Euro 24 Watch (knockout Stage)

[Robbie]

Next up tonight in the round of the last sixteen is:-

Portugal v Slovenia 

Portugal are another one of the top teams that have flattered to deceive in Euro 24, winning two & losing to Georgia in the group matches. Portugal have to think of their future without Ronaldo, who has been quite tepid so far.

Slovenia won one match & lost two in their group games, & sneaked through to the knockout stages with a third place in their group.

I think Portugal will get through to face France in the quarters, but they will need to improve.

[KB1862]

23 minutes ago, Robbie said:

Portugal have to think of their future without Ronaldo

Portugal are a much better team without Ronaldo in their squad. Unfortunately, given his reputation and who he is he'll always remain a part of the squad for as long as he desires. Their last manager, if I'm right in thinking this, was sacked due to considering dropping Ronaldo. 

[Robbie]

Round of the last 16 match.

Portugal 0 Slovenia 0

1 mins gone.

[Robbie]

Half Time

Portugal 0 Slovenia 0

Slovenia are allowing Portugal to have the ball, & try to catch Portugal on the break. 

Portugal have hit the post in the last minute of the half, Ronaldo has had a free kick that just went over, but Portugal have been frustrated in the first half.

Sure Slovenia will continue with the same tactic in the 2nd half.

[Robbie]

Full time 

Portugal 0 Slovenia 0

Extra time to be played. Slovenia have played superbly in defence. 

Portugal have huffed and puffed, with the most possession, but haven't created very much because Slovenia have had a great game plan.

 

[Robbie]

Half time if extra time.

Portugal 0 Slovenia 0

Ronaldo missed a penalty after 113 minutes.

[Robbie]

Full time of extra time.

Portugal 0 Slovenia 0

We go to penalties.

Masterclass of defence from Slovenia.

[Robbie]

Portugal are through.

Penalty shootout.

Portugal 3 Slovenia 0

Portugal goalkeeper saved all three Slovenia penalties.

Portugal will meet France in the quarter finals.

[Robbie]

Round of 16 final scores

Romania 0 Netherlands 3

Austria 1 Turkey 2

[Robbie]

Uefa 24 Quarter Finals

Friday 5 July

Spain vs Germany 

(Stuttgart, 17:00)

Portugal vs France 

(Hamburg, 20:00)

Saturday 6 July

England vs Switzerland 

(Düsseldorf, 17:00)

Netherlands vs Türkiye 

(Berlin, 20:00)

[KB1862]

Austria v Turkey last night was quite possibly the best game of the tournament so far. Given how they have both played throughout the tournament I was expecting a lot from the match and it didn't disappoint. It was a highly energetic match that made for a great watch. Plenty of attacking football, both teams gave it their all and the referee helped the game by telling players to get on with it allowing for a flowing game. 

Gutted to see Austria go out as they've been a breath of fresh air in this tournament and have been really great to watch with their well organised high pressing displays. Ralf Ragnick and Austria certainly gained a lot of respect in this tournament. 

[Robbie]

Tonight we have the first two matches of the Euro 24 quarter finals.

Spain vs Germany 

(Stuttgart, 17:00)

Portugal vs France 

(Hamburg, 20:00)

Spain & Germany have been the most impressive of all the quarter finalists and only one can go through.

Portugal & France have arrived at the quarter finals stages without being at their best. Can Ronaldo and Mbappe give us a show tonight?

[Robbie]

First Half

Spain 0 Germany 0

1 min gone

[Robbie]

Half Time 

Spain 0 Germany 0

Not a great half of football to be honest, stop start with two many fouls. Spain have had most of the possession as expected 

[Robbie]

Spain open the scoring

Spain 1 Germany 0

52 mins gone.

[Robbie]

Germany Score near the end of the match.

Spain 1 Germany 1

90 mins gone.

End of 90 mins 

Spain 1 Germany 1

Extra time to be played 

[Robbie]

Still level after the first half of extra time.

Spain 1 Germany 1

[Robbie]

Spain have scored in the last minute of extra time 

Spain 2 Germany 1.

120 mins gone.

Spain are in the semi finals 

Full Time.

Spain 2 Germany 1

Not a classic tonight but a bit of quality wins it for Spain 

[Robbie]

The next Quarter final is 

Portugal v France 20:00 BST

[Robbie]

First Half

Portugal 0 France 0

1 min gone.

[Robbie]

Half time

Portugal 0 France 0

Portugal have had a majority of the play. Defences are tight and no-one wants to give anything away.

[DangerousSausage]

Germany came back well after falling behind and to be honest I thought they deserved to go through. But they missed their chances and the sucker punch came at the end.

There's been a lot of talk about the alleged handball at 1-1. The German pundits have just dedicated the half time break of Portugal v France to talking about it and how hard done to they are. I can almost understand it when this comes from people who only watch major tournaments and don't understand the rules of the game, but from former professional footballers it's embarrassing. 

[Robbie]

Trouble is @DangerousSausage those sort of handballs have been given before so I can understand why the German team feel arrived.

[DangerousSausage]

One was given in Germany's last game @Robbie, and to be fair it is a grey area. But they can't rely on a dodgy penalty every match. 

[Robbie]

End of 90 mins

Portugal 0 France 0

Extra time to be played

2 minutes ago, DangerousSausage said:

One was given in Germany's last game @Robbie, and to be fair it is a grey area. But they can't rely on a dodgy penalty every match. 

Agree, we just have to have consistency with the officials controlling VAR.