At the end of a hard-fought match, Portugal beat Slovenia and booked their ticket to the quarter-finals of Euro 2024.
For the round of 16 of Euro 2024, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal challenged Slovenia on Monday evening for a place in the quarter-finals.
The first opportunity of the match was to the credit of the Portuguese. Bernardo Silva produced a very nice cross from the left from the right flank in the quarter of an hour of play. Cristiano Ronaldo was nevertheless too short to head it, he who shot over from a nice free kick shortly after. Palhinha hit the post at the very end of the first half, at the end of which the score was still 0-0.
Cr7 often came up against Oblak in the second half, but despite several opportunities, Portugal and Slovenia were unable to separate themselves at the end of the 90 minutes. During extra time, and after 103 minutes of play, Jota was fouled by Drkusic in the Slovenian area. Penalty saved by Oblak following the attempt of the unfortunate Cristiano Ronaldo.
Extra time came to nothing, inviting both teams to the crude lottery of penalty shootouts. This time, Cr7 won his face-off against Oblak. Portugal also won and qualified for the rest of the competition. But it was tough…
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