A place in the final is up for grabs as Portugal take on Chile in the first semifinal of the Confederations Cup match in the Kazaran Arena on Wednesday 28th June.

Portugal progressed to the semifinals after topping Group A on a goal diffreance while Chile finished second in Group B after 1-1 draws aganist Australia and Germany.

With Raphael Guerreiro still an injury doubt, it means Ekiseu must continue to lead the Chile’s  back line, that has witnessed several changes in their first three matches.

Standing in the way of their most recent bid to reach the final is Cristiano Ronaldo who have been a true to Portugal indentity in previous matches.Indeed his squad has a number of exciting other young players to choose from.

Chile will want to continue their impressive run that has seen them progress this far and all eyes will be on Alexis Sanchez who is the country’s top scorer of all time.

But the Chile defence remains questionable at this tournament though also their opponents tonight will be missing two of their most important defenders.

Berna Silva and Adre Silva remain doubtful for toninghts match after picking injuries during training though unconfirmed report shows coach Fernando Santo may risk and put them in the field of play.

All in all the key man to watch tonight will be Cristiano Ronaldo who has won man of the match awards for all three matches Portugal has played.

He helped his team take the lead aganist Mexico in the opening fixture and his headed goal gave them a narrow 1-0 win overs hosts Russia in their sexond game before tbeg rounded things off by hammering the Kiwis.

For Chile Claudio Bravo will be expected back between the sticks with Gary Medel also returning to the starting lineup after recovering from the hamstring problem that forced him to sit out of the match aganist Australia.