Euro 2012 qualifiers: Portugal won with Norway 1:0, video highlights

Yesterday Portugal noted an important win in the qualification campain for Euro 2012. Hélder Postiga scored the goal in 53'. Three points gained in Lisbon moved the team on the first place in the group alongside Norway and Denmark. Only two games left, it is still to be decided who is going to advance from the group.

Watch video highlights of the game.

Euro 2012 qualifiers: Portugal call-up list for the match against Denmark

Goalkeepers: Eduardo (Genoa), Beto (FC Porto), Rui Patricio (Sporting)

Defenders: Silvio (Braga), Rolando (FC Porto), Bruno Alves (Zenit), Joao Pereira (Sporting), Ricardo Carvalho (Real Madrid), Fabio Coentrao (Benfica)

Midfielders: Tiago (Atletico Madrid), Raul Meireles (Liverpool), Carlos Martins (Benfica), Joao Moutinho (FC Porto), Paulo Machado (Toulouse), Pepe (Real Madrid), Miguel Veloso (Genoa)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen), Nani (Manchester United), Danny (Zenit), Helder Postiga (Sporting), Liedson (Sporting), Varela (FC Porto).

Miguel Veloso and Liedson droped out the list due to injuries and the coach Paulo Bento called up two midfielders: Ruben Micael (FC Porto) and Manuel Fernandes (Valencia).

Rui Patricio is back to the team after a long break. Don't think he is going to play, however.

Portugal is going to face Denmark at 8th October.

Euro 2012 qualifiers: post-game interview with Eduardo

Interview with Eduardo after Portugal - Cyprus game. Quoted after PortuGOAL.net:

“We have to admit our mistakes and lift our heads. There are more games ahead and we have to learn from our mistakes. During the World Cup things went well at the back, but today they didn’t. We’re going to Norway to win. It will be an important game for us. We now have extra responsibility after dropping points at home.”

Read the interviews with other players at PortuGOAL.net.

Euro 2012 qualifier: Portugal - Cyprus 4-4, 3 Sep 2010, video highlights

Hugo Almeida, Raul Meireles, Danny and Manuel Fernandes scored. It's a good news.

Bad news is that three times the defenders left Eduardo alone with Cyprus players. Nevertheless I would expect that he could do something in at least one of those situation... But it seemed as if he was not in the best shape.

In the last minutes - a catasthrope... Cyprus player shots on the goal, Eduardo makes a save, but the ball falls only a few meters from him, in the box. A header of Andreas Avraam, who didn't miss the opportunity, and the ball lands in the net. It's 4-4, Portugal started its first qualifier from a draw with theoretically the weakest of the opponents in their group.

Antonis Georgallides, the Cyprus's goalkeeper, made 7 saves. Some can be seen in the video highlights. Only 3 saves on Eduardo's account. Hope is going to do better in Norway - Portugal game.