Belgium decided its confrontation with Portugal in the final price of the European Championship (Euro 2020) thanks to a goal from Thorgan Hazard, and set a date with Italy in an expected summit in the quarter-finals of the competition.
After qualifying difficult from the first round of the "Group of Death", which also included France - the world champions - and Germany, Portugal - the defending champion - found before it the Belgian team, which tops the world rankings at the level of teams.
The Portuguese national team found it difficult to confront its organized Belgian counterpart, and the “Red Devils” closed all ports to the comrades of the star Cristiano Ronaldo, who failed to achieve a personal achievement and break the record for the number of goals scored at the level of teams, to remain equal with Iranian Ali Daei with 109 goals. .
Torgan Hazard breaks up the strong clash between the two teams and opens the scoring for the Belgian team with a missile shot 🚀 from outside the penalty area 😮 #Euro2020 |
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— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) June 27, 2021
Belgium owes the victory to Thorgan Hazard, who scored the only goal of the match with a perfect shot from outside the area of operations in the 42nd minute.
Belgian Kevin De Bruyne, returning from a facial injury, went out in pain 3 minutes into the second half after suffering an ankle injury.
Diogo Jota missed an opportunity in each half for Portugal, and Rafael Guerrero's shot was responded to in the 83rd minute, and the defending champion failed to equalize despite his improvement in the second half.
Belgium set a date with Italy, which qualified earlier after beating Austria 2-1, and the confrontation scheduled for next Friday at the Allianz Arena in Germany will be a summit among the most prominent candidates to crown the title.