Both Portugal and Kyrgyzstan had to win this game. First minutes were very important for the whole of the match. Portugal attacked Kyrgyzstan goal since the very beginning. And it made a success. In the 3rd minute Joao Goncalves (POR) scored first goal for Portugal. It was also his 3rd goal in this tournament. 4 minutes later his friend from team scored his first goal on this Championship and Portugal was leading 2:0. Last part of the first half was full of scoring chances for both teams. However to the end of the first half the score has not changed.
Second part looked similar to the first one but it was getting more agressive. in 27 minute Kyrgyzstan player Zakir Kasimov made a foul on Portugal competitor and got red card. Portugal took advantage of this situation and few seconds later Paulo Duarte scored third goal for his team. in the last part of the match Kyrgyzstan tried to make advantage over Portugal and goalkeeper played as 5th player. They managed to create some good opportunities to score but they didn't defeat Portugal goalkeeper. Just before the end of the game Vitor Luis (POR) increased the score to 4:0 by shot into an empty goal.
Tomorrow Portugal play against Slovakia and Kyrgyzstan face Ukraine.