1-2！ Portugal overturned at home, Ronaldo did not take the blame, Real Madrid scored a super giant point, and Croatia won 6 consecutive victories

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2024-06-09 02:42Posted in Guangdong Sports Creators

Since winning the European Championship in 2016, Portugal has been caught in a cycle of fame over strength, failing to reach the semi-finals in three consecutive tournaments. Although he has been questioned by various kinds, the 39-year-old Ronaldo has never thought about quitting, and is about to embark on his sixth European Cup journey this summer, and whether he can win the Delaunay Cup again has become the focus of fans' attention. On matchday, Portugal also had a big warm-up game at home to Croatia, who were drawn into the Group of Death at the European Championships and had no idea how difficult it would be to break through the lockdown of Spain and Italy. Cristiano Ronaldo missed two games in a row, Luka Modric broke the deadlock with a controversial penalty, Jota equalised at one point, and Budimir won with a header as Portugal lost 2-1.

Portugal continued the usual 4-3-3 formation in this game, Diogo Costa continued to guard the goal, Dalot, Dias, Inácio and Mendes sat in the back, B Fee, Palinha and Vitinha formed a three-midfield configuration, Ramos in the middle of the front, B and Felix on the wings, Ronaldo and Pepe sat on the bench together. After missing the start for two consecutive games, many fans speculated that the president would be a substitute in the European Championship.

Croatia also played 4-3-3, with the front three of Boudemir, Majer and Kramaric in the attack, Luka Modric, who had just won the Champions League with Real Madrid, and Kovacic and Brozovic in midfield, with Gvardiol, Pongracic, Shutalo and Stanišić in the back four, with Livakovic as the starting goalkeeper.

After the start of the game, both teams were not conservative, and after only eight minutes of the game, there was a controversial decision on the field, Kovacic fell in the box under the defense of Vitinha, but the contact between the two sides was very slight, the former was suspected of diving, but VAR still signalled a penalty.

Luka Modric broke the deadlock for Croatia and the Real Madrid superstar was thrilled.

With a one-goal lead, Croatia is in full swing. In the 10th minute, Gvardiol's 45-degree cross was cleared and Modric followed up with a volley that went just wide of the post. Two minutes later, Kramaric was blocked in the box, the ball fell to the feet of Majer, and the right side of the box burst with his feet, Diogo Costa bravely defused the danger, and the Portuguese goal was full of noise.

In the 22nd minute, Gvardiol broke through on the left, cut inside to shake off Dalot's defence, and took advantage of the situation to shoot into the far corner, which was once again wide of the post. In the 25th minute, Portugal finally created a threatening attack, Ramos received a cross from a team-mate, turned and swept away in the box.

In the 42nd minute, Modric instigated a counterattack with a large range of long passes, the landing point was just right, Gvardiol inserted an inverted triangle knock, Kramaric met the ball and pushed it, which was blocked by the Portuguese goalkeeper's outstretched leg, and then Stanišić's header was ferried, and Budimir relayed the goal in front of the goal, and grazed the crossbar.

Croatia had 11 shots on goal in the first 45 minutes, and if the strikers had grasped it a little better, Portugal would have gone into the dressing room with more than a one-goal deficit.

After the game resumed, Portugal made four substitutions in a row, with Jota, Joo, Cancelo, Semedo and Leao coming on to play, and the effect was immediate. In the 48th minute, Semedo made a long-distance run on the right side into the penalty area, and the inverted triangle cross was sent to the goal, Jota easily ate the cake and equalized for Portugal, 1-1!

However, Portugal was only happy for a while, in the 56th minute, Perisic's cross from the left was cleared, Pasalic turned and shot from outside the box, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced, Budimir's header went into the net, Croatia led again, 2-1!

Portugal, which was lagging behind, launched a fierce attack again. In the 68th minute, Vitinha burst into action from outside the penalty area, and Livakovic responded with a world-class save to save the ball off the line. Immediately after a corner cross from Fernandes, Dias headed it into the side-netting. In the 82nd minute, Croatia played a smooth game, Sučić's close-range push was very threatening, and Diogo Costa made another great save.

In the end, Portugal lost 2-1 to Croatia, and Martinez swallowed his second defeat since taking charge. Croatia ushered in 6 consecutive wins and welcomed the first game of the European Championship in the best condition!

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