In the early morning of July 2, Beijing time, a key match in the 1/8 finals of the European Cup, played by the Portuguese men's football team against the Slovenian men's football team. In the first half, Portugal was scoreless, Ronaldo frequently spit cakes, missed 2 great opportunities, and in the second half, he still couldn't attack for a long time, and was dragged into extra time by the dark horse Slovenia, Portugal is really in danger of going out. In the final penalty shootout, goalkeeper Costa saved three penalties to help Portugal win 3-0 and advance to the top 8 without danger.
This is the first time the two teams have met at the European Championships, with the only previous meeting coming in a friendly in March, when Portugal lost 2-0 away to Slovenia.
Compared with Portugal to lock the top spot in advance, Slovenia did not advance to the third place in the thrilling group until the final round of the draw, and the team broke into the knockout stage of the European Championship for the first time in history, ushering in a historic breakthrough. Now, if Slovenia wants to go further, it needs to get past Portugal.
In the latest world rankings, Portugal ranks 6th, with a team worth 1.05 billion euros, and Slovenia ranks 57th, with a team worth only 150 million euros. In this game, Portugal resumed the full main starting lineup, and in the forward position, Ronaldo continued to partner Leao.
After the opening, teammates passed the ball to Ronaldo, but the latter spit out frequently.
In the 8th minute, Leao broke through with the ball in front of the field and sent a wonderful through stopper, Ronaldo made a mistake in stopping the ball in the penalty area, and the ball was snatched away by the defender, missing a good opportunity.
In the 13th minute, after breaking through on the side of the front field of seat B, he sent a cross, Ronaldo failed to outflank in front of the goal, and B Fei at the back point kicked directly out of the bottom line.
Cristiano Ronaldo didn't find a shooting boot, but he showed off his footwork well on the pitch, snatching the ball and then passing the ball to his team-mates before being knocked down.
In the 32nd minute, Rafael Leao was brought down in front of the penalty area, Portugal got a free kick opportunity, and then Ronaldo took a direct shot at the goal, and the ball went just over the crossbar.
In the 36th minute, Portugal attacked a tactical corner kick, Vitinha crossed to the goal, Ronaldo jumped up and failed to reach it, missed the opportunity again, and roared angrily at the sky.
At the end of the first half, Portugal still couldn't break through Slovenia's goal, 5 shots on goal without a hit, Ronaldo's state declined significantly, but B Fei was almost sleepwalking, this half did not play a role in organizing the attack at all, Portugal is really dangerous to go on like this, as long as the opponent scores a goal, then the exit is getting closer and closer.
In the second half, Portugal completed 8 shots, only 2 on target, and the cross was cleared again and again, Ronaldo won 3 free kick qualifications, all of which were not collected, 4 free kicks in 90 minutes and 0 goals, and the single shot was confiscated at the last moment, and it was a missed opportunity.
Fortunately, in the penalty shootout, goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved three penalties to help Portugal advance to the last eight with an aggregate score of 3-0. After the game, Ronaldo took the initiative to hug Diogo Costa. Statistically, Diogo Costa is also the goalkeeper who has achieved this feat for the first time in the history of the European Championship.