The defeat against Belgium at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville is the first elimination in the history of Portugal before reaching the quarter-finals of the European Championship, leaving Spain, the only team to win the title twice in a row.
Belgium vs Portugal
The Portuguese national team reached the quarter-finals in the last seven editions of the tournament; In addition to the title he won in France 2016, he achieved second place in the 2004 edition that he hosted at home; It reached the semi-finals in France 1984, Belgium/Netherlands 2000 and Poland/Ukraine 2012; He reached the quarter-finals in England 1996 and Austria/Switzerland 2008.
Belgium vs Portugal
The Portuguese team went to the tournament, which was held in several European cities, with the ambition of preserving the title, but Thorgan Hazard's goal and his failure to beat his Belgian counterpart left him without options.
Thus, Spain remains the last team to win the European Championship twice in a row, as the La Roja team achieved this feat in Austria/Switzerland 2008 and Poland/Ukraine 2012, by defeating Germany and Italy respectively in the final.
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The German national team has played more than one final in a row, as it played three finals under the name “Federal Republic of Germany”, and won against the Soviet Union in 1972 and Belgium in 1980, while losing to Czechoslovakia in 1976. Under the name “Germany” it fell to Denmark in 1992 and was crowned against the Czech Republic in 1996.
The team led by Fernando Santos handed the defending champion's sceptre at the Seville stadium in front of the Red Devils, who shot only once between the three woods to score the game's only goal.
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The Portuguese team scored 24 shots, a number that only the Italian team exceeded in this European championship, 16 of them in the second half, in which he rushed to the attack in search of a tie. 7 shots went towards the goal, and Rafael Guerrero's shot hit the left post of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
The Belgians achieved a 100% success rate with their shots on goal, with Thorgan Hazard's only shot hitting goalkeeper Rui Patricio. Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score for the first time in this tournament, so that at the end of the match, he told Courtois, Real Madrid goalkeeper, "Lucky, right?"
Ronaldo and his companions sought to equalize by all means, to the extent that Santos pushed Joao Felix, Bruno Fernandez, Andre Silva and Sergio Oliveira.
The Portuguese strikers lacked accuracy, amid the brilliance of the giant goalkeeper Courtois, who saved 5 shots.
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And in the face of the Portuguese team's failure to convert chances into goals, Ronaldo's companions left the tournament, as they left the World Cup Russia 2018 in the round of 16 after losing to Uruguay (2-1) with the double of Edinson Cavani.
The defending champions will try to heal their wounds to resume the qualifying stage for the 2022 World Cup, as they top their group with two victories against Azerbaijan and Luxembourg and a draw against Serbia.
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