Broadcast: Euro 2016 Poland v Portugal 30.06.2016 22:00
Euro 2016 Poland v Portugal Broadcast
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Poland v Portugal Line-ups
Official squad list
POLAND
Goalkeepers
# | NAME | AGE | CLUB |
1 | Wojciech Szczesny | 26 | AS Roma |
12 | Artur Boruc | 36 | Bournemouth |
22 | Lukasz Fabianski | 24 | Barcelona |
Defenders
# | NAME | AGE | CLUB |
2 | Michal Pazdan | 28 | Legia |
3 | Artur Jedrzejczyk | 28 | Legia |
4 | Tiago Cionek | 30 | Palermo |
14 | Jakub Wawrzyniak | 32 | Legia |
15 | Kamil Glik | 28 | Torino |
18 | Bartisz Salamon | 25 | Cagliari |
20 | Lukasz Piszczek | 31 | Dortmund |
Midfielders
# | NAME | AGE | CLUB |
5 | Krzysztof Maczynski | 29 | Wisla |
6 | Tomasz Jodlowiec | 30 | Legia |
8 | Karol Linetty | 21 | Lech |
10 | Krychowiak | 26 | Sevilla |
11 | Kamil Grosicki | 28 | Rennes |
16 | Blaszykowski | 30 | Fiorentina |
17 | Slawomir Peszko | 31 | Lechia |
19 | Piotr Zielinski | 22 | Empoli |
21 | Bartosz Kapustka | 19 | Cracovia |
23 | Filip Starzynski | 25 | Zaglebie |
Forwards
# | NAME | AGE | CLUB |
7 | Arkadiusz Milik | 22 | Ajax |
9 | Robert Lewandowski | 27 | Bayern Munich |
13 | Mariusz Stepinski | 21 | Ruch |
Portugal

Goalkeepers
# | NAME | AGE | CLUB |
1 | Rui Patrício | 28 | Sporting CP |
12 | Anthony Lopes | 25 | Lyon |
22 | Eduardo | 33 | Dinamo Zagreb |
Defenders
# | NAME | AGE | CLUB |
2 | Bruno Alves | 34 | Fenerbahce |
3 | Pepe | 33 | Real Madrid |
4 | José Fonte | 32 | Southampton |
5 | Raphael Guerreiro | 22 | Lorient |
6 | Ricardo Carvalho | 38 | Monaco |
19 | Eliseu | 32 | Benfica |
21 | Cédric | 24 | Southampton |
Midfielders
# | NAME | AGE | CLUB |
8 | João Moutinho | 29 | Monaco |
10 | João Mário | 23 | Sporting CP |
11 | Vieirinha | 30 | Wolfsburg |
13 | Danilo | 24 | Porto |
14 | William Carvalho | 24 | Sporting CP |
15 | André Gomes | 22 | Valencia |
16 | Renato Sanches | 18 | Benfica |
18 | Rafa Silva | 23 | Braga |
23 | Adrien Silva | 27 | Sporting CP |
Forwards
# | NAME | AGE | CLUB |
7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 31 | Real Madrid |
9 | Éder | 28 | LOSC |
17 | Nani | 29 | Fenerbahce |
20 | Ricardo Quaresma | 32 | Besiktas |
Adrien Silva
Adrien Silva was born in France to a French mother and Portuguese father who moved to France when he was a child. Raised in a French-speaking household, Silva moved back to Portugal aged just 11 and says adapting wasn’t easy: “My father came to France when he was young and at home we didn’t speak Portuguese. I did a course before we moved there but it took me a year before I could have a conversation. The first months were very hard.”
Raphael Guerreiro, meanwhile, insists it was an easy decision for him: “Ever since I was young, and still now, I prefer Portugal to France.”
Really nice feature in today’s L’Équipe focusing on Portugal’s three French-born players. It explains how there are an estimated 1.2 million people of Portuguese descent in France – the largest Portuguese expat population anywhere – and around four million in total. They detail how Anthony Lopes, Raphaël Guerreiro and Adrien Silva came to represent A Seleção rather than the country of their birth.
The sun is shining in Marcoussis this morning and Portugal will train at 10:30. With André Gomes and Raphaël Guerreiro missing the session yesterday, it will be interesting to see if they take part today ahead of tomorrow’s quarter-final in Marseille against Poland.
On this day: We cast our minds back six years to when Spain capped a majestic campaign in style in Austria, Fernando Torres’s first-half goal enough to defeat Germany.
Spain 1-0 Germany
(Torres 33)
2008 final, Vienna
Spain became European champions for the second time after Fernando Torres’s first-half goal proved enough to defeat Germany in the UEFA EURO 2008 final.
Spain had won their only previous piece of silverware in this competition in 1964 and had not been beyond the quarter-finals of any tournament in 24 years, yet Luis Aragonés’s men chose to use that as an inspiration rather than a burden. After a strong start from Germany, Spain were the more dangerous side throughout at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, although it took just one goal – in the 33rd minute, courtesy of Torres’s pace, perseverance and unerring finish – to end their long wait.
Spain became European champions for the second time after Fernando Torres’s first-half goal in Vienna proved enough to defeat Germany in the final of UEFA EURO 2008.
Spain had won their only previous piece of silverware in this competition in 1964 and had not been beyond the quarter-finals of any tournament in 24 years, yet Luis Aragonés’s men chose to use that history as an inspiration rather than a burden. After a strong start from Germany, seeking a fourth title themselves, Spain were the more dangerous side throughout an entertaining final at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion although it took just one goal – in the 33rd minute, courtesy of Torres’s pace, perseverance and unerring finish – to end their long wait.
Germany received a significant boost before kick-off with captain Michael Ballack included despite a much-publicised calf problem, and, perhaps buoyed by that news, Joachim Löw’s team settled quickly. Much had been made of the contrast in style between the sides yet in the opening exchanges it was Germany whose passing looked crisper, Miroslav Klose and Thomas Hitzlsperger failing to make the most of glimpses of goal. Meanwhile Spain, shorn of four-goal leading scorer David Villa due to a thigh injury, struggled to find their feet in a new 4-5-1 formation in which Cesc Fàbregas was rewarded for a fine semi-final display with a starting place.
As an indicator of the pattern of the match, however, Germany’s bright beginning proved misleading.
Spain soon worked their way into the contest, with Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann – becoming, at 38, the oldest player to appear in a UEFA European Championship final – forced into action for the first time in the 14th minute. Although his instinctive save came when his own defender, Christoph Metzelder, inadvertently deflected Andrés Iniesta’s cross towards his own goal, Xavi Hernández’s fine through pass had unpicked the Germany defence and showed the Spanish were finding their feet.
Right-back Sergio Ramos was then allowed to cut inside and deliver a deep cross, Torres peeling away from Per Mertesacker to create space for the header only for the right-hand post to come to Lehmann’s rescue. The warning signs were there for Germany, yet they failed to heed them and duly fell behind three minutes past the half-hour. Again Xavi was the architect, playing a pass in behind the Germany back line towards Torres, who outmuscled a hesitant Philipp Lahm and clipped the ball over the diving Lehmann and just inside the far post. David Silva then volleyed over Iniesta’s cross when given time and space inside the area as Spain threatened to increase their lead.
Spain had more openings in the early stages of the second half
Lehmann getting the merest of touches to Xavi’s low shot before Ramos nearly guided in Silva’s drive from the resulting corner. Yet a hint of the threat Germany still posed arrived on the hour, substitute Marcell Jansen and Bastian Schweinsteiger combining for Ballack to shoot centimetres wide. Klose then deflected a Schweinsteiger effort past the post and, in response to Germany’s renewed menace, Spain coach Aragonés promptly introduced Xabi Alonso and Santi Cazorla in place of Fàbregas and Silva. The switches reinvigorated Spain instantly, Lehmann making smart stops from Ramos and Iniesta while Torsten Frings blocked another Iniesta effort on the line.
As the final moved into the last 20 minutes, Spain had had seven shots on goal to Germany’s one, but with the Mannschaft having turned virtually one in two of their attempts on target into goals en route to the final, that would have been scant consolation to Aragonés and his side. In the event, however, it was Spain who continued to carve out chances as the match reached its conclusion, Marcos Senna narrowly failing to apply the finishing touch to an unselfish header from substitute Daniel Güiza – but the celebrations would not be delayed much longer.