a Victory over Türkiye, in the second match of the UEFA Euro 2024, immediately ensured Portugal’s qualification to the round of 16 as the first team in Group F. However, the calculations of the best third parties dictated that, until the end of the group stage, which team would not be determined on the Portuguese track in the first duel of elimination.
Well, the Round of 16 fixtures have been scheduled, and Portugal already has an opponent. It will be Slovenia. The match will be held in Frankfurt on Monday, July 1, at 8 pm.
Slovenia has already made history by qualifying from the group stage, having never achieved such a feat before in any European Championship or World Cup in its history. In fact, the still-young country, a former Yugoslav republic, has never won a European Championship match. In 2000, in his first appearance, he drew two matches and lost one, but now he has drawn three times.
In the first round, Matiak Keck’s team tied with Denmark 1-1, a result that was repeated against Serbia. against england, Empty nodes He achieved an unprecedented achievement.
Coming from a country with a population of 2.1 million people As a tradition to achieve great sporting resultsSlovenia does not have the same football history as its neighbors such as Croatia. However, in Germany, they are showing good team processes, with a well-organised 4-4-2 formation. Oblak, in goal, and Benjamin Shishko, in attack, are the standout individual players.
The only match between Slovenia and Portugal was bad for Roberto Martinez. In a friendly match last March, in Ljubljana, the national team lost 2-0, which was the first defeat with the Spaniard on the Portuguese bench.
Oblak, the leader and main reference for the Slovenia national team in recent years
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France, Spain or Germany are waiting in the wings.
Portugal sided with the European Championship, which is theoretically stronger. See: In the section where the national team is located, there are a total of 10 continental titles won (three from Spain, three from Germany, two from France, one from Portugal and one from Denmark); On the other hand, there are only three (two from Italy and one from the Netherlands).
This way, then Bob Defeat of Slovenia, will be played on July 5 (Friday) in Hamburg. The opponent will be the winner of the match between France and Belgium..
If Portugal qualifies for the semi-finals, it will take the field on July 9, Tuesday, in Munich, precisely at the stage in which it lost to France in the 2006 World Cup semi-finals, Spain, Georgia, Germany or Denmark.
If all these obstacles are overcome, the team will reach the final in Berlin on July 14. Potential competitors are those on the other side of the table: Switzerland, Italy, England, Slovenia, Austria and Turkey., Romania and the Netherlands
Euro 2024 framework
