Portugal against Poland

Pauleta is offside after a low cross is steered into the box - his effort flashed over the top in any case...

Poland look for Olisadebe: Baia claims well as the striker looks to race through

...at the other end, Pauleta shoots wide. Almost a fourth goal for the Portugal star

They come very close to doing so - Marcin Zewlakow hits a volley which bounces into the ground and hits the side netting...

The ball was whipped in at pace and the striker had to lunge to meet it. Poland trying to bring a little late respectability to the scoreline

Hajto has a shot from the edge of the box, but it's blocked... a low cross comes in and Kryszalowicz steers it over the top

Bak is denied by a good clearing header - it's another corner to the Poles

Rui Jorge gives the ball away, but Petit is there to win it back... just a question of playing out time now for Portugal

...Portugal come forward with Pauleta, but he's flagged offside

Another Polish cross - Olisadebe challenges Baia who, at the second attempt, holds on...

No joy there - Baia holds on and we've moved into the final ten minutes

Can they get one from another corner now?

Poland win a corner... it comes to nothing. They've conceded five goals in two games and scored none

A lovely goal, and just reward for Pauleta's enterprising performance

And a lovely ball from Costa finds Pauleta - he jinks past the defender and fires home crisply to complete a hat-trick. It's 3-0 Portugal!

Portugal are, in flashes, showing the sort of passing and movement so absent against the United States

Olisadebe chasing again, but Portugal win it back and break through Pauleta... Petit strikes it viciously, and it's just wide with Dudek struggling

Waldoch meets it with a header - too high, though, to trouble Baia

Hajto launches a long ball forward and Olisadebe wins a corner by pressuring Beto

...it breaks down and Poland come forward with Bak, but Portugal are there to sweep up as Kozminski tries to cross

Lovely skill by Figo, controlling the ball superbly and then looking for the pass forward...

It's flicked on, but goes out of play. Polish frustrations growing

Michal Zewlakow is going off to be replaced by Rzasa as Poland prepare to take a throw

The ball runs out of play as Poland try in vain to cause problems. They're beginning to look downcast now and it seems like played two, lost two

Conceicao is going off and Capucho comes on as Portugal make another change

Pauleta gets onto the end of a cross - the Portuguese football is starting to flow now - but steers his header just over

Kryszalowicz shoots low, and Baia makes an excellent stop. Frenetic period of play...

...Figo takes it on and, from the edge of the area, curls a superb effort against the post. Unlucky - but here come Poland...

And Portugal produced their best movement there - they're attacking again through Pauleta...

That's surely it for Poland - it's very hard to see them scoring once, let alone twice

...Pauleta slides in to prod it past the helpless Dudek, and Portugal have taken a 2-0 lead!

Portugal advance into the Poland half and Figo slides in a low cross...

Olisadebe breaks, but gioves the ball away - that's been Poland's problem and they're threatened on the break...

He's coming on now, replacing Frechaut, who was injured in the first period

Marcin Zewlakow is penalised for a challenge - free-kick Portugal, who are poised to bring Beto on

...but his attempted cross is woeful, curling out of play and presenting Portugal with a goal-kick

Maybe now - Poland have a corner. Olisadebe takes the ball on at the corner of the area...

The fans are turning up the volume - they're probably hoping for a bit more excitement from the remainder of this clash

Can Costa add a bit of spark to a game which has gone a little flat of late?

Portugal bring Rui Costa on: Joao Pinto's the player taken off

Kryszalowicz nods the loose ball home, but that won't count

But Poland win it back and Bak sparks an atack - the ball is crossed, but the referee blows his whistle for a foul on keeper Baia

They're passing the ball around at the back now, keeping possession

Portugal trying to lift their tempo again - they've been a bit sluggish in this half

The Poles will be encouraged by that spell. They've made a change, bringing Marcin Zewlakow on for Zurawski

He steers his shot wide - that was a good chance. Poland come back again, and Dudek claims the cross

It's cleared and Poland find Krzynowek, who runs into the area...

The ball's ushered back to Dudek, and forward it goes to Kryszalowicz... but Portugal clear that easily and come forward to win a free-kick

...then Couto makes another good interception. Some decent play from Poland, but they're struggling to make a really clear chance

Poland clear - chance of a break with Olisadebe lurking: Costa heads the cross away

Portugal have a free-kick midway inside the Poland half: Pinto fouled...

They have it back again, however, and Pinto jinks and twists into the area. Dudek comes out to claim the ball

Decent enough start to the second half: Pinto is offside, though, as Portugal play the ball forward on the right

Poland attacking again, but Pinto is in the right place to pick the ball off

Kozminski chasing again, but that one eludes him and Portugal have a throw inside their own half

Zurawski makes a good run, but Costa gets across to block him out as he heads towards the area

Pinto chases, but the ball skips along the slippy surface and runs out for a goal-kick

Figo on the ball as Portugal attack - he wins a free-kick for Bak's challenge

Immdeiately, Olisadebe sets off on a great run - the ball breaks to Bak on the edge of the box but his shot is mishit and bobbles harmlessly away

Poland get the second half started - they have 45 minutes to save their World Cup hopes

Dallas blows the half-time whistle - Pauleta's crisp finish divides the side. Portugal 1-0 up

Throw to Portugal, who have had the better of things so far. Poland, though, are not without threat - they play it forward but the ball hits ref Dallas and deflects unkindly

Olisadebe threatens, but then plays a loose final pass and Poland lose the ball. There will be two minutes of stoppage time

Poland will need to find more of those in the second period... Zurawski heads te ball on, but it goes to nobody

Kozminski crosses well and Couto gets his head to it to clear. That was a good ball in

...and Pinto is back on his feet and back on the pitch. A relief for Portugal

Bak tries to get in but gives the ball away - Petit then does exactly the same for Portugal

None... Pinto is still off the pitch. From the free-kick, Figo is dispossessed

...and Pinto is still down. What action will ref Hugh Dallas take?

Kozminski lets the ball slip out of play and Poland concede another free-kick for a foul on Joao Pinto. The foul was by Hajto...

It is Figo - it's low, through the wall, and straight at Dudek

Surely this is one that will interest Figo...

Olisadebe again - he makes a good run down the right and fires in an angled shot which Baia stops. Bak fouls Pinto and is booked... it's a dangerous free-kick right on the edge of the area

No sign of a let-up in the rain, and slips are becoming more frequent... Olisadebe is beaten in the air as Poland come forward once more

Dudek punches it clear and Pauleta wins a corner... from it Figo finds Petit, who gets in a low shot which Dudek holds onto

Free-kick to Portugal in a crossing position, and Figo takes it...

They look to have worked a chance with a quick first-time ball to Olisadebe - too quick, because he's offside

And another good clearance from Portugal, who are having to cope with some decent pressure all of a sudden

...the ball is back with the Poles, though, and they win a throw. Good spell for them

Ref Hugh Dallas has taken plenty of names so far... Zewlakow comes forward in another Poland attack, but his cross is cleared...

Back to the other end, and Olisadebe is denied space... Figo breaks away but then loses the ball and Rui Jorge goes into the book for a bad challenge

Pauleta chases into the area and Dudek comes out well to claim it

From it, Poland are crowded out and Couto eventually blasts the ball clear

They win the ball back and Couto has to slide in to clear. Zewlakow to take a throw

Bak loses control of the ball in the teeming rain, and Poland concede a throw

Figo is back for Portugal to get that one away

Krzynowek shoots after his first effort is blocked - it deflects for a corner

Free-kick: Poland looking to create danger from this one

Figo rather waits for the ball and Olisadebe steals in - Baia comes out of his area to clear. Jorge Costa is booked for bringing down Olisadebe soon afterwards

And that's bound to make control a bit more difficult - conditions are getting slippier by the minute

...which, in the end, is claimed by Baia. It's pouring down now - looks like London on a summer afternoon

Frechaut is booked for bringing down Krzynowek inside the Portugal half - free-kick Poland...

But there's more and more confidence coming into Portugal's play, and they look capable of carving out plenty of chances today

...Pauleta comes forward again after an excellent crossfield pass: he tries his luck, and the ball flies over

Again, however, it breaks down... Poland look for Olisadebe but can't find him. More of a hopeful long ball than anything else

Good passing by Portugal - Pinto loses it in the end, but back they come with Figo down the right...

Figo's free-kick is a disappointment, and Poland don't have to worry about that one

Kryszalowicz fouls him, and Figo will cross this in from the right. Swierczewski is booked for a foul as the players jostle in the area

But in the end it's a downright weird one from Conceicao, and goes out for a throw. What was that supposed to be?

Figo weighing up his options here...

Figo looks to cause further damage, meandering down the right... he wins a dangerous free-kick near the edge of the box

And the Poles have responded well to the blow of falling behind

Poland have another free-kick, this one midway inside the Portugal half. Baia claims it well

Swierczewski shoots from 25 yards, just over... Kaluzny, who slipped and fell awkwardly, goes off and is replaced by Bak as Poland are forced into an early change

Kozminski floats in a good-looking cross, which just eludes the waiting attackers and is deflected out for another corner

Kaluzny reacts by breaking down the right to win a corner... it results in a second flag-kick

...the ball comes to Pauleta on the left-hand side of the area, and he cuts in to fire a shot low past Dudek at his near post. It's 1-0 Portugal!

Figo is forced back and Olisadebe steps in: Jorge Costa stops him. Frechaut is back on and starts an attack...

His side temporarily down to ten men, but on the ball after Zurawski loses possession

Injury worries for Portugal... Frechaut is being stretchered off for treatment

Signs that Portugal are starting to get their game together now... Kaluzny shoots at the other end, but that's way over the bar

...Pauleta tries another shot from distance after some neat control - it's well-struck, but straight at Dudek

Pauleta has the ball wide on the left and fires in a dangerous cross which Zewlakow clears for a corner. Figo will take it...

Straight back on the attack - Pauleta fires in a good shot from outside the area and it's not too far wide of the post

...again, it offers little threat and the clearance is routine

They certainly aren't passing the ball in the way they can... Kaluzny is penalised for another niggling challenge, and Figo floats it towards the area

The delivery's a bit aimless, though, and Portugal are yet to really get going

Lively enough start - Bento is fouled for a free-kick inside the Portugal half

Soon afterwards, Poland come forward again and the ball is scrambled away... Joao Pinto races into the area and is crowded out

Portugal move forward with Frechaut, and Conceicao tries a shot which lacks the pace or direction to bother Dudek

Plenty of attacking intent from Poland - they're taking a much more positive approach to this game than their last

...he's soon back in the thick of the action, twisting and turning - the ball comes out to Kaluzny, whose shot is wide of the target

But Portugal concede possession carelessly, and an attempted through ball is too strong for the speedy Olisadebe to get on the end of

Hajto gets in with a strong challenge - too strong, says the referee, and it's another free-kick

...and they move forward to win a throw on half-way

Portugal get back well as Kryszalowicz threatens down the right

Then Joao Pinto commits a foul and Poland play it forward - Olisadebe can't get there and it's a goal kick

The Portuguese pass it around, and Luis Figo is the victim of the game's first foul...

Portugal get the game under way - their defence, so shambolic against the USA, will be under the spotlight

Poland, in particular, need to find some semblance of attacking threat - sorely missing during their defeat against South Korea

The anthems are being played, the rain's coming down... two sides here who know they need a big improvement on their displays in the opening games

Portugal are, in flashes, showing the sort of passing and movement so absent against the United States

Olisadebe chasing again, but Portugal win it back and break through Pauleta... Petit strikes it viciously, and it's just wide with Dudek struggling

Waldoch meets it with a header - too high, though, to trouble Baia

Hajto launches a long ball forward and Olisadebe wins a corner by pressuring Beto

...it breaks down and Poland come forward with Bak, but Portugal are there to sweep up as Kozminski tries to cross

Lovely skill by Figo, controlling the ball superbly and then looking for the pass forward...

It's flicked on, but goes out of play. Polish frustrations growing

Michal Zewlakow is going off to be replaced by Rzasa as Poland prepare to take a throw

The ball runs out of play as Poland try in vain to cause problems. They're beginning to look downcast now and it seems like played two, lost two

Conceicao is going off and Capucho comes on as Portugal make another change

Pauleta gets onto the end of a cross - the Portuguese football is starting to flow now - but steers his header just over

Kryszalowicz shoots low, and Baia makes an excellent stop. Frenetic period of play...

...Figo takes it on and, from the edge of the area, curls a superb effort against the post. Unlucky - but here come Poland...

And Portugal produced their best movement there - they're attacking again through Pauleta...

That's surely it for Poland - it's very hard to see them scoring once, let alone twice

...Pauleta slides in to prod it past the helpless Dudek, and Portugal have taken a 2-0 lead!

Portugal advance into the Poland half and Figo slides in a low cross...

Olisadebe breaks, but gioves the ball away - that's been Poland's problem and they're threatened on the break...

He's coming on now, replacing Frechaut, who was injured in the first period

Marcin Zewlakow is penalised for a challenge - free-kick Portugal, who are poised to bring Beto on

...but his attempted cross is woeful, curling out of play and presenting Portugal with a goal-kick

Maybe now - Poland have a corner. Olisadebe takes the ball on at the corner of the area...

The fans are turning up the volume - they're probably hoping for a bit more excitement from the remainder of this clash

Can Costa add a bit of spark to a game which has gone a little flat of late?

Portugal bring Rui Costa on: Joao Pinto's the player taken off

Kryszalowicz nods the loose ball home, but that won't count

But Poland win it back and Bak sparks an atack - the ball is crossed, but the referee blows his whistle for a foul on keeper Baia

They're passing the ball around at the back now, keeping possession

Portugal trying to lift their tempo again - they've been a bit sluggish in this half

The Poles will be encouraged by that spell. They've made a change, bringing Marcin Zewlakow on for Zurawski

He steers his shot wide - that was a good chance. Poland come back again, and Dudek claims the cross

It's cleared and Poland find Krzynowek, who runs into the area...

The ball's ushered back to Dudek, and forward it goes to Kryszalowicz... but Portugal clear that easily and come forward to win a free-kick

...then Couto makes another good interception. Some decent play from Poland, but they're struggling to make a really clear chance

Poland clear - chance of a break with Olisadebe lurking: Costa heads the cross away

Portugal have a free-kick midway inside the Poland half: Pinto fouled...

They have it back again, however, and Pinto jinks and twists into the area. Dudek comes out to claim the ball

Decent enough start to the second half: Pinto is offside, though, as Portugal play the ball forward on the right

Poland attacking again, but Pinto is in the right place to pick the ball off

Kozminski chasing again, but that one eludes him and Portugal have a throw inside their own half

Zurawski makes a good run, but Costa gets across to block him out as he heads towards the area

Pinto chases, but the ball skips along the slippy surface and runs out for a goal-kick

Figo on the ball as Portugal attack - he wins a free-kick for Bak's challenge

Immdeiately, Olisadebe sets off on a great run - the ball breaks to Bak on the edge of the box but his shot is mishit and bobbles harmlessly away

Poland get the second half started - they have 45 minutes to save their World Cup hopes

Dallas blows the half-time whistle - Pauleta's crisp finish divides the side. Portugal 1-0 up

Throw to Portugal, who have had the better of things so far. Poland, though, are not without threat - they play it forward but the ball hits ref Dallas and deflects unkindly

Olisadebe threatens, but then plays a loose final pass and Poland lose the ball. There will be two minutes of stoppage time

Poland will need to find more of those in the second period... Zurawski heads te ball on, but it goes to nobody

Kozminski crosses well and Couto gets his head to it to clear. That was a good ball in

...and Pinto is back on his feet and back on the pitch. A relief for Portugal

Bak tries to get in but gives the ball away - Petit then does exactly the same for Portugal

None... Pinto is still off the pitch. From the free-kick, Figo is dispossessed

...and Pinto is still down. What action will ref Hugh Dallas take?

Kozminski lets the ball slip out of play and Poland concede another free-kick for a foul on Joao Pinto. The foul was by Hajto...

It is Figo - it's low, through the wall, and straight at Dudek

Surely this is one that will interest Figo...

Olisadebe again - he makes a good run down the right and fires in an angled shot which Baia stops. Bak fouls Pinto and is booked... it's a dangerous free-kick right on the edge of the area

No sign of a let-up in the rain, and slips are becoming more frequent... Olisadebe is beaten in the air as Poland come forward once more

Dudek punches it clear and Pauleta wins a corner... from it Figo finds Petit, who gets in a low shot which Dudek holds onto

Free-kick to Portugal in a crossing position, and Figo takes it...

They look to have worked a chance with a quick first-time ball to Olisadebe - too quick, because he's offside

And another good clearance from Portugal, who are having to cope with some decent pressure all of a sudden

...the ball is back with the Poles, though, and they win a throw. Good spell for them

Ref Hugh Dallas has taken plenty of names so far... Zewlakow comes forward in another Poland attack, but his cross is cleared...

Back to the other end, and Olisadebe is denied space... Figo breaks away but then loses the ball and Rui Jorge goes into the book for a bad challenge

Pauleta chases into the area and Dudek comes out well to claim it

From it, Poland are crowded out and Couto eventually blasts the ball clear

They win the ball back and Couto has to slide in to clear. Zewlakow to take a throw

Bak loses control of the ball in the teeming rain, and Poland concede a throw

Figo is back for Portugal to get that one away

Krzynowek shoots after his first effort is blocked - it deflects for a corner

Free-kick: Poland looking to create danger from this one

Figo rather waits for the ball and Olisadebe steals in - Baia comes out of his area to clear. Jorge Costa is booked for bringing down Olisadebe soon afterwards

And that's bound to make control a bit more difficult - conditions are getting slippier by the minute

...which, in the end, is claimed by Baia. It's pouring down now - looks like London on a summer afternoon

Frechaut is booked for bringing down Krzynowek inside the Portugal half - free-kick Poland...

But there's more and more confidence coming into Portugal's play, and they look capable of carving out plenty of chances today

...Pauleta comes forward again after an excellent crossfield pass: he tries his luck, and the ball flies over

Again, however, it breaks down... Poland look for Olisadebe but can't find him. More of a hopeful long ball than anything else

Good passing by Portugal - Pinto loses it in the end, but back they come with Figo down the right...

Figo's free-kick is a disappointment, and Poland don't have to worry about that one

Kryszalowicz fouls him, and Figo will cross this in from the right. Swierczewski is booked for a foul as the players jostle in the area

But in the end it's a downright weird one from Conceicao, and goes out for a throw. What was that supposed to be?

Figo weighing up his options here...

Figo looks to cause further damage, meandering down the right... he wins a dangerous free-kick near the edge of the box

And the Poles have responded well to the blow of falling behind

Poland have another free-kick, this one midway inside the Portugal half. Baia claims it well

Swierczewski shoots from 25 yards, just over... Kaluzny, who slipped and fell awkwardly, goes off and is replaced by Bak as Poland are forced into an early change

Kozminski floats in a good-looking cross, which just eludes the waiting attackers and is deflected out for another corner

Kaluzny reacts by breaking down the right to win a corner... it results in a second flag-kick

...the ball comes to Pauleta on the left-hand side of the area, and he cuts in to fire a shot low past Dudek at his near post. It's 1-0 Portugal!

Figo is forced back and Olisadebe steps in: Jorge Costa stops him. Frechaut is back on and starts an attack...

His side temporarily down to ten men, but on the ball after Zurawski loses possession

Injury worries for Portugal... Frechaut is being stretchered off for treatment

Signs that Portugal are starting to get their game together now... Kaluzny shoots at the other end, but that's way over the bar

...Pauleta tries another shot from distance after some neat control - it's well-struck, but straight at Dudek

Pauleta has the ball wide on the left and fires in a dangerous cross which Zewlakow clears for a corner. Figo will take it...

Straight back on the attack - Pauleta fires in a good shot from outside the area and it's not too far wide of the post

...again, it offers little threat and the clearance is routine

They certainly aren't passing the ball in the way they can... Kaluzny is penalised for another niggling challenge, and Figo floats it towards the area

The delivery's a bit aimless, though, and Portugal are yet to really get going

Lively enough start - Bento is fouled for a free-kick inside the Portugal half

Soon afterwards, Poland come forward again and the ball is scrambled away... Joao Pinto races into the area and is crowded out

Portugal move forward with Frechaut, and Conceicao tries a shot which lacks the pace or direction to bother Dudek

Plenty of attacking intent from Poland - they're taking a much more positive approach to this game than their last

...he's soon back in the thick of the action, twisting and turning - the ball comes out to Kaluzny, whose shot is wide of the target

But Portugal concede possession carelessly, and an attempted through ball is too strong for the speedy Olisadebe to get on the end of

Hajto gets in with a strong challenge - too strong, says the referee, and it's another free-kick

...and they move forward to win a throw on half-way

Portugal get back well as Kryszalowicz threatens down the right

Then Joao Pinto commits a foul and Poland play it forward - Olisadebe can't get there and it's a goal kick

The Portuguese pass it around, and Luis Figo is the victim of the game's first foul...

Portugal get the game under way - their defence, so shambolic against the USA, will be under the spotlight

Poland, in particular, need to find some semblance of attacking threat - sorely missing during their defeat against South Korea

The anthems are being played, the rain's coming down... two sides here who know they need a big improvement on their displays in the opening games