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(ANSA) – ROME, JULY 5 – The first semi-final of Euro 2024 will be between France and Spain. Portugal was beaten only on penalties (5-3), after regulation time and extra time had ended 0-0. After losing the World Cup on penalties, this time Deschamps’ France is smiling. The challenge in Hamburg is worth a place in the semi-final. On one side there is Cristiano Ronaldo, on the other Kylian Mbappé, symbols of Portugal and France but for both it is not a memorable evening: the Portuguese is unable to be incisive, the Frenchman, conditioned by the protective mask on his nose, neither, so much so that he asks to be substituted after the first half of extra time. A very hard-fought match with many opportunities between the second half and extra time: Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha and Leao are the ones trying above all for Portugal, Kolo Muani, Camavinga and Dembélé for France. No one scores after one hundred and twenty minutes: in the penalty shootout, the decisive goal was scored by Joao Felix hitting the post and Theo Hernandez’s last shot. (ANSA).
2024-07-06 01:40:46