Portugal v France LIVE: Result and reaction as France end penalty shootout hoodoo

The teams are back out, and the second half is almost underway.

Not a single shot from inside the box from either side, though we have had shots on target from distance.

Not an exciting game by any means, as the form of both sides in the last few games suggested might be the case.

But perhaps no game so far at Euro 2024 has had as many players on the pitch capable of a moment of magic out of nowhere.

HALF-TIME! Michael Oliver blows his whistle, having added no extra time.

A tense, intriguing half in Hamburg, but not one for the neutral yet.

44 mins

Leao is lucky not to give a free-kick away as he bundles into Kounde, and Portugal sweep it wide to Cancelo. Vitinha hooks it into the box, but Maignan collects it well.

42 mins

Ronaldo lets Fernandes take the free-kick, and it sails over the bar. That one genuinely would have suited Ronaldo better, to be fair.

40 mins

Silva gets in behind and clips a cross back into the box, but it’s slightly overhit and runs over Leao’s head.

France attack, and they’re patiently keeping the ball near the edge of the Portugal box, but Pepe is there once more to clear.

Vitinha collects the headed clearance and makes his way into the box, but it’s cleared just before Muani takes Vitinha down around 25 yards out.

Perfect territory for Ronaldo (in 2008).

38 mins

Portugal seem to have learned from that incident and they’re trying to make inroads into the box now, rather than long balls in, but again Saliba is there to dispossess Vitinha.

Cancelo whips a cross in soon after, but Leao just can’t get onto the end of it!

36 mins

One thing about Ronaldo being isolated against Saliba is that, at 39, he’s never winning that battle, as illustrated just now after Fernandes clips a ball forward to him and Saliba just shepherds him off it.

34 mins

Kounde’s ball in is headed away by Cancelo. France come again, and Camavinga does well to hook the ball in to Greizmann, but he can’t get it under control and Fernandes comes in to clear it for a corner.

Griezmann clips the ball in, but Upamecano can’t get clear contact, and the opportunity comes to an end after Mendes intercepts.