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- After the game ended goalless, Portugal secured a 3-0 victory in the shootout
Two records were broken as Portugal beat Slovenia on penalties to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2024.
After the game ended goalless after extra-time, Portugal won 3-0 in the shootout.
Portugal are now through to the quarter-finals, where they will take on France on Friday.
There was drama in extra-time, with Cristiano Ronaldo missing a penalty, which left him in floods of tears.
Ronaldo, though, managed to redeem himself and was one of Portugal’s scorers in the shootout.
Two records were broken as Portugal beat Slovenia on penalties to reach the quarter-finals
As reported by The Athletic, there were two landmarks that occurred during the shootout.
Firstly, Portugal’s Diogo Costa became the first goalkeeper to save three penalties in a Euros shootout as he managed to thwart Josip Ilicic, Jure Balkovec and Benjamin Verbic.
Portugal’s Diogo Costa became the first goalkeeper to save three penalties in a Euros shootout
Benjamin Verbic was amongst the Slovenia players that missed during the shootout
Costa and Bernardo Silva celebrate following Portugal’s victory on penalties against Slovenia
Another record was set as Slovenia became the first team in the history of the Euros not to score in the shootout.
While Slovenia missed all of their penalties, Portugal were successful with all of theirs as Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva all scored.
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