UEFA REPORT:
An early header brought a save from the Portuguese goalkeeper Igor Araújo as Spain started the brighter despite already having booked their place in the last four. However, the complexion of the game changed when Portugal were awarded a penalty on 22 minutes when reserve goalkeeper Ángel Bernabé was adjudged to have brought down Hélder Barbosa. Bruno Gama stepped up and sent the goalkeeper the wrong way.
However, the Portuguese threat on the counterattack was emphasised just before the break when a wonderful sequence of one-touch passes saw Diogo Tavares put the ball in the net only to be denied by the offside flag. Two minutes after the restart there was no denying Spain and Díaz, when Calvo supplied yet another cross from the right and the no9 made no mistake with a close-range header.
On the hour mark Hélder Barbosa fired a low shot goalwards following a poor Spanish clearance .
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