Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalties to tie the lads’s total scoring report with 109 objectives on the European Championships after a 2-2 draw with France on Wednesday as Portugal superior to the spherical of 16.
Ronaldo’s tournament-leading fourth and fifth objectives took him to 109 with former Iran striker Ali Dei, whereas elevating his total event report to 14.
Karim Benzema scored each France’s objectives, their first within the event after failing to attain objectives at Euro 2008 and 2012.
Defending champions Portugal completed third within the group, one place behind Germany. France, who had already certified, was first.
Ronaldo scored the primary objective within the thirty first minute after which leveled the spot within the sixtieth minute when Benzema put World Cup champions France 2–1 forward of World Cup champions instantly after halftime.
Cristiano Ronaldo = Legend of Portugal
First Portuguese participant to attain in all 3 group video games in Euro
48 objectives in his final 45 worldwide matches
7 objectives in Portugal’s final 4 Euro group matches#euro2020 pic.twitter.com/0eaj5OWi2S— UEFA Euro 2020 (@Euro2020) 23 June 2021
After fouling Kylian Mbappe, Benzema additionally imposed a penalty within the first half harm time. It was Benzema’s first worldwide objective in almost six years after dropping his place within the staff following a dispute with coach Didier Deschamps.
In the following spherical, France will face Switzerland whereas Portugal will face Belgium.
Main traits:
Spain 5, Slovakia 0
In the primary half, an embarrassing objective from Slovakian goalkeeper Martin Debravka put Spain on their option to a 5-0 victory.
Dobravka saved an early penalty from lvaro Morata, however within the thirtieth minute, Pablo Sarabia shot the ball excessive into the air after he dropped the ball into his personal web.
Aymeric Laporte prolonged Spain’s lead earlier than halftime, and Sarabia, Ferran Torres and one other objective within the second half scored fifth for “La Rosa”, going through elimination in entrance of its personal followers.
The win moved Spain to second place in Group E with 5 factors. The staff’s subsequent match might be in opposition to Croatia in Copenhagen on Monday.
How the 4 finest third place groups are determined#euro2020
— UEFA Euro 2020 (@Euro2020) 23 June 2021
Germany 2, Hungary 2
Leon Goretzka scored late to maintain Germany within the European Championship after a 2–2 draw in opposition to Hungary.
Jamal Musiyala made a right away impression after approaching within the 82nd minute, driving three defenders out to offer Timo Werner room to shoot. Werner was blocked however the rebound fell for Goretzka, who shot goalkeeper Peter Gulasi within the 84th.
It appeared like Adam Szalai was going to pull his staff into the spherical of 16. The Hungarian captain scored a objective early in opposition to the race of the sport and drew 2–1 to Andrus Schaefer simply after Kai Havertz leveled for Germany.
Germany completed second within the group with 4 factors and can subsequent face England at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday.
Sweden 3, Poland 2
Viktor Claesen scored within the fourth minute of stoppage time to offer Sweden a 3–2 win over Poland and end first in Group E.
Robert Lewandowski scored two objectives for Poland however embarrassingly missed two headers in nearly two seconds.
After going from the crossbar to a nook, the ball returned straight to Lewandowski, however he might hit the ball on the identical aspect of the objective body. Then the ball obtained caught between his legs after which went by means of the ft of Poland teammate Grzegorz Krichowicz.
Emil Forsberg had already scored for Sweden, after 81 seconds to attain the second quickest objective in event historical past. He retaliated within the 59th and added one other.
Sweden will subsequent face Ukraine in Glasgow on Tuesday.
Lewandowski left Euro 2020 with three objectives, his finest efficiency in a World Cup or European Championship.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
