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Hello and welcome to live text commentary of Portugal v Sweden, surely the game of the night in world football? Forget the simplistic Ronaldo v Zlatan (for a moment at least), a place in the World Cup is at stake. I'm Daniel Storey, and I'm guaranteeing goals. Get in touch with me on Twitter @danielstorey85.

World Cup Qualification UEFA / Matchday 1
Estádio da Luz / 15.11.2013
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Updated 15/11/2013 at 21:33 GMT


48'
Nani heads down to Postiga, but the striker can only fire over from outside the area.
47'
Ibrahimovic is late on Pepe, but there is little in the challenge.
46'
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Back underway in the second half. Let's hope for goals.
And that's half-time. The Swedes will be more than happy with frustrating Portugal, and have actually had a couple of decent chances of their own. Andreas Isaksson yet to be tested. Join me for more in 15 minutes when Ronaldo et al will try and test him more...
45'
Yet another corner for Portugal, this time won by Ronaldo. They're adding up now, but again cleared.
44'
Coentrao winning a corner for the home side. He has been playing as something of a left winger in the last few minutes. From the corner, Pepe heads straight at the goalkeeper.
43'
Larsson delivery is disappointing, bending it comfortably over the bar when he really should have crossed.
42'
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The first booking and it's for Pereira, who takes out Kacaniklic on the wide edge of the area. Chance for Sweden.
40'
Postiga almost away but Antonsson takes the ball away. It was a wonderful pass from Nani to Postiga, and Portugal look so much better when running at the Swedes.
39'
Ronaldo's first half chance, a header from a corner. It drifts harmlessly over, but the crowd are immediately invigorated.
38
The Portuguese crowd are just starting to show their frustration with their players. Sweden are doing very well indeed so far.
37'
Miguel Veloso lucky to escape a booking for going through the back of Ibrahimovic. Lucky boy.
36'
The crossing into the box, aside fro mthe impressive Pereira, has been really poor from Portugal in this first half. Too many first men hit.
35'
Nani goes down after a challenge from Martin Olsson. Went down very cheaply, shall I say.
34'
A Larsson free kick comes into the box, but Portugal counter. A Ronaldo poor pass forces the move to break down, however.
33'
Nani and Ronaldo have words with each other after they get in each other's way (both were offside anyway). Both players have been quiet until now.
32'
Larsson is forced to sweep behind for a corner after sloppy work in midfield.
31'
Too often Sweden are simply loooking for the long ball down the channel for Elmander and Ibrahimovic to chase. Not exactly their bag, you'd say.
30'
Just a lack of final ball perhaps the issue in the last ten minutes. The game has become a touch scrappy. First goal needed.
29'
Wonderful pass from Meireles almost finds Ronaldo, but Antonsson just manages to intercept.
27'
Kacaniklic puts the ball out of play so that Postiga can get treatment. I suspect that the forward will be absolutely fine.