On July 2, Beijing time, the knockout round of the European Championship continued, and France defeated Belgium with an own goal; Cristiano Ronaldo conceded a point, goalkeeper Costa made a miraculous triple save, Portugal eliminated Slovenia on penalties, and then let's take a look at the wonderful process of each game.
France-Belgium
Both teams did not perform well in the group stage, and they thought that entering the knockout stage would make a breakthrough, but nothing changed in reality. In the first half of the game, the two sides played a very boring war of attrition, France had the advantage of attack, but the number of threats to the goalkeeper was unfortunately negligible, Kante was as stable as ever, and Deschamps was definitely the right choice to bring him; The European Red Devils, on the other hand, have threatened to switch gears, and the actual effect has also been almost nil.
The similar plot of Yibian rematch continues to develop, the two sides play unhurriedly, you attack and defend quite tacitly, but the French luxury forward is dumb, and it is extremely difficult to shoot on target, but fortunately, Muani, who came on as a substitute, stood up and shot to cause an own goal. In the end, Belgium lost 0-1 to France and were eliminated, and it can only be said that Lady Luck did not favor them. As the favorite to win this European Championship, France has not shown the offensive firepower it deserves, and has not scored a goal in four games so far.
Portugal - Slovenia
Slovenia's tactical set-up was well prepared, with a solid formation that did not expose obvious flaws and limited the tacit coordination of the opponent's midfield. Portugal has an absolute advantage in possession, and the delay in playing an efficient offensive coordination is slightly urgent, Ronaldo's high-quality free kicks are a fraction of a millimeter, and the B fee has made more mistakes and performed poorly, and the situation is still very exciting, but both sides have not been able to break the deadlock for the time being.
Entering the second half, the Portuguese midfield's performance was unsatisfactory, the stealth of B seat and B Fei did not play an effect, the positional battle was never able to achieve penetration, the conversion lacked explosive speed, and there was no goal as time passed, and the score was still 0-0 at the end of regular time. In extra time, Jota broke through strongly and fell into the penalty area to win a penalty, but Ronaldo's penalty was saved by Oblak. Pepe made a fatal mistake at the last moment, but fortunately Costa stepped up to defuse Sheshko's one-handed knife, and the fierce battle was still blank for 120 minutes.
In the penalty shoot-out, Costa saved the first three rounds of penalties and Portugal beat Slovenia 3-0 on aggregate to reach the quarter-finals, where they will face France for a place in the last four.