Ronaldo Equals All-Time Scoring Record As Portugal Advance
24 June, 2021
Portugal 2-2 France
France secured top spot in Group F after playing to a 2-2 draw with Portugal, who qualify as one of the best third-place nations.
Bruno Fernandes dropped to the Portugal bench as Renato Sanches was handed a start in midfield.
The reigning European champions got the opening goal from the penalty spot after Hugo Lloris had fouled Danilo, which allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to convert.
France were awarded a penalty of their own right before the break as the referee felt Nelson Semedo had fouled Kylian Mbappe in the box. Karim Benzema stepped up and made no mistake from the spot.
The turnaround was complete soon after the break when Paul Pogba's pass found Benzema, who fired in to the far corner to complete his brace.
Portugal were then awarded a second penalty in the 60th minute that Ronaldo had won and changed into get his 109th international goal, level with Ali Daei for some international goals ever sold.
Hungary 2-2 Germany
Germany finished second in the group after battling back again to draw 2-2 with Hungary.
Leroy Sane was handed his first at a European Championship as his Bayern Munich teammate Thomas Muller dropped to the bench.
Hungary still had hopes of qualifying for the knockout round and took a surprising lead in the 11th minute through Adam Szalai's strike.
Germany returned on level terms in the 66th through Kai Havertz, but that was joy was short-lived as Andras Schafer restored Hungary's lead two minutes later.
However, Joachim Low's side got the equaliser through Leon Gortezka, which secured second spot.
Sweden 3-2 Poland
Sweden secured top spot in the group after defeating Poland 3-2 on Wednesday evening.
The Swedes go the opening goal as soon as the next minute when Emil Forsberg bagged his second of the tournament after being create by Isak.
Forsberg doubled the lead in the 59th minute along with his second goal, before Robert Lewandowski pulled one goal back for Poland two minutes later.
However, Sweden got the winner in the fourth minute of time added on thanks to Victor Claesson's strike.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za