In the early morning of July 2, Beijing time, a key match in the 1/8 finals of the European Cup, played by the French men's football team against the Belgian men's football team. In the whole game, France had only 2 of 19 shots on goal, and finally eliminated Belgium 1-0, mainly relying on an own goal to advance to the top 8, which means that France has not yet scored in the sports battle, and only relied on 2 own goals and 1 penalty to reach the 1/4 finals, which is very magical.
This is the fifth time the two teams have met in a major international tournament, and France have won all four of the previous meetings, including a 5-0 thrashing of Belgium at Euro 1984, and the most recent meeting between the two sides was in the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup, when France eliminated Belgium 1-0 to reach the final.
Due to the mediocre performances of both teams in the group stage, this game is full of suspense, and neither Mbappe nor Lukaku has really ushered in an outbreak. In the latest world rankings, France is ranked 2nd and Belgium is 3rd, which is also the smallest gap between the world rankings between the two sides in this European Cup.
Both teams are in a 433 formation, with Griezmann, Mbappe, and Thuram leading the French forward trident, and Opponda, Doku, and Lukaku leading the Belgian forward combination.
Overall strength, France has a slight advantage, after the opening of the ball possession, shots, shots on target, corner kicks and many data to beat Belgium, but there are few threats to create, more scenes are fouls, 24 minutes have 3 players received yellow card warnings.
Constrained by fouls, Belgium's attack was also unthreatening, with only one shot on target in the first 30 minutes, and the scene gradually fell behind.
In the 34th minute, Kounde forced a cross from the side, and Thuram outflanked the header slightly over the goal, which was also the most dangerous shot for France since the opening period. In first-half stoppage time, Mbappe went down to the bottom after a pass, and Tchouameni also missed a good chance when he met the ball and fired it wide. Statistics show that the two teams only had 1 shot on target in the half, that is, from France, and there is nothing they can do in the face of the Belgian bus.
In the second half, France continued to besiege the Belgian backline until the 85th minute, when Muani's powerful shot from inside the box caused Vertonghen to set himself up for an own goal, and finally relied on this own goal to eliminate Belgium 1-0 and advance to the last eight stage.
According to statistics, this is the 9th own goal produced in this European Cup, of which the player with the most goals is only 3 goals, and "Oolong Jun" is far ahead of the scorer list. In addition, France also became the team with the most own goals in the European Cup with 5 own goals, creating a 64-year record in the history of the competition.
In the first round of the group stage, France defeated Austria 1-0, relying on an own goal to win the game, and then faced the Netherlands in the second round to draw 0-0, and the final round to face Poland to draw 1-1, Mbappe scored a penalty, because the total value of French strikers is as high as 478 million euros, so far no sports goals, but can advance to the top 8, it is also very rare.
Next, France's opponent in the quarterfinals will be the winner between Portugal vs Slovenia, and from the perspective of strength, Portugal has a high probability of qualifying.