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Saturday, July 01, 2006



England went out of the World Cup 3-1 on penalties after their quarter-final with Portugal ended 0-0.
England lost skipper David Beckham to injury just after half-time and Wayne Rooney was sent off after 62 minutes for a push to his clubmate Christiano Ronaldo. They battled on bravely for the rest of normal time and extra-time with 10 men to take the game to a shoot-out. But Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher missed to end their hopes and Sven-Goran Eriksson's reign.
England crashed out of the World Cup in agonising circumstances after their best performance of the tournament. Big Phil scores his hat-trick against Svennis and Portugal are through to a semi-final against Brazil or France.
England 1-3 Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo walks forward to put Portugal into the semi-finals. He kisses the ball, stutters in the run up and scores, sending Paul Robinson the wrong way.

England 1-2 Portugal
Next man on the block for England is Jamie Carragher. He takes it quickly and scores but is called back to re-take it. His second effort is saved, Ricardo parrying it on to the bar.

England 1-2 Portugal
Helder Postiga nervelessly runs up to score and put Portugal ahead.

England 1-1 Portugal
Steven Gerrard steps up but his effort is saved by Ricardo to his left. Again, not a great strike from England.

England 1-1 Portugal
The next man up is Petit, who will be suspended from any semi-final Portugal may get to. He misses, dragging his effort wide.

England 1-1 Portugal
Owen Hargreaves, who has played so magnificently, scores to level things up. Ricardo got a hand to it but not enough.

England 0-1 Portugal
Former Newcastle man Hugo Viana steps up. Paul Robinson goes the wrong way but it's a miss for Portugal as the effort cannons off the right post.

England 0-1 Portugal
England's first penalty is taken by Frank Lampard. It is saved by Ricardo to his left. It was not the best of penalties.

England 0-1 Portugal
Simao Sabrosa steps up for the first penalty. After a lengthy wait he scores. Paul Robinson, in front of banks of England fans, guessed the right way but couldn't get to it.

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