Portugal vs Slovenia LIVE! Penalties - Euro 2024 result, match stream, latest updates today
Goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved all three penalties as Portugal won 3-0 in a shootout against a brave Slovenia side who had held them to a 0-0 draw after Cristiano Ronaldo's extra-time miss from the spot in a dramatic Euro 2024 last 16 clash on Monday.
Portugal had the lion's share of the chances but also their goalkeeper to thank for a one-on-one save from Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko as fortunate Portugal stumbled into a quarter-final meeting with France in Hamburg on Friday. Costa saved from Josip Ilicic, Jure Balkovec and Benjamin Verbic in the shootout to send his side into the next round with a performance that lacked spark for the most part.
Ronaldo in particular will come under the spotlight as he wasted several opportunities to go with a penalty miss in extra-time that left him in a flood of tears and needing to be consoled by team mates. Read the game back below with our dedicated match blog!
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CHANCE! Sesko misses another sitter
EXTRA TIME: Underway after goalless 90 mins
CHANCE! Sesko scuffs a sitter
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Incredible drama, and Portugal will face France in the quarter-finals.
You can read our match report here.
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...sends Oblak and wrong way and PORTUGAL ARE THROUGH!
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Portugal just need to score and they are through. Bernardo Silva steps up...
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Verbic has to score... and COSTA SAVES AGAIN!
This is remarkable!
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Fernandes next. He doesn’t miss does he? No. Cool as you like.
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Slovenia already up against it. Costa SAVES AGAIN!
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Ronaldo... SCORES!
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Portugal next and it’s Ronaldo.
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Illic... MISSES!
Costa saves, to his left.
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Slovenia up first.
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Ronaldo needs redemption. Does he go the same way?
I’d just smack it down the middle.
PENALTIES
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121min: We got to penalties.
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120min: Neves with what may be his first touch sends a volley high into the stands.
Penalties look inevitable. One minute added.
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118min: Fernandes tries to find Mendes’ run in from the wing, but Oblak is there to run onto and clutch out of the air.
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117min: Semedo and Ruben Neves are on. Pepe and Cancelo are off.
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116min: Sesko will never get a better chance to score.
SESKO SITTER AGAIN!
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115min: Sesko has to score, again!
Pepe let’s the ball escape him and Sesko has the goal gaping, he just needs to slot it home! But fires at Costa.
That was the moment.
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114min: Slovenia doing brilliantly to stretch the play on the break.
Are we destined for penalties?
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113min: Illic straight into the wall.
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112min: Martinez has been booked for complaining.
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111min: Verbic is tripped on the edge of the area by Jota. A forward’s tackle if ever I’ve seen one.
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109min: I have no idea where this one is going. Slovenia could easily nick this, but it Portugal who are obviously on top.
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108min: Balkovec rightly booked for a nasty late tackle on Ronaldo. The entire Slovenia back four are now booked.
Second half in extra time
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106min: Back underway, so dry your eyes Ronaldo.
Illic on for Elsnik.
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He’s not just crying, he’s sobbing. Floods.
He’s still got 15 minutes to play.
Half-time in extra time
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116min: Ronaldo is crying.
PENALTY SAVED!
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115min: Oblak denies Ronaldo! Incredible!
Full stretch to his right, pushes the ball onto the post.
PENALTY TO PORTUGAL!
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113min: A long, long think from the referee but eventually he points to the spot! Jota takes a tumble under a tackle from Drkušić
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111min: Stankovic booked for a pull on Palhinha.
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110min: Jota with a weak header straight at Oblak.
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99min: It’s interesting to see what Portugal do in extra time. As I said before the game, Slovenia have no pressure on them and they are making more and more of a game as the minutes tick by.
Portugal could find themselves retreating if they do not get a goal soon.
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96min: Corner is initially cleared, but comes back in for some pinball before Stankovic fires wide.
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95min: Oof, Verbic jumps on a loose ball, drives at Portugal and lets fly... seeing his low shot deflect behind.
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93min: Fernandes fancy a go from range but hits the first defender, the ball bounces out to Mendes to bend a cross at the back post but Ronaldo isn’t alert to it.
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92min: No changes from either team during the pause.
Extra time!
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91min: Right then, 30 more minutes of this.
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Both managers have their squads in a huddle. What have Slovenia got in them? They don’t like particularly tired.
End of 90 minutes!
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95min: The delivery comes in... and it’s a waste. We’re heading for extra time!
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94min: Sesko tries to bring the ball down on the edge of the area, but his first touch off his chest is heavy and the chance breaks down.
Straight up the other end, Portugal win a final corner of regulation time...
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93min: Superb from Pepe to shepherd the ball away from Celar inside the area.
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92min: Fernandes getting pelted by plastic cups as he tries to take a corner.
Finally the delivery comes in... it’s straight on Oblak’s head and Ronaldo fouls him.
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91min: Four minutes added on.
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89min: Ronaldo slipped into the box and fires straight at Oblak!
That was a poor finish.
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88min: Delivery is sent in but easily cleared.
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87min: Pepe goes through the back of Sesko. About 40 yards out.
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86min: Change for Slovenia as Verbic replaces Stojanovic.
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83min: Cancelo is sent scampering after an aimless pass from Fernandes.
Portugal looked likely to score two or three in the first half. Bar that Ronaldo free kick, Oblak hasn’t broken into a sweat.
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80min: Into the final 10 minutes. Fernandes is so busy in the centre, but those ahead of him are just running into trouble time and again.
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77min: Fantastic run from Mendes from left-back, who gets into the area and then looks for Ronaldo at the far post.
Slovenia half-clear before Portugal win it back and send in another cross, which bounces out of play as Conceicao throws himself to the floor.
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76min: Jota has not made any sort of impact since coming on, not in a positive way, anyway. Poor touches and decision-making.
Conceicao is on for Leao, who looks frustrated at that decision.
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74min: Double change for Slovenia.
Mlakar and Sporar are off, Celar and Stankovic are on.
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72min: It takes him a minute to line it up... and he fizzes it five yards over the bar. Probably worth giving someone else a go, Ronnie?
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71min: Cancelo does well to get to the byline and send in another low cross, and again Slovenia hook it clear... until the give away a foul around 30 yards out.
Ronaldo’s eyes light up.
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69min: A bit of extended, more patient bit of possession for Portugal as the prod and probe their opponents.
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66min: Ronaldo dribbles straight into the back of a Slovenia defender after pushing the ball past him. It’s a common trick the Portuguese players are doing and not once has the referee fallen for it.
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65min: First change for Portugal as Vitinha is replaced by Jota.
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64min: Slovenia doing so well to hold firm against this Portugal attack, who are just buzzing around them.
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62min: Oh, Sesko! He had to score! He had to!
He faces up to Pepe and has the pace to beat him, but Pepe shows all of his 41 years to hold off the striker and force him into a scuffed shot.
You feel that was the moment.
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59min: Cancelo wins a corner, the ball is sent in and it again falls to Vitinha who produces his best Ronaldo impression by just thumping the ball into a crowd of players and hopes. Nothing doing.
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58min: Almost genius from Fernandes, producing a disguised flick to set up Vitinha inside the area but Slovenia crowd him out.
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55min: It’s a ROCKET from Ronaldo, thumps the free kick past the wall and straight down Oblak’s throat.
Good, strong save from the Atleti keeper.
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54min: Cancelo has the door shut in his face as his tries to duck into the area. Referee say no foul, but then Slovenia give away one almost immediately.
Ronaldo fancies it...
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52min: Stojanovic and Ronaldo clash, and not for the first time. An interesting battle there.
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48min: Slower start to this half - wasn’t hard, to be fair - as Elsnik aims a weak volley at Costa from a Slovenia corner.
Second half!
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46min: Back underway.
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Here come the teams.
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Ronaldo still hasn’t score in this tournament, despite both his and his team-mates’ efforts.
He can’t keep fluffing his lines, surely?
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Wave after wave for Portugal attacks failed to produce a breakthrough, and Slovenia grew into the game as half-time approached.More of the same after the break, please.
Half-time!
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48min: There’s the whistle. That half flew by.
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47min: Slovenia are seeing this out fairly comfortably.
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46min: Two minutes added on.
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44min: Lovely effort from distance from Sesko, such a clean effort from about 30 yards but straight down Costa’s throat.
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42min: The pace has just increased and increased as the half wore on. Will Portugal get their breakthrough before half-time?
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40min: Straight up the other end, Sporar looked destined to sweep home after a fantastic break but Portugal just about boot behind for a corner.
He was winding up for a shot!
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39min: Ronaldo again with a free kick, on the angle... and drill it 20 yards wide.
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37min: Well, that’s one way to stop an attack! Karnicnik just slaps the ball away from Leao.
It’s wave after wave.
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36min: Ronaldo could have had a hat-trick tonight!
This time he gets a header completely wrong when it looked easier to nod home.
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34min: This looks very close for Ronaldo to get over the wall... he’s going for it and absolutely hammers it a whisker over the bar!
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33min: Breathless stuff, this. Now Leao charges at the Slovenia defence, tries to skip past Drkusic but gets tripped for his troubles.
Drkusic is booked. This is Ronaldo territory.
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32min: Chance! Ronaldo leaps to meet Cancelo’s dinked cross and Drkusic’s does brilliantly to put the forward off.
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31min: Almost a beautiful opening for Portugal as Fernandes brings an arrowed cross down on his chest, but there’s a little bit too much spice on the ball as Slovenia can clear.
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28min: Leao tries to win a foul off of Elsnik but the referee isn’t having it. Tells him to get up and awards a throw in to Slovenia.
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27min: Fernandes tries to break down the right but is so hesitant to sling in a cross as the ball is just bobbling up in front of him while dribbling. The pitch is not good.
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25min: Fernandes carves open a space and sends a half-volley at goal, but the offside flag is up.
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23min: Nuno Mendes is in the wars again, hitting the deck after a collision with Sporar near the edge of the Portugal box.
He gets up again, but a bit slower this time.
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20min: Pause in play as Nuno Mendes down, having appeared to tweak his ankle. He should be fine to continue.
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18min: Sporar, that is shameful. The Slovenia forward tries to hold up the ball inside the Portugal area but when it looks like he is going to lose it just throws himself to the floor.
It’s a clear dive, but no booking.
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16min: Ronaldo again the target in the box - when is he not? - and this time he takes a tumble as the Portugal fans scream for a penalty. The referee is not interested, and I don’t blame him. Nothing in that.
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14min: Portugal are getting closer!
Bernardo this time the one to whip in the cross, which is three inches above Ronaldo’s head and two inches out of Fernandes’ reach.
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11min: Another corner, another directed at Pepe, another which Pepe gets on the end of, but another which Slovenia just about hack clear.
Frantic start.
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8min: Oh, Ronaldo!
Leao slips in the former great, but tries to take the pass in his stride and into the area, but slips as he tries to control and the move breaks down.
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7min: Portugal win a free kick, around 40 yards out near the touchline. Fernandes on set-piece duty to float towards the far post, which Pepe does superbly to hook back into play but the goalkeeper claims.
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5min: Corner comes in, the delivery falls to Dias to fires at goal but it fizzes wide.
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4min: Up the other end, Fernandes whips in a superb early cross towards Leao at the far post but Slovakia clear for a corner.
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2min: Slovenia try to lift the ball into the Portugal box early on, but it’s hooked away by Gomes. Good early pressing.
Kick-off!
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1min: Up and running!
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Both national anthems belted out under the roof in Frankfurt.
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Here they come!
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The teams are in the tunnel. Not long to go.
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Final prep done. The teams are back in their dressing rooms.
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