Euro quarter finals. Face France-Portugal. The stage is set to say goodbye to some of Mbappe and Ronaldo. But tell me who wants to say goodbye. The fight between the former and the present of Real Madrid lasted 120 minutes. However, neither team scored. In the end, the match went to the deciding tiebreaker. Whereas in the last match Diego Costa could not pull Ronaldo in this match. Portugal had to lose 5-3 against France. The rate at which Portugal’s Euro journey stopped. Mbappe’s France advanced to the semi-finals.
Ronaldo’s Euro chapter ended with such a departure from Portugal. Before the start of the Euros, Ronaldo announced that this was the end of his career. As such, the loss against France was Ronaldo’s last Euro match.
Ronaldo has played in every tournament since 2004. That’s the most in the history of the euro. So far Ronaldo has played a total of 6 Euros. He also made Portugal the champion in 2016. But this is where the Portuguese superstar is stopping.
Ronaldo has already said about his departure, ‘This is undoubtedly the last Euro for me. But I’m not emotional about it. Everything about football, the passion I see for the game, the passion I see in the fans, fascinates me. Besides, my family lives here, people’s emotions are involved, so why is it not an issue. Because what else do I have to do outside the world of football?
As much fighting is done in the semi-finals. It was not seen between the footballers of the two teams. In the first half, Portugal and France could not create any scoring opportunities. But Portugal kept possession of the ball. But at the end of the day, football is not only about possession of the ball but about goals. The party could not do that.
The match progressed in the second half like the first half. In the 62nd minute, Bruno Fernandez entered the penalty box after catching Joao Cancelo’s superbly raised ball and taking a shot. However, France goalkeeper Meignan jumped to the right and saved the shot taken a little earlier. Two minutes later Vitinia’s direct shot was blocked by him. Ronaldo gets the ball back to one side of the post, but is blocked again by Mori Meignan.
But then France also attacked. In the 66th minute, Kolo Muani almost found Costa alone, but he was caught in the middle by Ruben Diaz. The ball goes slightly outside the post. Five minutes later, Eduardo Camavinga was also blocked by the Portugal goalkeeper. But he took a hasty shot and sent the ball outside. If there are no goals in the remaining time, the match goes to extra time. There was no result either.
However, Portugal had hope for Costa, who made three saves in the previous match. However, he could not block a single shot that day. Even France’s Mike Meignan could not save the tiebreaker shot. However, Portugal’s fourth shot by Joao Felix missed the post and made the difference in the match. Portugal has to leave.
In another match of the night, Spain advanced to the semis by beating Germany. France will face Spain in the first semi-final in Munich on Tuesday.