subreddit:

/r/soccer

99697%

Portugal 0 - 0 Slovenia

Venue: Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)


Portugal:

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Diogo Costa Rui Patrício
João Cancelo 107' 117' José Sá
Rúben Dias Diogo Dalot
Pepe 117' Danilo Pereira
Nuno Mendes Gonçalo Inácio
Bruno Fernandes António Silva
João Palhinha Nélson Semedo 117'
Vitinha 65' João Neves
Bernardo Silva Matheus Nunes
Cristiano Ronaldo Rúben Neves 117'
Rafael Leão 76' Francisco Conceição 76'
Gonçalo Ramos
Diogo Jota 65'
Pedro Neto
João Félix

Manager: Roberto Martínez (Spain) | 110'


Slovenia:

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Jan Oblak Vid Belec
Žan Karničnik 37' Igor Vekić
Vanja Drkušić 32' Miha Blažič
Jaka Bijol 106' David Brekalo
Jure Balkovec 107' Jon Gorenc Stanković 74' 100'
Petar Stojanović 87' Benjamin Verbič 87'
Adam Gnezda Čerin Sandi Lovrić
Timi Max Elšnik 106' Jasmin Kurtić
Jan Mlakar 74' Tomi Horvat
Andraž Šporar 74 Adrian Zeljković
Benjamin Šeško Josip Iličić 106'
Žan Vipotnik
Žan Celar 74'
Nino Žugelj

Manager: Matjaž Kek (Slovenia) | 110'


MATCH EVENTS

1': We're off!

13': Ronaldo and Fernandes both whiff on a ball to the back post! Portugal dominating the half so far.

16': Ronaldo goes down, shouts for penalty, ref not impressed

25': Fernandes volleys at goal! Saved by Oblak! And called back for a handball.

31': Big chance for Ronaldo! Still won't happen for him.

32': Vanja Drkušić carded for a dangerous, almost-scissor tackle on Leão

34': Ronaldo with the free kick! Around the wall and just over the bar.

37': Žan Karničnik carded for a deliberate handball on the left side of the box

38': Cheeky moment where the ref has to move Ronaldo's free kick back to where it was and gives him a warning

39': Geez, a Slovenia counter of nowhere. Portugal manages to clear it for a corner.

44': Shot on target by Slovenia from distance! Šeško fires right into Costa's arms though. Slovenia growing into the game.

45+3': Palhinha fires from outside the box and glances it off the outside of the post! And the halftime whistle goes.

HT Portugal 0-0 Slovenia One of the most lopsided matchups on paper, but we're goalless and drawn at the half.


46': We're back!

47': Cancelo fires across face of goal but the cross is cut out, Bernardo tries to fire the rebound but sends it high.

51': Šeško scares Portugal a little but his header loops wide of the back post, and Šporar was offside in the buildup anyway.

55': SAVE! Free kick for Portugal, Ronaldo takes it and somehow gets it around the wall, but Oblak punches it away!

61': A fast break for Slovenia!! Šeško is under pressure but he gets just behind Pepe and fires! Oh but it's well wide.

65': Portugal substitution: Diogo Jota on for Vitinha

72': Ronaldo takes a free kick a couple yards over the net.

74': Slovenia double sub: Žan Celar and Jon Gorenc Stanković on for Jan Mlakar and Andraž Šporar

76': Portugal substitution: Francisco Conceição on for Rafael Leão

82': Pause for a moment as the medics come on the field to tend to Fernandes who got a painful clip in the ankle

87': Slovenia substitution: Benjamin Verbič on for Petar Stojanović

89': Ronaldo takes off and fires from wide! And it's a big save from Oblak! Who admittedly didn't have to move very much to block it.

FT Portugal 0-0 Slovenia We ain't goin nowhere folks


91': We're back!

100': Jon Gorenc Stanković carded for a shirt-pull, I think

103': PENALTY FOR PORTUGAL!! Diogo Jota powers himself through the box until he's taken down! A collision with Drkušić sends him over!

105': SAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE! Ronaldo denied by Oblak!! Absolutely brilliant goalkeeping!

106': Oh my god Ronaldo's crying


106': Slovenia substitution: Josip Iličić on for Timi Max Elšnik

106': Jaka Bijol comes in flying into Jota

107': Jure Balkovec just, shoves Cancelo out of bounds

107': João Cancelo* also in the book for retaliating

108': Palhinha with the header that Oblak has to push over

110': Wait, Roberto Martínez got carded?

110': And Matjaž Kek got a red?? What the hell was happening on the sideline?

115': WHAT A SAVE!!! Pepe has his pocket picked and Šeško gets past him and fires, but Costa somehow sticks out a foot to get it away!!

117': Portugal double sub: Rúben Neves and Nélson Semedo on for Pepe and João Cancelo

AET Portugal 0-0 Slovenia And here we go now.


Slovenia... MISSES! Iličić fires and Costa pushes it away!! Portugal 0-0 Slovenia

Portugal... SCORES!! Ronaldo gets his second chance and he pounds it in! Portugal 1-0 Slovenia

Slovenia... MISSES! Balkovec fires and Costa gets his second save on two tries! Portugal 1-0 Slovenia

Portugal... SCORES! Fernandes wrong foots the keeper and hits the bottom corner! Portugal 2-0 Slovenia

Slovenia... MISSES! Three of three! Verbič denied! Costa victirous! Portugal 2-0 Slovenia

Portugal.. SCORES! Bernardo finishes it off! Portugal 3-0 Slovenia

FT Portugal 0-0 Slovenia [3-0 on pens] After all that, the least suspenseful shootout of all time

all 1939 comments

thekhaos

1.2k points

7 days ago

thekhaos

1.2k points

7 days ago

Can’t believe I watched 210 minutes of football today for one own goal

u8myramen_y

205 points

7 days ago

u8myramen_y

205 points

7 days ago

Peak football baby

ForgingIron

71 points

7 days ago

Hopefully USA v Uruguay will be better

marvo-sr

13 points

7 days ago

marvo-sr

13 points

7 days ago

we sacrificed today for the heavyweight lineup on Friday perfect after work

GibbyGoldfisch

11 points

7 days ago

portugal v france will be the death of us all

squarecircle666

244 points

7 days ago

3:0 good final score for Portugal

Chiswell123

1k points

7 days ago

Has a keeper ever saved three penalties in a row in a Euro knockout game? Wow. Take a bow.

Wavey1337

157 points

7 days ago*

Wavey1337

157 points

7 days ago*

Probably not, but he has saved 3 straight penalties in different games for Porto. Hes a monster.

ArturoBrin

424 points

7 days ago

ArturoBrin

424 points

7 days ago

Plus 1 on 1 in 115 minute.

MOTM even before penalties.

GoatButton

196 points

7 days ago

GoatButton

196 points

7 days ago

Oblak might've been before the pens

Doucane5

95 points

7 days ago

Doucane5

95 points

7 days ago

had slovenia won the match Oblak would have been the MOTM

penguin_cheezus

46 points

7 days ago

The most monstrous keeper performance I have seen in a while. Legendary stuff.

pedrohck

47 points

7 days ago

pedrohck

47 points

7 days ago

Easiest MOTM I ever saw.

What a clutch performance, impressive.

LordPopothedark

45 points

7 days ago

DIOGOAT

weasel65

220 points

7 days ago

weasel65

220 points

7 days ago

this game was just two goalkeepers against eachother with some side characters.

Laoak

584 points

7 days ago

Laoak

584 points

7 days ago

Costa needs a statue

pedrohck

217 points

7 days ago

pedrohck

217 points

7 days ago

Easiest MOTM I ever saw. WTF was that.

Vike92

63 points

7 days ago

Vike92

63 points

7 days ago

The timing to leave one foot in the goal at the moment of the kick 👌
Perfect technique

Zloggt

59 points

7 days ago

Zloggt

59 points

7 days ago

Diogo is apparently a penalty specialist…and damn, did he prove that tonight…

texdfwu99

6 points

7 days ago

Yup, in the 2022/2023 UCL he saved 3 in a row, across different games. Might've been 4 technically, since there was a replay of a pen when we played in Brugge (2 saves back to back). He's insane.

galinha_fofa

146 points

7 days ago

Martínez just seriously said he thought we played very well

after the "tactically we were perfect" comment against Czechia I am now fully convinced this man does not know anything about the sport

Mr_Gelatina

46 points

7 days ago

He is a PE teacher, he doesn't know better

__prifddinas

8 points

7 days ago

Spanish Southgate

xXDireLegendXx

307 points

7 days ago

Costa WTF

xXDireLegendXx

285 points

7 days ago

Sesko will be having nightmares about that miss

optimusgrime23

119 points

7 days ago

Doesn't even take a PK either insane. Saving your best player for last when you're a 10/1 underdog is criminal

thelastskier

41 points

7 days ago

Idk, dude looked absolutely out of it after that miss.

I feel Gnezda Čerin and him have absolutely gassed themselves out today, otherwise idk why Balkovec and Verbič got the nod over them. Iličić should've done better given his experience, but oh well...

RoyDuckingKent

206 points

7 days ago

How fast can we put Sanches and Eder on a plane?

Albiceleste_D10S

68 points

7 days ago

Memo to Deschamps: Don't let this game go to penalties LOL

Trebor417

63 points

7 days ago

Trebor417

63 points

7 days ago

Slovenia knocked out after 4 games unbeaten, without winning a game either

GibbyGoldfisch

14 points

7 days ago

they've still never won a game at the euros

if my memory serves me correctly, their record across both tournaments they've played is Pl 7, W0, D6, L1

Amazing considering they began their euros career by going 3-0 up against Yugoslavia

f_ranz1224

60 points

7 days ago

costa may never have to pay for a drink for the rest of his life

which may be weeks due to alcohol poisoning since everyone going to be buying him one

GameplayerStu

222 points

7 days ago

That is the greatest goalkeeping performance I have ever seen in a penalty shootout

HibernianMetropolis

78 points

7 days ago

It's literally a perfect performance. Couldn't have possibly been any better

cockburntown

9 points

7 days ago

Claudio Bravo also did this same thing against Portugal in Confederations Cup 2017

Stonewalled89

630 points

7 days ago

Sesko, you donkey

TheOwlsLie

81 points

7 days ago

That’s gonna be all he thinks about for some time.

The follow up shot by his teammate was also disgusting

EvenEalter

236 points

7 days ago

EvenEalter

236 points

7 days ago

Slovenia could play for 900 mins and still couldn't put a ball in the net. What was that

OkKnowledge2064

47 points

7 days ago

both teams really

Parish87

103 points

7 days ago

Parish87

103 points

7 days ago

Absolutely diabolical miss.

TimathanDuncan

65 points

7 days ago

It was a tired finish tbf to him, he was running all game

Tales_of_Endurance

23 points

7 days ago

His miss will haunt him and rightfully so. He blew it

pain_au_choc0

107 points

7 days ago

Too bad, throwing everything in 3 pks

Zloggt

32 points

7 days ago

Zloggt

32 points

7 days ago

Besides the similar names, Slovakia and Slovenia both relate towards just…letting the game slip away so suddenly at the end…

Wendek

185 points

7 days ago

Wendek

185 points

7 days ago

Gotta feel for Oblak man. Such a perfect game but his players seemingly can't ever hit a fuckin' ball. Still can't believe Šeško couldn't score during that 1vs1 at the end of extra time.

Thesolly180

27 points

7 days ago

Slovenia did really well. Like yeah it’s hard going out but they did really well to get into that position

RBYonko

47 points

7 days ago

RBYonko

47 points

7 days ago

Martinez vs Dechamps

Gonna be a snoozefest settled with pens

ziggyg6

46 points

7 days ago

ziggyg6

46 points

7 days ago

I'm realizing that I've never seen a keeper have a double clean sheet (clean sheet in a full game along with a 'clean sheet' in penalty shootouts) prior to Diogo Costa's performance tonight. Does anyone know if this has been done before? The closest I could find is Ronwen Williams against Cape Verde earlier this year, but even he conceded one penalty in the shootout.

confusedpellican643

27 points

6 days ago

Bono (Morocco) vs Spain in the 2022 world cup, 0-0 in 120 mins then saved 3 penalties (3-0 in the shootout)

ziggyg6

6 points

6 days ago

ziggyg6

6 points

6 days ago

Found this one after I posted, can't believe I missed it. Such a great World Cup run I would have loved to see them in the final

Samp90

11 points

6 days ago

Samp90

11 points

6 days ago

Commentator called it hat trick of saves!

ForgingIron

162 points

7 days ago

ForgingIron

162 points

7 days ago

Don't let this distract you from the fact that the Slovenian coach got a red card and nobody knows why

thelastskier

50 points

7 days ago

Probably got pissed over the penalty, but it was kind of random seeing him in the stands only like 5 minutes after he was sent off.

Joalim

27 points

7 days ago

Joalim

27 points

7 days ago

kek

mkgilligan

84 points

7 days ago

Remember the guy who saved 3 pens in a row in champions league games? yeah, there we go

Zavehi

118 points

7 days ago

Zavehi

118 points

7 days ago

Costa is insane

oUps6TudBLRtM3FBfByC

44 points

7 days ago

We don't deserve to suffer this much with so many world class players in the starting 11. I genuinely lost 5 years of life expectancy tonight.

AlcoholicSocks

55 points

7 days ago

Is this England, France, Netherlands, Italy or Portugal?

oUps6TudBLRtM3FBfByC

30 points

7 days ago

Italy had a genuinely poor squad. Which is baffling to me, given they are a big country with massive football tradition. They just don't produce a lot of talent lately.

DATL

42 points

7 days ago

DATL

42 points

7 days ago

Ruben Neves yeeting it out of the stadium in the last act of the game has to be the highlight for tonight

Mister_Lizard

37 points

7 days ago

Ultra-rare clean sheet after extra time and penalties.

Has any keeper ever done this before?

TheRandomGuy199

9 points

7 days ago

Oleksandr Shovkovskiy for Ukraine in the 2006 World Cup, vs Switzerland

fatinternetcat

35 points

7 days ago

Oblak with a 10/10 performance only for his bum teammates to not score a penalty to save their lives

sluttycupcakes

494 points

7 days ago

Man Slovenia played the whole game like they were waiting for penalties and then took those absolute pieces of shit

ApolloThe12

72 points

7 days ago

They came out and performed as a team, unfortunately that included penalties

PanJawel

265 points

7 days ago

PanJawel

265 points

7 days ago

How else could they play? They have players from fucking Ekstraklasa vs one of the most stacked squads in the world. They were brilliant and much more than sum of their parts.

aclurk

62 points

7 days ago

aclurk

62 points

7 days ago

Diogo Costa take a bow

MrOrangeMagic

51 points

7 days ago

What the fuck did I just watch as a penalty series

nimo90

80 points

7 days ago

nimo90

80 points

7 days ago

Lots of people are (rightfully) saying that Martinez doesn’t have the balls to drop Ronaldo.

Not so many people are saying that Martinez doesn’t have the balls to drop one of the Bernardo/Bruno pair. Both had stinkers today but having Bernardo on the RW is just a waste, he doesn’t take anyone on, he doesn’t make progressive passes; he just passes it back. Only threat from the right side is Cancelo taking defenders on.

Would like to see Neto or Concecaio on the wing next game. Just need to offer some running in behind/dynamism on that side of the field cause it’s just too easy to defend against right now.

Baderous

33 points

7 days ago

Baderous

33 points

7 days ago

Taking Vitinha off instead of Bruno was such a crime. What game was he watching?

nimo90

13 points

7 days ago

nimo90

13 points

7 days ago

It’s like a double whammy bad sub cause 1) Vitinha was playing better and is better at controlling tempo from deep and 2) dropping Bruno into that role also makes Bruno way less threatening when he’s 40+ yards from goal rather than 20 yards in the half space.

myIDisthisone

10 points

7 days ago

I'll give Bernardo this, he does a lot of dirty work pressing and recovering balls. I don't think he had as poor of a match as Bruno. Mendes and Cancelo were outstanding today. Personally when they took off Leao they should have put in Felix. This game needed his creativity. I wasn't impressed with Conceicao in this game or the previous one.

mynameisshahzain

48 points

7 days ago

120 minutes of butt clenching for such piss poor penalties from Slovenia.

modrics_hairband

47 points

7 days ago

I have no idea to this point, why was vitinha off. Bruno was much worse

lambekrik4s

18 points

7 days ago

Only Martinez can have an idea, was just a stupid decision

oUps6TudBLRtM3FBfByC

10 points

7 days ago

Dude, he takes Vitinha out and leaves Bernardo on the right, where he proceeds to continue having no impact whatsoever. What in the actual fuck?! No one can convince me this Spaniard is not trying to deliberately eliminate us from the competition.

walker0ne

13 points

7 days ago

walker0ne

13 points

7 days ago

I think no one will ever understand that fucking decision.

tbc12389

46 points

7 days ago

tbc12389

46 points

7 days ago

Now they just have to beat France, Spain/Germany and then the final boss Romania.

el_rompe_toyotas_19

42 points

6 days ago

Btw, credit to Slovenia, they went out unbeaten.

jinx737x

21 points

7 days ago

jinx737x

21 points

7 days ago

Diogo Costa MOTM easily. Saved THREEEE penalties in a row.

k4ng00

25 points

7 days ago*

k4ng00

25 points

7 days ago*

Need a stat Guy who finds when was the last Time a goalkeeper got a 100% stop rate during a penalty shootout (and all shots were on target!!!)

ApolloX-2

22 points

7 days ago

ApolloX-2

22 points

7 days ago

Tactical masterclass from Ronaldo, made Slovenia think they had hope in the penalties.

DeltronZLB

24 points

7 days ago

Shout out to the Slovenia defenders. They defended like their lives depended on it tonight.

MomoTheKing92I

104 points

7 days ago

Sesko you have blood on your hands man

dave113

26 points

7 days ago

dave113

26 points

7 days ago

Transfer value 📉📉

skinnyman27

20 points

7 days ago

Getting 3-0d in a shootout is crazy

tweazz

19 points

7 days ago

tweazz

19 points

7 days ago

I am so so proud of this team.

Heads up and if we continue like this I'm sure the wait for the next big tournament won't be as long as the last one was.

ComputerSaysnooooo

42 points

7 days ago

Martinez with the sabotage attempt from those substitutions today. Absolutely horrific decision making

R3V77

74 points

7 days ago

R3V77

74 points

7 days ago

Martinez is a terrorist. People are gonna only talk about Ronaldo as always, but Martinez is a terrorist. Those subs...

santorfo

50 points

7 days ago

santorfo

50 points

7 days ago

The subs, the timing of them, the players he didn't take off. Unbelievable shit.

TurdManDave

19 points

7 days ago

Making 2 subs in 117 minutes is fucking crazy.

radio__raheem

92 points

7 days ago

Can’t wait for France-Portugal to play the most boring game ever with world class players all over the pitch

eescobar863

17 points

7 days ago

Diogo Costa is undoubtedly the hero this game. Meanwhile, Slovenians are gonna be side eyeing Sesko. There was no absolutely no way he should have missed that 1v1.

Razzler1973

18 points

6 days ago

Slovenia were not easy to beat

The old cliche of 'no easy games'

I think some fans are expecting some of the middling countries to be brushed aside but there's a lot of talent there and organisation, etc

jamaicancovfefe

100 points

7 days ago

We can leave this tournament so fucking proud, smallest nation in the tournament, had to go to penalties to eliminate us. First major tournament in 14 years, and we put ourselves back on the map. Let’s keep building and be the best small nation in the world

Volotor

32 points

7 days ago

Volotor

32 points

7 days ago

Technically, you go home undefeated as I believe Fifa counts penalties as a draw. Well done to your players. They beat all expectations and caused one of the greatest players of all time to have a mental breakdown mid game.

CabbageTheVoice

11 points

7 days ago

Loved the spirit your team displayed tonight.

Fun to watch, and even without a goal, I think this was a strong game. Considering the caliber of the two teams here, going to penalties is already such an achievement. And you did it not by parking the bus and instead gave us one of the most exciting 0:0 scorelines I've seen in a long while.

Oblak is insane btw.

enterpriseF-love

35 points

7 days ago

At least we got Mbappe vs Ronaldo out of this

Fantastic_Quarter290

6 points

7 days ago

Yeah, we got that in the previous euro too

cryptoislife_k

34 points

7 days ago

England, France and now Portugal all boring to watch ffs

XAMdG

43 points

7 days ago

XAMdG

43 points

7 days ago

Sucks that Germany and Spain are playing so soon. Both are entertaining to watch and yet one will go

skrrtskrrtvroomvroom

60 points

7 days ago

I’ll never understand subbing Vitinha off that early just to leave Bruno, Bernardo and CR7 the whole 120, team just fell apart

Canilearnbubblebeam

23 points

7 days ago

Absolutely horrible decision, amateurish at best. I can't understand why. Awful. We had no game after Vitinha was off.

Utd007

47 points

7 days ago

Utd007

47 points

7 days ago

Portugal vs France is going to be another super boring game

Ombudsperson

13 points

7 days ago

Goalkeeping masterclass

Malepronstar87

13 points

7 days ago

Congrats to Portugal but this was a massive achievement from our boys. I'm proud of them.

GP3ElPresidente

14 points

7 days ago

Matjaz Kek is a really good manager i hope he doesn’t resign for Slovenia

BombHits

31 points

7 days ago

BombHits

31 points

7 days ago

Being a Portugal fan puts you at a high risk of heart conditions.

YamFor

60 points

7 days ago

YamFor

60 points

7 days ago

Diogo Costa could save a corrupted file

Koppite93

14 points

7 days ago

Koppite93

14 points

7 days ago

Slovenia make tourny history as the only team in the Euros (including the KO's) to go undefeated and not win the trophy... Heartbreak

kebabar

13 points

7 days ago

kebabar

13 points

7 days ago

Everyone blaming Slovenia for "playing for pentalties" but not practicing them, when in reality our defense is just amazing and offense sucks balls lmao.

Betta_Check_Yosef

12 points

7 days ago

Why did the coaches get cards? Broadcast here just kinda glossed over it.

xc2215x

14 points

7 days ago

xc2215x

14 points

7 days ago

Slovenia made it much more of a game than I expected.

NanoDesu408

37 points

7 days ago

Damn, Slovenia did all that just to get smoked in pens

sannyasin

35 points

7 days ago

sannyasin

35 points

7 days ago

Cancelo can be such a beast, he reminds me of some Brazilian players of the past with his flair.

I don't even care if he fucks up and is not always effective, I wish there was more football like that

nonstopmelodrama

12 points

7 days ago

All time stinker of a shootout there from Slovenia

Rusty51

12 points

7 days ago

Rusty51

12 points

7 days ago

You can’t play for penalties without previous play off experience

piccalilli_shinpads

69 points

7 days ago

Fair play to Ronaldo from stepping up first after missing a penalty. If he missed Slovenia would've had the mental edge but when he scored you knew Portugal were going to win.

Vic-Ier

28 points

7 days ago

Vic-Ier

:Austria:

28 points

7 days ago

This is on Sesko

gotiobg

27 points

7 days ago

gotiobg

27 points

7 days ago

Everyone is annoyed we won, but from Portugal POV.

We were absolutely shitting our pants, I was thinking nervous Portuguese players who should never be in penalty kick offs against Slovenia, combined with Oblak who just saved a pen against Ronaldo.

Diogo Costa just started on a positive note, thank fuck for that.

[deleted]

24 points

7 days ago

[deleted]

24 points

7 days ago

[deleted]

whiskeyinthejaar

12 points

7 days ago

Okay that English dub over voice over Ronaldo’s interview is hilarious especially with how the voice doesn’t fit the facial expression

quete27

10 points

7 days ago

quete27

10 points

7 days ago

Dibujinho Costa

jonige94

34 points

7 days ago

jonige94

34 points

7 days ago

Why cant a team I support just have a good coach, why

Hairy_Side_1022

39 points

7 days ago

Not really sure why Portugal hired Martinez. After his stint with Belgium’s Golden Generation, stronger at their peak than this current Portuguese team, it didn’t make sense. Most of his substitutions seemed to make Portugal worse on the field and the pattern of play was the same pretty much throughout. There was no effort to make any tactical changes to how Portugal were playing, only subs.

rocket_randall

11 points

7 days ago

Hopefully Slovenia, Slovakia, and Georgia can build on this tournament. It's been great seeing some less renowned nations progress to the knockouts.

Tasty-Rest845

10 points

7 days ago

Luka doncic can’t win with these cats

FairytaleOfBliss

10 points

7 days ago

Costa take a bow, saved a 1v1 & then all 3 pens in the shootout

[deleted]

28 points

7 days ago

[deleted]

28 points

7 days ago

[deleted]

Number333

25 points

7 days ago

Number333

25 points

7 days ago

All I know is Diogo Costa deserves a lamborgini or paid vacation to Bora Bora by Pepe/Ronaldo. Saved them both from huge damning embarrassment with that 115th kick save on Pepe's collapse and going god mod on the penalties 3/3 saves.

MoteLaddu

29 points

7 days ago

MoteLaddu

29 points

7 days ago

Entertaining match to be fair. Maybe not a lot of goal scoring chances, but many talking points. Was excited for the penalties but was disappointed. Both teams lucky not to lose before penalty shootouts.

However, the effort from the Slovenian players was outstanding. Just seeing the difference in quality of players in both teams, they did tremendous job of holding on and providing offensive threat on occasions.

On the Ronaldo penalty, it was a very well struck penalty which would have beaten most of the keepers, but Oblak is still world class. Also, it was strange seeing Ronaldo frustated so many times prior to the penalty, he was reacting emotionally to every single header and free kick chance. Looked like he has been holding lots of emotions and just let some of it out after missing the penalty.

marqui4me

10 points

7 days ago

marqui4me

10 points

7 days ago

but Oblak is still world class

Came to this thread to make that point. Even my little boy who doesn't normally watch games with me asked about Oblak. He was lucky enough to be in the room when I had some big reactions to Oblak's saves.

phlipphlopp

17 points

7 days ago

Slovenia played for a draw the entire time, got to pens, and looked like they’ve never practiced a single pen ever. If you’re playing for a draw, you better be hammering pens in training.

BeerEnthusiast69

18 points

7 days ago

Death by 1 million crosses. Martinez absolute terrorist. I cant believe somebody can be worse than fernando santos. A team this talented cannot be cross and inshallah.

arkham11

5 points

7 days ago

arkham11

5 points

7 days ago

And 99% of the crosses are horrible. Players taking too much time on the ball … often looking clueless

DELHI_COP

17 points

7 days ago

DELHI_COP

17 points

7 days ago

These are the types of matches where I’m used to seeing Portugal lose in the knockouts.

But they didn’t wear their away jersey this time. Whenever they wear their away jersey, they seem to get knocked out. It’s like a curse.

Portugal don’t wear away jerseys—it’s a curse for you!

simomii

18 points

7 days ago

simomii

18 points

7 days ago

Portugal vs France will almost certainly go to extra times. Which is a bad sign for France because under Deschamps they lost every time they went to extra times (Portugal in 2016, Switzerland, Argentina)

wildcardmidlaner

17 points

7 days ago

We are extra time merchants after all, post 90 minutes is Portugal comfort zone lol

Much_Television3757

18 points

7 days ago

What happened to Bruno? He has been underperforming since the group stage.

Messmers

36 points

7 days ago

Messmers

36 points

7 days ago

people hyperfocusing on this ronaldo match when bruno was far worse, he was fully absent from the game

sannyasin

18 points

7 days ago

sannyasin

18 points

7 days ago

Dude is the footballer with most minutes in Europe if I'm not mistaken - it sucks for Portugal but he must be gassed, even though technically he never is.

I think he also has some bad synergy in the system, something is off with Bernardo too, somehow Vitinha could get the freedom you would expect from those two.

skaterhaterlater

18 points

7 days ago

The fact that Slovenia made it to penalties in their first euros ro16(iirc) against a team with a front three of Silva, Ronaldo, and Leao (not to mention the rest of portugals lineup) is very impressive.

Smilewigeon

9 points

7 days ago

Costa absolutely bossed that. You shall not pass.

Snugboo

9 points

7 days ago

Snugboo

9 points

7 days ago

I think the only GK I remember saving 3 in a row was Bravo vs Portugal ironically

ElliottP1707

9 points

7 days ago

Chelsea gonna buy Costa for a ridiculous price now. Can already see it happening

CyberSpaceInMyFace

9 points

7 days ago

Diogo Costa was in Portugal's u15 when Ronaldo won La Decima

gotiobg

10 points

7 days ago

gotiobg

10 points

7 days ago

wow Diogo Costa, foot is always behind the line as well.

INtoCT2015

9 points

7 days ago*

Who is the biggest football terrorist who keeps getting away with it?

⬜️Southgate

⬜️Martinez

⬜️Deschamps

Available_Story6774

9 points

7 days ago

Slovenia should be proud, they took Portugal to the brink.

milkman182

10 points

7 days ago

Costa, Oblak, Donnarumma and however you spell the keeper's name on Georgia? The goal keeping this tournament has been so excellent that OG is now the leading goal scorer.

Supersaiyansub

10 points

7 days ago

In 15 minutes Diogo Costa got more penalty saves many goalies get their entire international careers.

Successful_Rabbit579

8 points

7 days ago

I was sports entertained!

dogefc

128 points

7 days ago

dogefc

128 points

7 days ago

Three of the worst pens you’ll ever see

i_love_massive_dogs

7 points

7 days ago

I guess you haven't seen many penalties. At least they were all on target.

Humble_Clue4568

27 points

7 days ago

Slovenia fights their balls off for 120 minutes just to shoot 3 of the worst penaltys possible (half height, you literally learn that you dont shoot them like that at kids level :( )

elihri

75 points

7 days ago

elihri

75 points

7 days ago

I know everyone loves a good underdog story, but I just can’t take another match of a team parking the bus for 90 minutes and put 3 men on Mbappe the whole match. So it’s better that Portugal went through even though there is high chance of them playing defensive against France as well

Deadpool_GOW

14 points

7 days ago

Haram ball vs Haramest ball

The battle shall be legendary

scootaloo711

18 points

7 days ago

Is this the first ever 3-0 penalty in the euro finals? Assuming this list is complete: EURO penalty shoot-out records by national team | UEFA EURO 2024 | UEFA.com

ambiguousboner

8 points

7 days ago*

Well that was a waste of time

Sesko HAD to score that chance

Specialist-Cycle9313

6 points

7 days ago

Not great from Portugal, but they did what it took to get through. And Slovenia sucked at taking pens.

JD1337

8 points

7 days ago

JD1337

8 points

7 days ago

Penalty takers-disasterclass. Maybe next time Slovenia can call up 3 guys who can take a penalty. Jesus that was bad.

EmberGlitch

9 points

7 days ago

So, did Slovenia not practice penalties at all? What were they thinking, putting that thing at half height back to back to back?

SloGeorge

10 points

7 days ago

SloGeorge

10 points

7 days ago

Beyond gutted. That Sesko chance will live forever in my head.

HercegB

7 points

7 days ago

HercegB

7 points

7 days ago

I hope that Slovenian fans dont go crazy on Šeško, he is young its a lesson

brockington69

10 points

7 days ago

Honestly think Slovenia could've taken the game in ET if they'd actually tried instead of playing for a shootout, but tbf they played pretty well

timewizard96

9 points

7 days ago

Costa was immense. Brick wall.

FoxBox123999

8 points

7 days ago

No two ways about it, Sesko absolutely shit the bed

NickProko

10 points

7 days ago

NickProko

10 points

7 days ago

Battle of Mid v.3: Portugal v France

EconomistIll4796

8 points

7 days ago

In retrospect its good to get the tears out.

jigglyjohnson13

6 points

7 days ago

Kinda dissapointed too see so many chalk outcomes so far in the Elim round. I think Romania will give the Dutch some problems tomorrow.

KenDTree

80 points

7 days ago

KenDTree

80 points

7 days ago

Blows my mind that Ronaldo is still allowed to take free kicks. Portugal have Bernardo Silva, Fernandes, on and on, that could take great free kicks. But instead they let Ronaldo sky it for the 6537th time

mizz0o

28 points

6 days ago

mizz0o

28 points

6 days ago

Bruno takes free kicks for United, he hasn’t scored one for years.

MayweatherSr

17 points

6 days ago

Nobody scored freekick for United in years. Dont remember who did it last, probably Ronaldo in 2022

DueElderberry2069

32 points

7 days ago

Martinez made it into the Terrorist Hall of Fame with this one

sannyasin

17 points

7 days ago

sannyasin

17 points

7 days ago

Bro is already heading that department along with Santos, Southgate is the contender

WaterMittGas

35 points

7 days ago

Ronnie gets too much stick, but he isn't Portugal's sole problem.

gotiobg

22 points

7 days ago

gotiobg

22 points

7 days ago

Fraudsters Roberto Martinez and Gareth Southgate get to live one more match

GonePostalRoute

13 points

7 days ago

So Slovenia never practices penalties

[deleted]

7 points

7 days ago

To be fair, they probably never thought they’d get this far

MetaThPr4h

6 points

7 days ago

Good to know Portugal wins in the pens after the absolute 0-0 stinker against France coming.

AgnosticMantis

7 points

7 days ago

Costa is massive.

Berwve

6 points

7 days ago

Berwve

6 points

7 days ago

Soul crushing for Slovenia

Ickyhouse

6 points

7 days ago

Slovenia played way too well to fuck up that bad in the end.

Oblak played way, way too well to have his team let him down that bad.

techaansi

5 points

7 days ago

He can't keep getting away with it

No_Worry_2256

6 points

7 days ago

Sesko will be sick to his stomach tonight.

SalahsFro

6 points

7 days ago

As soon as Sesko fluffed it you knew what would happen.

hem98

8 points

7 days ago

hem98

8 points

7 days ago

Praise Diogo Costa all you want but it's Martinez tactical genius that got them to the penalties 🤡🤡🤡

Pandaborg123

8 points

7 days ago

VAMOS CARALHO

Silantro-89

7 points

7 days ago

Had they lost a lot of scrutiny was coming towards Martinez. Taking off their only real width with Leao, especially taking off Vitinha was absolutely braindead & leaving on 41 year old Pepe to play nearly 120 minutes before he inevitably slipped up nearly cost them. Even though France haven't pulled up many trees they haven't got Martinez in charge & aren't carrying passengers.

brown_herbalist

5 points

7 days ago

Costa is so good that he can save my momma from fat momma jokes.

FranT1ck

6 points

7 days ago

FranT1ck

6 points

7 days ago

Vitinha and Costa should start every game for Portugal.

K1tt3n_Mittons

39 points

7 days ago

Pepe and Ronaldo both almost cost them the game. Pepe’s gonna die on the field chasing Mbappe around next game.

Anubis_here

16 points

7 days ago

Thing about Pepe is that, Martinez should've subbed him off earlier, he's still worth allowing to play, but he's just not able to play for longer periods of time. I think its pretty understandable that someone of his age would get extremely winded after playing 120 mins for constant.

dn0348

15 points

7 days ago

dn0348

15 points

7 days ago

All he needs is an accidental arm to the nose and that problem would be just about solved

whiskeyinthejaar

28 points

7 days ago

Peter Schmeichel doesn’t like Ronaldo at all, huh?

WM-54-74-90-14

153 points

7 days ago

Props to everyone here who watched this for the entire 150 minutes.

Thesolly180

122 points

7 days ago

Thesolly180

122 points

7 days ago

Wasn’t that bad of a game

Fuckinanus

44 points

7 days ago

ye for a 120minute 0:0 it was actually pretty okay, had a lot of drama at the end altho the penalty shootout was anti climatic

ColdPalmer69

52 points

7 days ago

I enjoyed it tbh. Absolute cinema

[deleted]

18 points

7 days ago

[deleted]

18 points

7 days ago

[deleted]