64′ The first yellow card for the Portuguese. Gustavo Sá receives it after tackling Taylor from behind.
63′ Rensch has been patched up, and the Portuguese storm has calmed down a bit. Meanwhile, an old acquaintance from Ajax enters the field: Carlos Forbs replaces Paulo Bernardo.
58′ Rensch will definitely not be there if Jong Oranje reaches the semi-final, but will he make it to the end of this match? He remains down after an awkward collision, knee to knee, with Quenda.
Rensch and Taylor have both received yellow cards and are suspended if Jong Oranje reaches the semi-final. The same applies to Van Bommel, after his red card. The now-suspended Youri Regeer would be back then.
53′ The match is over for Valente. Coach Reiziger brings in an extra defender, in the person of Bjorn Meijer.
50′ Yellow card for Taylor, he is also suspended if Jong Oranje reaches the semi-final. Jong Oranje’s number 10 wants to play the ball, but hits opponent Mateus on the foot. Unfortunate, but he still gets a yellow card for it.
48′ Roefs prevents a 1-0 deficit! Portugal has resumed the offensive, and Paulo Bernardo gets a chance. But Roefs tips the ball out of the corner.
46′ Kick-off! Jong Oranje starts the second half with the same ten players with whom it ended the first half.
Portugal makes a substitution at halftime. Henrique Araújo, who has already scored twice in this European Championship, replaces Tiago Tomás and immediately gets the captain’s armband.
Statistics from the first half of Jong Oranje-Portugal
Goal attempts: 2-6Shots on goal: 1-0Ball possession: 33.2%-66.8%
Corners: 0-1
Fouls: 11-4
Offsides: 1-0
Expected goals: 0.48-1.05
0-0 after a difficult first half for the Dutch team. But the match is certainly not lost yet. Quenda’s missed penalty is a stroke of luck, and Jong Oranje also had a goal disallowed and should have taken the lead via Van Bergen.
44′ Van Bergen heads the ball through, Manhoef seems to become dangerous. But he pushes Nazinho over and is whistled back.
42′ Portugal is in control in Zilina but has just escaped its first goal against in this European Championship. How many of these kinds of big chances will Jong Oranje get tonight?
39′ What a chance for Van Bergen!
This really should have been it for Jong Oranje! Manhoef breaks through on the right and lays it off excellently. But Van Bergen misses one-on-one with goalkeeper Soares.
38′ Playmaker Nascimento tries from distance. Not far over, but Roefs doesn’t have to take action.
36′ Goal disallowed for the Netherlands!
An attack from Jong Oranje: Maatsen crosses, and the ball trickles over the goal line via central defender Chico Lamba. But Maatsen was already offside, so this goal is rightly disallowed.
Jong Oranje has been under pressure for over half an hour, especially after the red card for Van Bommel. But thanks to this miss from Quenda, the damage remains limited for the time being.
31′ Portugal misses!
There is some luck for Jong Oranje! Quenda sends Roefs the wrong way but then hits the post!
30′ Penalty for Portugal!
Indeed, Rensch not only hits the ball but also Tomás’s ankle. There is also a yellow card; Rensch will miss a possible semi-final if Jong Oranje manages to reach it.
29′ The referee is going to take a look. This is not going well for Jong Oranje…
29′ Rensch now makes a firm tackle on Tomás but does hit the ball. Roefs also comes to remonstrate with the Portuguese attacker, who doesn’t appreciate it. The VAR is still looking at the moment.
26′ Panic in the penalty area of Jong Oranje after a free kick from Paulo Bernardo. Rensch clears the ball twice and almost gets an opponent’s shoe in his face.
23′ The left flank of Jong Oranje was already being overrun at times. Now that the left winger has been sent off, it certainly won’t get any easier.
21′ Red card for Van Bommel!
And that is immediately the second yellow card for Van Bommel. This time, he tackles Quenda, the referee from Georgia does not hesitate and sends Van Bommel off the field.
Anyway, Jong Oranje has so far no answer to the Portuguese counterattacks. And usually, this man with number 17 is involved: Geovany Quenda.
19′ Van Bommel receives the first yellow card of the match. He interrupts a promising counterattack by tripping his direct opponent Pinheiro.
15′ There is the next chance for the Portuguese, again over their right flank. Gustavo Sá breaks out and crosses, but Tomás arrives just too late at the second post.
10′ Another dangerous attack from Portugal, again Quenda is involved. But he slides the ball just wide! Left-back Ian Maatsen doesn’t seem to be having an easy night…
7′ Quenda again creates danger on the right and serves Pinheiro. The cross from the right-back is accurate, but Tiago Tomás misses the ball. Jong Oranje escapes there.
6′ Now Van den Berg is in the right place to clear a through cross from Quenda. That was a first flash of the Portuguese top scorer, who was too fast for Taylor on the right.
5′ Van den Berg just slips with the ball at his feet, but fortunately, there is no Portuguese player nearby.
4′ Manhoef moves from the right to the inside and tries it, but his shot ends in the Portuguese defense.
2′ It doesn’t seem to be an open match today. Portugal has not conceded a single goal in this European Championship yet.
Erwin Koeman is also present in Zilina. The assistant coach is going to sit down properly.
We can almost start! The players enter the field in Zilina and prepare for the national anthems.
Can Luciano Valente take another selfie with the player of the match trophy in a few hours? The playmaker of Jong Oranje has already scored twice in this European Championship, as many times as in the entire season with FC Groningen.
The shirts are already ready in the dressing room.
A chat between the coaches, Michael Reiziger and Rui Jorge. Both once played as a back and have a long international career behind them, between 1994 and 2004.
Reiziger played his last international match at the 2004 European Championship against Portugal, Rui Jorge was then on the bench with the opponent.
Portugal lineup! It is especially looking out for attacker Geovany Quenda, who has already scored three times in this European Championship. Former Ajax player Carlos Forbs starts on the bench.
Jong Oranje lineup! As coach Michael Reiziger already announced: no changes compared to the previous match against Ukraine.
Two years ago, Jong Oranje and Portugal also played against each other at the European Championship. It became 1-1, Brian Brobbey signed for the Dutch goal.
The tournament of opponent Portugal so far:
Here is kicked off at 18:00: Stadión pod Dubnom in Zilina.