It’s a disappointing result for Scotland who are not technically out yet, but could well be following England v Spain which is coming up shortly. You can follow that one here:
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Full-time: Scotland 1-2 Portugal
Scotland dominated for long spells but weren’t able to create enough clear cut chances, while Portugal were clinical on the break, and the Scots will rue sloppy errors which led to that opening goal.
90+2 min Another Portuguese change: Diana Silva has put in a big shift on the counterattack, and she is replaced by Laura Luis.
90 min Time running out for Scotland, and Portugal are doing their best to run it down further holding the ball in the corner.
88 min Corsie is chopped down by Neto, who takes a booking.
Woodwork!
86 min What a crucial moment this may well be. A brilliant run by Erin Cuthbert down the right sets up Caroline Weir in the middle of the box. She shifts it on to her left foot to lose her marker and lets fly from eight yards, crashing the ball on to the post. Scottish hands are on heads.
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83 min Brilliant skill by Neto to trick her way around Corsie and create another Portuguese opportunity. The final shot is well blocked and Portugal have a corner which they take short, choosing to keep hold of the ball.
81 min Scotland’s final change: Joanne Love replaces Rachel McLauchlan.
78 min Patricia Morais is down with what looks like cramp. How a goalkeeper gets cramp, I’m not sure.
76 min Portugal make another change. The former Liverpool midfielder Amanda Da Costa is replaced by Santos’s Suzane Pires, whose side recently clinched the Brazilian title.
Footage of the goal...
Goal! Scotland 1-2 Portugal (Leite, 72 min)
How about this for an immediate impact. Ana Leite had barely been on the pitch for two minutes before latching on to a flick-on from a goal-kick and sprinting in on goal. She kept composed before sliding the ball under Gemma Fay and Scotland have it all to do once more.
70 min And with that, Mendes is done. The Portugal goalscorer is replaced by Ana Leite.
69 min Unfazed, Portugal roll up the pitch through Diana Silva, their constant outball. She checks back and waits patiently for support before picking out Mendes but her first-time strike is well wide.
Goal! Scotland 1-1 Portugal (Cuthbert, 67 min)
The substitute Erin Cuthbert works a lovely one-two in the box, taking the return pass in her stride before bending a perfect finish low into the far corner. Game on.
66 min That’s Brown’s final action of the game, and she is replaced by Hayley Lauder who will take up residence on the left wing.
65 min Fiona Brown almost delivers that spark, crossing dangerously towards Cuthbert, but the striker can’t quite get there before goalkeeper Morais.
64 min This has been a slightly underwhelming start to the second half. The game needs a spark, as do Scotland.
62 min Neto slides in Silva speeding down the right. She looks up and floats a cross into the middle but it’s just too high for Mendes arriving. A scramble in the area ensues and Neto almost gets a shot away, but it’s well defended.
59 min Lovely skill by Fiona Brown who’s been lively all match. She skips in from the left wing and draws a pretty clumsy foul from the combative Tatiana Pinto. Scotland win a corner from the following attack, but the referee spots a bit of shoving in the box and Portugal will have a free-kick of their own.
57 min Scotland are probing, but they aren’t having much joy.
54 min Substitution for Scotland and it’s a surprising one: Lana Clelland, such a threat in the first half, is replaced by Erin Cuthbert.
52 min Pinto tries a cheeky scooped pass into the box but Hibs full-back McLauchlan tracks the run of Mendes and cuts it out.
50 min A good chance for Portugal from a well-worked corner. Pinto charges into the box unmarked and collects a low pass before slamming a shot towards goal, but it’s well blocked.
48 min Evans tries a clever flick to Clelland but the striker can’t quite complete the return ball.
47 min Portugal begin on the front foot until Dieke takes a clobbering from Silva’s high boot, handing Scotland a free-kick near halfway.
Kick-off!
Portugal get us back under way. This is huge 45 minutes for both sides. No changes at the break.
Half-time: Scotland 0-1 Portugal
Leanne Crichton crunches into Tatiana Pinto and the referee blows for a free-kick, before deciding instead to call that the half.
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43 min Neto’s free-kick is repelled by a head in the wall.
42 min Portugal will have another sniff of goal shortly before half-time after Fiona Brown clatters into Diana Silva on the edge of the Scotland box. Cláudio Neto places the ball down...
40 min A lull. Lisa Evans tries to spin away from her marker on the right wing but loses the ball in the process.
37 min Barsley, who was at fault for the goal, gives possession away and Portugal come forward, until a wayward Silva throughball runs away for a goal-kick.
34 min Neto powers through midfield, splitting the Scottish defence in two before passing to Silva, whose long shot is blocked on the edge of the box.
32 min Scotland will be so frustrated. They have dominated this opening period but a momentary lapse has cost them.
30 min Scotland are caught on the counterattack again and it takes some excellent recovery work by Kirsty Smith to snuff out the danger.
Goal! Scotland 0-1 Portugal (Mendes, 28 min)
McLauchlan’s short pass is cut out by Dolores Silva at left-back who quickly feeds winger Diana Silva and suddenly Portugal are sprinting clear. She crosses towards Carolina Mendes who capitalises on some sloppy defending to slam home from close range.
27 min It’s all Scotland, and it’s mostly Clelland. She is proving so difficult to handle. Yet Portugal break on the counterattack...
25 min Another chance for Clelland in the box, though this one is a little trickier to control, and the striker is penalised for handball as it bounces into her.
23 min A free-kick for Portugal 40 yards out. Neto delivers a floater towards the penalty spot but Barsley takes responsibility for Scotland and heads clear.
21 min A really positive run by Fiona Brown who weaves her way down the left wing, but Borges tracks her well and makes an important sliding challenge.
19 min Scotland are really finding their rhythm here but they are just lacking that cutting edge so far.
Woodwork!
17 min What a chance for the Serie A’s top goalscorer last season. A rebound following Caroline Weir’s deflected shot falls invitingly for Lana Clelland but she can’t quite get the contact on the ball to put it in, and at the second attempt she slams the ball against the post and wide.
14 min Barsley drives a huge crossfield ball for Brown scampering down the left but it just runs out of play before the winger can get to it.
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12 min The most dangerous moment of the match comes via Lana Clelland who is really enjoying her step up to the starting side. She shimmies inside from a tight angle on the left and tries a curling effort to the far corner, but can’t quite keep it down.
9 min Scotland are camped in the Portuguese half but they haven’t been able to carve out a chance so far. Fiona Brown tries a long-range effort but it’s comfortably blocked.
6 min Neto gets her first touches of the ball, scooting along the right wing before feeding Diana Silva, but the striker can’t keep hold of it under pressure from the Scottish defence.
4 min A bright start for Scotland. They win a couple of battles in midfield and spread the ball left for Kirsty Smith advancing from full-back. She checks inside but the cross is too deep for Clelland to attack.
2 min The free-kick is slammed straight into the wall by Lisa Evans and her follow-up cross is a little overhit.
1 min An early free-kick for Scotland on the right side of the area, and Carole Costa has her name in the book with barely a minute on the clock. The replay shows she took out her own team-mate more than Lana Clelland and she’s not happy with the call, but referee Katalin Kulcsar has made up her mind.
Kick-off!
After playing derby games in their opening fixtures these two now play a team they barely know, having not met since 2009. It’s must-win for both sides, realistically. Scotland get us under way.
It’s anthem time in a semi-full Sparta Stadion in Rotterdam. Flower of Scotland is a beauty, isn’t it? The singing is done and kick-off is imminent.
Anna Signeul continues with Scotland’s 4-1-4-1 formation with Rachel Corsie linking defence and midfield. There are three changes to the side which lost to England, with Kirsty Smith and Rachel McLauchlan coming in at full-back while Lana Clelland – the Serie A’s top goalscorer last season – replaces the injured Jane Ross in the lone striker role.
Portugal line up with their familiar diamond midfield with the captain Cláudio Neto on the nose of their midfield quartet. They make two changes from the defeat to Spain with Carolina Mendes and Amanda Da Costa coming into the side.
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The teams!
Scotland
Gemma Fay (captain); Rachel McLauchlan, Ifeoma Dieke, Vaila Barsley, Kirsty Smith; Rachel Corsie; Lisa Evans, Caroline Weir, Leanne Crichton, Lisa Evans, Fiona Brown; Lana Clelland
Subs Shannon Lynn, Lee Alexander, Joelle Murray, Leanne Ross, Hayley Lauder, Erin Cuthbert, Sophie Howard, Christie Murray, Frankie Brown, Chloe Arthur
Portugal
Patricia Morais; Ana Borges, Sílvia Rebelo, Carole Costa, Dolores Silva; Tatiana Pinto, Amanda Da Costa, Vanessa Marques, Cláudio Neto (captain); Carolina Mendes, Diana Silva
Subs Jamila Marreiros, Rute Costa, Mónica Mendes, Raquel Infante, Matilde Fidalgo, Andreia Norton, Laura Luis, Ana Leite, Fátima Pinto, Suzane Pires, Diana Gomes, Melissa Antunes
Referee Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)
Preamble
There are some parallels in Scotland and Portugal’s campaigns so far, most of which are thoroughly unwelcome. Both are making their European Championship debuts, both are still awaiting their first win, and point, and goal, and both lost their opening game to their fierce rivals – England and Spain respectively. It can only get better.
Then again, there is a real opportunity here for the winners to propel themselves back into Group D contention. Scotland would ordinarily come into this one as favourites but the manner of their opening defeat, shipping six goals, raised doubts and to compound matters the prolific Manchester City striker Jane Ross suffered a shoulder injury against England which has ruled her out of this match, as well as their final group game against Spain.
So the Scotland coach, Anna Signeul, will need others to step forward in attack, while their defensive priority will be stifling the Portuguese playmaker Cláudia Neto. “We have huge respect for Portugal – this group is not just England and Spain,” said Signeul yesterday. “Neto is a great player, she’s playing in Sweden and we will be ready for her, but they’re a team.” The winners can make this group about more than the top two, but for the beaten side an early tournament exit almost certainly awaits.
Kick-off: 5pm BST, 6pm local time.
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