Round of 16 of the 2020 European Championships: Portugal holders Belgium | Euro2020 News

Portugal have tough tests to maintain the crown, with the Netherlands against the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals.

No.: La Cartuja Stadium, Seville
When: Sunday, June 27th
Shot: 19:00 GMT

Cristiano Ronaldo could set the world record for the world title when Portugal face Portugal in first place in Belgium in the last 16 of the 2020 European Championships.

Ronaldo has equaled Iran’s Ali Daei’s 109-goal mark so far with five goals in the tournament and will be hungry for more in Seville to help the team in the quarter-finals.

Portugal coach Fernando Santos has lamented that his players have two fewer days off than Belgium, but said they will be ready when the hot conditions in southern Spain are expected.

The Belgian golden generation finally wants the title after finishing third in the 2018 World Cup, and has also had super striker Romelu Lukakun, the Serie A Inter Milan champion.

His level of play seems to have risen since he arrived at Inter in 2019 and the 28-year-old was full of praise for Jan Vertongh.

“I’ve known him since he was 16 … The way he’s developed from being a fast and fast kid to being one of the best strikers in the world is one of the best things I’ve seen in my career,” Vertongh’s defender said. reporters.

Both teams will cut their work in the final on July 11 at Wembley with Italy, who beat Austria on Saturday, and opponents of the next two rounds of world champions France or Spain if they reach beyond the last 16.

The Dutch aim to “win”

No.: Puskas Arena, Budapest
When: Sunday, June 27th
Shot: 16:00 GMT

Netherlands coach Frank de Boer, meanwhile, is set to win all things, as his jeweled “Oranje” will play against the Czech Republic at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on Sunday in the first sixteen finals.

The Dutchman walked through Group C, winning three games in Amsterdam and scoring eight goals in the process, and de Boer was not ashamed to say that he was going to reach and win the Wembley final.

“Our goal is not only to reach the final but also to win, that’s the goal, and then the tournament will be a success for us,” Boer said before the fight in Budapest.

“You don’t become an easy European champion but I think we have the quality to do that.”

The Czechs may be without captain Vladimir Darida after the midfielder received an unspecified blow in training on Friday.

The Czechs had to postpone their flight to Budapest due to a technical error at the door of the plane, which forced them to train in Prague on Saturday, before moving to Hungary to play at the Puskas Arena in Hungary.