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2024-07-02 02:02

Euro 2024 continues in Germany, more than half of the 1/8 finals, Spain won all four games, menacing, is the only team to win all of this European Cup, the host Germany, England and Switzerland first advanced to the quarterfinals. In the early morning of July 2, Beijing time, the 5th 1/8 final staged a super showdown, the world's No. 2 France faced the world's No. 3 Belgium, in the first half of the game, France was yellow in 24 minutes, and in the second half, Muani made Vertonghen an oolong in 85 minutes, and France shot 19 shots on goal. In the end, France defeated Belgium 1-0, and France eliminated Belgium to advance to the quarterfinals, and the quarter-finals will face the winner between Portugal and Slovenia.

France have been the most consistent team in European football in recent years, reaching the final of Euro 2016 and finishing runners-up. Russia won the 2018 World Cup, and the 2022 Qatar World Cup reached the final again and won the runner-up. In the last European Championship, the French team was upset by Switzerland and was blocked out of the quarterfinals, Deschamps has coached the French captain for 12 years, and the most important goal at this stage is to lead the team to win the European Championship.

Belgium is ranked No. 3 in the world, and the European Red Devils, who have a golden generation of players, have been the favorites to win the tournament in previous tournaments, but Belgium only reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup, met France in the semi-finals, and was finally excluded from the final. Now that the golden generation has reached the end of their careers, De Bruyne is challenging for the title for the last time.

France and Belgium were not in good form in the group stage, with France scoring just one goal in three group games, winning one and drawing two, and finishing second in the group. Belgium's results were also average, with one win, one draw and one loss in the group stage, and finally only finished second in a group that was not strong and qualified, and the two teams met again in the knockout stage of the tournament.

Deschamps sent a starting lineup of 700 million euros, Thuram Jr., Mbappe, Griezmann in the front, Kante, Tchouameni, Rabiot in the midfield, Kounde, Yu Parmecano, Saliba, Te'o formed a defensive line, and Maignan guarded the door. The Belgian starting line-up is worth 320 million euros, with Romelu Lukaku, Opponda, Doku partnering up front, De Bruyne, Onana, Carrasco in midfield, Tate, Vertonghen, Fas, Castagne forming the defensive line, and Castels guarding the goal.

In the first 24 minutes of the game, Doku broke through on the left and caused Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann to be booked, and Tchouameni also received a yellow card in protest. In the 24th minute, De Bruyne's direct shot from a free kick was blocked by Maignan with his foot. In the 27th minute, Doku instigated an attack, Opponda burst into the penalty area and reversed the triangle pass, and Carrasco followed up with a burst and was blocked by Te'o. In the closing stages of the first half, Tchouameni's high-quality long-range shots were just wide of each other. At half-time, the two teams were tied 0-0.

In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again, and in the 60th minute, De Bruyne made a direct pass after a steal, and Carrasco burst into the box to shoot and was shoveled out of the bottom line by Te'o, who was back on the line. In the 61st minute, Deschamps took the lead in making adjustments, with Muani coming on to replace Thuram Jr. Belgium made a change, replacing Opponda with Mangala and freeing De Bruyne to strengthen the attack. In the 70th minute, De Bruyne crossed from the left, and Lukaku's volley from a tight angle in the box was saved by Maignan. In the 73rd minute, Saliba deducted Duoku in the penalty area and shot wide. In the 85th minute, Muani scored an own goal from the bench to give France a 1-0 win over Belgium and advance to the quarterfinals.

Looking at the post-match statistics, France had 55% possession and 2 shots on target from 19 attempts in the game, while Belgium had 45% possession and 2 shots on target from 6 attempts in the game. After this game, Belgium reached a record low in the round of 16, and France's next opponent will be the winner between Portugal and Slovenia.

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