Varela just scored a FANTASTIC goal. Got to the edge of the box, swivelled in, ran a half-circle in to the box and took a nice low shot. Fantastic. Vaz Te has been unimpressive to me...
Veloso and Djalo have all looked pretty good today too. Sergio Organista looks awful though, don't know who said this kid had talent because... judging from today... he's got none.
Vieirinha on, Yannick Djalo off (why? Vaz Te has been horrible) Fillipe Oliveira on, Ruben Amorim off (possibly injured)
And the lights in the stadium just turned off... Players go to the touch-line to get water as the reffs make a decision...
Some very nice blondes in the crowd though. Reffs still making a decision as to whether the game will be cancelled, replayed or what...
Portuguese team being asked if they want to continue, and it seems they will keep on playing without the lights.
Veloso will takje it. Put in low, cleared for another corner... Veloso again... Low again, cleared up this time. Pereira back to the keeper... sent up looking for Vaz Te, Latvia gets it, loses it, Vieirinha fouls after a very physical tussle with a Latvian...
HUGE CHANCE FOR LATVIA!!! Ribeiro had a Ricardo-type frango on the cross, but was able to get it before the Latvian player, with an open goal, could shoot. Vaz Te sends one over on an instant reply from Portugal. VERY close to being 1-1 there.
Vieirinha back-heel to Pereira, back to Vieirinha, crossed, headed back, shot by Organista... who... completely misses the goal.
Pereira, to Vieirinha, Oliveira fouled, no call, cleared, Vieirinha again with some stepovers, TAKES A SHOT FROM RANGE!!! Very close.
Oliveira, low cross GOLO! PAULO MACHADO! BLASTED IT! Portugal 2-0 Latvia and Couceiro gets off to a winning start...
8 minutes of stoppage, due to the wait for the light fixtures. Right to Vieirinha, to Pereira, who passed it to I think it was Vieirinha, who forced a save. Pereira off, Joao Moreira in
Hard tackle on Oliveira. Blanks goes into the book. Freekick from range, but could be dangerous. Vieirinha crosses it in, cleared out though.
Vaz Te with a nice dribble on the egde of the box, nice pass to Varela who forced the keeper into a save. Corner-kick... Cleared off the line.
Latvian counter attack... Yellow to Amoreirinha, VERY close to a penalty. Going by the replay it looked like a dive.
Organista goes off to get treatment after an elbow to the face from a Latvian, with the ball being far from the incident... Ribeiro gets the ball.. Cleared up... Vaz Te unable to catch-up.
Machado crossed, cleared in the middle, another corner-kick to Portugal with time about to run out... Latvian couldn't head it clearly, shot by a player (hard to see without the light), Varela to take the new corner. Goes directly to a Latvian player.
Joao Moreira and Latvian keeper clashed on a 50-50 ball. Joao Moreira was first to reach the ball, but then ended up clashing with the keeper.
Freekick to Portugal though. Yellow to Latvian goalkeeper. Dangerous position... VIEIRINHA!!! Just wide. Been fantastic since he came on.