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Key occasions
Full-time: Portugal 1-1 England
Two halves received by the dominant crew. Kika Nazareth’s purpose was a magnificence to match Russo’s well-worked first-half strike. England start with a degree and might want to enhance once they face Spain on Wednesday.
90+4 min: Toone on the cost…the ball speeds on with out her….seemed like a foul. None given.
90+3 min: Panic within the Portugal field, twice when Williamson rises highest. She’s been first to each ball.
90+2 min: Toone is down, after taking a kick to a, er, susceptible place.
90+1 min: 4 minutes are added on. Beever-Jones, unable to win the ball, lashes out and concedes a free-kick.
90 min: Keira Walsh has been starved of possession as Portugal squeeze play. They need greater than that; they need a win.
88 min: Williamson throws in one other block as Norton shapes to shoot. Neto, the house coach, will be heard to encourage on his gamers.
87 min: Portugal push on, and Jacinto has a transparent sight of purpose, the ball simply blocked by determined England defending.
85 min: Beautiful run from Jacinto, one other sub making severe waves.
83 min: Off the ball conflict between Williamson and Diana Silva. On comes Chloe Kelly and Beever-Jones. Clinton and Park on, with James shunted to the fore of midfield.
82 min: Williamson to the rescue. Jacinto and Nazareth mix and the Arsenal defender, the skipper, needed to be conscious.
81 min: England attempt to transfer upfield, once they have been pinned again for a lot of this half. Park scrapes up a free ball and shunts it ahead however Russo and James can’t get to it.
80 min: Clinton is booked for taking down Nazareth. It was Clinton giving useless chase when the purpose got here.
78 min: Chloe Kelly is imminent, so we’re knowledgeable. Portugal should be made to show again on themselves, England haven’t accomplished that almost sufficient.
77 min: Neto’s use of Nazareth as a late sub proves a masterstroke. That was a second of world class.
Purpose! Portugal 1-1 England (Nazareth, 76)
All her personal work, the Barcelona star bullies her means by means of the centre and smashes the ball the place Earps can not attain.
74 min: On the sideline, Chloe Kelly is seen having amusing and a joke as she warms up. Only one sub up to now.
72 min: Sarina Wiegman is asking all forms of questions of her crew. She’s not completely satisfied in any respect as she stands on the white strains of the pitch. Mary Earps out of the blue pulls up with what appears to be like like cramp. That is way more prevalent within the girls’s sport than the lads. The keeper doesn’t must go off and the coach can have a phrase. It’s an open secret that is frequent technique.
Shock information: Earps is OK to proceed.
71 min: All forms of chaos within the England field as Borges expenses on. Carter is baulked and a free-kick is awarded to reduction.
70 min: The Portuguese interchanges way more spectacular. Earps has to say a ball that was aimed into the field.
68 min: Good monitoring again from James, who stops Diana Silva’s move, after which wins a throw. All arms to the pump.
66 min: Pinto booked for pulling again Jess Park. This can be a tense, bodily contest now.
65 min: Sarina Wiegman is out of her seat, and rearranging her crew. Walsh is booked for fouling Jacinto, one of many subs who’ve made such a distinction.
63 min: All Portugal now. They’re in full dominance of possession. That is the place the Lionesses have come unstuck earlier than.
61 min: Right here’s a glimpse of Nazareth, along with her flip. Portugal appear to have stepped it up, as have their followers.
59 min: Portugal make adjustments. Amado, the captain, goes off. On will come Nazareth, of Barcelona, a Jorge Mendes shopper, is on. Massive noise greets her.
58 min: James receives the nook and blams over…
57 min: England attempt to move their means by means of, earlier than Russo decides to go it alone and is robbed. Amado is harm within the course of. A drop ball is named and England resume possession. They win a nook.
55 min: Williamson commits a foul that presents Portugal with probability to bend in a free-kick. It’s a waste.
53 min: England must be extra affected person. Portugal urgent onerous, closing off the areas…Park simply fails to get Russo away.
51 min: Russo trying pissed off. Portugal do look way more stable than in these early moments. By the best way, the climate is horrible. Like Ashton-under-Lyme on a foul day.
49 min: A break in proceedings because the referee calms issues down. A word: Jess Carter is on, Lucy Bronze is off. Causes: unknown.
47 min: Lauren James exhibits off her energy once more, thrashing one large. Subsequent Clinton takes a whack to the chops. She’ll be OK. Heavy obligation begin to this one.
46 min: Again away we go, and Diana Silva has taken a knock. She’s OK, although.
Half-time: Portugal 0-1 England
England might consider they need to have greater than a single-goal lead. They’d prolonged dominance of that half earlier than Portugal got here again into it.
45+1 min: It’s a poor nook, and that ends the half.
45 min: England get in form as Portugal search an equaliser. Charles clears the hazard now. And the Lionesses mattress in as Portugal move the ball round in searching for openings. They accept a nook.
44 min: Toone takes, and Williamson can’t direct the ball at purpose. England compelled again, as Portugal press in numbers. Finally a ball to the again submit with Russo there, nodding throughout however no takers.
43 min: Yet one more nook as Russo chases down….
42 min: Diana Silva will get Portugal’s first shot on purpose; although Earps doesn’t want to avoid wasting. It got here from sloppy defending. It’s a much more even sport now.
41 min: Pinto performs a poor move. Once more, dangerous last ball from the house crew.
39 min: Portugal have improved however their last move has been dreadful. Charles, on the overlap, forces a nook, this time from the left. Portugal’s keeper Pereira caught then dropped, and fell dramatically. She’s up now, presumably recovered from embarrassment.
37 min: Pinto’s ball is down the channels, having whipped it from Grace Clinton after mixup with Keira Walsh.
35 min: Portugal try a passing transfer however once more that zippy floor catches them out.
33 min: James seemed to bomb on to the byline however Amado reads her intentions and will get the ball clear. Portugal have tightened up after trying so free.