Whoever looks at the final stand in the Group F, and sees that France, Portugal and Germany are through to the next round without actually watching tonight’s games, will think that it was logical that Hungary should be eliminated from this group. But actually, tonight’s games were more than dramatic, and Hungary were six minutes away from the second round, while the Germans were looking at the abyss. It was Bayern’s Leon Goretzka who saved the three time European Champions from embarrassment when he scored in the 84th minute to secure a 2-2 draw. France and Portugal also drew 2-2 in the other game, where we saw three penalties, two of which were for Portugal and were converted by Ronaldo.Goretzka trifft – Deutschland plötzlich Zweiter, Ungarn als Vierter raus. #EURO2020 #GERHUN pic.twitter.com/YZ6nSSoDEn— Sportschau (@sportschau) June 23, 2021 Germans faced an organized Hungary, who showed that a draw with France was not a fluke, as Szalai scored in the heart of Munich for 0-1 in the 11th minute. 55 minutes passed before the Germans equalized, only after a mistake by Hungary keeper which Havertz used to equalize. But in the first attack after the goal, Hungarians shocked Munich again – 1-2. It was Leon Goretzka with a precise shot in the bottom right corner who saved his coach and teammates from a big embarrassment, but the Germans must play much, much better against England at Wembley.Portugal manager Fernando Santos made a brave and wise decision to leave Bruno Fernandes on the bench and bring in Renato Sanches for the France match. Manchester’s midfielder was playing bad throughout the tournament and Lille player replaced him and was the best player on the pitch in the first 45 minutes. First half was all about Portugal. Apart from Pogba’s chance in the 16th minute, the current World Champions showed nothing. Portugal was attacking, Sanches was controlling the midfield, and as a result, the offical hosts took an advantage when France keeper Lloris came off his line, missed the coming ball and hit Danilo in the head. Ronaldo was accurate, and finally scored in a game with France for the lead.20 – Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first European player in World Cup and European Championship history to score a combined 20 goals across the two competitions. Greatest. #POR #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/UX7rWGZMyJ— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 23, 2021 Out of nothing, France equalized at the end of the half. Again, it was a penalty, but this time it was Mbappe who was brought down just inside the box and Karim Benzema finally scored for the Blues and equalized. Just as the second half started, the Real forward scored again. Pogba played a beautifully weighted pass in behind for Benzema, who finished into the far corner, and VAR confirmed it was not an offside. But, just minutes after that, Ronaldo wanted to cross the ball from the byline, but Kounde held his hand too high – another penalty and another Cristiano goal.In the end, a huge amount of luck for the Germans, who ended as a second team in the group and will face England at Wembley in a huge derby, while France will play in Bucharest against Switzerland. Portugal will continue their quest for the second EURO title in a row with a knockout game against a big favorite Belgium.EURO 2020 Group FGermany – Hungary 2-2 (0-1)/Havertz 66, Goretzka 84 – Szalai 11, Schafer 68/Portugal – France 2-2 (1-1)/Ronaldo 31(p), 58(p) – Benzema 45+2 (p), 47/
