In the early morning of July 2, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the European Cup played two more games, the French men's football team defeated the Belgian men's football team 1-0, and the Portuguese men's football team eliminated the Slovenian men's football team 3-0 on penalties, staging a night of carnival. So far, the top 8 of the European Championship have produced 6 seats, namely Germany, Switzerland, England, Spain, France, and Portugal.
France VS Belgium
This is the second time the two teams have met at the European Championships, the first of which was back in 1984, when France beat Belgium 5-0, and in the latest world rankings, France is second and Belgium is third.
After the opening kick-off, France took control of the game and Belgium defended on the counter-attack. Antoine Griezmann and Rabiot were both shown yellow cards for fouls on Doku. In the face of Belgium's bus, France organized a series of offensive shots, Thuram grabbed the header and slightly deflected, Tchouameni shot hard, and still couldn't score at halftime, France only had 1 of 9 shots on target, and Belgium had 1 shot on goal.
In the second half, Mbappe's shot, Tchouameni's long-range shot, Thuram's header, Fasaliba's powerful shot and other shots were still fruitless. On the Belgian side, Romelu Lukaku's close-range shot was blocked, and De Bruyne's long-range shot was also cleared, with both shots on target. In the 85th minute, N'Golo Kante went straight into the penalty area, Muani turned and shot and hit Vertonghen's body and bounced into the far corner of the goal, and France completed the 1-0 stunner.
In the end, France relied on an own goal to advance to the last 8, and at the same time, they defeated Belgium for 5 consecutive times in international competitions, extending their winning streak. In addition, France has become the team with the most own goals in the European Championship with 5 own goals, and it is also the first team in history to score 0 goals in the first 4 games of the European Championship but has not been eliminated.
Portugal vs Slovenia
This is the first time the two teams have met at the European Championships, with a friendly in March when Slovenia beat Portugal 2-0 at home, placing Portugal 6th and Slovenia 57th in the latest world rankings.
Against Slovenia, Portugal were firmly in control of the game from the start, with both wings all organising the offensive around Cristiano Ronaldo's tactical play. Leao broke through and sent a straight stopper, Ronaldo missed a good opportunity to stop the ball in the penalty area, B sent a cross, Ronaldo outflanked in front of the goal and failed to reach it, Ronaldo took a free kick directly and hit the goal slightly above the crossbar, Vitinha crossed to the goal, Ronaldo jumped up and missed the opportunity again. Palhinha shoots from a distance and the neutral post bounces off the baseline. In the first half, Portugal couldn't attack for a long time, and none of the five shots on goal were on target.
In the second half, Portugal continued to control the situation, Ronaldo failed to score with consecutive free kicks, Sesco missed with a single shot, Portugal crossed continuously, and Seat B and Jota failed to grab the ball. In the 89th minute, Ronaldo's one-handed shot was held by Oblak, missing a good chance to kill, and the game went into extra time.
In extra time, Jota broke through and fell to the ground to create a penalty, and Ronaldo's penalty was saved by goalkeeper Oblak, and he also cried bitterly. The game went to penalties, with goalkeeper Coste saving three penalties to help Portugal win 3-0 against Slovenia.
This is Portugal's return to the quarterfinals of the European Championship after 8 years and will face France in the quarterfinals, while Slovenia has not been able to reach the quarterfinals of the European Championship for the first time, which is very regrettable.