On July 2, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the European Cup were contested, and Slovenia, ranked 57th in the world, challenged Portugal, ranked 6th. Ronaldo lost a point, Costa made three consecutive saves in a penalty shootout, and Portugal advanced to the quarterfinals in a thrilling manner.
Portugal, which had absolute strength in the opening stage, controlled the rhythm and instigated the attack, Vitinha took a corner kick to the penalty area to find Dias to miss, B crossed but his teammates failed to form a point to attack the goal, the game went not as smoothly as expected, and it was difficult to find a flaw in the pressure in turns. Rafael Leao made a long-distance run to create set-piece opportunities, and Ronaldo took the penalty straight to the goal, which was very high-quality and grazed the crossbar and went high over the bottom line.
Slovenia's iron-blooded defense is particularly tough, constantly disrupting passing lines, even if fouls are fouled, the actual effect of arranging disrupted rhythm tactics is also very significant, the whole team is quite calm without fear, and although there are few counterattacks, they can still create danger. A low shot from the edge of the midfielder Palhinha went just wide, leaving both teams 0-0 scoreless.
Entering the second half, Portugal reorganized the offensive, Cancelo's continuous feint crosses on the side were blocked, the follow-up shot of the B seat was kicked away, and Ronaldo's free kick at the top of the arc was bravely defused by Oblak, and he played beautifully and saved more excitingly. Not to be outdone, Slovenia seized the counter-attack, and Sheshko's high-speed advance almost got a one-on-one chance, only to face Pepe's close defense and push the shot off the line.
Portugal made its first adjustment in the 65th minute of the game, Jota came off the bench to replace Vitinha to strengthen the attack, Ronaldo took a free kick again or hit the crossbar, and then the low shot from a small angle in the penalty area was firmly held by Oblak, and the two sides were still blank in the 90th minute of regular time.
In the 105th minute of extra time, Jota took the ball to Longtan alone to the penalty area to face the pinch and fell to the ground, the referee signaled a foul and awarded a penalty, but Ronaldo was accurately saved by Oblak.
In the rematch of Yibian, Pepe made a serious mistake due to physical strength, and Sheshko broke the ball and got a single push, which was defused by Costa with his outstretched foot, and the two sides entered the penalty shootout 0-0 after 120 minutes of hard fighting. In the first three rounds, Costa made three consecutive saves like a goalkeeper, and Ronaldo, B Fei and B hit steadily, and Portugal defeated Slovenia 3-0 on aggregate at the end of the game.