On Saturday evening, France qualified for the semi-finals of the UEFA European Championship England – 2022, by winning the last quarter-final meeting, which was held at the New York Stadium, in Rotherham, the European champion (2017), the Netherlands, 1-0, after extra time.
The only goal of the match was scored by right-back Yves Perrest [foto de capa, com neerlandesa Victoria Pelova]from a penalty kick in the 102nd, after Dominic Janssen’s Diani Cadidato shot in the “orange” team penalty area, and the referee herself confirmed it after the video assistant referee and watching the shots.
The Frenchman, third in the FIFA hierarchy and coached by Corinne Diacre, loyal 4x3x3 racing champion, twice came close to goal in the first half: Dutch defenders substituted goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaer on the deadly risk to avoid two goal-declaration opportunities, and 90″ ended with “null” on the board Results.
The Dutch team, fourth in the hierarchy, and under the guidance of Mark Parson, also performed in 4x3x3, but only in the second half of the 90’s slate showed an air of mercy. There was no such reaction when they were already losing, in overtime.
The match, which was held in Rotherham, saw 9,764 spectators in the stands and was moderated by Croatian Ivana Martincic, but with the participation of a Portuguese duo, nominated by UEFA, in the so-called “third team” on the field: Thiago Martins was the video assistant referee for the match and Luis Godinho was his assistant (Avar). ).
France will face, in the second semi-finals of Euro 2022, which will be played on Wednesday, 27th of the month, at the MK Stadium, in Milton Keynes, Germany (20 hours), and fifth place in the FIFA rankings, who won the quarter-finals of the tournament over Austria (2-0) on Thursday.
In the other half, Sweden will take second place in the world ranking, as Friday beat Belgium, 19th in the FIFA hierarchy 1-0 in the “quarters” … and hosts England, eighth in the world table, which got rid of Spain (2- 1 after extra time): It will be played on Tuesday, 26th of this month, at Bramall Lane, in Sheffield (20pm local time, same time in mainland Portugal).
The European Nations Championship 2022 ends on the 31st of this month (5 pm): the final at Wembley Stadium in London. Portugal was one of 16 participating teams – brought back by UEFA, replacing Russia, excluded – but exited from the group stage, with one point added: a draw with Switzerland (2-2) and defeats with the Netherlands (2-3) and Sweden ( 0-5).
