The Group of the death of the Eurocopa had a decision to the height of the quality of its contenders. Portugal and France signed a draw in a fast-paced match, in which Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema each signed doubles. Both players led their respective teams, which are classified first, in the case of the Gauls, and third, by Portugal. Germany , who were eliminated for many minutes, came back against Hungary and passed second, after their draw at two in Munich .
Portugal played it against the great favorite for the title, in a duel between the candidate and the current champion that was expected to be spectacular and did not disappoint. The give and take of the Puskas Arena in Budapest was spiced up by the surprise of Hungary in Munich , which left Germany out of the European Championship bombshell. Fast-paced, unexpected, and packed with quality. Wednesday night was even better than the previous day, and the average fan had a great time with the constant cabals between three of the best teams in Europe and a Cinderella willing to give a lot of war, no matter who falls.
In Portugal-France , the reunion between Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema took the covers, and not only because of the appointment between the pair that brought so many joys to Real Madrid. The French ’19’, back to the French team, had not hit the key in the two opening games, but against Portugal, although he was not brilliant as usual in the game, he did find the way to the goal up to two occasions, pondering like no other player in the Deschamps team so far in the European Championship .
Cristiano , for his part, did not want to be left behind, and with two separate penalties, the second caused by him in an action with Koundé , he showed that he is still the best scorer on the planet and also in the Eurocup, whose top scorers place with five points. Ronaldo and Benzema, Benzema and Ronaldo . So friendly, as they demonstrated with repeated gestures of affection, and so voracious to try to harm the opposing team.
Germany passes second miraculously
At the Allianz Arena , hometown Germany was on the ropes and virtually eliminated for many minutes. Specifically, between the first Hungarian goal, from Szalai to a pass from Sallai, until Goretzka’s draw at 2 after the 80th minute, and with the very short time between the 1-1 of Havertz, in the 66, and the 1- Schafer’s 2 a minute later. Finally, the stripes and the previous results were imposed and despite the threat of attack, the Teutons are still alive and like the other two greats, with options to proclaim themselves European champions.
