Topic: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers - page 102. (Read 46364 times)

I saw the performance of Portugal players in the whole match. There is no doubt that the players of Portugal have performed well in this match. I thought Portugal's players could score in extra time. But Slovenia's defenders also played very well in this match. So Portugal's players could not score a single goal even after attacking a lot. Although Portugal dominated the entire match, we did not see any goals in the match.

Portugal will face France in the quarter finals. With the way France have been performing recently, I think Portugal is the favorite in this match. France has a strong squad, but this team is not able to perform well.

All Cristiano Ronaldo fans were worried about yesterday's match against Slovenia because no one expected it to be much tougher than it was. Slovenia played a more defensive game, making it difficult for Portugal to score throughout the game. The last time Portugal met Slovenia, they lost by two goals. I don't think we should underestimate any team in this tournament because they all take their games seriously. The Portugal coach was at fault. I don't see why he has to bench João Felix except he is injured, He is an amazing player, and I expected him to bring Felix after Leão was taken off in the 76th minute.

However, no matter what Portugal overcame yesterday against Slovenia, I will continue to support them in their next match. France, on the other hand, is not as tough as some of us think and they will make it difficult for Portugal. France also wasted several chances to score against Belgium, despite having young players. In my opinion, Portugal has a better chance of winning than France.

Oblak made a lot of saves in this match, otherwise Portugal would have won in regulation time. It was not Ronaldo's day, he was a lot greedy with free kicks, he should have shared with Fernandes, if you see that you are not doing well, then share with others, it was a little selfish on Ronaldo's part, but he behaved like a leader and this is his decision with whom none of the players argued. And of course it is worth noting Costa, who showed a phenomenal flair in the penalty shootout.

For more than 90 minutes plus extra time, Portugal tried to break down Slovenia solid defense, especially since they had Oblak who managed to perform brilliantly with his saves. However if it is a penalty shootout, of course this match is difficult to predict because we were surprised by Diego Costa 3 fantastic saves. Oblak was also able to save the goal in the 90 minutes plus extra time because we saw in the 2 rounds the various efforts made by the Portuguese players, the left and right sides were still unable to break into the goal. Oblak also managed to save Ronaldo penalty kick, so in my opinion apart from Diego Costa who is Portugal hero in the Slovenian team there is Oblak who has so far succeeded in holding back Portugal attacks. However the final result was on Portugal side and they deserved to qualify to face France in the next round.

The last meeting between Portugal and France at the 2021 European Cup ended in a draw while they were still in Group F. Now it is a deciding event where one of them must come out as the winner.

 I don't think Portugal should be seen as a threat in this tournament if the Coach, Roberto Martinez thinks it's wise to keep starting Ronaldo. They've got a bucket load of good players like @slow death mentioned but they don't get that opportunity instead, get preferred over a 38 yr old Ronaldo who has lost his form, rather waiting for his teammates to always give him the ball and when he doesn't get it, he throws tantrums. At this rate, her only drag the team down with this selfish attitude of his.
 Imagine struggling against small teams, when they get paired up with a team like Austra for instance, that means they won't even have any hopes of winning. The games yesterday were so boring, France managed to win at regular time thanks to an own goal from Vertonghen in the 85' and Portugal won on penalties. So disappointing!
 

I agree with everything you wrote, it really doesn't make sense to keep these players on the bench, Portugal has luck on its side, but that luck won't last forever, Cristiano Ronaldo's crying is almost the player's last act in major tournaments. Despite being a legendary player, the weight of age is starting to show, he could be a second-half player, or change position... it will be very difficult for Portugal to survive any longer in this competition.

It was sad that Ronaldo missed the penalty, but what do you think about Pepe's mistake in extra time? If Sesko had shot the ball a little better, it would have been a goal, but Costa saved the ball there too. In my opinion, Costa played one of his career matches last night. I saw players who gave everything for Portugal and played with heart. I hope they have good luck against France.

Well he should retire. but I'm happy to still see him at the Euros this time even though this is his last. But if you look at the way Cristiano Ronaldo plays then you will understand that he even plays more effectively than the young players there. I'm sure the Portuguese coach understands the situation of the Portuguese national team better. And I think he was called there because he deserved it. Not only is Cristiano Ronaldo old there but he still plays. but there is also Pepe who is even older than Cristiano Ronaldo. And if you see how Pepe plays at the back then you will understand that he is still a better defender than some of the young defenders that Portugal has. But yes, the Portuguese coach also forced Cristiano Ronaldo too hard to stay on the field even until extra time. And for players who are old, it will indeed be very ineffective to continue playing while tired. So time should also be given to the young players there.

Portugal's match against Slovenia was really tense and according to my observations Slovenia played very well because it made it difficult for Portugal to score goals in normal time and of course last night I was really worried because my idol team, namely Portugal, would fail to make it to the quarter-finals but fortunately Portugal was able to ended the match beautifully even though it ended with a penalty and won it and now Portugal has advanced to the quarter-finals and of course Portugal must be really careful for the next match because of course Portugal's next opponent will be France which of course France is not an opponent that will be easy to beat. overthrow.

If you look at Portugal's performance, of course it can still be said to be good, but of course Roberto Martinez needs to do something to make Portugal's squad better in the upcoming match because of course if Portugal can't improve its performance then of course it will be difficult to beat France in the quarter-final match.

but I personally still support Portugal to win in the quarter-finals. What do you think about Portugal's prediction against France in the quarter-finals? but I think Portugal will have the potential to win against France and of course there will definitely be fierce competition.

In my case, if they told me that Portugal would suffer a lot to win in yesterday's game, I would believe it without hesitation, because in this Euro, Portugal is showing itself to be very weak, just look at the results of Portugal's games in this Euro, the first game was against Czechia which was not a strong national team, but Portugal had difficulty winning the game, they scored 2 goals and conceded 1 goal. The second game was against Turkey, they won easily, but in the third game it was against Georgia, where they lost in a game in which they failed to score a goal and conceded 2 goals. So looking at Portugal's performance in this euro, we see that they are having luck

Portugal 2 - 1 Czechia
Türkiye 0 - 3 Portugal
Georgia 2 - 0 Portugal
Portugal 0 - 0 Slovenia, Portugal won on penalties

So far Portugal has only played against very weak teams but they performed very poorly, if they win this Euro it will be thanks to luck


One of Portugal's biggest problems is thinking that the national team depends on Ronaldo when it is a fact that in games where Ronaldo is not playing the team performs well, it doesn't make sense to put these players on the bench:

1 - João Felix
2 - Diogo Jota
3 - Gonçalo Ramos
4 - Gonçalo Inácio

and put Ronaldo in the starting lineup. In my opinion Ronaldo should retire from the national team, but Portugal wants to create a hero


Ronaldo is already old, he should retire from the national team and give way to younger players, the guy has already achieved everything in Europe, I don't understand why someone who has already achieved everything in Europe and is very old is competing with newcomers or others players on the national team are the closest and there is not even a day for him to retire, which means he will play in the world cup, this could demotivate other younger players who are in Ronaldo's position, because these younger players will be sitting on the bench

We have to be realistic, Austria's strength is much stronger and that was seen in the group phase and from what Austria achieved in the group phase, they are now quite confident.
I don't mean to underestimate Turkey, but we can see Turkey's performance in the group phase and I think they are very inconsistent
So I think it is clear that Austria will have a greater percentage of winning the match and I will bet on Austria winning.

The Netherlands and Romania have equal strength, this will be a tough match and I think both teams have the same percentage to get through to the quarter-finals even though the betting market favors the Netherlands.
IN this match I chose to bet on goal over, in the group phase both teams were quite productive in scoring goals so this is also possible in this match.
For the Austria vs Turkey match, I have a different prediction from you, I am quite sure that Austria will qualify.

Actually I never expected Ronaldo to miss the penalty because if they are given a breakdown of the players that are very good with penalty of course Ronaldo will be there because he is known to be very good with penalty but it was unfortunate that he had to miss the penalty, though the reason why people are talking about it too much is because of what Ronaldo represent in the world of soccer so people always have a very high expectation from him, though I wouldn't blame him on the penalty he missed because no matter how perfect someone would be in the game of football there is no way to guarantee 100% perfect all the time, however had it been that Portugal managed to win Ronaldo wouldn't have been very happy with himself.

Diego Costa really was a hero in that match. And not only when he was the savior in the penalty shootout by successfully parrying 3 Slovenian players' shots. but Diego Costa was also the hero when the Slovenian beat Pepe in extra time. Which makes the Slovenian player face to face with Diego Costa. but Diego Costa managed to stop it well. So in that match Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo were definitely the players who were most grateful to Diego Costa. Pepe almost made a mistake that could have given Slovenia a goal but Diego Costa was the hero there. And Ronaldo almost made Portugal win with a penalty shot but Ronaldo didn't succeed in turning his shot into a goal. And Diego Costa saved Portugal in the penalty shootout in the end. It was a match that was goalless in normal time and in extra time. and victory is only determined in a penalty shootout. But it was a very exciting and quite tense match. Slovenia also deserves appreciation for their very solid and disciplined defense.

In the quarter-finals Portugal will face France. And it will indeed be a more difficult match for both of them. And I'm not sure which one will be favored for that match.

Diogo Costa had a night he will definitely not forget. He took Portugal and carried them to the next round. Ronaldo would have felt more guilty if Portugal had been eliminated after failing to score the penalty. Diogo somehow saved Ronaldo, and I think Ronaldo was the happiest that they made it to the tour. Although their chances of passing the round against France are very difficult, it is not impossible. If they play well and have a few players on their day, Portugal can also eliminate France.

Switzerland, Germany and Spain are the three teams that have made the match in the last 16 really theirs quite well and it doesn't look that difficult. But for England, France and Portugal it looks like they got through from the round of 16 to the quarter-finals the really hard way. And the Portugal match looks to be a match that actually looks very tense. I really appreciated Slovenia's defense which was really tight and flawless until the end. Portugal they kept trying to penetrate but yeah it was quite difficult with the quite disciplined defense shown by Slovenia. I think Portugal lacked the courage to make long breakthrough passes. They play too many short passes. And short passes will definitely be difficult to implement if the opponent also closes their defense line. So Portugal can only keep trying and failing.

A very rare moment from Ronaldo also occurred in this match. Where the penalty kick could be read well by the Slovenian goalkeeper. And another moment was that Pepe also made a mistake at the back which made the Slovenian player come face to face with Diego Costa. Luckily Diego Costa managed to stop it. Pepe made a mistake because he must have been tired because after all he is not young anymore and he played the full game there. In fact, I still want to praise Cristiano Ronaldo's stamina for being able to survive until the match ended. That's very difficult for a player who is almost 40 years old and ran the field in 120 minutes. So it is quite natural that he failed to take advantage of the penalty in that match. Because I'm sure his energy has almost been exhausted. So the shot wasn't as strong as usual.

Portugal, England, France is almost the same. Their game is boring during this tournament. Only draw for 90 minutes plus 30 minutes with so many opportunities but must be determined through a penalty.
The failure of Ronaldo to execute the penalty in the extra round did not surprise me even though at that time millions of hopes were on him.


The Netherlands has a good chance of winning against Romania, but I am not sure of the Dutch performance under the care of Koeman.
Austria vs Türkiye, I think Turkey will qualify even though Austria's game is good enough during the group stage.

The two matches of the round of 16 yesterday gave us an exciting match and even the two matches had to make it difficult for France and Portugal to win, France managed to qualify for the round of 8 after winning over Belgium after Vertonghen's own goal occurred, while Portugal was unexpectedly able to be made difficult by Slovenia who was not the favorite team in the match,  I didn't watch the match, but I was quite surprised to see the final result which did force Portugal to decide their fate with a penalty kick, I saw in the highlights of the match, Portugal was able to dominate the game and actually both teams had many chances to score, but we have to admit that Oblak and Costa played quite well.

In my opinion, not only Costa deserves praise for thwarting 3 penalties, but we should also give greater praise to Oblak for being able to force Portugal to continue the match with a penalty kick after Oblak thwarted Ronaldo penalty, if I look at the existing statistics, I think Oblak is more appropriate for us to say as the best goalkeeper in the match than Costa.

Both matches today will be difficult to predict, but to be honest compared to the match between the Netherlands and Romania, I personally believe that the match between Turkey and Austria will be more exciting because of the balanced strength of the two teams.

Today we will see whether Austria will show the same form as in the group stage and whether it's a real candidate for the final, on the weaker side of the ladder. After the group stage, for me they are the 3rd team to win: Germany, Spain and Asutria.

Austria has a great squad. If I had been asked in previous years, I would have thought the same way, but this year their players are really at a high level. Türkiye, on the other hand, made too many defensive mistakes. I am a Turk and I want Turkey to win, but to tell the truth, if such mistakes are made in the defensive zone again, Austria can make a historical difference to us. We played a terrible match against Portugal, and many of our players were carded in the last match we played against Czech Republic. Hakan Çalhanoğlu will not be able to play because he has a card suspension. This will reduce our midfield resistance. I hope we will be the winner, but my favorite is Austria.

We scored the first goal against Spain, yes I know it was an auto goal but it was a 0:1. We shocked the world and Spanish fans, we made them nervous for the first time against such an unknown country as Georgia is. We shocked the world and we said our words. Our performance in first half was good but later, especially in the last 30 minutes, we got too tired and couldn't keep the performance while Spain was still rocking, so they managed and won against us.
We didn't have enough time to recover too, also one of their goal was off-side. By the way, it doesn't matter, we were really no match for Spain. Congrats to every Spanish people and their fans.