😔 Belgium had pretty bad luck with the flow
Belgium finished first in their group with 3 wins and yet will potentially play from now on with top teams until the final such as Italy, France, or Spain after their match with Portugal if, however, they manage to eliminate the sailors. We dare say that it is the red devils who have the hardest lot. However, they will be in full glory against Portugal, because a large part of the stars rested against Finland, and de Bruyne, Witsel, and Hazard, for example, who played, were not starters in the first match with Russia.
⏩ Portugal deserved this place
The Portuguese are in the same situation as Belgium, of course, but they still finished 3rd in their group and can have no claims in this regard, because virtually all other third teams are currently outsiders in their matches in the quarterfinals. What we see from Portugal are problems in defense, and such a thing is not typical for them. It is as if the same mistakes are repeated. This team conceded 6 goals in its matches against Germany and France.
These are goal teams
It is clear that not everything in Portugal is flowers and roses. Although 5 years ago they won the tournament by not shining again, then we could have distinguished them with an iron defense at least, and now this is not the case and we think that this is one of the main differences. We know very well that Belgium are goal machines and an extremely constant team, so it seems very unlikely that they will not score in the match, but because of the goal power of the Portuguese and especially Ronaldo, as well as the fact that Belgium’s weak link is the defense, we choose to predict here BTTS at 1.72.






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