Cristiano Ronaldo and Jan Oblak meet again this Sunday, this time in search of the quarterfinals of the Euro Cup. The captains of Portugal and Slovenia respectively, they will face each other again, as they have 21 other times before throughout their careers. CR7 scored 11 goals against Atlético’s goalkeeper, leaving the former Real Madrid player scoreless in 16 times. But the memory of a final, of the 2015-16 Champions League, Real Madrid-Atlético, on May 28, where Cristiano scored the decisive penalty in the shootout against Oblak (5-4 after 1-1), indicates that in The fate of the goal there is a big mark pending on the Portuguese.
This Sunday at the Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, two dreams collide: Slovenia, which is playing in the first round of 16 in a major tournament as an independent country, and Portugal, which seeks to fight to win the second European Championship, after France 2016.
Slovenia went through the first stage unbeaten: 1-1 against Denmark, 1-1 against Slovenia and 0-0 against England in group C. Portugal, for its part, beat the Czech Republic (2-1 ) and Turkey (0 -3), but fell, made rounds, against Georgia in one of the surprises of the first stage of the tournament (2-0).
At 39 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo, starter in all three games, for the first time did not score a goal in the first stage of a European Championship and is ready to beat Oblak as soon as possible.
Roberto Martínez, coach of Portugal, said this Saturday that “now a new tournament begins, it is inside or outside, but the team is ready.” Despite the loss against Georgia, Balaguer’s coach said he sees “Portugal looking fresh and I want to answer the media’s questions on July 15 (after the final).” Regarding Slovenia, Roberto Martínez sees it as “organized and competitive, what it has done in the Euro Cup is extraordinary, it has made history and that is great in football.”
Matjaz Kek, coach of Slovenia, said that he is not afraid of Portugal “but it will be a life or death match, very difficult, they are one of the favorites and we are happy to be here.” Slovenia became the first team to beat Portugal under Roberto Martínez, who had won 11 straight games (all of them official) when they lost 2-0 on March 26 in a friendly against their rivals this Sunday.
Source: La Verdad
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