The departure of heavyweight teams from the knockout stage of the 2020 Championship has begun. Defending champions Portugal, the Netherlands and Euro 2020 semi-finalists Wales have lost, while Austria lost to Italy after stiff resistance.
With Portugal out of the tournament, Cristiano Ronaldo's desire to break the world record of 109 international goals scored by Iranian footballer Ali Da'i remained in his heart.
Arvar will now have to wait a while to break this record. This was probably Ronaldo's last Euro tournament. When the match ended, Ronaldo was very depressed. He took off his armband as soon as the bell rang and threw it on the ground. Tadam Tahrir He was the top scorer in the tournament with five goals.
Belgium, number one in the FIFA world rankings in Seoul, Spain, defeated defending champions Portugal 1-0 in the knockout stage. The Belgian team of the Golden Generation performed brilliantly against the Ronaldo Brigade and dominated the rival players from the beginning of the match.
Initially, Portugal's Diego Jotta had a chance, but his shot went some distance from the goal post. Portugal had 53% possession of the ball overall in the match but in the first half Kevin de Bruyne, Lukaku, Eden Hazard and Thorgen Hazard broke the Portuguese defense several times and the game was mostly played in Portugal's half. Two minutes before the end of the first half, Thorgen Hazard made a beautiful kick from a distance of 24 meters, which the Portuguese goalkeeper tried to stop by jumping but the spinning ball dodged and went into the net.
In the second half, the Portuguese players played well and made many attempts to equalize with the best moves, but luckily Belgium's strong defensive line and goal-scoring courts also stood in their way.
Goalkeeper Courts intercepted Cristiano Ronaldo's low free kick as he struggled to score 110 goals to break Iran's Ali Dai's 109 international goal record, which the Portuguese captain equalized in the final match of the first round of Euro 2020. ۔
In the second half, Belgium suffered a major blow when de Bruyne limped off the field. He was the backbone of the Belgian team. However, despite his departure, the Belgian team did not give Portugal a chance to score.
In the second half, Portugal's corner kick was thwarted by Belgian goalkeeper Courts, who thwarted Robin Diaz's mighty attempt to score when he pushed the ball into the goal post with a powerful header, but a diligent goalkeeper skillfully failed. Made it .
The Portuguese team kept trying to end a one-goal lead to take the match into extra time. In the last minute, Felix's very fast drive hit the right goal post of Belgium and came back on which the goalkeeper had also been beaten and it was definitely a goal. Eden Hazard also suffered a hamstring injury in the 87th minute. Belgium will now face Italy in the quarterfinals.
Prior to this match, 18 matches were played in Portugal and Belgium, of which Portugal was the winner in six. Belgium won five matches and drew seven. The first match between the two teams was in January 1930, which Belgium won by two goals to one. The last match was in June 2018 which ended in a goalless draw.
Denmark beat Wales 4-0 in the Euro 2020 knockout stage match in Amsterdam to advance to the quarter-finals and shattered Wales' dream of reaching the quarter-finals. Got it.
The Danish players adopted a very integrated strategy throughout the match and did not allow the Welsh players to dominate at any stage. The Danish team has reached the quarter finals after 17 years. Wales captain and star player Gareth Bale had two golden chances in the first few minutes which he failed to convert into goals. Danish footballer Caspar Dolberg scored two goals in the match and became the first Danish player since 1992 to score two goals in the Euro Knockout Games.
The Welsh team reached the semi-finals at Euro 2016 and eight players were still representing the team. Caspar Dolberg scored the first goal in the 27th minute. Dolberg took full advantage of a mistake made by Wales substitute Nicole Williams in the 48th minute to double the team's lead by delivering the ball into the goal post.
With this goal, the Welsh team lost heart. The third goal was scored by Joachim Mehli. Shortly afterwards, substitute Welsh footballer Harry Williamson committed a dangerous foul against Joachim, who was sent off with a red card. The fourth goal for Denmark was scored by Martin Barbath Waite. Denmark and the Czech Republic will compete in the quarterfinals.
Prior to the knockout stage, Wales and Denmark competed 10 times, with Denmark leading the way with six wins. Wales won four matches. The two countries last met in the UEFA League, in which Denmark won by two goals to one.
This was Italy's 11th victory in the current Euro campaign. In the 32nd minute of the first half of the match, Chiro Immobile hit the Austrian goal post and went out. The Italian team unexpectedly faced stiff resistance from Austria.
Italy's forward line failed to crack Austria's defense and the first half ended in a draw. SecondIn the second half, the Austrian footballers changed their tactics and played more attacking games. As a result, in the 65th minute, Marco Arnautovic scored a beautiful goal through the head and sent a wave of happiness to the Austrian camp, but the Italian captain demanded a review. What
After the review, the goal was declared offside, thus the joy of the Austrian players became camphor. Austria have not won against Italy in 62 years. The Italian team also failed to catch the ball in the Austrian net despite their efforts. The match went into extra time due to a tie in the allotted time.
In the 95th minute, 23-year-old Frederico Chisa of Italy beautifully controlled Leonardo Spenzola's pass in the box area and delivered the ball to the goal post from a difficult angle, giving Kratley the lead.
After this goal, the Austrian players did not give up and kept trying to equalize the goal. Once the ball touched the goal post and went out. The second goal for Italy was scored by Matteo Pesina in the 105th minute. A few minutes later, Austrian substitute Sasa Klausch scored through a beautiful header to make it 2-1.
After this goal, the game accelerated as the Austrian footballers tried to score the second goal. They made good moves but Italy's strong defensive line came in their way and the match ended with Italy's victory. Italian footballer Frederico Chisa had the unique honor of having his father Enrico Chisa score against the Czech Republic at Anfield in the 1996 Euro Championship, but Italy lost the match 2-1. He is the first father and son to score in the Euro finals.
Prior to this match, Italy had not conceded a goal in the last 11 matches and won all the matches. Earlier, 35 matches were played in both the countries in which Italy won 16 and Austria 11 while 8 matches were drawn. Italy have not lost in the last 13 matches against Austria.
The two teams have met four times in major tournaments and Italy has won four times. The Austrian football team reached the knockout stage for the first time in history. The Italian team reached the knockout stage 14 times and won the Euro title four times. The first match between the two countries was played in December 1912 in which Austria won by two goals to one. The last time the Italian team lost to Austria was in December 1960, 1-2 in an international friendly.
The Czech Republic beat the Netherlands 0-2 at the Piskas Arena in Budapest to knock them out of the tournament. A Dutch player blames himself for the defeat when Matthias de Light missed Czech footballer Patrick Chuck in the second half.
D-Light removed the ball by hand. The referee first showed D-Light a yellow card, but the VAR found that D-Light hit the ball with his hand and deprived Chuck of a definite goal on which he was shown a red card. Was sent out.
Both teams failed to score at that time. The Czech footballers took full advantage of going out of the D-light. Then in the 68th minute Thomas Holles and Patrick Chuck scored two goals in the 80th minute to dampen the spirits of the Dutch players. After that the players could not handle.
The Dutch team is ranked 24th in the world and the Czech Republic 40th. It was the Czech Republic's first victory in the knockout stages of a major football tournament since 2004. The Czech Republic defeated Denmark 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the event and will now face the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals.
The Euro Knockout match was preceded by eight matches between the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, with the Czechs winning four and the Netherlands winning three. One match ended in a draw. The first match between the two countries was played on June 11, 2000, which the Netherlands won 1-0. The last match was played on October 13, 2015, in which the Czech Republic won by three goals to two.
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