In the early morning of today, England drew 1-1 with Switzerland in the European Cup quarter-finals after 120 minutes, and eliminated their opponents 5-3 in a penalty shootout. They will face the Netherlands in the semi-finals. After the game, media personality Yang Yang also posted on his personal social media, saying that England is following Portugal’s winning script this year.
Yang Yang wrote: England is following the 2016 Portuguese script in the knockout rounds, first extra time, then penalties, then beating the Netherlands in the next 90 minutes? Bellingham or Foden will cry with an injury in the final, and Gordon or Palmer will score a winning goal in extra time against France?
In the 2016 European Cup, Portugal beat Croatia 1-0 after extra time in the round of 16, eliminated Poland in a penalty shootout in the quarter-finals, mirroring England’s current path to advancement. Portugal went on to defeat Wales 2-0 in the semi-finals and won the cup by defeating France 1-0 with a goal from Eder in extra time in the final. It remains to be seen whether England can replicate Portugal’s winning journey this year?
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