European Championship Qualifying
September 7, 2010
Norway
1 - 0
Portugal
Group H
19:30 BST, September 7, 2010
Ullevaal Stadium
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
Huseklepp piles on misery
Scoring Summary
| Norway | Portugal |
|---|---|
| Erik Huseklepp (21') |
Teams
| Norway | Portugal |
|---|---|
| 1 Jon Knudsen | 1 Carvalho dos Reis Eduardo |
| 5 Brede Hangeland | 6 Ricardo Carvalho |
| 3 Kjetil Waehler | 2 Bruno Alves |
| 13 Espen Ruud | 5 Silvio |
| 2 Tom Hogli | 19 Tiago |
| 11 Morten Gamst Pedersen | 7 Ricardo Quaresma |
| 8 Henning Hauger | 16 Raul Meireles |
| 16 Christian Grindheim | 15 Manuel Fernandes |
| 7 Bjorn Riise | 17 Nani |
| 10 John Carew | 14 Miguel Veloso |
| 18 Erik Huseklepp | 18 Hugo Almeida |
| Substitutes | |
| 12 Rune Almenning Jarstein | Antonio Alberto Beto 12 |
| 20 Jon Inge Hoiland | Miguel 13 |
| 4 Vadim Demidov | Jorge Pires da Fonseca Rolando 4 |
| 19 Ruben Yttergard Jenssen | Miguel Danny 10 |
| 14 Steffen Iversen | Joćo Moutinho 8 |
| 21 Daniel Braaten | Da Silva Muniz Liedson 9 |
| 9 Mohamed Abdellaoui | Yanick Djalo 11 |
| Substitutions | |
| Vadim Demidov for Kjetil Waehler (29) | Miguel Danny for Tiago (72) |
| Ruben Yttergard Jenssen for Christian Grindheim (86) | Da Silva Muniz Liedson for Ricardo Quaresma (83) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Bjorn Riise (65) | Raul Meireles (60) |
| Hugo Almeida (90) | |
| · Squads: Norway | Portugal | |
Portugal's difficult start to their Euro 2012 Group H qualifying campaign continued as they fell to defeat against Norway in Oslo.
They were held to a 4-4 draw with Cyprus in their opener and were unable to respond after Erik Huseklepp gave the hosts a 21st-minute lead at the Ullevaal Stadion tonight, leaving them languishing in fourth place in the pool.
But things had started promisingly for the visitors as new Liverpool signing Raul Meireles fired over the bar when well placed, while Ricardo Quaresma also went close.
But they were stunned when Huseklepp was on hand to slot home against the run of play from John Carew's composed pull-back.
The home side were dealt a double blow soon after as Aston Villa forward Carew and Kjetil Waehler were forced off with injuries and Portugal continued to threaten with Quaresma again firing over the bar.
Mohamed Abdellaoui had a great chance to extend Norway's lead in the 50th minute but he dragged his effort wide when he should have done better.
Portugal grew in desperation as they sought an equaliser and Quaresma and Manuel Fernandes were wide of the mark with ambitious long-range strikes.
Substitute Danny was another to fail to test Norway keeper Jon Knudsen, firing wildly over the bar as time began to run out.
The visitors crafted one last chance but Bruno Alves somehow managed to head wide from point-blank range in the third minute of stoppage time.