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sports Diabierna 25 Juni 2021

Ronaldo scores 2 more at Euro 2020, Portugal advances

(AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo the group, one spot behind
scored two penalties to tie Germany. France, which had
the overall men’s scoring already qualified, was first.
record with 109 goals and
Portugal advanced to the Ronaldo scored the opening
round of 16 at the Euro- goal in the 31st minute and
pean Championship after then equalized from the spot
a 2-2 draw with France on in the 60th after Benzema
Wednesday. put World Cup champion
France ahead 2-1 shortly af-
Ronaldo’s tournament-lead- ter halftime.
ing fourth and fifth goals
moved him level with for- Benzema also scored a pen-
mer Iran striker Ali Daei at alty in first-half injury time
109, while also extending his after Kylian Mbappe was
overall tournament record to fouled. It was Benzema’s first
14. international goal in nearly
six years after losing his place
Karim Benzema scored both in the team following a fall-
of France’s goals, his first out with coach Didier Des-
ever at the tournament after champs.
failing to find the target at
Euro 2008 and 2012. The French will next face
Switzerland in the next
Defending champion Portu- round while Portugal will
gal finished in third place in take on Belgium.

Goretzka keeps Germany in Euro 2020 after draw with Hungary

(AP) — The second-half Joachim Löw, who is step- round of 16 ... we’re defi- land Sallai’s cross with a fly- the next round at Germany’s
subs saved Germany’s day ping down after Euro 2020 nitely looking forward to it. ing header on a counterattack expense, but Löw’s substi-
at the European Champi- but certainly made the right I hope now we’ve finally ar- in the 11th. tutes rescued the game and
onship. moves on a rainy night in rived at the tournament.” kept him in his job for at least
Munich. On the other end, the home a few more days.
Leon Goretzka scored in It had looked like Ádám Sza- team struggled against Hun-
the 84th minute after Timo Goretzka came off the bench lai was going to drag Hun- gary’s defensive 5-3-2 forma- Portugal drew 2-2 with
Werner’s shot was blocked in the 58th minute, Werner gary into the round of 16. tion. France in the other group
following a run through the followed in the 67th and Mu- The team’s captain scored an game and both have pro-
defense from Jamal Musiala. siala came on in the 82nd. early goal against the run of “You could see that they de- gressed, while Hungary fin-
play and then set up András fended very well against Por- ished last with two points and
That gave the Germans a Three years after being elimi- Schäfer to make it 2-1 right tugal and France for long has been eliminated.
2-2 draw with Hungary on nated from the group stage at after Kai Havertz had equal- stretches,” Germany goal-
Wednesday, enough for them the 2018 World Cup, Germa- ized for Germany. keeper Manuel Neuer said. “The group we got was prob-
to finish in second place in ny can now look forward to “It was a defense of many ably the hardest you can get
the group. A loss would have a trip to London to face Eng- “We made mistakes but we legs.” in Europe,” Gulácsi said.
sent the Hungarians into the land on Tuesday in the round fought until the equalizer was “Still, we were on course to
next round and sent Germa- of 16 at Wembley Stadium. there. The morale was sensa- The Germans also seemed to progress until the 84th min-
ny home early for the second tionally good,” Löw said. miss Thomas Müller’s un- ute. Little things decide in
straight major tournament. “There is hardly a nicer predictability. He was on the the end. We didn’t imagine
match,” Germany midfield- Germany made the bet- bench because of a knee in- before the tournament that
“That was nothing for weak er Joshua Kimmich said. ter start but trailed early yet jury sustained in the 4-2 win we’d be so close. Now of
nerves,” said Germany coach “Whether it has to be in the again when Szalai met Ro- over Portugal. Leroy Sané course it’s bitter.”
started in his place, the only
change Löw made from the Before kickoff, a person with
teams that started both previ- a rainbow flag ran onto the
ous games. field and held it up in front
of the Hungary team as the
Germany had to wait till the country’s national anthem
66th when the normally ex- was being played. The per-
cellent Péter Gulácsi failed to son was quickly tackled by
punch away Toni Koos’ free stewards and pinned to the
kick. Mats Hummels headed ground, and then led away to
the ball forward and Havertz cheers and applause.
made sure from close range.
Buildup to the match had
Celebrations were cut short, been overshadowed by a
however, as Hungary replied spat over the Munich city’s
immediately when Szalai council’s request to illumi-
played in Schäfer to head the nate the stadium in rainbow
ball past Neuer. colors. UEFA refused on the
grounds that it was a political
“That must never happen if statement directly addressed
you want to achieve some- against Hungary.
thing in a tournament like
this,” Goretzka said. Many German fans carried
small rainbow flags that were
It would have been enough distributed by activists before
to send Hungary through to the game.