By Richard Scott;
Tonight sees the first semi-final of the European
Championship as group B runners up Portugal take on group C winners Spain.
Portugal's hopes rest on Cristiano Ronaldo who is one the
leading scorers so far in the tournament with three goals. The Real Madrid star
man will be up against many of his team-mates in the Spain team.
One of his Real team-mates is Spain number one Iker Casillas
who will win his 136th cap should he play and will become the first player to
win 100 games for his country should they progress to the final. The Spain
goalkeeper made his debut 12 years ago against Sweden at the age of 19.
Spain, defending European champions and World Cup winners,
are favourites to make Sunday's final with their attacking style of play having
already brought 8 goals from Fabregas, Alonso, Torres (2 each) Silva and Navas
(1 each).
Former Liverpool star Xabi Alonso said during the pre match
press conference that it will be a team effort in stopping Ronaldo from taking
his team through.
The Dombass Arena will not be full of fans as not many have
made the trip to the semi final due to the distance from Spain and Portugal.
The game kicks off at 7:45pm (BST time) and will be shown on
BBC One.
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