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

[aoluain]

Stilll 0 -0  between Portugual and France with 2 minutes left.
This will be probably a penalty shootout game, probably the best scenario for Portugual at the start of the game.

Spain is cleary the favorite for the final win now.

Well after that display of "lets not lose" from Portugal and France I dont think
Spain will be too worried about France who still havent scored from open play.
Both Portugal and France had many many chances to score in that match, the finishing
was lacking by both unfortunately.

Mbappe still hasnt shown us his potential nor has griezmann shown us that either.

On the other hand Spain have scored 10, it doesnt bide well for France or
Portugal if they had gone through.

It's a shame that Portugal lost in the penalty round because one of their kickers (Joao Felix) failed to execute his part, congrats to France who are officially going to the semi-finals, it's not an easy road ahead, because they will face Spain who managed to beat the host team .

Ronaldo has a new record in this competition of playing in five games and not scoring any goal. He has done his best and needs to really give other players a chance to shine in this Portugal team.  

Essentially Portugal played with 10 men, Renaldo had very little to contribute
and doesnt pose the threat he once was, and still France couldnt capitalise

[Frankolala]

All of us have our own predictions for the bets we will place in the match later.
Both have the same percentage of winning, so I think whatever bet you place will not be wrong.
After watching the last few matches between the two teams, it seems like I will bet on Germany winning in the next match.
And for the Portugal vs France match I will bet on Portugal winning.

True no doub...
But I will bet on opposite foe both predictions we all have our view of predicting things but the way I see it, France are always active when they are getting near to winning and for Spain I don't know how you viewed it although Germany was very tough but I think Spain is going to perform better although they have same odds  which means even betting sited couldn't finalise a decision based on performance  

Wow, this is interesting I was thinking about the probabilities between the two big matches today, and saw that several people had already made their choices while I still couldn't see any significant differences whether it was Germany and Spain or Portugal and France. The hosts seem to be very aggressive and interestingly Spain also has the same game format where Spain has shown a fast style of play. In the hands of Luis de la Fuente, Spain game no longer adheres to tiki taka, therefore in almost every match Spain is able to carry out a total attack in the first minute.

Returning to the tough choice that must be made for Germany vs Spain, I will bet on Spain winning, and Portugal vs France so for me Portugal is slightly more favored.

Spain is in... wasn't easy though it was hard to get for Spain  there was red card in the game Carvajal ( I knew there was going to be a read card though because it was a tough game ) but we have a Victor. Waiting for France Let's see if I'm wrong or you would be wrong   ..still on France actually

Finally won both predictions   although it came hard but both team performed excellently,a winner must just be determined... Portugal played so well didn't expect it to be Joao but I think it's just tension,really sucks to be him though as a star player.... not too surprised  Messi also loosed a penalty for Argentina..guess today is just a penalty error day   . Anyways need to step down with the winning result  

In stages like this, there must always be a winner and France was able to win through penalty shootout even though they did not perform better than Portland. Penalty is a game of luck and anyone can miss penalty. If nobody misses, there will be no winner. Jao Felix penalty was good but it hit the goal post which became a problem for Portugual.

France and Spain will clash in the semifinals making every stage of the competition more interesting with much fun an thrill. It will be a tough match in which the strongest and luckiest wl be in the finals. Tomorrow is the last match day of the quarter finals, I don't think that the matches will extend to 30 minutes extra time as I expect 90 minutes victory from the two matches.

[Alpha Marine]

My 2 mainstay clubs Germany and Portugal must end up in the quarter-finals this time but by looking at the situation that is happening now it seems that indeed with the elimination of Germany, Spain is the strongest possible candidate now considering the French game is still unstable in terms of performance because their performance is very ordinary just like England for this Euro.

France have been really poor in this tournament. It's a miracle they have gotten this far. They haven't scored an open play goal all tournament yet they're in the semis. Today's match between Portugal and France was just boring. Neither of them deserves to qualify. The difference maker for France are big players, nothing more. The coach doesn't really know what he's doing anymore, players like Mbappe and Griezmann seem very average.

I'm not happy that Germany has been eliminated. Germany and Spain are the only two teams that deserve a place in the semis. If they weren't paired together, they both would have been in the semi finals by now.
France have a chance to win a depleted Spain who will be without Cavalja and Pedri, but if France played the way they played today, Spain would knock them out and I expect that to happen.

I don't have any high hopes for England, but they have a relatively easier path so they might somehow riggle their way into the finals.

[Franctoshi]

At this point, Ronaldo's last trip to the EURO did not get him anything, maybe he will stay for the World Cup.

The penalty shootout is over - France qualified to the next round. Portugal had to admit defeat in the penalty shootout and Joao Felix will probably feel guilty for the missed opportunity. But it's not about who scores and who doesn't - basically all penalty takers have tried to beat the pressure and look for the right angle to score. Unfortunately - Joao Felix was the only one who didn't score.

France vs Spain - this is another exciting match to look forward to. France and Spain have both progressed to the semi-finals - while tomorrow we look forward to England vs Switzerland and Netherlands vs Turkey. The Netherlands and England are favorites for the semi-finals - I have no doubts about either one.

Yes Joao Felix failed to take the opportunity and indeed he had great pressure to take the left corner but in the end hit the crossbar he might feel disappointed with his failure to make Portugal lose, but this is a challenge it is normal to have to take that action even if it does not become a goal.

Diogo Costa didn't manage to make a single save in the penalty.

We still have two games tomorrow, no less exciting than today, but rest assured England won't let their fans down.

The thing is that one team must go home at the end of the match, which after all the efforts by Portugal to try to move in to the next stage of the competition, they were still eliminated by France during the penalty shootout. To me, I'm not blaming João Félix for his failure to not score the penalty because anyone in his shoes at that time would still have missed it due to pressure, and if you noticed, the France goalkeeper is this kind of keeper that isn't moved by the players show of leg but rather was following the direction of the ball which we saw him do in the first and second penalty kick by Ronaldo and fellow teammate.

[Gencecikmen]

Wow, what a match it was. The first semifinalist was Spain, who beat Germany 2-1, and the second semifinalist was France, who defeated Portugal in a penalty shootout. The Germany-Spain match was more exciting to watch than the Portugal-France match. Also Olmo’s performance in Spain was commendable.

[DaNNy001]

At this point, Ronaldo's last trip to the EURO did not get him anything, maybe he will stay for the World Cup.

The penalty shootout is over - France qualified to the next round. Portugal had to admit defeat in the penalty shootout and Joao Felix will probably feel guilty for the missed opportunity. But it's not about who scores and who doesn't - basically all penalty takers have tried to beat the pressure and look for the right angle to score. Unfortunately - Joao Felix was the only one who didn't score.

France vs Spain - this is another exciting match to look forward to. France and Spain have both progressed to the semi-finals - while tomorrow we look forward to England vs Switzerland and Netherlands vs Turkey. The Netherlands and England are favorites for the semi-finals - I have no doubts about either one.

Yes Joao Felix failed to take the opportunity and indeed he had great pressure to take the left corner but in the end hit the crossbar he might feel disappointed with his failure to make Portugal lose, but this is a challenge it is normal to have to take that action even if it does not become a goal.

Diogo Costa didn't manage to make a single save in the penalty.

We still have two games tomorrow, no less exciting than today, but rest assured England won't let their fans down.

The thing is that one team must go home at the end of the match, which after all the efforts by Portugal to try to move in to the next stage of the competition, they were still eliminated by France during the penalty shootout. To me, I'm not blaming João Félix for his failure to not score the penalty because anyone in his shoes at that time would still have missed it due to pressure, and if you noticed, the France goalkeeper is this kind of keeper that isn't moved by the players show of leg but rather was following the direction of the ball which we saw him do in the first and second penalty kick by Ronaldo and fellow teammate.

Well what has happened has happened and if Ronaldo and even Messi can miss penalty then who's jao Felix ? The whole Portuguese team would just have to take heart and manage the defeat because the game is actually a two sided affair and it favoured in their previous tie doesn't mean it would be the same for every time. My only anger is that Ronaldo actually existed the tournament with no goal even scored, I means that crazy for a player like him it just shows that old age is something that no one can escape.

[EL MOHA]

It looks like you should be disappointed, Portugal lost in this penalty shootout, Joao Felix failed to complete the penalty kick that was entrusted to him, if Felix had not failed in the penalty kick then it is very likely that Portugal would have escaped, after all, everyone has worked hard, France is superior and no one can deny that, they are still the favorite team to win the Euro event this time ^{(apart from Spain)}

France had there moments so do Portugal once again this two nations have shown that they can take on just anyone in world football and still come out well. The battle we wanted to witness was between Mbappe and Ronaldo and I was disappointed not to have seen that much tonight. The battle was definitely fought in the midfield which both teams did well. One thing I like about this current France coach is his dynamism to Change his tactics when needed. In their round of 16 against Belgium and the group stage matches, the French team midfield was a bit exposed and imbalance and many people pointed that Camavinga was a good bet to start their ahead of Rabiot. Today he proved that even though he was a bit shaky.

Next match is between Spain and France, this two are my favorite now to win the competition sadly one of them has to bow out In the next phase. My bet will be on France to win but right now with their inability to score an open play goal yet it will be a tough target for them against the most possessive team in the tournament

[Docnaster]

It's a shame that Portugal lost in the penalty round because one of their kickers (Joao Felix) failed to execute his part, congrats to France who are officially going to the semi-finals, it's not an easy road ahead, because they will face Spain who managed to beat the host team .

Ronaldo has a new record in this competition of playing in five games and not scoring any goal. He has done his best and needs to really give other players a chance to shine in this Portugal team. The coach would have easily taken him off to bring in other new players, but because the coach knows how much the media will make that a headline, he had to keep him on. Portugal had many opportunity to win the game, they wasted it all.
France are not Slovenia, they have more experience with penalties and playing in top competition, Portugal should not have expected Costa to save many penalty kicks like he did against Slovenia.

I think it's time for Cristiano Ronaldo to bow out from the Portugal national team so other young stars of the team can also live to their full potentials. Since the 2004 European Championship finals that he first tiptoed to this great tournament, Cristiano Ronaldo been incredibly productive for his national team but from all indications, it seems he's been caught up with age and can't just deliver top quality football again. It's time for Cristiano Ronaldo to retire and focus in club football because from all indications, I don't think we're ever gonna see a better Cristiano Ronaldo than the one we've been seeing in this year's Euros Championship.
To the performance of both teams, I think they all did their best and deserved to win the game if you ask me but unfortunately for Portugal, they suffered elimination from the competition.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Germany lost 2-1 after they forced Spain to play for 120 minutes. I wasn't really surprised by the result, but Germany was really good in the second half. The pressure created by Germany in the second half meant that Spain had to work hard to secure the goal, but the goal they were after finally appeared a few minutes before the end of the second half.

Germany were basically more worthy of winning the game when they came from behind, but they had to give up and fall short at home when Mikel Merino made perfect use of an assist from Olmo. We can see that the fans and players were very disappointed in the end, while it was different for the Spanish camp. Congratulations to Spain, respect to Germany.

Well, the match we have been waiting for finally brought Spain as the winner even though it has to go through extra time. Here I won't say one of them deserved to win because basically both have the ability to win, it's just that Spain was lucky today with a goal in the 119th minute. Next, Spain will face France in the semi-finals because France managed to beat Portugal a few hours ago, well we can call this the 2nd final match because the match between these 2 great teams happened early.

In this match I don't expect much and it might end up going to extra teams or a penalty shootout because Spain and France have strong defenses, we will watch this game next week and we can see this betting market in sportsbooks Spain @2.75 vs France @2.9 who is your favorite team?

[GiftedMAN]

At this point, Ronaldo's last trip to the EURO did not get him anything, maybe he will stay for the World Cup.

The penalty shootout is over - France qualified to the next round. Portugal had to admit defeat in the penalty shootout and Joao Felix will probably feel guilty for the missed opportunity. But it's not about who scores and who doesn't - basically all penalty takers have tried to beat the pressure and look for the right angle to score. Unfortunately - Joao Felix was the only one who didn't score.

France vs Spain - this is another exciting match to look forward to. France and Spain have both progressed to the semi-finals - while tomorrow we look forward to England vs Switzerland and Netherlands vs Turkey. The Netherlands and England are favorites for the semi-finals - I have no doubts about either one.

Yes Joao Felix failed to take the opportunity and indeed he had great pressure to take the left corner but in the end hit the crossbar he might feel disappointed with his failure to make Portugal lose, but this is a challenge it is normal to have to take that action even if it does not become a goal.

Diogo Costa didn't manage to make a single save in the penalty.

We still have two games tomorrow, no less exciting than today, but rest assured England won't let their fans down.

The thing is that one team must go home at the end of the match, which after all the efforts by Portugal to try to move in to the next stage of the competition, they were still eliminated by France during the penalty shootout. Today me, I'm not blaming João Félix for his failure to not score the penalty because anyone in his shoes at that time would still have missed it due to pressure, and if you noticed, the France goalkeeper is this kind of keeper that isn't moved by the players show of leg but rather was following the direction of the ball which we saw him do in the first and second penalty kick by Ronaldo and fellow teammate.

Just like you said at this stage of the competition, one team must step down for the other team to progress to the next stage of the competition and tonight we witnessed a great game between France and Portugal, both teams couldn't find the back of the net even after an additional time but at the end the ended up in a penalty shootout and France was lucky to advance to the next stage after winning on penalties.

Penalties is a no man game, I think the goal keeper of Portugal stopped the penalty kick of 3 Slovenia players during the knockout stage but today he couldn't make any save and his team has been eliminated after João Félix failed to convert his penalty kick to goal. No body should be blamed I believe they have accepted their fate and they hope to get better.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

Portugal and France match is very matured and entertaining. The struggle was real and at a point I thought a player would be seriously injured in that match cos the energy and passion to secure a win was overflowing. The likes of C. Ronaldo, J. Cancelo, N. Mendez and Camavinga all lost very good opportunities to put their countries in front.

The match ended in penalties and France emerged successful thanks to the penalty of Joao Felix which bounced off the wood work.  Congratulations France,  welcome to the next level.

[_BlackStar]

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Yes Joao Felix failed to take the opportunity and indeed he had great pressure to take the left corner but in the end hit the crossbar he might feel disappointed with his failure to make Portugal lose, but this is a challenge it is normal to have to take that action even if it does not become a goal.

Diogo Costa didn't manage to make a single save in the penalty.

You're right - there is big pressure on penalty takers, but Felix is ​​not the only player who has failed to convert his chances into goals this tournament. It's just - this is not the right time to fail because it will certainly affect many things.

We still have two games tomorrow, no less exciting than today, but rest assured England won't let their fans down.

I'm looking forward to it - England should be able to progress to the next round with promise score.
Not just Bellingham, Foden, Kane - but I'm looking forward to Cole Palmer playing from the first half. Gareth Southgate has to do this for the sake of reasonable expectation - he can't gamble with Saka.

[mv1986]

I think it's time for Cristiano Ronaldo to bow out from the Portugal national team so other young stars of the team can also live to their full potentials. Since the 2004 European Championship finals that he first tiptoed to this great tournament, Cristiano Ronaldo been incredibly productive for his national team but from all indications, it seems he's been caught up with age and can't just deliver top quality football again. It's time for Cristiano Ronaldo to retire and focus in club football because from all indications, I don't think we're ever gonna see a better Cristiano Ronaldo than the one we've been seeing in this year's Euros Championship.
To the performance of both teams, I think they all did their best and deserved to win the game if you ask me but unfortunately for Portugal, they suffered elimination from the competition.

Although it might look unlikely, I believe he still won't step down from the national team. So far I haven't him saying anything about it, but correct me if I am wrong. I think he is so addicted to the sport and believe he will try and keep going until the World Cup 2026. He probably won't resign for as long as Messi is still playing, too. But one thing is for sure: this was hist last Euro Championship. So yes, I think he will try to make it to the World Cup and then finish his career.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Wow, what a match it was. The first semifinalist was Spain, who beat Germany 2-1, and the second semifinalist was France, who defeated Portugal in a penalty shootout. The Germany-Spain match was more exciting to watch than the Portugal-France match. Also Olmo’s performance in Spain was commendable.

To be sincere with you I wished for the Spain vs Germany game to never come to an end, the energy of both teams was really high to get a win. I had it in mind that the host might lost at full time but they manage to pull one back to level the game and head to extra time. The Spanish players are the best in this tournament because of the way the went about business since the beginning of the competition, now is a total of 5 games in a row without losing or a draw and from how I saw things about them I believe they're going to win it, their chances of winning is higher than any other country in the tournament. With Portugal and Germany out of the way we're left with France who might be a better opponent to get to the final.

[bering]

This is the end that Ronaldo have to burried his dream to gets Euro Cup trophy before he retired with Portugal because today dramatically Portugal lost from France through an penalty shootout and i thought after extra time ended and the match continue to penalty shootout Portugal has good chances to win this match but clearly i was wrong because Diogo Costa who performing well when Portugal eliminate Slovenia can't do anything in this match because he was failed to blocked the penalty kick from France players

On the other hand for Germany the loses from Spain is very dissapointing for their fans because as a host and favourite champion Germany was unable to further more besides that Germany has just continue the trend that since 1988 there was no host team who can able to gets the trophies from this tournament but semifinal match is quite interesting because Spain will met France and if we compared to the performance between these teams during this tournament i think Spain can be called as the favourite than France

[Zaguru12]

You're right - there is big pressure on penalty takers, but Felix is ​​not the only player who has failed to convert his chances into goals this tournament. It's just - this is not the right time to fail because it will certainly affect many things.

Exactly the pressure of playing a penalty especially in a shootout likes this is just too much and that’s why the best players or the most experienced players in the team are those that usually take up this challenge. This is one of the reasons why even though people criticize both Ronaldo and Messi do their misses I don’t like it. Roberto Martinez of Portugal says that only the takers can miss and that’s what happened to Felix today. He shouldn’t be in that position to take the penalty but the coach had already taken out Bruno Fernandez who to me was the best penalty taker in that Portuguese team but as we said one person has to miss for the match to come to an end

We still have two games tomorrow, no less exciting than today, but rest assured England won't let their fans down. I'm looking forward to it - England should be able to progress to the next round with promise score.
Not just Bellingham, Foden, Kane - but I'm looking forward to Cole Palmer playing from the first half. Gareth Southgate has to do this for the sake of reasonable expectation - he can't gamble with Saka.

I think the focus of many people will be on Southgate line up tomorrow, the two major calls he needs to make is either to start Cole plamer and Kobbie Mainoo which many think is the best or go with is usually formation. Saka to me looks very much tired and not fit enough maybe due some injury recovery, Palmer is England’s most creative player at the moment why not play him as an attacking midfielder if you don’t trust him on the wing and play a double pivot of Bellingham and Rice. Any formation Southgate uses tomorrow if we loses then I think that’s the last dance for him

[TelolettOm]

I just read this news, and finally found several sources that had released news regarding the ban for Merih Demiral for his actions in showing the "Wolf Sign" during the match against Austria. This is still a matter of pros and cons.
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It is not prohibited in Austria, but this symbol is prohibited in Türkiye. The celebration of this symbol is so closely linked to politics in Türkiye that UEFA had to punish Mehdi Demiral. Suddenly this created a polemic between fans and UEFA as the parent had to give equal punishment considering that it was a quite serious problem.

This symbol is a symbol identified with the extremist Gray Wolves, the right wing, where this group is also banned in Austria and France. It's just that it's not yet a regulatory ban in Germany. It was labeled a terrorist organization by the European Parliament in 2021. However, this was about football and UEFA acted on it.
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Source: Turkey's Demiral banned for 'wolf' gesture

Yapp,, UEFA's decision regarding Demiral's actions has caused controversy, the Turkish side has raised objections to the sanctions given to their country's players which are considered "unfair" and there are political reasons behind it. Yes, because of this, there has been polemic upheaval between these countries. In fact, diplomatic parties from Turkey and Germany have held discussions regarding this matter.

Exactly the pressure of playing a penalty especially in a shootout likes this is just too much and that’s why the best players or the most experienced players in the team are those that usually take up this challenge. This is one of the reasons why even though people criticize both Ronaldo and Messi do their misses I don’t like it.

Yep, a penalty kick is not just a kick, ball and goal, but it is also a battle between the player's mentality and emotions. There is very high pressure, mental betting and ability for the team, witnessed by the entire team and also the spectators in the stadium, this is what creates high pressure, not to mention the various responses outside the field. Because of this, not everyone can do it optimally when that happens.

Source: France vs Portugal Penalty

There are many people blaming Felix for missing this penalty, but in my opinion, there is no one to blame, they have fought optimally for their team and country, it's just that there is only 1 winner, and France is the one to continue.
Congratulations to France and Thanks so much to Portugal. My heart actually also broke when seeing especially how Pepe sad expression in the field.
respect. 

[BitcoinHunt3r]

There are many people blaming Felix for missing this penalty, but in my opinion, there is no one to blame, they have fought optimally for their team and country, it's just that there is only 1 winner, and France is the one to continue.
Congratulations to France and Thanks so much to Portugal. My heart actually also broke when seeing especially how Pepe sad expression in the field.
respect.  

Yes, in a penalty shootout anything can happen because 50% relies on luck and 50% relies on ability + experience We know that several great players in the world have experienced failures in taking penalties well, if this happened to Felix, of course it wouldn't be surprising but if the fans insult him, that is a risk as a player is expected to take. We must also remember that their opponents are France as one of the strongest teams in this tournament meaning if they lose against a great team it is normal but if they lose against a weak team that's bad. Yeah a little sad, this is the last we'll see of Ronaldo playing for Portugal in a big tournament.

[MK-74]

Germany has said goodbye to the cup. Germany was my favorite team for this cup but they lost 2-1 in extra time against Spain.
Spain is now waiting to see who their opponent will be.

The France-Portugal match went to penalties and France won. I thought France would win in normal time, but it didn't happen.
Let's see who will be France's opponent.

[hosseinimr93]

Spain is now waiting to see who their opponent will be.

Let's see who will be France's opponent.

Spain's opponent and France's opponent? They both already know their opponent in the next round.

Spain and France will face each other in semi-finals. Click here to see the bracket of the knockout stage on the official website of UEFA.