The quarterfinals of the 2024 European Championship in Germany have ended six matchups, of which France, Belgium and Portugal, and Slovenia's two games did not meet the excitement expected before the game, the world's No. 2 Gallic Rooster and the world's No. 3 European Red Devils, for most of the game, were in a state of blank papers, until the last moment Belgium's own gift package, which allowed the French team to advance thrillingly, while the duel between Portugal and Slovenia became a rookie peck battle, The two teams wasted a lot of scoring opportunities on the field, and finally could only decide the winner through a penalty shootout, Portugal relied on the magical play of goalkeeper Costa to save 3 points in a row, 3-0 eliminated Slovenia, the pre-game expected Portuguese and French battle, the quarterfinals of the European Cup were staged as scheduled, but judging from the performance of Portugal in the first four games, the 39-year-old Ronaldo has become the team's biggest shortcoming, if Martinez does not dare to take him out of the starter, Portugal will be difficult to pass the French team!
Although the French team is very luxurious, but the lack of creative stars in the midfield sitting, so that they in the German European Championship, completely reduced to paper tigers, after three group games and a knockout game, they still did not score a single sports goal, enough to prove that the Gallic Roosters' big names in the offensive line, without strong support, is an empty shelf, which also gives Portugal hope to knock out the championship favorite France.
But in order to do this, Portugal must also show a dominant performance, judging from the current situation, the head coach Martinez must withstand the pressure and remove Ronaldo from the starting lineup, the 39-year-old president can be said to have worked very hard in this European Cup, and has also obtained a good opportunity to make a contribution, but the years are not forgiving, and now Ronaldo's ability to grasp the opportunity is more than one notch lower than that of his peak.
In the face of Slovenia, which is not strong in defense, Ronaldo not only failed to grasp the single opportunity, but also wasted the last goal for a long time, and even the penalty kick in extra time was saved by the opponent, Ronaldo has completed 20 shots on goal in this European Cup, but still has not scored a goal, which is enough to prove the decline of his finishing ability, and after missing a penalty in extra time, Ronaldo directly shed tears on the scene, which also proves that he is under great pressure now, which is not conducive to Ronaldo's play.
If Martinez continues to start Ronaldo in the strong dialogue with the French team, the president will not only face the marking of top defenders such as Saliba and Yu Parmecano, but also his teammates will always create offensive opportunities for him, which will also make it much easier for the French team to defend, which is not conducive to Portugal's victory.
If Portugal can't make a breakthrough on the offensive end, Mbappe's super individual combat ability is likely to make their defense pay the price, although Mbappe's facial injury has affected his performance to a certain extent, but he is still the most threatening single point on the offensive end of the French team, and he will become the core of Real Madrid's forward line in the new season, facing his idol and the legendary Ronaldo of the Galaxy Battleship, Mbappe is likely to single-handedly overturn Portugal's entire backline, carry the French team to advance, in front of Ronaldo, Succeed Real Madrid's striker!