Group F Matches and classification
Narration This is how we live the game
In the autumn of Cristiano goals flourish. A few minutes are enough, because the forwards are instants. It is evident that the Portuguese, at 36 years old, is not the same as before, but it is enough. He knows and dedicates himself to his trade like few others, and when and where he must go into a trance. He did it with a record, the player who has scored the most goals in a final phase of the Eurocup, taking the mark to 11, in five editions of the tournament, after the two scored against a tough and persistent Hungary. He did it, likewise, before a full stadium, as if normality after the pandemic returned with all its ingredients, Cristiano included. In two weeks we will know if either of those two things is a mirage.
Cristiano did not tear down the wall, a task that fell to Guerreiro and Fortuna.
As a good goddess, she is on the side of the gods.
He appeared to extend the advantage, after a clear penalty, and close the game in a big way, after a I love you, I do not love you with Guerreiro himself and the deception of Gulacsi.
After a strange year, away from the title with Juve, the star leaves his letter of introduction in goal.
Until then Cristiano had failed as the Portuguese attack had done, a luxury, against a Hungary organized and supported by a colossal defense.
He was only wrong once, four minutes from the end, and he fell apart.
The combination of experience, quality, physicality and goal occurs in a few eleven as in Portugal. Around Cristiano, however, extraordinary potential has grown. Bernardo Silva, Jota and Bruno Fernandes were chosen by Fernando Santos for the debut, referential players in City, LIverpool and United, formed in a 4-2-3-1. At the bank, Joao Félix and Guedes were not even among the alternatives to unblock the game. Andre Silva crossed for Guerreiro before the goal and Rafa Silva caused the penalty. Two successes, then, in the changes of the Portuguese coach. Renato Sanches was the third.
At the start, Jota had the option of giving Cristiano one almost done, but decided to pitch to find one of the best Hungarian arguments, goalkeeper Gulacsi. His collection of interventions then began, which Pepe or Bruno Fernandes would also suffer in the second half. Against Cristiano, it was not necessary in the first half. He launched into the clouds where he is never wrong, because Bruno Fernandes touched lightly and prevented the desired contact. In the outcome, however, the goalkeeper no longer had options, neither in the penalty nor in the definition of the third, masterly.
With the injured star Szoboszlai, who sealed Hungary's qualification in the play-off with a stroke of work of art, the best of the Marco Rossi-led team is clearly in their box. To the goalkeeper, the central Orban and Atila Slazai are added. One shares a surname with the controversial prime minister of the country. Another takes it from the King of the Huns. Two leaders in the area, in short, where the Portuguese arsenal ran aground until the end. On the contrary, the other Szalai, a fighter, as he demonstrated in front of Pepe, but without the necessary speed. The forward and captain of Hungary had a stint at Valdebebas in his training period. Offensively, they could hardly disturb Rui Patricio and Pepe, another for whom time has stopped.
In the first phase and, coincidentally, in group F, as now, Hungary and Portugal met, in the last European Championship, the first major tournament to which the Magyars returned after 30 years. Soccer that emerged in the 1950s could never return to the elite. He is left with the memory and the evocative name of the main stadium in Budapest: Puskas Arena. The image of its stands was also of a lost time, but for everyone. The time before the pandemic.
The 2016 participation is repeated in this edition, although with the misfortune of falling into the "group of death".
The third classified may be a candidate for the title.
The Portuguese were, and they won the tournament in Saint Denis, but even that is very expensive.
Then, that duel developed in a very different way, after offensive alternatives and a hectic 3-3.
If something has not changed, it was the two goals of a Christian savior.
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