CZE V. POR : Austin, TX

And there is Pepe getting in the way. Red v white first international goal. Quick pace fleet feet. Cagey and cautious as they were against Switzerland. Digest stats cross fast keep it open. Bruckner white-haired debutant. Philipao 'Big Phil' Scolari the task master. They're all attackers except Petit. White with green numbers 20 Deco. Nuno Gomesh. Ferreirra playing fullback. Deco scores. What a start. Decoco. Bits of passes in the box. Touch touch heartbeat 4th goal for Deco. Unfortunate Czech megged, Petr flicked off his hands. 8th minute Geneva strike. Lazy let it go out. Deco: Portuguese goal scorer. Cech had it covered. Tough customer, Petit. Yanpollack check. Milan Barosh, whata touch, slips around Pepe meia lua. Goal. Corner header. Portugal had it coming. Crumbling tumbling defense. Unstoppable header Janko. Game against the Scots. Dramatic emphatic finish. Green lines shaded horizontal on the pitch. The will has shifted. White shirts to red shirts. The Czechs have it now. Goalie's placid face in the air the ball in the net, he has a slow descent. Thumbs up in the sun. Portugal Petit. Republic goalkeeper give it a lash. Hand in the back. Dancing Czech chanting red shirts. Plachile places a cross two times. Is two times denied. Pollack yellow card. Big tackle. Overexuberance cumbersome blumbersome. Ronaldo upright running. Motor-piston legs. Deco eyes up eyebrows snaking his way towards the box shot over the cross bar. Ronaldo shot snaps snaped up by Petr. Quick shot. Head collision with elbow, yell and fall down. Poked in the eye, poked in the face. I don't understand Simao. Looked like a purpose hand stepped on. Goalie misjudged steady left foot finds the opposite team. Yellow card Bosingwa. Nervy stuff out there isn't it? Chelsea for Scolari contract Carvalho considers future. Ai eha flush in the face gotta be bloody. Boggled his brain. Entertaining passages of play who was that the heck Barosh crosses bad. 15 months without a goal Barosh. Delay big screen big Phil hands like Woody Allen. Blue shirt ref baby blue points like officially like. Switch the direction of the play, like the ribbon. Surrounded by Scots myth the leprechauns for centuries. Ronaldo shot Cech defends they know each other well. Cannonmastercardkiamotorscalesberggenevaadidascocacolaimlovinitjvceverio Ronaldo in no great rush to return to his feet three guys down hand into his face. Defenders get the job dones then fall to the floor with a cut over his eye. Like a boxer. Ronaldo goal. Must eat now. Spaghetti stir-fry veggies.