Portugal vs. Russia, 2014 World Cup qualifying: Preview and TV schedule

Portugal will face Russia in Lisbon on Friday night knowing they will need to defeat an as-yet undefeated side in order to keep their qualification campaign on track. Russia are top of their group despite only having played four games, due to Fabio Capello's side having a 100 percent win record in their campaign so far. That leaves Portugal competing with Israel for second place, and a defeat or even a draw here would be a huge boost to the Israelis. Paulo Bento will have to make do without Pepe...