UEFA Euro 2024, Portugal vs France Highlights: FRA reign supreme in shootout drama vs POR, reach semi-finals

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Leao surges down the left again, goes to the byline and then puts in a low cross. Maignan goes low to grab it at the near post.

POR 0-0 FRA, 30:36'

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Wasteful from Griezmann as he shoots and it hits a defender. Poor decision, he should have passed it as it was a quick break!

POR 0-0 FRA, 27:36'

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Portugal counter and Leao puts in a dipping cross but France manage to clear it out. Portugal regain possession again.

POR 0-0 FRA, 17:50'

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: A backheel nutmeg by Leao and Mendes latches onto the ball, but a poor cross sees it go for a goal-kick, Ronaldo is fuming!

POR 0-0 FRA, 11:48'

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Portugal are spraying the ball around, but nothing more than that. France need to find their tempo soon, other again, they could be left to rely on Mbappe magic.

POR 0-0 FRA, 8:41'

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Both teams are trying to battle for supremacy as France clear out a dangerous ball. Portugal regain possession again and poke at the French defence!

POR 0-0 FRA, 4:01'

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: France get the first-half underway in this blockbuster showdown! The action begins!

POR 0-0 FRA

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Time for national anthems as both teams enter the field! Ronaldo leads Portugal! Focus on Mbappe for France.

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Stay tuned folks! The match is set to begin at 12:30 AM IST!

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Tennis star ONs Jabeur revealed she was crying when Ronaldo missed his penalty. She said, "I was watching Portugal last time (on Monday). When Cristiano missed the penalty, I was crying with him because I love him so much."

"The emotion of the sport, it’s unbelievable. What I love the most is the crowd, they really were supporting him, how strong mentally he is after missing the penalty and then scoring again is unbelievable," she added.

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: France: Mike Maignan; Jules Kounde, William Saliba, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez; N'Golo Kante, Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga; Antoine Griezmann, Randal Kolo Muani, Kylian Mbappe (c)

Portugal: Diogo Costa; Joao Cancelo, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Nuno Mendes; Joao Palhinha, Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha; Bernardo Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo (c), Rafael Leao

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: France have only lost one of their previous 14 matches vs Portugal (won 11, draw 2). Their only defeat came in the Euro 2016 final, which they lost 0-1!

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Speaking in a press conference, Mbappe said, "The Euros are always a tight race, it's always a very difficult competition for us. Now you’ve only got huge teams left competing, and you need to be on top of every little detail, be it upfront or defending. During our training sessions, there were improvements, we were working on our finishing and our intensity. We worked as best we could with the time that we had. But we're ready and raring to go for tomorrow."

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Speaking in a press conference, Mbappe said, "It's an honour to play against him, everyone knows the admiration I have for the player. We are in contact. He asks me about what's going on in my life and he gives me tips and it's an honour for me, especially when you think about what he's done for the footballing world."

"He’s one of a kind... there will never be another Cristiano Ronaldo. He has shaped football. He inspires and has inspired generations. He has scored goals, he's won cups, his CV speaks for itself.

"So total respect for him but I hope that tomorrow he will be not as happy because I hope that it'll be us going to the semi-finals," he added.

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Speaking ahead of the match, Silva said, "We're humans and he felt emotional when he missed a penalty. It's acceptable, isn’t it? Sometimes you react in ways you don’t expect... he felt he could have done better in that moment."

"He cries for a bit, which is how humans deal with emotions sometimes. So I don’t see any reason for people to discuss about it, but obviously people will, because that’s the business," he added.

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: This is going to be Portugal's seventh appearance in the quarterfinal of Euros, the most of any side since the round was introduced in 1996. They have progressed from four of their previous six, failing vs Czech Republic in 1996 and Germany in 2008.

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Speaking ahead of the match, Deschamps said, "I know their coach Roberto Martinez likes to shake up his formation; sometimes it's three at the back, sometimes he throws in that extra defender. If you have any inside information you can share, I'm all ears."

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: France players haven't scored a single goal from open play in their last five games. Their three goals at Euro 2024, has been two own goals and one penalty. Not since a run of five matches between March and September 2013, have they seen their players fail to score from open play in as many games.

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarterfinals, Portugal vs France Live Score: Hello and welcome everyone, to our live coverage of the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final clash between Portugal and France. Stay tuned folks! It is going to be a thriller!