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Gilabola.com – A goal from Thorgan Hazard, the younger brother of Real Madrid striker Eden Hazard, managed to eliminate the reigning champions Portugal from Euro 2020. With this result, Romelu Lukaku will face his Italian counterparts at Inter in the quarter-finals of Euro 2020.
Belgium, which is ranked first by FIFA, managed to get rid of the world’s fifth-placed team Portugal in the round of 16 match of Euro 2020, Monday morning 28 June 2021, the result of Thorgan’s great kick from outside the penalty box, which crossed to the far post of Rui Patricio.
Cristiano Ronaldo looked very disappointed with Thorgan Hazard’s goal, which started with Thomas Meunier’s short pass. From a distance of about 20 meters, the Borussia Dortmund player fired a hard kick that goalkeeper Patricio failed to stop. The Wolves goalkeeper was able to guess the direction of the ball but lost quickly with the momentum of the circle.
Before Thorgan’s goal happened, Fernando Santos would have been a manager who was happier with his men’s performance than Roberto Martinez. The last 16 clash at the Estadio de La Cartuja in the Spanish city of Seville was played under Portuguese domination (45:55) with both teams hitting each other (6 to 22 for the Selecao’s lead), and one and five shots on goal respectively. target.
The Selecao had two golden opportunities during the first 45 minutes. One effort from Diogo Jota went wide, while an attack from Ronaldo was stopped by Thibaut Courtois.
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But Die Roten Teufel’s victory paid a heavy price with Kevin De Bruyne injured after being brought down by Joao Palhinha. The Manchester City midfielder managed to recover for a few minutes but was in pain early in the second half. Napoli midfielder Dries Mertens replaces him. Seeing the injury suffered by the best player in the 2020/21 Premier League season, it is very likely that De Bruyne will be absent for the rest of this European Cup competition.
Fernando Santos tried to save the Selecao’s fate by bringing on Joao Felix and Bruno Fernandes in the 55th minute, pulling off Joao Moutinho and Bernardo Silva. In just 15 minutes, the Manchester United midfielder managed to stop Eden Hazard in a scramble for the ball, which resulted in the Real Madrid player suffering from pain in his heel. Lucky to still be able to continue the fight.
Romelu Lukaku and Pepe were then involved in pushing each other when they blamed each other for the Bruno Fernandes vs Eden Hazard incident in the 70th minute.
An unnecessary foul from Thomas Vermaelen in the 72nd minute led to a free-kick from a dangerous position just outside the box, which unfortunately only hit team-mate Renato Sanches.
The second half was decorated with lots of free-kicks. After 17 free kicks during the first 45 minutes, the number of set pieces rose to 15 free kicks, only for Portugal. The remaining seven go to Les Diables Rouges. It seemed to reflect the heated situation towards the end with Pepe getting a yellow card after hitting the body of goalscorer Thorgan.
The Selecao manager brought back three players: Andre Silva, Danilo and Sergio Oliveira to replace Diogo Jota, Palhinha and Sanches. But the next goal opportunity actually came from Ruben Dias in the 81st minute, when he welcomed a corner kick. Luckily goalkeeper Courtois stood in the right position to block the ball.
One minute later an attack from Raphael Guerreiro hit Courtois’ left post. Not curling enough to reach the void to the left of the Real Madrid goalkeeper.
Belgium tried to retaliate, but two strikes from Lukaku in the 84-85 minute stopped before entering the opponent’s penalty box. One of them was blocked by Ruben Dias. There were no more goals even though referee Felix Brych from Germany gave five minutes of added time. Defending champion Portugal eliminated! De Rode Duivels will face Italy in the quarter-finals of Euro 2020.
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