Favourites of Group A Portugal made a winning start to Euro 2008 by beating Turkey 2-0.

Pepe and Raul Meireles have scored the second half goals and given Portugal a 2-0 win over Turkey.

Cristiano Ronaldo started a fine attacking movement with defender Pepe charging forward and scuff the ball past Turkish goal keeper Volkan Demirel for the first goal at 61 minutes. in the 17th minute, defender Pepe had a goal disallowed for offside and Portugal strucked three times.

Portugal had a nice match at the Stade de Geneve.

Ronaldo's free kick in the 38.th minute hit the far post. The ball might have gone in if the diving Volkan had not got a slight touch.

Turkey created several half-chances from fast breaks in the early stages of the game.

Tuncay Sanli went down in the Portuguese box as he chased a cross from the right.

In the second half, Turkey had a penalty appeal turned down when Nihat Kahveci went down under a challenge.

In Portugal's next attack, Simao Sabrosa was fouled by Gokhan Zan and the ball running free for Nuno Gomes to hit the post with the net.

Portugal go top of the group ahead of Czech Republic, who earlier beat the co-hosts Switzerland 1-0 in Basel.

Luiz Felipe Scolari's side, beaten as hosts in their opener four years ago by Greece, the gatecrashers that would go on to deny them in the final itself, took the points in this Group A tie with a second half goal from Real Madrid defender Pepe.

Man of the match Pepe: 'I can hardly describe the emotion I felt - but the important thing was we played like a real team and knew sooner or later we'd score a goal.'

Turkey coach Fatih Terim set up his game strategy to bloc Portugal wingers Cristiano Ronaldo and Simao Sabrosa. He could not predict a goal by Portuguese defender Pepe through the center of his team's back line would be the first in a 2-0 loss.

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