to see him coming.

It is difficult at that speed. Yes, but he did not even see him

coming. A great reaction from Luis Figo!

They have produced some great players.

Truly great players. Joao Moutinho in the build up, get past the last

defender, a great ball into the box. For me, they do the big two players

tonight. They started believing. The minute

they beat Holland, they are in the semi-finals, and Ronaldo, he has

the class, the leadership. What would you do with a two in

midfield? They have tremendous work-rate. It

is getting to a point where it is probably a mind game.

Veloso looks like he has about 24 stone. I think the two centre-backs

are really good. In attacking mode, I do have got Ronaldo and Joao

Moutinho. I think it is the ones in the middle he or I am not sure

about. Throughout the night, Ronaldo was

the constant threat. We were talking throughout the game

and saying that there is nothing he cannot do. What is his weakness? He

very rarely does anything wrong except from Greg frustrated when

his team-mates cannot get him the The bite back played him onside

there. -- the right back. The control, the term, it is

fantastic. You can watch it time and time again.

is a nothing ball and he makes it into a good ball. And watch what

happens here. We are trying to work out what he did. With the slow

motion, this is a trick and a half. The full-back has got twisted blood.

They call that good technique. wasn't a penalty, by the way.

love getting people's views on this, are you a Lionel Messi or a Ronaldo

are you a Lionel Messi or a Ronaldo man? Lionel Messi. He has got

weaknesses, he is not as good in the air, but if I was going to pay

to play -- what one of them, I would pay to watch Lionel Messi.

Jurgen? It is down to the chemistry of the team, so how does this work

with a high energy Ronaldo that you have, how much energy does he give

to the whole team environment? Lionel Messi is a pure giver,

always one of the lads, always around, giving and giving. Ronaldo

is a more ego-driven, which also helps him when he does that run and

scores that goal. So he is a big difference maker, but how much does

that kind of Kent into a team environment and the chemistry of a

team? That is what wins a tournament. As a central defender,

you always ask which one you would play against, and I would rather

play against Ronaldo.Yet to find a top professional that goes for

Ronaldo, it is frustrating for him. If you gave me the choice, I am

taking Ronaldo! He would be the best player in the world of Lionel

Messi wasn't around. The Portuguese Messi wasn't around. The Portuguese

had other chances in the second half. They did, it was chance after

chance. They pushed the Czech Republic back. Almeida should have

done a lot better. That was after Jurgen told me he was a great

finisher! He needs more games. and Moutinho, a great hit, great

save. And it was all Portugal. That is a good block. Kadlec played well,

the centre-back. The it was a very one-sided game, particularly the

second half. We try to build a case in the first of all the Czech

Republic but ultimately Jurgen was right, saying you cannot win a

right, saying you cannot win a knockout game like that. The gave

us the first 10 minutes and that was said. What is required there is

a view from pitch-side, it is back to Alan And Jake.

As the Portuguese fans walk out into the cool night, they breathe a

sigh of relief. They have done it but only just. He was a man who

scored a lot with his forehead, what did you make of a Ronaldo's?

It was that desire and hunger to get into that place to score goals.

If you look at where he started his run on the left-hand touchline, to

get into the box, a great cross from Moutinho, and as I have said,

it is up to the forwards to get onto it and Ronaldo has certainly

done that and he has got his team into the semi-final. And deservedly

so, they were the only team who wanted to win. As for the Czechs,

you get into the tournament through the play-offs, get badly beaten in

your first game and somehow find yourselves in the quarter-finals,

so disappointing to produce such an impotent performance. They never

looked like winning, I can't remember them troubling the

Portuguese goalkeeper at all, so they didn't deserve to go through.

It shows what a poor group they were in, they won that group.

Looking ahead to the game tomorrow night, the Greeks did not even

manage to win their group and they take on Germany, what can we

expect? A Germany win, simple. all in all, pleased to see Ronaldo

still in the competition? Death Neddy, he was the stand-out player

tonight and he probably was in the last three games -- definitely.

When you have him, you always have a chance. It is hard to know

whether they did it or he did it, but either way, Portugal are into

We will not stay out of the Warsaw stadium for longer because we can

hear from Nani, who is with Steve Wilson.

Congratulations, you are through to the semi-finals, but a cup game.

Yes, very tough game. The -- tough game. I think everyone was

fantastic on the pitch. It was a great effort by both players, so

satisfied with the result. You have been consistent through this

tournament, but it gets harder every match. Yes, now it is going

to be more difficult every game. But all of the team is confident,

very confident, about the next game and now we have to rest and prepare

for the big match. It was just beginning to look quite frustrating

for you, because chances were coming and Petr Cech was playing

well and it was getting harder. we had a couple of chances, but

finally Ronaldo scored a goal and we won the game, that is the most

important thing. Everyone is happy. Well done.

This time on Sunday, we will probably be going through the

turmoil that is extra time, praying for a bit of magic, a great strike

are ready for trouble. All I come off for now is -- can offer now is

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Lethal Blizzle. I am reliably informed that dench

is the word to describe that. Let's get over to Gabby Logan. In an

England press conference today, and it was revealed that he would step

up and take a penalty if it came to and do it -- down to that. -- came

down to that. He did so in Sweden in the Under 21 championships, but

he didn't get through to the final after goading the Swedish players.

He wouldn't discuss Mario Balotelli today but he did say it would be

fun to play against him. The Italian press see it slightly

differently, they see it as Balotelli against England and those

circles are the various confrontations he has had with key

England players, although Joe Hart say it is not players that wind him

up, it is things off the pitch. He has also been a topic of

conversation in the Italian squad, the reason his fellow player put

his hand over his mouth was because he was going to say something to

the Italian management and Balotelli later thanked him. Both

camps interestingly are very relaxed, no infighting, everyone is

going along very harmonious and they both see themselves as the

underdog, they are both in a state of transition and you can't help

but make the comparison between the two sides. As for training today,

all 22 players that were present trained. Jermain Defoe return home

for his father's funeral but is expected back tomorrow. Everything

is rosy in Krakow at the moment. is rosy in Krakow at the moment.

Good to hear it. A reminder that the BBC is the place to be full

coverage of England against Italy this Sunday. We are live in Kiev

are from 7pm on BBC One. Meanwhile, England's women have moved a step

closer to the Euro 2013 finals with a four-goal victory in Slovenia

tonight. A win in their final match at home to Croatia will see them

at home to Croatia will see them qualify as group winners, you can

see that game live on the BBC in September. Jurgen, I asked you

about England earlier on, but she played the Italians and you are now

the coach, of course, for the US national side and you gave them a

good spanking. What is the secret? We beat them 1-0, surprisingly, in

Genoa. It is a good side. They are a team in transition, in a certain

way, yes. The manager changed the system and he is a little bit

attacking -- more attacking minded, even if the last game did not look

like that, so they have fresh blood coming into the team. Obviously

Balotelli plays a major role, at both ends, positive and negative of

them, but they have a lot of quality, they have a lot of quality

in that team and experience as well. When we played them, this -- they

could have scored two or three goals, we were a bit lucky in the

beginning. It is a good side and I think we are going to see a very

exciting game on Sunday. I will come back to you in just the second

because we can return to Walsall where Ronaldo is waiting to talk to

us. That Warsaw. You have come out to be incredibly difficult group

and now a very Cup semi-final. we have to realise what the team do.

We didn't play well, created chances, hit the post, but the

priority is to get to the semi- finals, so we are happy for that,

we know it will be difficult next game but we are ready and confident

that the team is very mature, so we are ready for the fight.

frustrating was it for you? You hit the woodwork twice, at Petr Cech

played great. I remember the last game, I hit the post twice as well,

but today, it was important that I scored, the team win, the team

played very good, and we are in the semi-finals, so we are very happy.

Big smiles all round. Of course, big smiles and good music. Then Q.

Excellent, good to here. Germany play Greece in the next semi-final,

there must be a degree of confidence in their homeland?

Absolutely, we expect as Czech Republic to go to the final, that

is the simple way it is. There is the possibility that you might meet

England! But I mean Greece goes into that game and has nothing to

lose at all. And they will go in to defend and maybe come out for a set

piece of something surprising, something on the break, and they

need to be prepared for that. We haven't seen the real Germany yet,

I think they are playing at 75%. not deliberately, surely? I think

they can be much better, but I think it depends on how the

opponents look at them because the opponents so far have been too

afraid of them. Do you think there will be harmony in the stadium, the

Germans against the Greeks, the way things are going? On the financial

markets? Well, I think there will be some tension, that is part of it,

and I hope we will see a good game. How good a job is Joe Jemma Lowe

doing? He is doing an amazing job. He was my number two, and he he has

carried on the pulse of the, he has had a lot of players coming through

the German youth system -- he has carried on the philosophy. We

changed it at few years ago. The it seems to have done the trick, you

are producing some great players. And he has amazing talent sitting

on the bench, waiting for just a couple of minutes to play. He is a

very positive character, very calm, good leadership, and he has kept

the entire staff that I built over the two years up to the 12,006

World Cup. -- 2006 World Cup. would be lovely to beaches in the

semis. Yes, us to. That would be a really good game. It is hard to

look past Germany in this game. think it will be Germany. The game

against Denmark, there was a penalty, it could have been

different, but Germany look like they can step up at any moment.

don't think we have seen the best of the Germans. They have got some

great players, phenomenal players, and I think they will get better.

We haven't seen the best of England either. There you go, it is a

promise for you. That will be our next game, but we will have

highlight of the other two. Thank you, Jurgen, you will be joining us

in Poland and the Ukraine. That is it from us as Portugal and Granada