PORTUGAL v WALESEuro 2016 Semi-Final
Wednesday 6th July 8pm
Stade de Lyon, Lyon
' LATEST NEWS '
Pepe is out injured tonight for Portugal
Ricardo Carvalho in line to replace Pepe tonight
BETTING ODDS
Odds: 10/11 Portugal; 11/4 Wales; 2/1 Draw.
Bets: By right this should be an entertaining game, with two of the world’s star performers in Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo on show. But with a final place so close you can almost touch it, the draw in 90 minutes looks the bet at 2/1.
06th July 2016
Portugal centre-back Pepe is a major injury concern for the Euro 2016 semi-final against Wales on Wednesday
Gareth Bale press conference "it's not about one player it's about the team" #WAL #TogetherStronger
Aaron Ramsey and Ben Davies have two yellow cards, so they are ruled out of semi-final.
Match previewWales and Portugal will play each other in the Euro 2016 semi-final. Portugal go into this match as relatively strong favourites. But both sides will believe they have enough to make a the final. For Portugal, it would be their 2nd and for Wales, it would be their first ever final in a major tournament.
Portugal are yet to win a match in 90 minutes, and finished 3rd in their group. Wales have now won four games, and lost one. Wales are yet to play extra time in this tournament while Portugal have done so twice - winning on one occasion and emerging victorious on penalties in the other.
Likely line-upsPortugal01 Rui Patrício
21 Soares
03 Pepe
04 Fonte
19 Eliseu
08 Moutinho
10 João Mário
16 Renato Sanches
23 Adrien Silva
17 Nani
07 Ronaldo
Wales01 Hennessey
05 Chester
06 Williams
19 Collins
02 Gunter
07 Allen
16 Ledley
08 King
03 Taylor
11 Bale
09 Robson-Kanu
PortugalBest result: Runners-up (2004)
Coach: Fernando Santos
Leading scorer: Cristiano Ronaldo (60)
Most appearances: Cristiano Ronaldo (131)
Association formed: 1914
Nickname: Selecção das Quinas
Where they play: Estádio do Jamor
The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras (however, many recent games have been played at the Estádio da Luz), and their most recent head coach is Fernando Santos. Their first World Cup appearance, in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, saw them reach the semi-finals, losing 2–1 at Wembley to the eventual world champions, England, and defeating the Soviet Union 2–1 to claim a third-place finish. The next two times Portugal qualified for the World Cup were 1986 and 2002, going out in the first round both times. In the 1986 tournament, players went on strike over prize money and refused to train between their first and second games.
Previous meetingsWales and Portugal have only ever met three times, with the last coming in 2000. This is the first competitive meeting between the sides.
Portugal 3-0 Wales (June 2000)
Wales 2-1 Portugal (May 1951)
Portugal 3-2 Wales (May 1949)
FormWales 3-1 Belgium
Wales 1-0 Northern Ireland
Russia 0-3 Wales
England 2-1 Wales
Wales 2-1 Slovakia
Poland 1-1 Portugal
Croatia 0-1 Portugal
Hungary 3-3 Portugal
Portugal 0-0 Austria
Portugal 1-1 Iceland
Match oddsPortugal 23/20
Wales 3/1
Draw 21/10
Qualification oddsPortugal 8/15
Wales 6/4
Where can I watch it?The match will be shown live on ITV and S4C.
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