Semi-final preview: Portugal v Wales

uefa.com ^ | July 05, 2016 | John Atkin

[Berlin_Freeper]

Proven pedigree meets the darkest of dark horses on Wednesday when Portugal take on Wales with a place in Sunday's UEFA EURO 2016 final at stake.

[dfwgator]

Go Wales!

[Berlin_Freeper]

Group A

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
FRA	2	1	0	3	7
SWI	1	2	0	1	5
ALB	1	0	2	-2	3
ROM	0	1	2	-2	1

France 2-1 Romania
Albania 0-1 Switzerland
Romania 1-1 Switzerland
France 2-0 Albania
Switzerland 0-0 France
Romania 0-1 Albania

Group B

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
WAL	2	0	1	3	6
ENG	1	2	0	1	5
SVK	1	1	1	0	4
RUS	0	1	2	-4	1

Wales 2-1 Slovakia
England 1-1 Russia
Russia 1-2 Slovakia
England 2-1 Wales
Russia 0-3 Wales
Slovakia 0-0 England

Group C

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
GER	2	1	0	3	7
POL	2	1	0	2	7
NI	1	0	2	0	3
UKR	0	0	3	-5	0

Poland 1-0 N.Ireland
Germany 2-0 Ukraine
Ukraine 0-2 N.Ireland
Germany 0-0 Poland
N.Ireland 0-1 Germany
Ukraine 0-1 Poland

Group D

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
CRO	2	1	0	2	7
SPA	2	0	1	3	6
TUR	1	0	2	-2	3
CZE	0	1	2	-3	1

Turkey 0-1 Croatia
Spain 1-0 Czech Republic
Czech Republic 2-2 Croatia
Spain 3-0 Turkey
Czech Republic 0-2 Turkey
Croatia 2-1 Spain

Group E

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
ITA	2	0	1	2	6
BEL	2	0	1	2	6
IRE	1	1	1	-2	4
SWE	0	1	2	-2	1

Ireland 1-1 Sweden
Belgium 0-2 Italy
Italy 1-0 Sweden
Belgium 3-0 Ireland
Italy 0-1 Ireland

Group F

Country	W	D	L	GD	Pts
HUN	1	2	0	2	5
ICE	1	2	0	1	5
POR	0	3	0	0	3
AUT	0	1	2	-3	1

Austria 0-2 Hungary
Portugal 1-1 Iceland
Iceland 1-1 Hungary
Portugal 0-0 Austria
Iceland 2-1 Austria
Hungary 3-3 Portugal

Qualified for Round of 16: Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Wales

Best third placed teams to qualify: Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia

Eliminated: Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Round of 16

Saturday, June 25
Switzerland 1-1 (Poland wins 5-4 on penalties) Poland
Wales 1-0 (Own Goal) Northern Ireland
Croatia 0-1 (117th minute goal) Portugal

---

Sunday, June 26
France 2-1 (Irish see RED) Ireland -- Lyon (3 p.m. CET/9 a.m. ET, ESPN)
Germany 3-0 (Tourney Team starts to peak at right time) Slovakia -- Lille (6 p.m. CET/12 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Hungary 0-4 (Blowout) Belgium -- Toulouse (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

---

Monday, June 27
Italy 2-0 (The rain in Spain falls mainly in Italy) Spain
England 1-2 ("Humiliated") Iceland

---

Quarterfinals

Thursday, June 30 - Match 45
Poland 1-1 (Portugal win 5-3 on penalties) Portugal

---

Friday, July 1 - Match 46
Wales 3-1 (Red Dragon defeats Golden Generation) Belgium

---

Saturday, July 2 - Match 47
Germany 1-1 (Germany win 6-5 on penalties) Italy

---

Sunday, July 3 - Match 48
France 5-2 (Globall Warming) Iceland -- Saint-Denis (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

---

Semifinals

Wednesday, July 6
Portugal vs. Wales -- Lyon (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

---

Thursday, July 7
Germany vs. France -- Marseille (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

---

Final

Sunday, July 10
W49 vs. W50 -- Saint-Denis (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

UEFA.com
UEFA Euro 2016 - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

#EURO2016

[Fiji Hill]

Selsig Morgannwg vs. Linguiça

[kabar]

My heart says Wales, but my brain says Portugal. The loss of Ramsey and Davies really hurt Wales’ chances.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Congratulations for beating the ping!

Battle of the WAGS: The glamorous Welsh wives including a former glamour model and a Sky Sports presenter take on the babes of Portugal

[Berlin_Freeper]

Euro 2016: Duchess 'glued to TV' for Wales Portugal match

[Berlin_Freeper]

Portuguese businesses to shut for Wales match

[Berlin_Freeper]

Sir Alex Ferguson: 'Magnificent' Wales can beat Portugal to reach final

[DrJeff]

Anyone here streamed it live? Looks like a feed from
http://www.euro2016cup.com/live/

I don’t have cable/dish/satellite.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Wales have shown real, priceless team spirit at these Euros but I'm tipping Portugal to reach the final

[cartan]

I am curious about Renato Sanches; 18 years old, and Bayern München just bought him for €35 million from Benfica.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Gareth Bale: Wales will fear nothing in Euro 2016 semifinal against Portugal

[Berlin_Freeper]

France bid to end 58-year run of losing to Germans in big games

[moose07]

[Berlin_Freeper]

The beautiful game is even more beautiful when you have #wings... ⚽🍗Menu: https://t.co/UIudYvjDx7 #Euro2016 pic.twitter.com/qPOOtyz7zl— Wing Zone UK (@wingzoneUK) July 6, 2016

[Berlin_Freeper]

#PORWAL

[Berlin_Freeper]

[moose07]

The Portuguese have finally got their collective thumbs out, but the boyos will come out fighting.
Ewch Cymru, Ewch!

[Vigilanteman]

I find putting a firecracker in an anthill to produce far, far more interesting action than your typical soccer match.