Portugal 0: 2 Slovenia
In the previous match, Portugal had a big 5-2 win against Sweden without Cristiano Ronaldo. Portugal fans were hoping for something better when Ronaldo returned against Slovenia. However, in the match for Ronaldo’s return to Ljubljana, the Portuguese lost 2-0.
Portugal played attacking football from the start against Slovenia. Keeping possession of the ball, they try to attack the opposition defense through the right wing. However, despite keeping control of the match to themselves, Portugal could not create opportunities. In the first 33 minutes of the match, they could not take any shots despite having possession of 72 percent of the ball. On the other hand, although possession of the ball is behind, Slovenia takes two shots at this time. Portugal did not get a goal in the end of Ronaldo’s ineffective first half.
Ronaldo could not make much of an advantage in the second half of the match. Portugal also did not get any special opportunities; they even came close a few times but did not see the goal. On the contrary, Slovenia took the lead by scoring in the 72nd and 80th minutes. In the end, Portugal had to leave the field with a loss.
England 2-2 Belgium
After the defeat against Brazil in the previous match, England was also facing a defeat against Belgium. But at the last moment, the English team left the field with a 2-2 draw with Jude Bellingham’s great goal.
England lost John Stones 10 minutes into the match against Belgium at Wembley. Joe Gomez took the Manchester City defender’s place after he left the game due to an injury. The hosts scored a goal before returning to the match after handling the shock. Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was responsible for conceding England’s goal. Pickford gave the ball to the feet of Belgium’s Yuri Tielemans while taking a shot. Tielemans scored from a great distance.
In the 17th minute, however, the English equalized with a penalty goal. Evan Toney scored from the penalty spot. England made some great attacks to return to parity. In the 28th minute, Jarrod Bowen scored, but the goal was disallowed for offside. Then Judd Bellingham failed to score, despite finding the goalkeeper alone. But Belgium did not make mistakes in the counterattack.
In the 36th minute, Romelu Lukaku took a shot with the outside of his boot and sent the ball spinning for Tielemans. The Aston Villa star did not make a mistake. The diving head nets the ball. After that, England could not return to parity in the match, even after trying. Even in the second half, the English did not get a goal by trying most of the time. But Bellingham equalized the score in the last minute. Which surely relieved Gareth Southgate as well.
Germany 2-1 Netherlands
Germany beat France in the previous match after coming back from a difficult time. This time, the Netherlands also lost to the Germans. The Germans won 2-1.
In the previous match, against France, Germany scored a record goal early in the match. Today, however, they have digested the goal themselves from the beginning. Joey Veerman scored a goal inthe first three minutes of the match to lead the Netherlands. However, the Dutch could not keep this lead for more than 8 minutes. In the 11th minute, the Germans equalized with a great goal by Maximilian Mittelstรคdt. The first half ended with this tie.
In the second half of the match, the opportunity came in front of both teams. But neither team could achieve the desired goal. However, in the 85th minute, Niclas Fรผllkrug scored a goal to give Germany the Germany the victory..
France 3: 2 Chile
France returned to victory. After losing to Germany in the previous match, the match against Chile was very challenging for the French. The French rose to that challenge well. France won 3-2 against Chile in a tense match.
France fell behind early in the match against Chile. Marcelino Nunez scored to give Chile the lead. However, Youssouf Fofana equalized for France in the 18th minute. In twenty-five minutes, Randall Kolo Muani’s lead was 2-0. France moves to the front of the break.
Olivier Giroud made it 3-1 in the 72nd minute after the break. However, in the 82nd minute, Chile signaled to close the match by making it 3-2. But in the end, the Latin American country did not return to the match. Chile had to leave the field with a 3-2 defeat.
