Portugal vs France 0(3)-0(5) |Highlights| Euro 2024 quarter finals

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After a 0-0 draw in regulation and overtime, France beat Portugal 5-3 in penalty kicks and advanced to the semi-finals.

In the second match of the quarter-final stage of Euro 2024, Portugal and France lined up against each other, and finally, after 120 minutes of effort, the two teams reached a scoreless draw, and it was France that reached the semi-final stage by winning the penalty shootout.

In the first half, the game was uneventful and without special opportunities, and both teams were unable to create opportunities on each other's goals.

In the 10th minute of the game, Bruno Fernandez's shot from a free kick went over the goal.

In the 21st minute, Theo Hernandez entered the Portuguese penalty area with a great move, but Diego Costa stopped him with a great exit from the goal.

About 10 minutes later, Antoine Griezmann's dangerous shot deflected off Bruno Fernandes and went out.

Finally, in the remaining minutes of the first half, the two teams could not create another chance and the game ended with the same result in the first half.

In the 56th minute of the second half, Mbappe started a great move from the left side and was going to become a serious threat, but his balance was disturbed in the area and the opportunity was lost.

A few minutes later, Portugal had a serious chance and Cancelo's shot went dangerously wide of the goal.

In the 65th minute, Vitinia reached the ball on Liao's move in front of the goal, but his shot was beautifully blocked by Mike Manian.

Moments later, Kolo Mwani had a wonderful opportunity in the penalty area, but his shot was blocked by Diaz.

In the 72nd minute, Ousmane Dembele's dangerous and technical shot went wide of the goal.

In the last 20 minutes of the game, two teams had attacks, but none of them could seriously challenge each other's goalkeepers, and the fate of the advancing team was extended to extra time.

In the first overtime, both teams had half-and-half opportunities, but they could not convert any of them into serious opportunities, and the game continued uneventfully.

The only important thing happened at the end of the half when Kylian Mbappe was replaced by Bradley Barkola due to a nose injury.

In the 108th minute, Joao Felix's dangerous header on Concessão's cross went off the side of the goal.

In the continuation of the second overtime, both teams played cautiously and there was not such a serious situation on the goals that the game went to penalty kicks. There, all the players converted their kicks, but Joao Félix hit his penalty on the crossbar, and thus France advanced 5-3 to the semi-finals against Spain.

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