Diogo Costa was the protagonist in the penalty shoot-out
Thanks to the decisive performance of the goalkeeper Diogo Costa, Portugal beat Spain 3-0 on penalties on Monday Slovenia to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Euro 2024after a regulation time, in which neither team managed to be effective.
The Portuguese sought to take control of the actions against a fierce rival, which contained an initial attack by those led by Roberto Martinez at 13 minutes, in a play where Bernardo Silva He gave a cross, which he was unable to define. Cristiano Ronaldo in Bruno Fernandes before those led by Matjaz Cake.
Clear resolution
This is how, after the lack of effectiveness by both teams in regulation time and overtime, the winner had to be determined by penalty kicks, in which Portugal was forceful with successes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes y Bernardo Silva.
While Slovenia failed to collect payments Josip Illicic, Jure Balkovec y Benjamin Verbic highlighting the leading performance of the Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa to achieve success and qualify for the next phase.
Series defined
Portugal will face on Friday in the quarterfinals Franceon a day in which Spain will crash into Germany and the next day England will fight against Swiss Two qualifiers remain to be defined, which will come from Tuesday’s matches between Rumania versus Netherlands y Austria ante Türkiye.
The semi-finals of the tournament are scheduled for Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th as a prelude to the final which will take place on Sunday 14th.
Written by: Tomas Rincon
2024-07-02 00:30:43
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