The date is set. This Friday, July 5, Portugal and France will face each other in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024. Both teams qualified this Monday, against Belgium for the French and against Slovenia in the wake for the Portuguese. After the Seleção’s meeting, the team captain, Cristiano Ronaldospoke about this poster which promises to be explosive.
« It will be a difficult match against France. They are favourites in this competition with Germany and Spain. But we are going there to wage war, that’s football. Our team is doing well, it’s a plus for us to have had to fight until the end. »
The coach of the Portuguese national team, Roberto Martinez, He also made his statementparticularly evoking a bad memory for the Blues: “ France is a historic team. For us Portuguese, 2016 is a key moment. (…) France is very strong defensively and has high-quality players in attack. We will have to be able to defend well in the last third of the pitch. It will be a very open match. »
Finally, João Cancelo also spoke about this quarter-final : « Now, anything can happen. We are going to play against a very strong opponent who went to the final in the last World Cup. But we are ready. (…) We are in the final phase, we want to play against the best teams. If the French team comes, we will be prepared. »
