Until the end of the suspense / No goals other than qualification. Face the Blues Portugal Friday, July 5th in the quarter-finalsEuro 2024 Organized in GermanyAfter 120 minutes of tension and penalty kicks, the French finally qualified for the semi-finals (0-0, 5-4).
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France, who have been struggling since the start of the competition and have failed to score any goals (except for CSC and the penalty kick), are not reassured in the first minutes of the match against the very strong Portuguese. The first big chance for the Blues was scored by Theo Hernandez in the 19th minute. The ball was cleared by goalkeeper Diogo Costa.
France then pushed into the Portuguese camp during the second half, winning their first corner kick, which was taken by Antoine Griezmann in the 35th minute. Despite more shots from the French side, Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates dominated the ball during the first half. Back to the dressing room with the score 0-0.
The Portuguese scare France
The Blues came back from the break with renewed vigor without putting the Portuguese in danger. In the 54th minute, Kylian Mbappe He found himself on the ground after receiving the ball that bounced on his temple, and he was the one who Broken nose In the first Euro match against Austria and since then he has played with a mask. The French captain seemed stunned, but he protected himself again and remained on the pitch.
Kylian Mbappe was left in pain and holding his nose after Bernardo Silva's header hit his mask during France's Euro 2024 match with Portugal.
He was able to continue the match. pic.twitter.com/Y1uenzBvTy
– ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) July 5, 2024
In the 58th minute, Eduardo Camavinga saved the Blues after stopping the mad rush of Rafael Leao who was heading dangerously towards the French goal. But the Portuguese continued his ferocity, and it was the turn of goalkeeper Mike Maignan to save his team by stopping Fernandes' cross shot in the 61st minute, as you can see in the clip below.
Less than a minute later, another warning with a shot from Vitinha that was again saved by the French goalkeeper, who immediately stopped Ronaldo's attempt. The Portuguese are then very close to the French goals and give France a cold sweat.
Semi-finals on Tuesday at 9pm
But the Blues did not have the last word, and Randal Kolo Muani missed the first goal by a narrow margin in the 67th minute. Two minutes later, another ball from Camavinga went a few centimeters wide of the post. After a rather dull first half, the highlights of the two teams restored the scene but also caused a lot of frustration.
The last minutes of regulation time were tense for both teams, but they failed to score. They headed into extra time which did not allow the two teams to choose between them despite the big and even very big sun strikes from both sides.
After 120 intense minutes, the decisive shots began. France's salvation came from Joao Felix, who missed his shot. Before the France-Portugal match, Spain qualified for the semi-finals of the European Championship by beating Germany (2-1) after extra time. This is the country that France will face in the semi-final on Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. in Munich, or on M6.
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