Chinanews client, Beijing, June 16th. In the early morning of the 16th Beijing time, Group F of the European Cup started the first round of competition.
In the focus of the battle, France beat Germany 1-0, Hummels accidentally took an own goal.
In another match of the same group, Portugal defeated Hungary 3-0, Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice, surpassing the legendary French star Platini and becoming the best scorer in the history of the European Cup.
Group F is regarded as the "death group" of the current European Cup. World champion France, the defending European Cup champion Portugal and the German team with the best record in the history of the European Cup all fall into this group.
The French team's battle with the German team was also the finale of the first round of the group stage. So far, all 24 teams participating in this tournament have appeared.
Throughout this focus battle, the German team is ahead of their opponents in terms of possession rate and number of shots, but they have not actually created many truly threatening offensives. Therefore, the situation is not dominant. In contrast, the French team used sharp The counterattack threatened the German team's door.
In the 20th minute, the French team threw a throw-in from the right. Hernandez made a pass. Hummels, who was defending in front of the goal, could not dodge, and accidentally took an own goal.
In the second half, the German team, which put more energy on the offensive end, tried to speed up the pace, but this kind of game seemed more suitable for the French team. They continued to use counterattacks to create threats. In addition to a shot by Rabiot, Mbappe and Benzema also scored once for offside and was sentenced to be invalid.
In the end, the French team won the strong dialogue 1:0. This was the first time in the history of the German team that they lost in the first match of the European Cup group stage.
In another match of the same group, the defending champion Portugal defeated Hungary 3-0.
In the face of a strong enemy, the Hungarian team, which has held on for almost the entire game, had seen hope of scoring points, but it collapsed before the end.
In the 84th minute, Guerrero outflanked the middle to open the door to victory for Portugal. After that, Ronaldo scored twice to seal the victory for Portugal.
So far, Ronaldo has become the best scorer in the history of the European Cup with 11 goals.
Portugal temporarily ranked first in the group with a goal difference advantage, and France was second in the queue.
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