Thursday, June 30, 2016

Portugal beat Poland on penalties



Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal fought their way to a spot in the European Championship keep going four on Thursday winning a punishment shootout 5-3 against Poland in a strained quarterfinal.

Robert Lewandowski scored his first objective of Euro 2016 inside two minutes in the Marseille conflict before his new Bayern Munich fellow team member, young person Renato Sanches, adjusted with an intensely determined shot. The diversion then experienced additional time halted at 1-1.

Goalkeeper Rui Patricio and Ricardo Quaresma were Portugal's saints in the shootout.

Ronaldo was among the players clench hand pumping when Patricio jumped to one side to spare Jakub Blaszczykowski's agreeable fourth shot for the Poles, who had achieved the quarterfinals interestingly.

Quaresma was next up for Portugal and committed no error terminating high into the net to beat Poland goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

"It damages and it will sting for quite a while," Lewandowski said as Ronaldo praised his new stride toward winning a first significant global trophy with Portugal.

Poland made a rankling begin to the diversion. After scarcely 100 seconds, Kamil Grosicki rushed past Southampton right back Cedric Soares to convey an incredible cross that Lewandowski drove past a thrashing Rui Patricio at his close post.

The Polish striker's first objective of the opposition, subsequent to hitting a record 13 in qualifying, dazed Portugal.

The early objective gave Poland energy, and an insubordinate however marginal block attempt by Grzegorz Krychowiak on Sanches set Arkadiusz Milik up for a 25-yard drive that cruised wide on the quarter hour.

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