Diogo Costa was the hero as Portugal reached the quarter-finals of the 2024 Euro championship after beating Slovenia on penalties. The game ended 0-0 after extra time, and the goalkeeper saved spot kicks from Josip Ilicic, Jure Balkovec and Benjamin Verbic to send Portugal through, becoming the first goalkeeper to save three penalties in a shootout at the Euros. Diogo Costa is the first goalkeeper to...
Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo will set yet another record when he plays for Portugal at the upcoming Euro 2024 tournament in Germany. The 39-year-old Al-Nassr forward is set to compete in a record sixth European Championship after being named in Roberto Martinez’s 26-man squad announced on Tuesday. Ronaldo first competed at the Euros in 2004 as a 19-year-old teenager when Portugal last hosted the...
Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior and Manchester City forward Erling Haaland lead the star-studded team of the season in the just concluded 2023–23 UEFA Champions League campaign, as announced by the organisers on Sunday. The full eleven which was selected by UEFA’s Technical Observer Panel and was released on their official Twitter handle includes seven players from the newly-crowned champions, City, and two players each from...
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