Belgium 1-0 Portugal

Despite putting up a wonderful fight, Portugal's European Championship defense faltered tonight at the Estadio La Cartuja in Sevilla. After going behind to a wonderful Thorgan Hazard strike at the end of the first half, Portugal threw everything at the Belgians, hit the woodwork, and missed several other gilt-edged opportunities.

But Belgium held out and will face Italy in the quarterfinals despite being largely outplayed and outshot 21 attempts to 6, especially as Portugal desperately sought an equalizer. After knocking out the reigning champions, Belgium become a tempting bet using Pinnacle VIP Code to go all the way and win Euro 2020.

The 36-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo is approaching the final years of his storied career. “I do not seek to break individual records; they will come naturally,” he often says.

Well, several international records have already been broken by the Madeira-born football genius during Euro 2020, and more could be on the way. PortuGOAL brings you an overview of the records that will further embellish the Portugal captain in the annuls of football’s all-time greats. 

Phew! In what turned out to be a rollercoaster of a Group F participation by Portugal, the Seleção coach and players expressed their joy at making it through the knockout stage after a highly encouraging display against World Champions France.

It was a unanimous opinion that the team had done what they needed to do to bring about a vast improvement in relation to the previous match against Germany. PortuGOAL rounds up the post-match quotes. 

Portugal kept their European Championship defence alive as a 2-2 draw with World Champions France was enough to see them qualify for the knockout stages as one of the best third-placed sides, exactly how they progressed in 2016’s eventual tournament victory.

Here’s the PortuGOAL verdict on how the players performed on a high pressure occasion in Budapest.