{"id":3746,"date":"2021-06-28T12:11:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T06:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2021-06-28T12:12:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T06:42:30","slug":"defending-champions-portugal-eliminated-from-euro-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/defending-champions-portugal-eliminated-from-euro-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending Champions Portugal eliminated from Euro 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In an amazing fixture of Round of 16, defending champions Portugal were knocked out of Euro 2020 with a 1-0 defeat to Belgium. A 43rd-minute strike from Thorgan Hazard secured the win for Roberto Martinez&#8217;s team, who survived plenty of pressure from the Portuguese in the second half.\u00a0Belgium will next face Italy in a mouth-watering quarter-final fixture.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong> Belgium vs\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Portugal Final Score<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Belgium\u00a0 \u00a01 &#8211; 0\u00a0 \u00a0Portugal<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Belgium qualified for the Round of 16 with three wins in three games from Group B. During the group stages, they scored seven goals and conceded only one. Portugal, on the other hand, have qualified as one of the best third-placed teams and won only one of the three group stage games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u23f0 RESULT \u23f0<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium through to the quarter-finals \ud83c\udf89<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Holders Portugal eliminated in round of 16<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd14 How far will the Red Devils go? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EURO2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EURO2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EURO2020\/status\/1409254776152408070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Belgium vs\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Portugal Highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"synopsis\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Thorgen Hazard goal in the first half proved to be the difference between Belgium and Portugal, the defending champions.\u00a0Belgium&#8217;s Thorgan Hazard thundered in a first-half winner as they beat title holders Portugal 1-0 in their Euro 2020 last-16 game to move into the last eight. Hazard found enough space after a swift passing move to rifle home from 20 metres and score against the run of play in the 42nd minute.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Belgium vs\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Portugal<\/strong><strong> Starting XI<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Portugal starting XI:<\/strong>\u00a0Rui Patricio (GK), Guerreiro, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Dalot, Renato Sanches, Joao Palhinha, Joao Moutinho, Diogo Jota, Bernando Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong>\u00a0Lopes (GK), Rui Silva (GK), Nelson Semedo, Fonte, Andre Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Danilo, Ruben Neves, Pedro Goncalves, Joao Felix, Sergio Oliveira, Nuno Mendes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Belgium starting XI:<\/strong>\u00a0Courtois (GK), Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Meunier, Tielemans, Witsel, Thorgan Hazard, De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Lukaku.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong>\u00a0Mignolet (GK), Sels (GK), Boyata, Carrasco, Mertens, Denayer, Dendoncker, Benteke, Batshuayi, Trossard, Doku, Praet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an amazing fixture of Round of 16, defending champions Portugal were knocked out of Euro 2020 with a 1-0 defeat to Belgium. 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