1-0，3-0！ 6 teams in the European Championship advanced to the top 8: the third in the world was out, Ronaldo missed a point, and Portugal advanced

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2024-07-02 05:57

Euro 2024 continues in Germany with the quarter-finals in full swing with hosts Germany, favourites Spain, England and Switzerland advancing to the quarter-finals. In the early hours of this morning, there were two more knockout matches, with world No. 2 France and world No. 3 Belgium staging a super showdown, and Portugal playing against Svennia.

France 1-0 Belgium

France is currently ranked No. 2 in the world, the whole team is worth 1.23 billion euros, is the favorite to win the championship, Deschamps has been in charge of the Gallic Rooster for 12 years, and has led the team to win a World Cup, a World Cup runner-up and a European Championship runner-up, especially the 2016 Euro 2016 final defeat to Portugal, making Deschamps eager to win the championship in this European Cup. However, the French team was in average form in the group stage, with only one win and two draws, only ranked second in the group, and had to enter the death half.

Belgium are ranked No. 3 in the world and are at the end of their careers in their golden generation, with Kevin De Bruyne leading the way. In the group stage, Belgium lost the first game, then won one and drew one, and had to meet France in advance with the second place in the group. This is the second time the two teams have met in the knockout stages of a major tournament after the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup.

At the beginning of the game, France had three yellows in 24 minutes in the first half, with Romelu Lukaku and De Bruyne making a kill. In the second half, Muani scored an own goal from Vertonghen in the 85th minute of the substitute, and France had 19 shots on goal. In the end, France eliminated Belgium 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals, Belgium, ranked 3rd in the world, and France advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Championship for the 11th time.

Portugal 3-0 Slovenia

Portugal is ranked 6th in the world and is worth more than 1 billion euros, and in recent years, Portugal has seen a surge of talent, with most of the players playing for the big teams in Europe's five major leagues. Since Martinez took office, he has advanced with a complete record in the European qualifiers, and in the group stage of this European Championship, Portugal won consecutive victories over the Czech Republic and Turkey to secure the first place in the group ahead of schedule, and lost to Georgia in the final round as a substitute.

Slovenia reached the main draw of the European Championship for the second time, drawing all three of their group stage matches, and finally caught the last train to the round of 16 with the best four group finishes, which is the first time Slovenia has reached the knockout stage of the European Championship and is currently ranked 27th in the world.

In the game, in the first half, Ronaldo's high-quality free kick was slightly higher. Yibian fought again, Sesko missed a good opportunity, and Ronaldo missed a stunner at the last moment. In the 105th minute, Jota broke through and fell to the ground to make a penalty, Ronaldo was saved by Oblak, and Ronaldo cried after conceding the point, and the score was still 0-0. In the 115th minute, Pepe made a mistake and Sesko's excellent one-on-one chance was cleared by Costa. In the penalty shootout, Ilicic, Barkovic and Welbic missed the spot, and Costa made three saves. In the end, Portugal eliminated Slovenia 3-0 on penalties to advance to the quarterfinals and will face France, Ronaldo has not scored in six consecutive European Championships, but still has a chance to create in the next game.

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