EURO 2000 highlights: France 2-1 Portugal

On a truly international occasion, welcome to the semi-final of Euro 2000 in Brussels, between France and Portugal. Gonçalves tries to get the benefit of a ricochet and keeps applying pressure here... And Nuno Gomes has given Portugal the lead right out of the blue. That's a good ball into Zidane, now he can look up and move forward. Zidane past the first, past the second, Zidane still orchestrating the move. Wonderful football from the French, sadly not a wonderful finish from Thierry Henry. And the ball into Anelka here, who'll check and turn and square it. And it's an equaliser scored by Thierry Henry for the French. France level, Viterbi may well have been unsighted there, but how well did Henry take that? Lizarazu to hoist another cross in, Laurent Blanc's up there for it. It'll drop for Petit. Costinha is just one of about six or seven Portuguese players in here looking. Oh, it's a fantastic save from Abel Xavier's header! Thumping header from a man who has got a couple of goals for Portugal, and a fabulous one-handed save from Manchester United's new goalkeeper. And that's exactly what we've got, we've got extra time in Brussels. Portugal hanging on, six minutes into extra time. Perez, oh, it's over the top, Blanc. He's a towering presence in that Portuguese penalty area. He's squared it, Jalpinto has gone on here, Jalpinto! A raking shot, a foot the wrong side. It's Viltord, Trezeguet, and down goes the keeper, can't hold it, Viltord into the side netting. It's a corner, Trezeguet shouting him out the arm. Vita Bahia is complaining to the referee's assistant, has come over, is he gonna give a penalty? Is he gonna give a penalty for a handball, Vita Bahia? I think he's given a penalty to France! They were winners in 1984, and here they can go into their first final since then. It's Zidane. France are in the final, Portugal go out in the most dramatic of circumstances. Zidane arm raised, he's on a lap of honour. You really have to feel for Portugal. I hope you've enjoyed the drama here in Brussels, it's France 2, Portugal 1.