The Euro 2004 finalist “Portugal” lock horns with the competition’s new blood and first time semi-finalist Wales on Wednesday evening.
Portugal are yet to win a game in regular time at the tournament in France, pulling through to the quarter final in added extra time and the semi-finals with the aid of penalty shoot-out. The Portuguese have made to their fourth semi-final in 6 tournament appearances by edging pass Poland on penalty shoot-out on Thursday. They are still in search of their first ever European Championship title.
Wales made it to their first UEFA European championship semi-final in their first appearance at the tournament. The dragons have lost once in the first 5 games of the competition, suffering 2-1 defeat from the hands of neighbours England.
Portugal: Team News
Fernando Santos will be without the services of tenacious William Cavarlho. The Galant middle man was booked in Portugal penalty decided quarter-final clash with Poland.
While fullback Raphael Guerreiro and midfielder Andre Gomes are still sidelined with their respective injuries.
Portugal: Predicted line up (4-4-2)
Rui Patricio – Cedric, Fonte, Pepe, Eliseu – Mario, Sanches, Moutinho, Silva – Nani, Ronaldo.
Wales: Team News
Chris Coleman will be without the services of Aaron Ramsey and Ben Davies, who reached the card limit after picking up a booking in the quarter final clash with Belgium.
Wales: Predicted line-up (3-5-2)
Henessey – Chester, Williams, Collins – Gunter, Ledley, Allen, Joe Williams, Taylor – Bale, Robson-Kanu.
Portugal vs Wales: Head to Head stats
Both sides are meeting for the second time in the 21st century, with their first encounter being in 2000 during an international friendly in which Portugal won by a 3-0 score line.
However, some players in both teams are familiar with each other strength, weakness, playing style.
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Germany will meet France in today's game played at Stade Velodrome, Marseille. In their last meeting, France won the match with 2:0. I wonder if Joachim Löw 's team prepared us with a surprise for today. Based on the past results of the two teams, I would expect for Germany to perform well during this meeting and win this game. It should be interesting to see if Griezmann will score during this match as he has a good average in terms of goals scored / match.
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