Poland vs. Portugal – PREDICTION & PREVIEW

After they passed the luck in the previous round by Switzerland and Croatia, the two selected, Poland and Portugal will meet in the quarterfinals of the European Championship in France. The only team that managed the qualification in the quarterfinals after kicks from 11 meters was Poland and Portugal have qualified with a goal scored in 117 minutes by Quaresma. Last duel between these two teams was ended with a goalless draw and it was a friendly match played in Warsaw 4 years ago. They met in the qualifiers for Euro 2008, the Poles won 2-1 at home, while in Portugal the score was 2-2.

Portugal not convinced the first matches of the Euro, but qualified with a total of 3 points after three draws with Hungary, Iceland and Austria, which were superior to the band. We might call the optimum lucky victory against Croatia: Vida passed scored three times, while the Portuguese had no clear opportunity to empty. Ronaldo – the Portuguese center of the universe, without which the team would work at all – pulled from inside the box in overtime, Subasic rejected in front of the goal where Quaresma scored with ease.

Polish camp things are a little different. Nawałka’s band were excellent almost seven innings in the tournament final. Once the groups have not received any of the world champions naked Poles met Switzerland in eighths. In the first part clearly dominated, with a particular speed in the game brought in dense rows in front of the goal and the ball went in cabins with 1-0, even if they score at least 3 times. The second half was totally different, with the Swiss on a roll: crammed in his own penalty area, the Poles escaped cheap action opponents, who twice hit the post. Shaqiri equalized eventually after scissors exceptional – from the edge careuluri! – And the game went into extra time and then to penalties, where Poland was qualified without failure.

Time travel at the European Championship quarterfinal confrontation: two teams last met in a match official in September 2007 gr. For European of the year that was. The duel ended 2-2 in Portugal after a tour in Warsaw Poland won, 2-1, and the Poles finished first in the group with 28 points, one in front of the Lusitania. Over time, Portugal and Poland met 9 times: three wins Poland, Portugal three and three matches ended in a draw.

We believe Nawałka noticed the mistakes made by his players in the second half with Switzerland, when they failed to maintain the tempo and ceded land. We expect the same game fad of the Lusitania, based only on a few flashes players.

Quarterfinals will be played on Stade Vélodrome in Marseille with a capacity of 67 394 between Poland and Portugal. Poland went ahead of the group with two wins and a draw without a goal conceded, then in Switzerland optimal passed through penalty shootout. The world has great expectations from him Lewandowski is perhaps the most valuable player in the National but failed to score so far, can break the ice with a hat-trick tomorrow. Portugal has an interesting statistic so far in the tournament, namely not won any match in regular time 3-3 Hungary 0-0 Austria 1-1 Iceland, Croatia won 0-0 in overtime by the following Quaresma’s goal . It is obvious that Ronaldo & co need a performance well above that shown against Croatia, three times winner of the balloon have not hit the gate in optimum space is a great shame. The strength of Poland is farad oar and can defend what has been demonstrated in the match with Germany finishing tied 0-0, the first goal only to Switzerland in optimal. I expect a balanced duel possible scenario as Croatia-Portugal.