In the early morning of July 6th, France defeated Portugal 5-3 on penalties in the European Championship quarter-finals. Following this match, France continues its extraordinary record of advancing in this tournament solely through own goals and penalties.
So far in this European Championship, France has officially scored 3 goals, with 2 officially recorded as own goals by opponents, and the remaining goal a penalty scored by Mbappé in the group stage. France has yet to score a goal from open play.
However, defensively, France has faithfully adhered to the motto “defence wins championships,” keeping clean sheets in 5 matches against Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Portugal. They only conceded a goal from a penalty by Poland’s star player, Lewandowski.
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