Nuno Gomes is nothing special up front and, at the back, apart from Jorge Costa , Portugal is sometimes as sound as a glass skyscraper on the San Andreas Fault. There are weaknesses to exploit. England wasn't even looking for them, Germany couldn't find them, Romania did but was felled in the 94th minute. Gheorghe Hagi will be back which means anything can happen, not to mention the fact that Romania wasn't that far off from winning all three of its group games. Having said that, coach Emerich Jenei will be without defenders Cosmin Contra and Gica Popescu , wingback Dan Petrescu and striker Adrian Illie .
Few teams can spot Italy four starters and get away with it.
Especially since Dino Zoff has managed to get the Azzurri to keep their defensive solidity, while showing some level of creativity up front. Throw in the fact that Francesco Toldo has probably been the best goalkeeper in the tournament so far, and it doesnt look too good for Romania. Frank Rijkaard's boys have not been firing on all cylinders and now would be a good time to snap out of it. As for Yugoslavia, it looks like a team held together by masking tape and raw emotion. No matter how down it gets, it never seems to go out.