2024-07-03 15:03:49
Joseph Ilichich’s first shot was blocked by jumping to the left. first shot It may seem like a coincidence. But what Diego Costa did after that is rarely seen on the football stage. For the first time in the Euro Championship. Portugal’s wall stopped three shots in a row. On the contrary, Portugal confirmed the quarter-finals of the Euro with three consecutive goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo missed the penalty. Ronaldo, who could not believe himself, cried bitterly. Costa stood in front of the goal bar as the shield of this great star. The Quinas beat Slovenia 3-0 at the Frankfurt Arena in the last eight.
France will be a tough opponent for the Portuguese in the quarter-finals. These two powerful countries will meet at 1 pm on July 6. With this, Portugal reached the quarter-finals maximum 7 times.
Portugal got the biggest chance in the 105th minute. Slovenia are fined for dropping Diego Jota into the D box. 2016 champions get penalty. But Ronaldo disappointed. Goalkeeper jumped to the left! Ronaldo was seen breaking down in tears during the break.
There were no more goals in the next 15 minutes. After extra time, there was no other way but a tiebreaker. Costa stopped Benjamin and Balkovic’s shot after Ilichich. This is the first time a goalkeeper has stopped three shots in a tiebreaker at the Euros. Such a feat has been seen three times in the World Cup before.
Ronaldo made no more mistakes in the tiebreaker. He apologized to the audience by folding his hands with the goal. Then Bruno Fernandez and Bernardo Silva secured the win with goals. One side stopped three consecutive shots and the other side three consecutive goals, the remaining two of the 5 tiebreaker shots were no longer needed.
Ronaldo had several opportunities in this match, but could not capitalize. Even if he got the goalkeeper alone, he killed him straight away. Three free kicks were scored in front of the goalkeeper. That didn’t work either. A few created great opportunities, but the teammates failed to capitalize on them.
Sisko could have been the hero of Slovenia. Costa saved Portugal by stopping his great shot here too. However, O-Balak, who blocked Ronaldo’s penalty, could not save the team’s loss in the end.
Portugal attacked from moment to moment throughout the match. The team took 26 shots, but only 6 were on target. On the other hand, only 2 of Slovenia’s 12 shots were on target.