Eden Hazard and Cristiano Ronaldo, the captains of Belgium and Portugal, monopolized the prominence in the previous one of a great game that measured them face to face for the first time. However, the party's spotlights were taken away Thorgan, one of the younger brothers of Eden, scorer of the goal that puts Belgium in the quarterfinals of the Eurocup, where Italy awaits you.
After a career in the shadow of his older brother, Thorgan lived his night of glory in The Cartuja of Seville, also chosen best of the match. The Dortmund player acted as a lane on the same shore as Eden, sealing his band against the Portuguese onslaught and lavishing himself with danger in attack. At the edge of the break, he took down near the balcony of the Portugal area to connect a powerful shot with an effect that surprised Rui Patricio, not very skilled at guessing a poisonous trajectory.
In the second half, Hazard took the reins of his team due to the injury of Kevin De Bruyne and it was subjected to the harshness of Portugal. His tendency to protect the ball with his body to wait for the movement of his markers has already played tricks on him and the Portuguese punished his battered ankle on several occasions. Despite the sticks, he never hid, but ended up melted and with pain in the back of the thigh. “For me he has been the man of the match: he has defended, he has saved the ball, he has turned the rivals around …”, he pointed out Thorgan about his brother's performance.
On the other side, Cristiano Ronaldo commanded the sterile comeback attempt of the reigning champion, eliminated due to her poor aim and because Courtois it was a wall in the Belgian goal. The Juventus player started from nine and in the first half only had the chance to score on the launch of a free-kick that skillfully deflected Courtois. In the second part it improved Portugal with the inputs of Bruno
Fernandes and of Joao Felix for some missing Bernard Y Moutinho and the Portuguese captain was better surrounded. Bordered on the left after the entrance of André Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo He preferred to get away from the centrals instead of charging the area. One of her hairdos almost got her into Silva, but Portugal ended up dying on the shore.
In a match where everyone expected the duel between Eden Hazard Y Cristiano Ronald
or, the star ended up being Thorgan.