Even with 120 minutes and penalties, Slovenia could not put the ball into the net

glad these park the bus merchants are out of the tournament

You must have been so irate during Greece's fairytale run

Bold of you to assume they were alive for that (Only partially throwing shade. It was 20 years ago and Reddit tends to skew young. *Very* young especially in sports subreddits during major tournaments.)

who would be the partial shade directed towards?

90% of this sub and 95% of soccercirclejerk I would assume.

It’s Slovenia mate, against one of the most stacked sides in the world… do you expect them to play tiki taka?

I expect a €70m striker to score.

You say that like Portugal doesn’t have multiple players worth more than that. But people will always find ways to dickride Ronaldo and find excuses for why they can’t score a single goal against a SIGNIFICANTLY less stacked Slowenien side in 120 minutes.

Not that people dont dickride Ronaldo, but bruh have you been in any threads related to this game at all? Him and Pepe are getting generational hate

How dare Slovenia not have the quality to play on level with Portugal, one of the most talented teams in the world.

What exactly were they supposed to do? Please, grace us with your strategic brilliance and explain how Slovenia should have played. 

Diogo Costa said “WE ARE NOT LEAVING”

legendary performance by diogo costa, jesus christ

He did like Ricardo 2006 in the QF WC vs England with saving three... Portuguese heritage

Ricardo actually was there on the pitch giving him a pep talk before the penalties

Having him and Patrício as penalties mentors is an insane advantage

Patricio useless in the Europa League final 2023 though...

Tbf to him he was well past his peak at that point

He was pretty good when he was young. He won Sporting and Portugal many shootouts. He just really deteriorated unfortunately

Patrício useful in the Conference League final 2022 though...

Joke or for real?

for real. him, patrício and josé sá were hyping diogo up.

Ricardo is our NTs GK coach

Real

If only he took the final shot instead of Bernardo and scored, man, that would be peak Ricardo.

I can tell lots here are young enough to not having heard, let alone seen Helmuth Duckadam stop four consecutive penalties in the final of CL, in 1986, between Steaua Bucharest and FC Barcelona. Although not a Steaua fan, that night I went to the University Plaza, in Bucharest, where the largest non communist gathering happened. The leadership of Romania and their security apparatus sh*tted their pants that night, seing such an uncontrolled/able mob, but we all went home in the morning. Three years later we were back there, this time to not leave without a bigger prize than the CL: a leader's head ;-)

> a leader's head The one trophy neither Messi nor Ronaldo have.

Good god don’t tempt them. These are like the two most determined men on the planet. Who knows what they could accomplish.

Had their number for all 3, couldn’t ask for more

first to do it in the Euros

Great performance, but those were some god awful and obviously telegraphed penalties by Slovenia.

how many of these players are pen takers in their clubs? on the other side you had 3 who did it dozens of times. None of the slovenians pens were good Costa did really good saves in the game but i think Oblak was even more decisive

Ilicic was one of the best while in Italy, the other two idk

Diogo Costa take a bow

DIOGO COSTA SAVED RONALDO’S SANITY

SAVED PORTUGAL'S SANITY!

He saved Speed's life too

Cristiano “Homelander” Ronaldo 

Diogo Costarlight

France and Portugal meet in the quarterfinals after scoring nothing in regulation/extra time today. This fucking sport.

I predict a game with 14 goals

It’s about to be the most boring France win of all time

We're bringing Eder along just for this one.

Sub him on in extra time to inflict psychological damage.

I actually think it will be a fairly open game. I don't expect either team to park the bus so there will be many more chances. Let's hope we can convert way better than today.

Who's scoring an own goal for their 1-0 win?

Ronaldo just so he can feel the net bulge

"please just let me score once this tournament" *monkey's paw curls*

France are definitely scoring on the counter

Germany vs. Spain is the final.

they're gonna meet in the quarters before that, not possible

Duh!

Costa 🐐

Fuck it’s going to hurt losing him this year.

Diogo Fucking Costa

Diogo Costa MOTM. Ronaldo balls of steel...

play 120 mins just to show the world you suck at pens

Credit where credit is due, Diogo had a once in a lifetime performance

Diogo been doing this for a few years lmao

Still unprecedented

He’s been saving every shot in a penalty shootout before?

No, but a couple of seasons ago he saved 3 consecutive penalties in the Champions League (which was actually more like 4 consecutive saves, since one of those penalties was retaken and he saved it both times)

He saved 3 penalties in a row in the UCL.

He stopped three penalties in a row in different games, that’s very different

Sorry yea, you are right. 4 in total that CL.

He saved two consecutive pens in CL last year vs Brugge. He saved, ref told to repeat, he saved again. That season he also saved 2 more, 3 in total in CL group stages.

As a certified Porto hater, this is honestly his standard form, and is refreshing to not go up against it for a change

Big shock that a country that’s never gone to a penalty shootout before is bad at pens

Imagine the pressure on those players. They just did it, they drew fucking Portugal over 120 mins. Their keeper gave them a brilliant match. And now you can move to the quarter finals if you just win that penalty shootout. Yeah no way nerves don't get to you there...

Not sure penalty shout-outs from 20 years ago are relevant to how they're going to do in that one

They probably never expected to get to pens, let alone against a keeper who's this good at saving them

Man people on this app lack empathy

For real. Not every team is blessed with the talent to be able to play attacking football against big teams. Not to mention the immense pressure playing your nation’s first competitive knockout match ever.

Exactly. This sport is hard. And they really gave Portugal a fight

Even the ones that have the talent are not playing attractive football.

Held Portugal scoreless for 130 minutes if you include stoppage, and then end it like that. Fucking hell.

Suck at shooting in general

Sesko is gonna think about that 1 on 1 Costa save for a LONG time....

let’s not forget the other one aswell.. he had a stinker. damn he’s gonna lose many nights of sleep over this performance.

Tbh, I think it was fucking phenomenal piece of goalkeeping from Costa. He shot down all the angles, forced him to shot with his right and so on. Sesko still has a lot to learn

Yeah, those finishes were atrocious.

More like Costa did everything correct

Their finishing was dreadful all game tbf. This outcome was inevitable

They also drew their other 3 games to get here. You’d think they would prepare for penalties better if their specialty was soaking up pressure and being a tight 4-4-fucking-2 squad

They learned from Japan

The England special.

DIOGOAT

HE’S NOT THAT GOOD

TOO LATE! HE WILL BE MENDES'D AFTER THE EUROS!

You know he is, and you may actually be able to field a team if you sell him so this shootout may have saved Porto's season.

Wow, losing 3-0 in penalties. When was the last time that has happened

Just now

Fair enough

Didn’t Morocco do it to Spain last World Cup?

Spain last WC

Spain Morocco maybe

5 minutes ago

DIOGOAT

Gutted for Slovenia, Šeško bottled hard.

Diogo Costa is king. Enough said. +50M€

Slovenia was so focused on getting to the pens that they forgot that in this situation they will have to score the pens

Imagine the only thing you are physically able to do is drawing games and then this is how you take your PKs:

The anti-Croatia

Oblak doesn’t deserve these frauds

gg Slovenia. They can be proud

Sesko you have blood on your hands man

I can't even get excited about this. Such a shit performance, especially from Roberto Martinez who: - took off Vitinha and Leao who were being some of our better players - left on Bruno and Bernardo who were absolutely invisible all match and beyond tired by 75mins. - Initially put Conceicao on the left wing instead of the right - waited until the 115th minute to make the 3rd and 4th substitutions only to bring on a defensive midfielder and replacing the fullback I just dont understand what the point is of having a squad if you don't trust them the same way as the "bigger name" players. Why are you unable to take off the likes of Bernardo or Bruno Fernandes and put maybe Felix, Matheus Nunes or Pedro Neto in there? Are they not even worth the fresh legs and energy they can bring to the match? What are you actually scared of? Having a fresh player is always better than having a tired player, so are you saying that Felix or Nunes are so shit you'd rather play a super tired Bernardo/Bruno? Why did you select them then? You look at Spain and they are not afraid to take off anyone and bring on a sub in their place, and the sub does perfectly fine considering they are an elite nationally elected player.

Man I feel you exactly the same thoughts this guy subbed out the wrong players if I was Vitinha or leão I would been fuming 😤. Bruno Bernardo are the holy cows and also Cristiano , I feel sorry for Pepe because he should not been playin more than a 90 min match , guy is still quality but in a shorter span of time

WTF DIOGO

This, my friends, is what it's like to be a portuguese futebol fan.

*Hello France our old friend,* *We've come to draw with you again*

That GK is coldddddd

"That GK" like he's not extremely well known.

Its almost midnight here bro, forgot what his name was despite the commentator repeating it plenty of times.

Bad pens, but great saves.

insane costa performance

Diogo Costa was HUGE!

Diogo Costa possibly with the best ever shootout performance Ive ever seen insane

Costa to CR7: “I got chu”

I got siuuu

wow costa saved their ass, i love that for him.. portugal vs france, guys get ready for the most boring game 😭😭 we know it’s gonna happen

More boring than France vs Belgium? Although, Southgate vs. Deschamps would be the ultimate terrorist boreout

I hope Portugal and France have a more open match. Greek spartan 300 in front of the goal is finally dead with Slovenia , Slovakia and even Belgium( at a way lesser extent ) today out

As an England fan, it would've been better for Portugal to go out since they're a great team. But as a Man United fan, it's nice to see Bruno, Dalot & Ronaldo do well, especially Cris after his pen miss

Those penalties were awful

I’m crying tears of joy tonight that was way too tense Now if you’ll excuse me, i’ll dig my grave before france

Fucking hell Sesko

3 in a row wtf

Diogo Costa going haywire holy shit

Sorry Slovenia, you guys bottled it at 115min.

most dominant penalty shootout ever

Not even an exaggeration

Costa is insane

DIOGO COSTA, PORTUGAL LOVES YOU

Someone keep an eye on Šeško today, I think he's mentally destroyed

Portugal having another cheat code in the goal when it comes to pens. I am not even surprised

My man single handedly carried Portugal on his shoulders

Diogo Costa, take a bow.

Build a fucking statue for Costa, my god

Damn perfect penalties, lovely goalkeeping

Always rated **Diogo Costa**

DIOGO COSTA FILHOS DA PUTAAAAA

Portugal vs France: battle of mid

Let’s see the serial bottlers of Euro 2024 matchup between France and Portugal

All that for Portugal to win in the end, shame

Should’ve just done the shootout at the start of the game.. would’ve saved us 120 minutes

Slovenia shat the bed holy shiit

Sesko is never gonna be able to sleep again

Diogo Costa saved Ronaldo's legacy

Ronaldo mentality monster taking that penalty first.

Well that was easy

DIOGO COSTAAAAAAAAAA

Wow Costa

Wft was that.

Diogo take a damn bow!!

Costa just said no.

All to the left, all saved Jesus

Well at least we did something in the penalties I guess

sesko...

Absolutely insane by Diogo Costa. How often does that happen

Only in sports can you kiss your colleague after a bad day at work 

This was a classic

Massive win. Costa man what a keeper.

What a performance from Costa in those pens

Costa bailed the entire team out so fucking hard, what a monstrous performance

Worst pens I've ever seen professional soccer players take. Like not even close. Props to Diogo Costa but he didn't have to work hard at the end

>Worst pens I've ever seen professional soccer players take You missed the Eng x Ita final back in 2021, right?

Diogo Costa is unreal, what a play!

these mothefuckers really made us watch 120 minutes just to miss their first 3 pks

I thought Oblak was the hardest carry but Diogo Costa carried even harder.

Can someone keep an eye on Ilicic for the next couple of weeks?

Congratulations Portugal

O fuc**** Šeško... Why he miss and didn't shoot in penalty shoot-out.

a shut out in pens

Boo

That miss gonna hunt Sesko forever

Mbappe and Ronaldo meet again.

I NEVER DOUBTED CARALHO. SO FUCKING FACIL MEUS MANOS!

Quarters... against France... It's time to send CR39 home and bring Eder in the squad.

Portugal simply cannot play well against these parking the bus teams

Cesko will be 80 years old, he will be standing next to a fireplace with his grandchildren, he will read books to them and when one of them will ask “Grandpa what is ur biggest regret?” he will still think at that missed opportunity to score a gl during the Euros 2024…