Thus, the Portugal-France match will be the poster for the quarter-final match, on Friday evening, in Hamburg (9 p.m.). CR7's teammates beat Slovenia on penalties on Monday in the round of 16 of the European Championship (1-0, 3-0 tab).
Portugal, the favourites in the round of 16, attacked the match from the right side after a dangerous cross from Bernardo Silva (13).H) Neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Bruno Fernandes could take charge. Roberto Martinez's men dominated the game but lacked inspiration up front, and were then outplayed by the Slovenians at a faulty pace. Cristiano Ronaldo woke his side up with a powerful free-kick in the top corner (34'H) And the goalkeeper of Al-Shinha found a shot on the ground, which entered the roof, after great work from Rafa Leao (45H+3). There is no goal in the first chapter or in the second for that matter.
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In every place, Ronaldo faced Jan Oblak twice (55 and 89). Meanwhile, Benjamin Sesko did not find the target in one of the rare Slovenian situations (61). So everything went to extra time.
Ronaldo's tears after missing the penalty kick
With the strong image of this match. We played 103H Minute Diogo Jota was unbalanced inside the Slovenian area by Drkosic. Then Mr. Orsato, the referee of the match, awarded the penalty kick. A golden opportunity for CR7 to give his country the advantage, but the Portuguese star saw the penalty kick saved by Oblak, who made a great save with the help of the post (105).H). The whistle blew for the end of the first half and Cristiano Ronaldo burst into tears, comforted by Diogo Dalot, in the middle of the match. His mother was present in the stands, shedding some tears. The second period of extra time was quieter, although Slovenia got the match point. After a mistake by Pepe, Cesko escaped towards Diogo Costa's goal, but the Leipzig striker lost a duel with the Porto goalkeeper, decisive in this shot (115).
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So the decision was made with sanctions. The Slovenians started very badly since the confrontation of Ilic, Palkovic and Verbeek against Diogo Costa, who was on fire in this session. In contrast, CR7 did not tremble this time, just like Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva. Portugal will qualify for the quarter-finals and will meet France on Friday in Hamburg (9pm).
