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Braga

  • Aguiar 8’
  • Renteria 47’
  • Alan 87’

Portsmouth

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Braga
    • Portsmouth
    • 90+3' Full-time in Braga. Pompey suffer a first defeat on foreign soil, thanks to goals from a Uruguayan, a Colombian and a Brazilian - and this in Portugal. And we thought we had a a lot of foreigners in our game...
    • 90+2' Diop blasts a late shot over the bar for Portsmouth.
    • 90' Into injury time.
    • 89' Braga taking the mickey now, nutmegging the Pompey players and shooting from anywhere. The south coast club do not like it.
    • 87' Alan makes it three for Braga!! Cesar made a run down the right side of the box and centred low, where Davis deflected against his own post... and the Anderson-a-like finished under the crossbar.
    • 86' Braga change: Paulo Cesar on for Vandinho.
    • 84' Belhadj boots a ball into the stand after he fails to catch it in time. If Pompey were winning that would be a second yellow...
    • 83' Braga change: Stelvio on for Renteria.
    • 82' Defoe brings down a flick-on at the back post and looks to smash a shot inside the neat post as he is forced wide... into the side-netting!!
    • 80' Pompey threaten again, building better now from deep.
    • 78' Belhadj booked for a disgraceful tackle on the touchline on Vandinho - Redknapp is fooling nobody with his indications that the Brazilian took a dive.
    • 76' Eduardo with a shameless piece of play-acting. The goalie was clearly fine as Braga cleared the ball, but as soon as they had done he went to ground clutching his face... cheating, I believe it is called.
    • 75' Diop almost gets a head to a free-kick as he challenges Eduardo, but the ball is cleared. Braga counter... Noe Pamarot takes out Cesar in midfield to help stop it and is shown a yellow card.
    • 71' Diop blazes a free-kick so far high and wide that I think it has disappeared down the mountainside.
    • 69' A lovely touch by Aguiar takes him through the visiting defence and he shoots wide of the near post. He has been the most instrumental of the Braga players, a Uruguayan amid a quintet of Brazilians - at least at kick-off.
    • 68' Algerian Belhadj is trying his damnedest to get the ball down the left flank and centre for the big strikers, but no joy so far. He had a kick at one defender a few moments ago as he shepherded it out.
    • 65' Glen Johnson is a surprise absentee from the Portsmouth squad tonight, while Lassana Diarra and Younes Kaboul are out.
    • 63' Braga change: Cesar Peixoto on for Matheus.
    • 62' Pompey change: Kanu on for Traore. The long ball it is, then.
    • 59' Pompey have the ball in the net through a Papa Bouba Diop header, but the ref awards a free-kick for a foul on Eduardo. He did nothing wrong! Replays suggest the ball came off Renteria and would have been an own-goal.
    • 57' This stadium, built for Euro 2004, is that weird one designed by architect Eduardo Souto de Moura: they carved it out of a mountain and there are only two stands, along the sides of the pitch, connected by wires overhead. A glance at Wikipedia highlights the claim that these are inspired by ancient South American Inca bridges, while you can walk from one stand to the other under the pitch. It may look beautiful, but it lets the atmosphere out.
    • 54' Renteria booked for moaning about the non-award of a free-kick for a Belhadj tackle on Alan. Yes, Alan - another Brazilian, who looks a bit like Anderson as Man Utd.
    • 52' Eduardo forced into a save as the away side get their act together.
    • 50' That strike has stunned the 700 travelling fans - and Redknapp's team. All that good verbal work out the window, 'Arry.
    • 47' A SECOND GOAL STUNS POMPEY!! Colombian Wason Renteria turns and shoots into the far corner after excellent build-up play.
    • 46' The second half begins.
    • - Pompey change at the break: Nadir Belhadj on for Hreidarsson.
    • 45+2' Half-time in Portugal, Braga leading 1-0. Defoe had those two chances, both well-saved by Eduardo.
    • 45' Crouchy flicks on a long throw to Hreidarsson... he is about to shoot when referee Darko Ceferin blows for a foul. Crouch is not happy about being penalised.
    • 42' Crouch is putting himself about up front, with the home defenders not happy about his aerial threat.
    • 40' Pompey struggling to find possession in the final third.
    • 37' Sylvain Distin defends valiantly to keep Braga at bay. They have a free-kick near the corner flag however and Aguiar bends it in... well headed away by big Sol Campbell.
    • 34' The flurry of attacking possibility dies away as Braga slow the game down.
    • 30' Shortly after Defoe finds space on the right side of the area and there is a gap at the near post... ANOTHER GREAT STOP BY THE KEEPER!! Eduardo is very athletic. Corner to Pompey.
    • 29' Crouch rises to flick on a James clearance, putting Defoe through on goal... GREAT CHANCE... EDUARDO STANDS TALL TO MAKE THE SAVE!!
    • 26' Alan tries to get the better of Hermann Hreidarsson and is stopped with a foul.
    • 23' Crouch booked for a late tackle.
    • 22' Pompey change: Little is hurt and replaced by John Utaka on the right.
    • 21' Brazilian Matheus with a cheeky ball down the line for Albert Meyong Ze, a Cameroonian who scored at the weekend - and his cross wins a corner, which is cleared.
    • 20' Braga now with a spell of possession, using their excellent tecnhical ability to spread the play.
    • 18' Crouch rises to head over the bar. What a shame they conceded that early goal in this first group game in Europe.
    • 16' Portsmouth coming into this match more now, controlling the play - winger Little in particular is looking to get involved.
    • 13' The English side fail to threaten the home goal with a Glen Little corner.
    • 11' Vandinho bangs a shot at goal from a way out, well held by James. Pompey could be in for a difficult night.
    • 8' AGUIAR SCORES A STUNNING FREE-KICK FOR BRAGA!! He dipped in into the top corner from 30-odd yards out, leaving James with no chance.
    • 4' Armand Traore matches it with a dig from the left that is also past the near post after good work by Jermain Defoe.
    • 2' Luis Aguiar has a pop at goal early on, wide of David James's post.
    • 1' The action is underway, Portsmouth kicking from left to right in all blue, Braga in red and white.
    • - Plenty of steel in Harry Redknapp's Pompey team tonight.
    • - Welcome to LIVE text commentary on Portsmouth's UEFA Cup adventure in Portugal against SC Braga.

  • Team Stats

    Braga Stats Portsmouth
    46% Possession 53%
    10 Shots 12
    4 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 0
    2 Corners 8
    16 Fouls 15
    1 Offsides 5
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    12 Tackles 10
    106 Accurate passes 132
    14 Bad passes 33

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Braga
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      5 Moisés Moura Pinheiro 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 0
      22 Luis Aguiar 1 4 1 2 2 0 1 15 3 0
      6 Evaldo Fabiano 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 3 3
      17 Nuno Frechaut 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 0 2
      2 Alberto Rodríguez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 1
      88 Vanderson De Almeida 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 9 3 3
      30 Alan Costa Silva 1 1 1 3 5 0 0 13 0 2
      99 Matheus Nascimento 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 9 3 0
      18 Wason Renteria 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0
      19 Albert Meyong Ze 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 1 1
      13 Stélvio Rosa da Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      77 José Márcio da Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Jorginho Jorginho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      47 João Pereira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Paulo Rosa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      24 Mário Felgueiras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Cesar Peixoto 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 1 0
    • Portsmouth
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      23 Sol Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
      7 Hermann Hreidarsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Noe Pamarot 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 14 0 2
      30 Armand Traore 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0
      15 Sylvain Distin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 5 0
      25 Glen Little 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Sean Davis 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 23 5 1
      8 Papa Bouba Diop 0 1 0 3 4 1 0 13 3 1
      14 Jermain Defoe 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 10 2 0
      9 Peter Crouch 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 10 5 0
      21 Jamie Ashdown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Nadir Belhadj 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 16 7 6
      18 Arnold Mvuemba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Marc Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 John Utaka 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
      27 Nwankwo Kanu 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 0
      22 Richard Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 87' Alan makes it three for Braga!! Cesar made a run down the right side of the box and centred low, where Davis deflected against his own post... and the Anderson-a-like finished under the crossbar.
    • 82' Defoe brings down a flick-on at the back post and looks to smash a shot inside the neat post as he is forced wide... into the side-netting!!
    • 76' Eduardo with a shameless piece of play-acting. The goalie was clearly fine as Braga cleared the ball, but as soon as they had done he went to ground clutching his face... cheating, I believe it is called.
    • 69' A lovely touch by Aguiar takes him through the visiting defence and he shoots wide of the near post. He has been the most instrumental of the Braga players, a Uruguayan amid a quintet of Brazilians - at least at kick-off.
    • 59' Pompey have the ball in the net through a Papa Bouba Diop header, but the ref awards a free-kick for a foul on Eduardo. He did nothing wrong! Replays suggest the ball came off Renteria and would have been an own-goal.
    • 47' A SECOND GOAL STUNS POMPEY!! Colombian Wason Renteria turns and shoots into the far corner after excellent build-up play.
    • 30' Shortly after Defoe finds space on the right side of the area and there is a gap at the near post... ANOTHER GREAT STOP BY THE KEEPER!! Eduardo is very athletic. Corner to Pompey.
    • 29' Crouch rises to flick on a James clearance, putting Defoe through on goal... GREAT CHANCE... EDUARDO STANDS TALL TO MAKE THE SAVE!!
    • 8' AGUIAR SCORES A STUNNING FREE-KICK FOR BRAGA!! He dipped in into the top corner from 30-odd yards out, leaving James with no chance.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: M. Ceferin

  • Braga

    Manager: Jorge Jesus

    Starting line-up

    • Eduardo
    • .. Frechaut
    • .. Rodriguez
    • .. Moises
    • E. Dos Santos
    • .. Vandinho Substitution Out (86′)
    • -. Alan Goal
    • M. Leite Nascimento Substitution Out (63′)
    • L. Aguiar Goal
    • W. Renteria Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (83′)
    • M. Ze

    Subs

    • C. Peixoto Substitution In63′
    • P. Cesar Substitution In86′
    • L. Jorginho
    • J. Pereira
    • .. Stelvio da Cruz Substitution In83′
    • M. Felgueiras
    • -. Mossoro

    Injured

    • P. Jorge

    Suspended

    None

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: Sol Campbell

    Starting line-up

    • D. James
    • H. Hreidarsson Substitution Out (46′)
    • S. Campbell
    • S. Distin
    • N. Pamarot Yellow Card
    • G. Little Substitution Out (22′)
    • P. Bouba Diop
    • S. Davis
    • A. Traore
    • P. Crouch Yellow Card
    • J. Defoe

    Subs

    • N. Kanu Substitution In62′
    • J. Ashdown
    • R. Hughes
    • J. Utaka Substitution In22′
    • N. Belhadj Substitution In46′ Yellow Card
    • A. Mvuemba
    • M. Wilson

    Injured

    • N. Kranjcar
    • L. Diarra

    Suspended

    None