Portugal vs Slovenia preview: The title favourites are looking forward to revenge, and Ronaldo is looking forward to breaking 0 goals to be embarrassed

My ball guard is the most unique

2024-07-01 12:17Creators in the field of sports

At 3 o'clock in the morning on July 2, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the European Cup continued, and one of the key matchups was Portugal vs. Slovenia, and the two sides will meet at the Deutsche Bank Park Stadium in Frankfurt to compete for a ticket to the top 8.

【Basic Overview】

In the latest edition of the FIFA rankings, Portugal is firmly in sixth place and the fourth strongest team in Europe after France, Belgium and England. The total value of the 26 players in the European Championship this time is 1.05 billion euros, which is behind England, France and Brazil in the world, and is currently one of the few national teams with a total value of more than 1 billion.

After three games in the group stage of the European Cup, Portugal has mixed blessings, not only winning the first two games and locking the first place in the group in advance, but also the embarrassment of the 39-year-old Ronaldo in the group stage of the continental competition for the first time in his career. However, overall, Portugal's main players are in good form, with B seats, B Fee and Pepe all on the line.

Slovenia are currently ranked 57th in FIFA and worth only 140 million euros, and this is their second time in the team's history to participate in the European Championship, drawing all three of their group stage games, and although the first win has not yet come, they have already tasted the taste of reaching the knockout round. Most of Slovenia's players play outside the top five leagues, but there are still players like Sheshko, Lovrich, Björn and Oblak, and the style of play is quite tenacious.

【Matchup Record】

Due to Slovenia's lack of opportunities to participate in major tournaments in the past and the number of friendlies they have met less often, the two teams have only met once, in March 2024. At that time, both sides had already locked up qualification for the main draw of the European Championship, and Portugal went to play a friendly away game, but did not expect to lose 0-2.

In that game, Ronaldo started with a group of rotating substitutes, and there was even speculation that Martinez was going to demote Ronaldo to the bench. After 4 months, and now that they meet again in the knockout rounds of the European Championship, Portugal will be ready for a tough battle.

【Predicting the starter】

Portugal (4-2-3-1/4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: 22 - Diogo Costa

Defenders: 20 - Cancelo, 3 - Pepe, 4 - Ruben Dias, 19 - Nuno Mendes

Midfielders: 10-B, 6-Palhinha, 23-Vitinha, 8-B Fei, 17-Leao

Forward: 7-Cristiano Ronaldo

Slovenia (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: 1 - Oblak

Defenders: 3-Barkovic, 6-Bjorr, 21-Del Kusic, 2-Karnicnik

Midfielders: 17-Mlaka, 10-Elshnik, 22-Cherin, 20-Stojanovic

Forwards: 9-Szpollar, 11-Seshko

The 39-year-old Ronaldo has already received one assist, and has also successfully won the all-time top appearance, goalscorer and assist king in the European Cup. However, in the group stage, Ronaldo completed 15 shots on goal, but still failed to open the goal account, and the president could not be satisfied with himself.

Cristiano Ronaldo has always responded to doubts with goals in the past, but can the Portuguese leader continue that rule today?

【Referee & Stadium Information】

Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Stadium, Frankfurt

Referee: Daniel Orsato (Italian)

Linesmen: Ziro Carbonne, Alessandro Giaratini

Fourth official: Espen-Eskas

View original image 1.98M

• 

• 

•