Belgium eliminated Portugal out of Euro 2020 with a 1-0 victory in a Round of 16 match on Sunday in Seville.
Belgium advance to play Italy in the QF next Friday. A 43rd-minute goal from Thorgan Hazard secured the win.
Ronaldo bows out with five goals from four matches and still needs one more to become the all-time international scoring leader.
Portugal will resume action in September for World Cup qualifying. Scroll tweets below for the schedule.
BELGIUM (3-4-2-1): Courtois; Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Vertonghen; Meunier, Tielemans, Witsel, T.Hazard (Dendoncker 90+5); De Bruyne (Mertens 48), E Hazard (Carrasco 87); Lukaku
PORTUGAL (4-3-3): Rui Patrício; Dalot, Pepe, Rúben Dias, Guerreiro; Renato Sanches (Sergio Oliveira 78), Palhinha (Danilo 78), João Moutinho (Bruno 55); Bernardo Silva (Felix 55), Cristiano Ronaldo, Jota (Andre Silva 70)
Scoring: T.Hazard ’42
Raphaël Guerreiro 🇵🇹
“We are all sad because I think we played a good match. The second half was good for us, but we lacked a bit of luck and Belgium have an opportunity and scored. It’s hard to lose like that, but that’s football.”
— PortugueseSoccer.com ⚽️ (@PsoccerCOM) June 27, 2021
Ruben Dias 🇵🇹
“Obviously, it’s hurts to exit, especially after the performance we did, but that’s what football is all about. Regardless of the match you play, one team has to win and the other has to go home.”
— PortugueseSoccer.com ⚽️ (@PsoccerCOM) June 27, 2021
Fernando Santos 🇵🇹
“We are disillusioned and very sad. I have some players crying in the clubhouse. They gave everything. Belgium took 6 shots, made 1. We had 29 and hit the post twice. A defeat is a defeat. I honestly don’t have many words to say right now…”
— PortugueseSoccer.com ⚽️ (@PsoccerCOM) June 27, 2021
Palhinha 🇵🇹
“I think it was the lucky streak that was missing. We created more, especially in the 2nd half. We had a lot more ball than in the first. We created more opportunities, we just had the misfortune of not scoring.”
— PortugueseSoccer.com ⚽️ (@PsoccerCOM) June 27, 2021
Danilo 🇵🇹
“We weren’t expecting to leave at such an early stage. We tried our best to tie this match, as you saw in the final part. We weren’t effective and we were also a bit unlucky with the post.”
— PortugueseSoccer.com ⚽️ (@PsoccerCOM) June 27, 2021
⚽️ WCQ Group A
March 24 🇵🇹 1-0 Azerbaijan
March 27: Serbia 2-2 🇵🇹
March 30: Luxembourg 1-3 🇵🇹
Sept 1: 🇵🇹 x Ireland 19:45
Sept 7: Azerbaijan x 🇵🇹 17:00
Oct 12: 🇵🇹 x Luxembourg 19:45
Nov 11: Ireland x 🇵🇹 19:45
Nov 14: 🇵🇹 x Serbia 19:45 pic.twitter.com/iKsGS5oH5G— PortugueseSoccer.com ⚽️ (@PsoccerCOM) June 27, 2021
📌 The 2021-22 Liga schedule draw will take place on the 8th of July (Thursday) at the Alfândega do Porto starting at 17:30. That night the Liga will also give out their 2020-21 awards. pic.twitter.com/pu6BXLYN66
— PortugueseSoccer.com ⚽️ (@PsoccerCOM) June 27, 2021
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