Topic: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers - page 101. (Read 46364 times)

One of the attitudes that we need to emulate from Cristiano Ronaldo is never giving up and as we saw last night how he failed to take a penalty kick in the extra time but he responded by taking the first kick during the penalty shootout and finally managed to score a goal. Jan Oblak's performance for 120 minutes was truly extraordinary, but he also failed during the penalty shootout when he failed to anticipate three shots from the Portuguese player.

Apart from that, the real hero fell to Diogo Costa where there was a blunder from Pepe which resulted in him losing the ball so that it could be snatched by Sesko, but unfortunately Sesko failed to score because it was blocked by Diogo Costa's foot. Not only that, during the penalty shootout, Diogo Costa managed to thwart 3 consecutive penalty kicks from Slovenian players and in the end Slovenia had to be eliminated after losing on penalties against Portugal with a score of 0-3. A match full of drama and the next big match will pit Portugal against France and this is a big match that cannot be missed.

Yes, I personally also felt worried when the match was going on and it is true that at that time Slovenia had a really strong defense and of course this made it difficult for Portugal to score a goal against Slovenia, but yes, Slovenia's match against Portugal was proof that we cannot underestimate a any team. because in the world of football it is always full of mystery and a team always fights with the maximum to win a match.

Yes, for example, if Roberto included Joao Felix, of course that would be the right choice, but it's a shame that Roberto didn't play him because I think Joao Felix is ​​also very good, but maybe Roberto had other reasons so he wasn't played.

Yes, I personally still support Portugal to continue to win in the next match and indeed if you look at France's last match against Belgium with a narrow score of 1-0, of course this will definitely make Portugal appear confident to be able to fight Mbappe and his friends in the next match. because France was able to win the match against Belgium because of an own goal scored by Vertonghen, but I hope that Roberto will be alert because of course France will definitely show their best performance because of course if they win in the big quarters, the road to becoming champion will be bigger.

No matter how great Ronaldo is at playing football, he is still just an ordinary human being. So there is no need to overreact to Ronaldo's failure to score a penalty in this match. Because if we compare Ronaldo's failures and successes when kicking penalties, it is clear that Ronaldo succeeds more often. Apart from that, it is true, Diogo Costa was Portugal's savior in that match. If it weren't for him, Portugal would have failed to advance to the last 8. However, the performance of other Portuguese players also deserves appreciation. The reason is that they fought together until the match was over.

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Then in the next match, between Romania VS Netherlands and Austria Vs Turkey, it will definitely be a very interesting match. Moreover, in the Romania VS Netherlands match, many football fans will definitely be waiting for it. Because of course the Netherlands is also in the spotlight for many people to definitely enter the last 8 of the Euros.
My prediction is that the Netherlands can definitely win this match, but it definitely won't be easy. Considering that the Dutch performance is sometimes not optimally consistent. So the Netherlands could have the same fate as Portugal. But the point is that my prediction is that the Netherlands will definitely win this match.

Then for the Austria VS Türkiye match, my prediction is that Türkiye will win this match. Because Türkiye's performance during this Euro can be said to be quite consistent. In the preliminary round, Türkiye only experienced 1 defeat and Türkiye was able to win the other 2 matches. So Türkiye can be said to be the dark horse team in the euro this time. The reason is that not many people thought that Turkey would qualify for the round of 16. So because of this, I am more confident that Turkey will win this match. Although Austria is not a weak team either. But in this match I am very optimistic that Turkey can definitely win.

Despite having too many quality players having performance like this is surely dilemma for the Portugal which is now going to face France which is also having not good time against Belgium and having hard fought win against them currently as things are going we have not good performance from the few teams which are having good chance of winning the title, but now next round could be more competitive because all top teams are at their spots and things are interesting.

Just Spain and Germany won their respective matches by better margin, but things were pretty close for the rest of matches now we have two matches left in this round and most chances we will have better results from these teams with the Netherlands and Austria are looking to go through for the remaining spots of the quarterfinal.

For me, today's two matches will really be quite difficult to predict. And although perhaps many will favor the Netherlands in the Netherlands vs Romania match. But I think it's also quite risky considering Romania's performance is not that bad either. It could even be said that their performance is quite good. And Romania is even at the top of Group E even though in Group E all clubs share the same points. But Romania is the one who scores the most goals.

Meanwhile, the Austria vs Türkiye match was also quite confusing. Because Turkey even has the same points in Group F as Portugal, which indicates that Turkey's performance is not much different from Portugal. Meanwhile, Austria was also the team that managed to get the most points from Group D. Austria was even able to beat the Netherlands and Poland in the group stage. And Austria only lost to France and even then France won because of 1 goal and 1 goal was an own goal.  Which means France can't really beat Austria.
But I will try to make my choice slightly against my own wishes. Namely I would choose Romania and Austria. This is a little risky but worth the try.

An extraordinary performance from Diogo Costa helped portugal stay on euro 2024. Costa made a spectacular rescue of Pepe's mistake. It saved his team from losing to Slovania. Pepe's mistake almost cost the club's chance to qualify for the quarterfinal. Costa deserved a lot of appreciation for his performance against slovenia.
And lastly, this game was dreadful, and it failed to impress, with Diogo Costa being the sole exception.

Even though the dutch start as favorites in the upcoming game, but i think Romania has a chance to beat netherlands. The Romanian team showed weakness only against teams with great individual players and attacking football with high pressing strategy. But, Koemann's team was not playing that way.

It seems to me that in one of today's matches may repeat yesterday's result of Portugal and Slovenia... I have no doubts about the Netherlands, but Austria and Turkey could easily continue the game to a penalty shootout... But still I agree with the bookmakers about the favourites for today's games...

He rushed that penalty, I don't know if he was anxious at that moment, but immediately after the miss, people were so quick to insult and disrespect him because of that miss, I could see people saying he should just retire already. Good idea though but they should keep such things to themselves. Whenever I look at the days he dominated, I don't even criticize him during his bad days.
Thanks to Diogo Costa as he was able to save the day.  Cristiano Ronaldo also took responsibility for the penalty lose and also said apologies to the Portuguese fans.

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I'd be supporting Ronald Koeman and the Dutch National Team today. They have the experience in this Competition, they're also one of the clubs I'm rooting for right now.
The first time years ago Germany hosted the Euros, he was amongst the squad ( Ronald Koeman ) that won the Competition that year. Let's see if thunder will strike twice on the same soil.

Ralf Rangnick and his side are playing proactive football which is beautiful to see, I'm sure they'll be defeating Turkey at the end of the day. The next round should be between Holland and Austria.

At least he cried because he felt guilty because the penalty kick he took didn't become a goal. And it was quite a rare moment to see Cristiano Ronaldo not succeed in scoring a goal from a penalty kick. And on the contrary, Diego Costa was an extraordinary savior in that match. Wasn't that the first time in the Euros that a goalkeeper was able to block 3 shots in a shootout? And of course Diego Costa will be included in the unforgettable history records.

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The Netherlands and Austria should be the favorites. We have to remember that Austria is the champion in group D. And France is even below Austria in ranking in the group stage. So Austria could be another favorite today along with the Netherlands. but because the opponent Austria will face is Türkiye, this will indeed be a difficult match. Because Türkiye is also a strong team.

Ronaldo had big issues with the goalkeeper Oblak yesterday.    He burst in tears after missing that penalty also. He is so passionate even at this age which must be a good example for other players. The savior of the day was obviously Diogo Costa. Saving 3 penalties? That's just insane man.    It must be his best match surely.

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Today we have 2 matches:

• Romania - Netherlands
• Austria - Turkey

Austria and Netherlands are big favourites by bookmakers and it makes sense. Netherlands have some weaknesses in defense but I don't think they will say goodbye in this round.

When it comes to our match against Austria, our job is very difficult.    I hope Montella prefers better strategies this time. If we play the same we have a quite small chance.

In the round of 16, it seems like no team can be underestimated. Everyone was able to reach this stage because they were not only lucky but they had their own advantages compared to other teams that failed. And the Slovenia vs Portugal match was quite surprising. Slovenia even put up a defense which I thought was extraordinary. They played patiently in defense and immediately made quite effective long passes which even made Portugal's defense overwhelmed several times. It's just that Slovenia also has weaknesses in taking advantage of opportunities. Meanwhile, Portugal played quite actively, but Portugal had difficulty penetrating the Slovenian defense. And Cristiano Ronaldo was also closely guarded by the Slovenian defender. So Cristiano Ronaldo also doesn't have enough space and it's difficult to get opportunities. In essence, Slovenia understands very well that they have to lock up the Portuguese forward players so that the Portuguese midfield players have difficulty passing the ball to the front line. And it worked. I saw that in the Portugal vs Slovenia match, both of them had extraordinary advantages. Portugal can also continue to press without losing concentration in defense. So even when Slovenia makes a counterattack, we can see that the Portuguese defenders can immediately handle it well. Those who watched this match will definitely agree that we must appreciate both teams. And I was amazed by Cristiano Ronaldo who was able to continue playing until the end. Because some of the other young players there already looked tired, but Cristiano Ronaldo still looked enthusiastic and encouraged the other players. He continues to encourage other players to maintain their enthusiasm. I now understand why the Portuguese coach still chooses Cristiano Ronaldo to be in the Portuguese national team because he has a positive aura there.

In today's match, I think I'm still confused about which team to favor. It's just that Austria deserves attention because we know that Austria is the group winner in Group D. Austria is ranked 1st in Group D and even France is ranked 2nd. So Austria can really be the favorite. But Türkiye is also a very strong opponent. so I'm still confused about which one to choose.

Firstly the match between Portugal and Slovenia was keenly contested and both teams showed their determination to advance to the next round but unfortunately Slovenia were eliminated at the penalty shootout. The story would have been different if Slovenia had scored the late minute one on one chance they had, but somehow Diego Costa was at his best form yesterday and he prevented the player from scoring at that close range. Same with Portugal if Ronaldo had scored the second half penalty the match wouldn't have headed into the penalty shootout.

From the penalty shootout it could be seen that Slovenia didn't prepare for penalty shootout, because they never knew that they will hold Portugal to a draw after 90 minutes and extra 30 minutes, that's why they struggled and couldn't convert one spot kick. I could see the sign of relief on Ronaldo's face after Slovenia missed their straight 3 spot kick. It could have been a sad story if Portugal had exited the tournament because Ronaldo missed the first penalty in regular time. France is definitely going to be their toughest opponent so far, they Portugal players know this and I expect them to react accordingly.

It doesn't matter whether you play well or badly, what matters is getting the score. Yesterday, Portugal took many positions against Slovenia but could not score a goal. I would be very surprised if Slovenia advanced to the next round in penalties because the team that was superior throughout the match was Portugal. We will also look at tonight's matches. There are two important matches and we will see if the favorites Netherlands and Austria will surprise.

Pepe at the age of 41 played almost 120 minutes he was very weak if Pepe's mistake was not well anticipated by Diogo Costa this might be the regret of his life in his last career with Portugal, as well as Ronaldo who failed to execute the Penalty he just cried because he felt failed.

In essence Diogo Costa was the real savior in the penalty shootout able to guess 3 guesses from Slovenia, he became a hero several times if the goalkeeper was not on fire maybe Portugal had gone home.

Honestly Portugal have played poorly so far, some teams that play poorly end up winning: England, France, Portugal and Italy who fell, we'll see how the Netherlands does tonight.

Maybe the coach could have done a good thing by taking them when the game was extended to 120 minutes. Pepe is now very old and has difficulty keeping up with that tempo. He's not ready to play 120 minutes. I can't say the same for Ronaldo, but I think Ronaldo could last 120 minutes, he can last one more match. Also, Jan Oblak saved Ronaldo's penalty, but Ronaldo did not kick the penalty. That's why I think it remains an unfortunate moment. I think Ronaldo is a legend who should be on the field.

It was a great football match to watch. Slovenia played brilliantly and should be proud. However, Portugal deserved to go to the quarter-finals because they played better. It would have been unfair for Portugal to be eliminated on penalties. Luckily Portugal is through to the quarter-finals after a shootout win over Slovenia. And whoever wins on Friday between Portugal and France will likely take the cup. It’s the final before the final.

The hate will always be there and it seems as if people immediately forget what he has done in football and still doing. Why do people make a fuss about a penalty missed, people miss penalties everday but they don’t criticize them but when it’s Ronaldo it’s easy to say he is not a good player. Missing aa penalty doesn’t justify anything it just not his day and that’s how it was meant to be.

Pepe’s mistake almost cost them everything but thank goodness the goalkeeper saved it else we would be seeing different headlines about how Ronaldo made Portugal lose because of the penalty. Mistakes are bound to happen and it can happen to anyone but i am hearing people saying Ronaldo and Pepe shouldn’t be included in the squad they are old, these are people that gives everything for their country and other players are learning from them.

Of course, many people were disappointed with Ronaldo in Portugal's match against Slovenia because he failed to execute a penalty kick and Cristiano Ronaldo usually always succeeds in executing a penalty kick, but in last night's match it was very surprising that Cristiano Ronaldo failed to execute a penalty kick, so in this case of course there are those who understand Cristiano Ronaldo's failure to execute a penalty kick and others who didn't

However, if for example Cristiano Ronaldo succeeded in executing a penalty kick then of course Portugal would win without continuing with a penalty shootout. But yes, what you say is true because of course every player has times when they fail and of course we can't blame them because of course Ronaldo also wants to be successful in executing his penalty kick. but fortunately Portugal was able to win the match with a score of 3-0 on penalties and fortunately Cristiano Ronaldo was able to erase his failure because he was able to score a goal in the penalty shootout.

Now Portugal and Ronaldo fans will definitely feel relieved because their idol team is still safe and will play in the next match in the quarter-finals. Cristiano Ronaldo will definitely appear again and he will definitely try to play with maximum strength in that match.

Even though Slovenia are clearly the underdogs in their match against Portugal yesterday, but the players of Slovenia still fought bravely against Portugal and even managed to force the game into a penalties shootout but Portugal is still clearly the better team to progress to play against France in the quarter finals.

Netherlands are quite lucky to progress to the round of 16 via the ranking of third placed teams as they only managed to finish at the 3rd spot in Group D. Their luck are still looking great as they will play against Romania and I think Netherlands should be able to beat Romania without the need to go into extra time today.

It should not be forgotten that if they have difficulty scoring goals, as in the Georgia match, France's very effective offensive players can be punished with their individual talents. Portugal consists of very talented players, but they are like bees that do not make honey. They can't score goals, but they create plenty of positions. The France match is a dangerous match, but both teams can win this match. We will witness the match of two equal teams.