Switzerland, Germany and Spain are the three teams that have made the match in the last 16 really theirs quite well and it doesn't look that difficult. But for England, France and Portugal it looks like they got through from the round of 16 to the quarter-finals the really hard way. And the Portugal match looks to be a match that actually looks very tense. I really appreciated Slovenia's defense which was really tight and flawless until the end. Portugal they kept trying to penetrate but yeah it was quite difficult with the quite disciplined defense shown by Slovenia. I think Portugal lacked the courage to make long breakthrough passes. They play too many short passes. And short passes will definitely be difficult to implement if the opponent also closes their defense line. So Portugal can only keep trying and failing.

A very rare moment from Ronaldo also occurred in this match. Where the penalty kick could be read well by the Slovenian goalkeeper. And another moment was that Pepe also made a mistake at the back which made the Slovenian player come face to face with Diego Costa. Luckily Diego Costa managed to stop it. Pepe made a mistake because he must have been tired because after all he is not young anymore and he played the full game there. In fact, I still want to praise Cristiano Ronaldo's stamina for being able to survive until the match ended. That's very difficult for a player who is almost 40 years old and ran the field in 120 minutes. So it is quite natural that he failed to take advantage of the penalty in that match. Because I'm sure his energy has almost been exhausted. So the shot wasn't as strong as usual.