Football Italia
·1 July 2024
EURO 2024 | France 1-0 Belgium: Fortune favours Les Bleus
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Football Italia
·1 July 2024
France reached the quarter-finals thanks to yet another own goal, this time off Jan Vertonghen, and a goal-saving Theo Hernandez tackle to eliminate Romelu Lukaku’s Belgium from EURO 2024.
They will face either Portugal or Slovenia in the quarter-final, but Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot will miss it due to suspension.
Les Bleus made radical changes after a disappointing group phase, using Inter striker Marcus Thuram as the striker in a hybrid 4-3-3 formation, with Milan pair Theo Hernandez and Mike Maignan. Belgium struggled too and Italy-born coach Domenico Tedesco also made some adjustments behind Roma’s Lukaku.
Maignan made a somewhat bizarre save using his legs on a Kevin De Bruyne free kick, which took a slight deflection off the wall, but still seemed to surprise the Milan goalkeeper.
Theo Hernandez also had to charge down a strike from Yannick Carrasco, while Thuram turned a couple of headers off target and Aurelien Tchaouameni forced a save.
Milan left-back Theo Hernandez had to get back and make a sensational goal-saving tackle on Carrasco, while Lukaku’s angled drive tested Maignan at the near post and De Bruyne stung the goalkeeper’s gloves.
Theo Hernandez with some brilliant last ditch defending 🙌#Euro2024 | #FRABEL pic.twitter.com/TlaVfyXQTv
France broke through moments later with a lot of luck, as Randal Kolo Muani saw his effort take a huge deflection off Jan Vertonghen’s knee to wrongfoot Koen Casteels at the near post.
A late own goal from Jan Vertonghen gives France the lead 🇫🇷 And Belgium have 5 minutes to find a response… 👀#Euro2024 | #FRABEL pic.twitter.com/wYvuX4HldO
Incredibly, Les Bleus have reached the final eight finding the net with only two own goals and a penalty in four games.
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