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Mon 1 Jul 2024 ‧ UEFA European Championship – Round of 16

              Portugal 3 – 0 Slovenia

❌  105′ Cristiano Ronaldo (Pen)

Portugal beat Slovenia in the UEFA EURO 2024 Round of 16 on Monday 1 July 2024 at the Frankfurt Arena in Germany. Portugal and Slovenia meet again 3 months after the friendly match which Slovenia won 2-0 on March 26. Sweet revenge, Portugal eliminated Slovenia on penalties and advances to the Quarterfinals. After 120 minutes, it took penalties for Portugal who never makes mistakes and found the hero of the evening in goalkeeper Diogo Costa who saved three out of three penalties kicked by Slovenia from Josip Ilicic, Jure Balkovec and Benjamin Verbic. In the quarterfinals it will be France-Portugal. Costa is the first goalkeeper to save 3 penalties in the EUROS.

Bernardo Silva scored the winning penalty spot kick and Diogo Costa made three saves. After a scoreless 90 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo had a chance to put Portugal ahead from the penalty spot in the first half of extra time, but goalkeeper Jan Oblak saved. Cristiano was in tears feeling the pressure and had to be consoled by his teammates. The moment to regroup arrived in penalty shootouts and Cristiano shoot the first penalty and converted it. A sign of relief for him and for his millions fans.

Despite Portugal finishing top of Group F with six points, Portugal had an unexpected defeat against Georgia. It was Martinez first defeat after 12 games in charge since taking over from long-time manager Fernando Santos following a disappointing loss to Morocco in the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals.

PORTUGAL IS MOVING ON TO THE QUARTERFINALS

🇸🇮: ❌❌❌
🇵🇹: ✅✅✅ pic.twitter.com/TzHbHMMOcU

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 1, 2024

Slovenia national football team are going into the fixture after playing 4 draws in a row against England, Serbia, Denmark and Bulgaria extending their unbeaten streak to 9 matches.

• Portugal have not recorded two consecutive defeats in official competitions since EURO 2008: 0-2 against Switzerland in the group stage and 2-3 against Germany in the quarterfinals.
•  Cristiano Ronaldo has not scored a goal in his last seven appearances for Portugal between the European Championships and the World Cup: it is his longest goalless streak between the two tournaments. He has taken 19 shots in total in the two competitions since his last goal, against Ghana in the 2022 World Cup.  Will he score against Slovenia?

🇵🇹  Serie A Players with Portugal’s EURO 2024 squad

Head Coach:  🇪🇸  Roberto Martínez

• Goalkeeper Rui Patrício (Roma) listed among substitutes
• Forward Rafael Leão (AC Milan) played until the 76th minute and was replaced by  Francisco Conceição.

 🇸🇮  Serie A and Serie B Players with Slovenia’s EURO 2024 squad

Head Coach: 🇸🇮  Matjaž Kek

Defender Jaka Bijol (Udinese) 106′ yellow card, played all game
Defender Petar Stojanović (Sampdoria) played until the 86th minute and was replaced by Benjamin Verbic.
Midfielder Sandi Lovrić (Udinese) listed among substitutes
Forward Jan Mlakar (Pisa) played until the 74th minute and was replaced by Jon Gorenc Stankovic.

In the 105th minute, extra time, Cristiano Ronaldo failed to convert a penalty with a right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by goalkeeper . The penalty was conceded by Vanja Drkusic after a foul in the penalty area on Diogo Jota.

Brutal for Ronaldo 💔🇵🇹

Heroic for Oblak ✨🇸🇮 pic.twitter.com/P7xIujcRyC

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 1, 2024

Portugal v Slovenia penalty shootouts sequence

What. A. Finish. 🔥

Rewatch every penalty from the Portugal-Slovenia shootout 🇵🇹🇸🇮

🇸🇮: ❌❌❌
🇵🇹: ✅✅✅ pic.twitter.com/UyGVKwuLxw

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 1, 2024

“At first I was sad, now I’m over enjoyed.” 🇵🇹

Cristiano Ronaldo speaks after Portugal’s massive win over Slovenia in the Round of 16 ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/tfCh9oSF8x

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 1, 2024

✅ Stats before the game: This will be only the second match ever between Portugal and Slovenia; the previous one dates back to March this year: Slovenia won a 2-0 friendly in Ljubljana.  Portugal holds the record for winning by the largest margin in the round of 16 between European Championships and World Cups: 6-1 against Switzerland in the 2022 World Cup. Slovenia will play its first match in the knockout phase between the European Championships and the World Cup, while for Portugal this will be the 26th match of this type. However, after winning EURO 2016, Portugal lost three of four matches in the knockout phase between the European Championships and the World Cup (W1). The defeat against Georgia in the last match ended Portugal’s streak of 12 consecutive victories in official competitions (excluding friendlies).   Slovenia recorded 32% ball possession at EURO 2024, only two teams have progressed from the group stage in a single edition of the European Championships with lower ball possession: Iceland at EURO 2016 (29%) and Sweden at EURO 2020 (30%). Only Germany (69% and 57) recorded a higher percentage of ball possession and attempted more total shots than Portugal (67% and 53) in the EURO 2024 group stage; furthermore, Julian Nagelsmann’s team (16) was also the only one to have conceded fewer shots than Portugal in this first phase of the tournament (23).

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O PRIMEIRO. ☝️🇵🇹 #PartilhaAPaixão | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/7oCyuZJN1r

— Portugal (@selecaoportugal) July 1, 2024

Every mascot was looking to get a high-five from Ronaldo ahead of the match ✋🐐 pic.twitter.com/hlR4gCxyfe

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 1, 2024

Ronaldo x Diogo Costa ❤️#EURO2024 | #PORSVN pic.twitter.com/yzI7kAjCSf

— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) July 1, 2024

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📷 Portugal – Slovenia Match Officials
UEFA EURO 2024 Quarterfinals

🗓️Monday 1 July 2024
🏟️Frankfurt Arena
📌Frankfurt, Germany

⏲️21:00

🙍‍♂️ Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
🚩 Assistant referees: Ciro Carbone (ITA) and Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
4⃣ Fourth official: Espen Eskås… pic.twitter.com/VJHLv9lseE

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) July 1, 2024

🇵🇹🔥 Nothing like a national anthem to get you fired up!@HellmannsUK #EUROfiredup pic.twitter.com/K9JMu81qLZ

— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) July 1, 2024

🏆👉 First half 🇵🇹 Portugal 0 – 0 Slovenia 🇸🇮

⚽️Goals: 0

🟨 Booked: 32′ Vanja Drkusic (S), 37′ Zan Karnicnik (S)

Corners: Portugal 4, Slovenia 2

✍ Ball Possession: 66% @selecaoportugal and 34% @nzs_si

✅ https://t.co/iop8zOIpmL@TheCalcioGuys @ZaurriniRino @SerieASitdown… https://t.co/rmA51BORRO

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) July 1, 2024

🏆👉 Result 🇵🇹 Portugal 0 (3) – (0) 0 Slovenia 🇸🇮

Portugal advances to the UEFA EURO Quarterfinals after penalty shootouts.

❌ Penalty: 105′ Cristiano Ronaldo (P)

⚽️Penalties converted for Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva

Portugal goalkeeper… https://t.co/XKYZOOrb11

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) July 1, 2024

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 UEFA EURO 2024
Round of 16

🇵🇹 Portugal – Slovenia
Monday 1 July 2024
Frankfurt Arena
Frankfurt, Germany

21:00

Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant referees: Ciro Carbone (ITA) and Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Fourth official: Espen Eskås (NOR)
Video Assistant Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)

⚽️ Goals:

🟨 Booked:

✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:

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