⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL

[Chilwell]

In today’s second match, Portugal will face Slovenia. The winner of this match will go on to face France in the quarter-finals. Portugal advanced to the round of 16 as the group leader, while Slovenia secured their spot by being one of the best third-placed teams. Portugal, considered the favorite in this match, has five players on the yellow cards limit. This could potentially be a significant issue for Portugal in the next round. Like many others, I’ll focus to watching Cristiano Ronaldo.

Portugal: Diogo Costa, Joao Cancelo, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, Palhinha, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Rafael Leao, Ronaldo

Slovenia: Oblak, Karnicnik, Drkusic, Bijol, Balkovec, Stojanovic, Cerin, Elsnik, Mlakar, Sesko, Sporar

This game really getting tougher, the both are struggling to survive, now the full 90 minutes had gone  but still on the extra time, Portugal have captured all the necessary aspects of the game both ball possession, chance created, big chances and also shot, upto this moment I can't say that this is favourite team but let see the end one. Currently it still draws.

[red4slash]

The match is heading into extra time, neither teams could find the back of the net after 90 minutes regulation time. Another extra time today after the one of yesterday. Portugal wastefulness might cost them today but hopefully they will utilize this extra time to score the winning goal. Both teams have really performed very well and at this point I would personally like the game to end with a penalty shootout, at least let's watch a penalty shootout for the first time since the beginning of the knock out phase.

Extra time did come and there was a real opportunity with a penalty at the end of the first 15 minutes only for Cristiano to miss it and the score to remain unchanged.

I've liked Cristiano's game in the previous few games in the group stages but in today's game there were so many chances that could have been maximized especially with the free kicks and penalties that were scored but there was just a little problem with Cristiano that kept him from performing well in today's game.
With 15 minutes to go and a penalty shootout to prepare for if the score doesn't change, let's hope that Portugal don't lose their mental edge due to Oblak holding Cristiano's penalty a while back because if they do, it could make things even more difficult for Portugal.

But on the other hand, I like the defensive play that Slovenia showed today because I think they were really good at concentrating on their defense.

[bitzizzix]

Ronaldo also cried when he faced the goalkeeper from Slovenia who played very well to keep his goal from conceding, because Jan Oblak always saved several of Ronaldo's kicks, including penalty kicks.
Actually, Slovenia didn't play well, it's just that the goalkeeper was very good and I'm sure all the spectators admired Jan Oblak in this match. And it looks like the match will end in a penalty shootout, and this makes Portugal worried because Slovenia has a strong goalkeeper.

[Moreno233]

France were really lucky with that winner in the last minutes. Such a domination by 20 goal attempts but only 2 on target? This isn't good statistics at all honestly.    There is a serious finishing issue with this team. If France had a more capable opponent I think they would probably got eliminated.

I knew that France against Belgium would be a very tough match and I'm happy it did not fall below expectations. France had more opportunities but Mbappe wasted many of them. Maybe that face shield did not allow him enjoy the sharp eyesight that make him dangerous around the opponent's eighteen yards. I would say that France was lucky to have won because the match was a balanced match that would have ended in a draw. France have not been as good as we know in this competition and to even score have become a very big challenge for them unlike before that they were famous for their scoring skills. They will be facing the winner of the match between Portugal and Slovenia, another match that has entered penalty shoot out.

[Mr.suevie]

Ronaldo also cried when he faced the goalkeeper from Slovenia who played very well to keep his goal from conceding, because Jan Oblak always saved several of Ronaldo's kicks, including penalty kicks.
Actually, Slovenia didn't play well, it's just that the goalkeeper was very good and I'm sure all the spectators admired Jan Oblak in this match. And it looks like the match will end in a penalty shootout, and this makes Portugal worried because Slovenia has a strong goalkeeper.

If eventually Portugal do lose this match on penalty then I think Ronaldo won't forget the fact that he had a chance to actually seal the whole deal off and it's just too bad that Oblak again has come to taunt him . But irrespective of that penalty is a game of luck and so its filled with so many surprises so even with Slovenia having Oblak Portugal can still make it through on penalty.

[aoluain]

Here we go - Penalties it is!

You just have to wonder how Renaldo is going to deal with this 1st penalty after missing
one already. Its hard to back Slovenia on this now, its purely new territory for them while
Portugal have already had 5 or so penalty shootouts.

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What a calamity for Slovenia, Has that ever happened before to miss the first
3 penalty kicks?

[bitzizzix]

Ronaldo also cried when he faced the goalkeeper from Slovenia who played very well to keep his goal from conceding, because Jan Oblak always saved several of Ronaldo's kicks, including penalty kicks.
Actually, Slovenia didn't play well, it's just that the goalkeeper was very good and I'm sure all the spectators admired Jan Oblak in this match. And it looks like the match will end in a penalty shootout, and this makes Portugal worried because Slovenia has a strong goalkeeper.

If eventually Portugal do lose this match on penalty then I think Ronaldo won't forget the fact that he had a chance to actually seal the whole deal off and it's just too bad that Oblak again has come to taunt him . But irrespective of that penalty is a game of luck and so its filled with so many surprises so even with Slovenia having Oblak Portugal can still make it through on penalty.

I laughed at myself, because it didn't meet expectations and it turned out that Diogo Costa, the goalkeeper from Portugal, was better than Jan Oblak, the goalkeeper from Slovenia.
Diogo Costa was able to parry all of the Slovenian players' kicks and Portugal won the match and progressed to the next round.

[Mr.right85]

This game really getting tougher, the both are struggling to survive, now the full 90 minutes had gone  but still on the extra time, Portugal have captured all the necessary aspects of the game both ball possession, chance created, big chances and also shot, upto this moment I can't say that this is favourite team but let see the end one. Currently it still draws.

It’s been an incredible duo between these two Portugal vs Slovenia. I would say Slovenia had a good game from the way they managed the game, seating back and making those long passes forward to give Sesko a chance to engage Pepe and have his chance with Diogo Costa. The game had over 5 odds on it for a draw across all bookies and the underestimation of Slovenia gave them almost 9 odds to win going into the game which one could have easily gotten a good off multiplier from a double chance 2x market.

Both teams had a best chance in the extra time, with Ronaldo missing a crucial penalty that could have meant game over for Slovenia and Sesko missing the chance to net a goal from Pepe’s misjudged pass. I must commend Diogo Costa on that one. Came out of his post, made himself bigger and saved that Portugal. His all that would be talked about in this fixture.

[Spaceman1000$]

Diogo Costa is the man that have saved Portugal for the next phase of the competition. the two Portugal Legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe nearly cost them the day with their mistakes, first it was Ronaldo that missed a penalty kick during the regular playing time and he couldn't hold back his emotions as he was crying bitterly after the miss, though he was able to redeem himself during the 5-5 penalty kick from Both side, Then Pepe too made a mistake that almost cost Portugal a goal but Diogo Costa still saved it.

I haven't seen a game this tensed and full of drama in this Euro 2024 competition like this one, Oblack penalty save really made Slovenia players to push on till the final whistle, to a large extent I really would want to give credit to Slovenia for coming this far and facing a tougher team that ordinary they could have lost to on regular time.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Diogo Costa is the man that have saved Portugal for the next phase of the competition. the two Portugal Legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe nearly cost them the day with their mistakes, first it was Ronaldo that missed a penalty kick during the regular playing time and he couldn't hold back his emotions as he was crying proforously after the miss, though he was able to redeem himself during the 5-5 penalty kick from Both side, Then Pepe too made a mistake that almost cost Portugal a goal but Diogo Costa still saved it.

It is undeniable that in today's match Diogo Costa was the most important pillar that brought Portugal through to the next phase.

After Ronaldo's missed penalty in extra time we could see that Portugal started to suffer from a mental and concentration decline that made them seem to lose their soul in playing, it was evident when Pepe made a mistake which fortunately Costa was still alert enough to secure the Portuguese goal from conceding the ball.
Costa's moment was a little hopeful and in the shootout Costa gave a big hope with 3 brilliant saves he made which made Portugal, especially for Ronaldo, avoid too much criticism because I think if in the end Portugal lost this match then Ronaldo would get a lot of criticism because of his penalty failure.

In addition, in this match actually both goalkeepers played very well and Oblak could be the MOTM but when Costa managed to make 3 consecutive saves then indeed Costa was the MOTM in today's match but Oblak and Slovenian players also performed worthy of appreciation because they could concentrate until the end of the match it was worthy of praise.

[CLS63]

I'm accepting that England played terrible. However I think other favourites also played very badly in the tournament except Spain and Germany. Therefore I started to think that England still have a serious chance to win the tournament. Portugal would say goodbye to the tournament in last 16 today if it weren't for their goalkeeper Diogo Costa's amazing performance.

[letteredhub]

Right from the onset it was a game between the favorites and a team that haven't lost a game in a while. From minute 1 Portugal played better, but Slovenia defense stood strong and resolute

It was ATTACK vs DEFENSE. Leao was the best player first half, but during the second Half Cancelo was doing the "modern full back" thing, and then Costa saved the day.

Slovenia on the other hand didn't mind, just stand your ground. A typical 4-4-2 brought back in the modern game. The just wanted to take there chances, Sesko had there two best chances but missed

In the end,the team that played better,won the game.

[pawel7777]

You have to feel sorry for Slovenia. They defended themselves really well, and it looked like that penalty saved by Oblak would give them a massive psychological advantage, but nope, they got outclassed in the shootout.
I'm glad Christiano Ronaldo managed to redeem himself. It's probably his last international tournament, so if they were to drop off because of that missed penalty, that would be devastating for him.

Current odds after tonight's round:



England is the favourite, but that's largely due to them having Switzerland as the opponent in the quarter-final, which is considered one of the weakest team in the bunch.
My first pick is Spain, followed by Portugal.

[Rengga Jati]

France were really lucky with that winner in the last minutes. Such a domination by 20 goal attempts but only 2 on target? This isn't good statistics at all honestly.    There is a serious finishing issue with this team. If France had a more capable opponent I think they would probably got eliminated.

Yes, France was very lucky this time, very lucky, because thanks to OG by Vertonghen, they were finally able to win the match and advance to QF. It was the only goal scored in the match, and it's OG. In fact, France had a lot of opportunities to invade, so they even continuously attacked Belgium. However, Belgium was still able to break their attack very well. This time, their defenders really played very effectively, so that France was only able to take 2 shots on target and all of them were saved.

Belgium in this case must be very sorry, especially Vertonghen, of course, because of his OG, they had to lose badly and go home with that defeat. Look at how sad the expressions of Vertonghen, de Bruyne and Lukaku were, after the OG.

[Amphenomenon]

Diogo Costa is the man that have saved Portugal for the next phase of the competition. the two Portugal Legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe nearly cost them the day with their mistakes, first it was Ronaldo that missed a penalty kick during the regular playing time and he couldn't hold back his emotions as he was crying proforously after the miss, though he was able to redeem himself during the 5-5 penalty kick from Both side, Then Pepe too made a mistake that almost cost Portugal a goal but Diogo Costa still saved it.

It is undeniable that in today's match Diogo Costa was the most important pillar that brought Portugal through to the next phase.

After Ronaldo's missed penalty in extra time we could see that Portugal started to suffer from a mental and concentration decline that made them seem to lose their soul in playing, it was evident when Pepe made a mistake which fortunately Costa was still alert enough to secure the Portuguese goal from conceding the ball.
Costa's moment was a little hopeful and in the shootout Costa gave a big hope with 3 brilliant saves he made which made Portugal, especially for Ronaldo, avoid too much criticism because I think if in the end Portugal lost this match then Ronaldo would get a lot of criticism because of his penalty failure.

Aside from the fact that Ronaldo missed the earlier penalty to seal their win, which made him cry while it was quite understanding for him to express his grievance but I think his teammates seeing him cry was something that affected their concentration more.
I hope he try to control his emotions more in public which has been one of his biggest issues.

Costa stole the spot light from Oblak who still did well also and I think France will want to avoid facing penalty shootout against Portugal.

In addition, in this match actually both goalkeepers played very well and Oblak could be the MOTM but when Costa managed to make 3 consecutive saves then indeed Costa was the MOTM in today's match but Oblak and Slovenian players also performed worthy of appreciation because they could concentrate until the end of the match it was worthy of praise.

Slovenia holding Portugal till penalty shootout is nothing they'll be ashamed of , I expect them to go home with their heads high because they played we today even against disadvantage of prayers qualities.

[EL MOHA]

You have to feel sorry for Slovenia. They defended themselves really well, and it looked like that penalty saved by Oblak would give them a massive psychological advantage, but nope, they got outclassed in the shootout.
I'm glad Christiano Ronaldo managed to redeem himself. It's probably his last international tournament, so if they were to drop off because of that missed penalty, that would be devastating for him.

Slovenia for a moment weren’t looking like a country that were regarded as the underdog. They defended so casually and build the game from the defense just like other elites teams will do. They were very good in the midfield and that was what actually made Portugal more frustrated. The game was just a show of a world class goalkeeper leaving the game in high and another young goalkeeper bursting to the scene.
I feel the win is seriously a good one and a redemption for Ronaldo, had the game not ended this way he would have suffered from this all his life

England is the favourite, but that's largely due to them having Switzerland as the opponent in the quarter-final, which is considered one of the weakest team in the bunch.
My first pick is Spain, followed by Portugal.

England are just favorites because of the section that they are. People think they would freely ride to the title but with their game against Slovakia and how Switzerland dominated Italy I will say I fancy Switzerland going through to the semi finals

[Sexylizzy2813]

These smaller teams that manage to qualify only have one agenda, is to frustrate the bigger teams who are eying the trophy and it pains me to see the likes of England struggling with Slovakia, Italy playing poorly against a team they would beat hands down as of last Euros when they won it, talking of Switzerland and now we see Portugal crying to even get a goal in the first half and it went on to be goalless till full time, even at extra time the big boss missed a penalty and they were frustrated by a smaller team in the round of 16.
Slovenia did good by holding Portugal to a draw, I wasn't expecting it to be this way and I said this encounter is one that Portugal will score more goals like Spain did in their game against Georgia, it never happened and I'll continue to say it that Portugal will always perform poorly as long as they have Ronaldo on the pitch.
I won't say Portugal are going to survive the next game just because they're Portugal with good players, no, it will be another battle for them and it might be their last in this tournament. Portugal against France is going to be a game France will play out their best because I don't think Portugal have anything special to produce with Ronaldo on the squad, let's forget the game France had against Belgium, it won't be that way against Portugal on Friday and is France advancing to the semis.

[Smartvirus]

You have to feel sorry for Slovenia. They defended themselves really well, and it looked like that penalty saved by Oblak would give them a massive psychological advantage, but nope, they got outclassed in the shootout.
I'm glad Christiano Ronaldo managed to redeem himself. It's probably his last international tournament, so if they were to drop off because of that missed penalty, that would be devastating for him.

Slovenia for a moment weren’t looking like a country that were regarded as the underdog. They defended so casually and build the game from the defense just like other elites teams will do. They were very good in the midfield and that was what actually made Portugal more frustrated. The game was just a show of a world class goalkeeper leaving the game in high and another young goalkeeper bursting to the scene.

Slovenia played really well, amazingly well but sadly, wasn’t able to do nothing in the penalties. Oblak extended their time to look for a win in extra time by providing that massive save from Ronaldo’s spot kick but, it only lasted for the extra time. You could see how furious Ronaldo was and had to apologize to the Portugal fans even when he scored his second penalty in the game. It was a close one yet, the side netting did it for him as Oblak followed it through and through.
Unfortunately, the Slovenia players proved not to have been penalty qualified or prepared. Took 3 shots from the spot and not a single one found itself to the net. The genius goalkeeper Diogo Costa should be commended on this one. Making 3 consecutive straight saves from the spot in the first spot kick at this stage of the Euros. That was nothing but quality goalkeeping and he was very decisive all through.

England is the favourite, but that's largely due to them having Switzerland as the opponent in the quarter-final, which is considered one of the weakest team in the bunch.
My first pick is Spain, followed by Portugal.

England are just favorites because of the section that they are. People think they would freely ride to the title but with their game against Slovakia and how Switzerland dominated Italy I will say I fancy Switzerland going through to the semi finals

E glad only narrowly managed to win, all thanks to Jude Bellingham for scoring that equalizer and they managed to go ahead and win the game afterwards with yet another goal.

[snipie]

Slovenia for a moment weren’t looking like a country that were regarded as the underdog. They defended so casually and build the game from the defense just like other elites teams will do. They were very good in the midfield and that was what actually made Portugal more frustrated. The game was just a show of a world class goalkeeper leaving the game in high and another young goalkeeper bursting to the scene.
I feel the win is seriously a good one and a redemption for Ronaldo, had the game not ended this way he would have suffered from this all his life

I wonder how Portugal could continue like that. They lost against Georgia which was knocked by Spain by 4 goals. They got a draw vs Slovenia and luckily they weren't ready for penalties and failed badly, otherwise Portugal will be in trouble.
Next match will be vs France. That Quarter-final game will be the last for Cristiano Ronaldo since I doubt they could stand against France even though I have many critics on the way the French team play.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

France and Portugal managed to win the match and advance to the quarter-finals, France had to fight until the 85th minute to get an own goal yeah we know it's not just luck because there is more effort with 19 shots. In other matches, Portugal also won the match on penalties as we expected Portugal did it with great difficulty well, 2 other teams have taken their place in the quarter finals and we are waiting for 2 other teams to also take their place there Netherland and Turkey are my favorites or will we see another surprise there?