Euro 2008 Lazy LiveBlog: Switzerland vs Portugal

June 15th, 2008 | by: chris |

GROUP A

June 15, 2045 CET, Basel (Switzerland)

Switzerland 2	VS	Portugal 0
Yakin 71′, 83′

GAME – Well done from the Swiss.

86′ Yakin comes off to rousing applause.

Barnetta wins a penalty….Yakin…..GOOOOAL. Three goals for Yakin this tournament. Where the hell did that come from?

2-1 CR, what the hell are you watching this one for?

80′ Quillo Barnetta got a yellow, he misses next match.

Almeida on for Postiga, who ran 8.86km in case you were wondering.

GOOOOAL Hakan Yakin. Well, chances are they won;t go home without a point. Right in front of net for him.

Moutinho on for Veloso.

Czech Republic getting ready for Croatia if you’re only watching this one. 2-0

65′ Inler hit a cannon from distance just off the post, that would’ve been one of the goals of the tournament.

Barnetta is looking good already.

63′ Barnetta has come on for Vonlanthen. We’ll take any type of a spark at this point.

57′ Quaresma just kicked Magnin in the face. That’s not nice, Ricky.

53′ Nani puts a 1v1 off the post. Clear chance there.

50′ Ricardo just out-jumped Derdiyok, but that was a good chance from the young lad. Good stuff here from the Swiss.

HALF Jorge Ribeiro, Maniche’s bro, was brought on for the yellow carded Paulo Ferreira

45′ Nani has committed 6 fouls already. Friendly!

44′ Inler’s bloody. The Swiss taking a beating here.

36′ Postiga scored a goal…ruled offside….he wasn’t. Whaddya know? Nice work this tournament.

30′ Uh oh, down goes Behrami. Looks like Achilles. Being stretchered off. Bye bye big club move.

26′ Vonlanthen on the break had potential but he scuffed the shot. Coulda woulda should.

23′ Postiga has a shot in the box stopped by the defense. Not really a competitive game, not really a friendly. Somewhere in between.

15′ Nani’s free kick takes a Pepe touch off the crossbar, damn near 1-0 there.

7′ Quaresma pulls out the rabona, but best of all it was a PERFECT cross. His price just went up 7m.

Lineups:

Portugal: Ricardo, Pepe, Miguel, Meira, Ferreira, Alves, Veloso, Meireles, Quaresma, Postiga, Nani.

Switzerland: Zuberbuhler, Senderos, Muller, Magnin, Lichtsteiner, Yakin, Inler, Gelson, Behrami, Vonlanthen, Derdiyok.

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Comments

By -nickt.- | June 15th, 2008 at 11:31 am

chris, you actually liveblogging this or just place holding?

By japple | June 15th, 2008 at 11:36 am

the ESPN schedule says both games are airing on ESPN2 simultaneously… how does that work out? are they going to be constantly switching between both games or something?

Posted from United States

By Chris | June 15th, 2008 at 11:45 am

I’m going to be keeping up with the big stuff, not every minute though

By Rob | June 15th, 2008 at 11:46 am

Its a shame because on paper this is the better game I think. Still, its obviously not the one that matters.

Posted from United Kingdom

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

I’m happy with Switzerland’s aggressiveness.

Posted from Italy

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

Portugal hits the crossbar.

Posted from Italy

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

There was a touch by Zubi that prevented the shot from going in.

Posted from Italy

By -nickt.- | June 15th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

no shit, behrami’s off injured?

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

There was a red card for Portugal there, but then again refs don’t help us.

Posted from Italy

By João | June 15th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

I agree it should have been red, no idea what Ferreira was thinking.

Posted from Netherlands

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 12:49 pm

Not a great half. I think Switzerland should put more effort, they have nothing to lose.

Posted from Italy

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

I hope we win this. 0 points would be very unfair.

Posted from Italy

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

Portugal hits the post.
What a mistake by Lichtsteiner.
I think Degen should come in.

Posted from Italy

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

Inler hits the post.

Posted from Italy

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

GOALLLLLL!!!!

HAKAN YAKIN!!!!!

Posted from Italy

By -nickt.- | June 15th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

2-1 cze-tur
that game is back on

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

Cheap penalty but with all the mistakes they’ve made against us, I don’t care!!!
HAKAAAAAAANNNNN YAKIIIIINNNN!!!!

Posted from Italy

By -nickt.- | June 15th, 2008 at 1:36 pm

2-2

By -nickt.- | June 15th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

3-2 turkey

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 1:47 pm

Lucky Turks. They seem to score only in the last minutes.

Posted from Italy

By mele419 | June 15th, 2008 at 1:48 pm

too bad this doesn’t even matter.

Posted from United States

By Eoin | June 15th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

Lucky? Doesn’t matter when you get the goals as long as you deserved to get them and they most certainly did.

Posted from United Kingdom

By snnth | June 15th, 2008 at 2:05 pm

I knew Switzerland would have that extra boost because they really wanted to have a decent goodbye from euro 2008, but I never expected the referee to be so much into helping them.
Congratulations Switzerland your team is much better than your classification and shame on the referee.

By Jan | June 15th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

snnth, true but there would have been 2 red cards for Portugal so I guess that makes it even. Honestly, after the previous mistakes in our regards, I can’t really bother.

Posted from Italy

By Dr Brian Mendonca | June 15th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

Thanks for the babes upfront Chris. Lovely two-track commentary here. Couldn’t watch Portugal as ESPN – the channel I have – opted for the Turkey match . Good tactical move I’d say, resting Deco and Ronnie.