Portugal 2-0 Turkey


Portugal

Ricardo: 6 - Some classic 'Ricardo' moments, flapping at the odd ball, but tidy on the most part and got a clean sheet.

Bosingwa: 7 - Tremendously quick but occasionally positionally suspect and found wanting with his final ball when going forward.

Carvalho: 7 - A solid performance as usual from the Chelsea stopper. He swept up at the back and even broke forward on the odd occasion.

Pepe: 8 - Headed home brilliantly early on, but was half a yard or so offside. Scored a quite magnificent goal later on, breaking forward from defence. Strong and imposing at the back, but caught a little lax on a couple of occasions.

Ferreira: 6.5 - A solid performance at the back and not in his natural position either. Did well to keep pace with the energetic Kazim Kazim.

Petit: 7 - Swept up fairly well and played some good passes as well. Kept things moving in midfield.

Moutinho: 6.5 - A speedy and energetic customer. Made some good runs, did brilliantly for the second goal and linked up well with his team-mates.

Deco: 6.5 - Played some expansive passes and looked like his old self, particularly in the first half, but lost his legs a little in the latter half of the game.

Ronaldo: 7.5 - Could not get into the game until he switched to the left hand side. Made good runs, hit the post with a sweetly struck free-kick and was involved in both goals.

Nuno Gomes: 7.5 - Was seen as a potential weakness going into the tournament but put in an extremely promising performance today, a throwback reminding us of him at his best. Put in great work to bring his midfielders into play; his return pass for Pepe's goal was magnificent.

Simao: 6 - Underwhelming. Whipped in some good crosses when given the time, but in general he did not seem to be at the races and probably will not start the next game.

Substitutes:

Nani: 6 - Fairly energetic, but lacking the end product in the short time he was afforded on the pitch.

Meireles: 7 - Took his goal very well at the death, having barely been on the pitch.

Meira: n/a.


Turkey

Volkan: 7 - Did fairly well in goal, with none of his typical shaky moments. Could not have done a lot more to prevent either goal. Produced one magnificent save to tip Ronaldo's free-kick onto the post.

Hamit Altintop: 6.5 - Put in an admirable shift playing out of position in right-back. Proved decent in defence and a good outlet going forward as well.

Gokhan Zan: 7 - A powerful performance in which he made several saving tackles. His game was blighted by one extremely horrendous error that saw him almost gift Portugal a goal, and he committed a fairly nasty foul in order to prevent it.

Servet: 6.5 - The muscle man was physically imposing as ever, but occasionally found a few paces off the Portuguese.

Hakan Balta: 7.5 - An incredibly solid showing at left-back. Gave Ronaldo no joy in the first half - so much so the megastar switched flanks - and Simao was similarly powerless to beat his man.

Mevlut: 6.5 - Put in a fairly promising performance, not afraid to push forward and linked up fairly well. Substituted at half time, possibly due to injury, or it may have been a purely tactical switch.

Aurelio: 7.5 - Put in a brilliant perfornmance in the middle of the park, regularly getting back to make saving tackles and setting off his midfielders and forwards as well. Full of energy.

Emre: 6 - Bypassed for much of the game and did not impose himself in a creative capacity as he perhaps would have liked. Had some moments, but no concsistency.

Kazim Richards: 6 - Full of energy but lacking in end product. He kept the Portuguese busy, but ultimately failed to provide crosses or get shots on goal.

Nihat: 6.5 - A decent performance and he cannot be faulted for his work rate. Some good set-pieces, but was physically out of his depth against the likes of Pepe and Carvalho.

Tuncay: 5.5 - Drifted out of the game but always came back in with some creative flair. Had some 'nearly' moments, but missed a few chances to capitalise on good positions.

Subsitutes

Sabri: 6.5 - Worked hard, running well but ultimately unable to provide a breakthrough.

Asik: 6

Semih: 6



Source : Goal.com