Welcome to our coverage of a semifinal here at the Euros my name is Derek Ray positioned here on the commentary Gantry and sitting next to me with microphone in hand is Stuart Robson excitement levels are off the charts it must be said it's the Netherlands up against Portugal well what a match up between these two excellent teams both have played really well to reach this stage of the tournament but which one is going to go through to the final I think this could be really close today he's managed to lose his marker and it's teed up for Ronaldo and a good take under Jess there fernan Top Class defending Simons and Portugal regaining possession and a tidy ball brilliant piece of scale well it might still work out for [Applause] them depay Simons well the timing was perfect ball one and no nonsense defensive clearance Pala Bernardo Silva Ronaldo striding forward with confidence it's still alive but it just Peter out shvy Simons blint shvy [Applause] Simons Cristiano Ronaldo a lot of forward thrust here from Ronaldo now what can he do from this excellent [Applause] position so deflection and it will be a throw in and they're making a Change Daily blint and in the right position to read it the p and just one minute of time added on for stoppages and with that the first half draws to a [Applause] close and so they second half gets underway almost a case of the two teams saying to each other whatever you can do I can do just as well well Foul Play says the referee time for a change then well nicely cut out now what can they do with the ball considerable momentum courtesy of Ronaldo but what can he produce from [Applause] here gakpo a chance now with the corner and the corner far too close to the goalkeeper Ruben Neves well they've given him too much space Dy blind must take the lead here the throw in for the Netherlands Frankie D young shvy Simons and unable to pick out a teammate and that'll be a throw Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo lost it now we're inside the final 15 minutes good work from the Netherlands to win back possession well what a final few minutes we have here and the fans are certainly playing their part but can they take one of these chances that come their way and win this game level pegging but can they change that but nothing comes of it good defending it was depay gako Tani reinders clean challenge and the referee has got chances on well he gave it a go with power but he might be having second thoughts about that now well as you said he's gone for power but he's not even close in the end that is that after 90 minutes they are level and extra time is well the ball rolling again no end to the action it's the first period of extra time and I must say this has been a back and forth type of game Dum F and it's with dri and the pie on the ball still pushing for the goal that would put them ahead but not forcing it and out comes the keeper it's a tremendous effect Frankie dong depay can he find the right pass and the first period of extra time comes to an end still Level here well extra time continues we're into the second period now and the corner has been given just far too close to the goalkeeper Dio Dalo theart Simons and Portugal with the ball again and credit to the Netherlands for winning the ball back an important interception locked together then these two sides and on we go now to penalty kicks and this will test the mentality of any footballer oh a superb save composure is so important under these trying circumstances well dead center with that penalty and confidently can converted his turn to try to convert from the spot and he's denied them from the spot job done from the spot and he steps up to take his penalty and it's gone in and he finds the net he could hardly Miss and he steps up to take the shot and that is when you need your goalkeeper well this could be the one and the outcome they were