France edged into the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 with a 1-0 victory over Belgium thanks to a late Jan Vertonghen own goal.
Les Bleus struggles in attack continued in another flat display, but that did not matter as they got the all-important goal in the 85th minute to send them through.
Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne both had chances for Belgium but failed to find a way past Mike Maignan, then Vertonghen diverted Randal Kolo Muani s strike into his own net to send the Red Devils out.
France will meet either Portugal or Slovenia in the last eight, while Belgium go home after a poor showing in Germany.
France secure their place in the last eight |
— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024)
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Fernando Santos suffered his first competitive defeat as Portugal coach, with the European champions beginning their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 loss to Group B rivals Switzerland, who ended the match with 10 men.
Since taking over from Paulo Bento in September 2014, Santos had navigated Portugal through 14 non-friendly matches without loss, winning Euro 2016 in the process, but that run came to an end at St Jakob-Park on Tuesday.
After a bright start the European champions fell behind in the 23rd minute when goalkeeper Rui Patricio pushed Ricardo Rodriguez s free-kick straight to Breel Embolo, who responded to being selected in place of the injured Xherdan Shaqiri by heading home his second international goal and first since October 2015.
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Ten-man Turkey made the greatest of escapes to book their Euro 2008 quarter-final berth as they came from 2-0 down to stun the Czech Republic 3-2 here on Sunday and take their place in the quarter-finals.
The Turks had looked dead and buried on 62 minutes as Czech winger Jaroslav Plasil scored his side s second goal following a first-half header from giant striker Jan Koller as the Euro 2004 semi-finalists looked safe.
But three goals in the last 15 minutes including two by captain Nihat Kahveci in the 87th and 89th minutes put them in the quarter-finals.
The third goal was an error and led to our collapse, said Czech coach Karel Bruckner.
To lose such a match is incredible, there was 15 minutes left when the first goal went in, they just kept coming…
Harry Kane admits he would swap everything I ve done in my career to win Euro 2024 with England, who face Spain in Sunday s final.
The Three Lions, who were runners-up to Italy in the delayed Euro 2020, are appearing in their second successive European Championship show-piece, and aiming to go the extra step by claiming their first major tournament silverware since lifting the 1966 World Cup.
Kane has already made history at this tournament, becoming the record goalscorer in the knockout stages of both the European Championship (six) and major tournaments overall among European players (nine).
England and Tottenham s all-time leading scorer, the Bayern Munich striker is still seeking the first team trophy of his impressive career, and he is desperate to end that …
Bundesliga is back, baby.
For a moment the German top flight was trailing behind the more prominent likes of the Premier League and La Liga but it’s fair to say that Bundesliga is now up with the best in terms of football, quality, excitement, unrivalled fandom and the marketing point of view.
A huge boost for the league’s profile has been given by a fantastic work done by the competition’s media department, which has been producing exhilarating videos all year round.
Here is the latest in a line – and it will blow your mind!
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Diego Maradona claims his guidance on the training ground helped transform a luckless Lionel Messi into one of modern football s deadliest free-kick takers.
The legendary Maradona coached Barcelona superstar Messi during Argentina s eventful 2010 World Cup campaign.
Messi won his second Ballon d Or that year but failed to get on the scoresheet in South Africa as the Albiceleste crashed out in the quarter-finals, losing 4-0 to Germany.
Despite Argentina s talisman not scoring at that tournament, Maradona feels that period was when the forward was at the peak of his powers.
But the new Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata boss believes a dose of his own wisdom was needed to elevate the attacker s dead-ball skills to the world-class level they have reached.
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The Seattle Seahawks travel to Lambeau to face the Green Bay Packers after a wild couple of weeks for the Packers and QB Aaron Rodgers.
There are plenty of stories surrounding this game but only two truly matter, with Seattle getting Russell Wilson back under center and Aaron Rodgers returning for Green Bay.
Prepare for the game with our NFL picks and predictions for the Seattle Seahawks vs. Green Bay Packers on Sunday, November 14.
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Two Week 1 losers will meet in the desert Sunday, September 18 as the Las Vegas Raiders host the Arizona Cardinals. With another extensive injury list for the Cardinals that includes three players in the secondary, Derek Carr will pad his Week 2 stats after he shook off the rust in the first half last week.
Here are my free NFL betting picks and predictions for Cardinals vs. Raiders.
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Tonight’s edition of Monday Night Football brings us the marquee game of the week when Philadelphia travels to Kansas City to take on Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.
This is a Super Bowl 57 rematch and the Eagles will be looking to exact some revenge on the Chiefs for last year’s loss in the big game game.
Both teams can score points at will and the NFL odds have done very little to separate the two sides with the Chiefs sitting as -2.5 home favorites.
While there are a number of different subscription-based TV channels and streaming services available to watch this game… did you know that you can also live stream Eagles/Chiefs directly from legal sports betting sites?
Caesars, BetRivers, and Fanatics Sportsbook are three of o…