Axel Allam, Media365 Posted on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 9:01 AM
On Friday against Portugal in Hamburg, Didier Deschamps' players will face more than 8,000 French fans during their quarter-final match against Cristiano Ronaldo's teammates.
After 8,000 fans against the Belgians, there will be 8,200 fans against Portugal. On Friday, on the grass of Hamburg's Volkspark (9pm), Didier Deschamps' Blues will continue their Euro 2024 adventure with an even bigger piece, Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal, who had to go through a penalty shootout in order to qualify. To get rid of Slovenia (0-0, 3 shots on goal to 0). As our colleagues from L'Equipe reported, UEFA allocated 7,100 places to the French Football Federation on Tuesday afternoon for this shocker. These places are in addition to the 1,100 tickets allocated to members of the French team’s fan club.
Euro 2016 final on everyone's minds?
It is clear that the confrontation between Portugal and France will carry the smell of revenge after the 2016 European Championship final. During the tournament held in France, his teammates Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo – who will still be present on Friday – were able to win the final against the Blues thanks to Eder's goal in the 109th minute (0-1, after extra time). After the short success against Austria (1-0), the draw against the Netherlands (0-0), then Poland (1-1), and the success against Belgium (1-0), it is hoped that the French team will rise to the top. Thanks to its great team experience and strong defense (conceding only one goal, like Spain), the national team will start with a slight advantage. “There are no easy matches, but in general, France defends very well. They also have very good players in attack and we will have to defend our final third,” predicted Roberto Martinez, Portugal coach, regarding this inevitable and inevitable rivalry. The match will take place following the first quarter-final encounter, between Spain and Germany, on Friday in Stuttgart (6pm).
