Portugal and France are the other 1/4 final pair of EURO. On paper, this sounds like a match that can bring us a lot of excitement and good football, but I think the reality is completely different. With the result of 2 wins and 1 loss, Portugal secured placement in the elimination phase. After the opening two victories, they have already secured passage to the next round, so the defeat against Georgia should not be surprising, given that there was an obvious relaxation in the team. After that, there was a match with Slovenia in which the Portuguese were more dominant throughout the match, but they lacked the final shot. The winner was decided after penalties and it must be said that Portugal absolutely deserved to go through. As always, they play very fast and offensive football, and they have players at their disposal who can respond to that style of play. What can be noticed is that there is unity in the team, even Ronaldo started playing more for the team and is obviously aware of his age, not forcing solo actions. Their next opponent is a team from which much was expected before the start of the tournament, and according to everything they have shown so far, it seems that they will have a hard time justifying the expectations. The French left a rather weak impression in the group stage. They moved on with the result of two draws and one win, and it must be said, with a rather average game. Considering what kind of players are performing for this team, their performance so far has been below all expectations. In the previous game, they defeated Belgium, for which it must also be said that they played below expectations, with a lot of difficulty. When they were expected to raise their level of play and show everyone that they played as much as they should in the group stage, they continued as before. Again, the French were lucky and with the help of an own goal they won 1-0. So far in the tournament they scored 3 goals, one from the penalty and two own goals, which can show how much they failed. As I already said, a large number of superstars perform for this team, and that can be one of the reasons for their play. Predominance, big ego or something else, France really does not seem like a coherent whole. In several matches during the championship, we have seen that the teams with better quality individuals do not win the game, but those who play more as a team. And Portugal has both. There is no room for mistakes in these matches, the French will have to change a lot if they don't want to pack their bags after this match.

葡萄牙和法国是另外一对1/4决赛的欧元组合。在纸面上，这听起来像是一场可以给我们带来很多兴奋和精彩足球的比赛，但我认为现实是完全不同的。以2胜1负的成绩，葡萄牙队晋级淘汰赛。在开局的两场胜利之后，他们已经确保了进入下一轮的机会，所以输给格鲁吉亚也就不足为奇了，因为球队明显放松了。在那之后，与斯洛文尼亚的比赛中，葡萄牙人在整场比赛中更有统治力，但他们缺少最后一球。点球决出胜负，必须说葡萄牙绝对配得上出线。一如既往，他们踢的是非常快速和进攻性的足球，他们的球员可以对这种比赛风格做出反应。可以注意到的是，球队团结一致，甚至罗纳尔多也开始更多地为球队效力，显然他意识到自己的年龄，不再强迫自己单打独斗。他们的下一个对手是一支在比赛开始前就被寄予厚望的球队，从他们目前的表现来看，他们似乎很难证明人们的期望是正确的。法国队在小组赛中给人留下了相当弱的印象。他们以两平一胜的成绩继续前进，必须说，这是一场相当普通的比赛。考虑到这支球队的球员表现，他们的表现到目前为止已经低于所有人的预期。在上一场比赛中，他们击败了比利时，也必须说他们的表现低于预期，而且困难重重。当他们被期望提高自己的比赛水平，并向所有人展示他们在小组赛中尽了最大努力时，他们一如既往地继续比赛。再一次，法国人很幸运，在一个乌龙球的帮助下，他们以1比0获胜。到目前为止，他们在比赛中进了3个球，一个点球，两个乌龙球，这可以说明他们失败了多少。正如我已经说过的，很多超级巨星都为这支球队效力，这可能是他们发挥的原因之一。优势，自大或其他什么，法国看起来真的不像一个连贯的整体。在冠军赛期间的几场比赛中，我们看到，那些拥有更好个人素质的球队并没有赢得比赛，而是那些作为一个团队发挥得更多的球队。葡萄牙两者都有。在这些比赛中没有犯错的余地，如果法国队不想在这场比赛后收拾行李，他们将不得不做出很大的改变。