Hello and welcome to this MARCA in English live blog where we will be taking you through the Euro 2024 quarterfinal clash between Portugal and France.
Roberto Martinez's men needed penalties to get past Slovenia. Cristiano Ronaldo saw a penalty saved by Jan Oblak in extra time, with Diogo Costa eventually carrying the Portuguese to victory by becoming the first goalkeeper to save three penalties in a European Championship shootout.
As for France, Didier Deschamps' men found a way past Belgium despite a somewhat lacklustre performance. They needed an own goal to get reach the quarter-finals, meaning that after four matches in the current tournament, no French player has scored from open play.
Stay tuned to follow the action, which gets underway at 21:00 CEST.
Portugal vs France LIVE: Latest Euro 2024 updates
![Joao Felix's miss proved the difference, as France move on to face Spain in the semifinals](https://cdn.statically.io/img/e00-marca.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2024/07/05/17202160726983.jpg)
Match ends, Portugal 0(3), France 0(5).
Penalty Shootout ends, Portugal 0(3), France 0(5).
Goal! Portugal 0(3), France 0(5). Théo Hernández (France) converts the penalty with a left footed shot.
Goal! Portugal 0(3), France 0(4). Nuno Mendes (Portugal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot.
Goal! Portugal 0(2), France 0(4). Bradley Barcola (France) converts the penalty with a right footed shot.
Penalty missed! Still Portugal 0(2), France 0(3). João Félix (Portugal) hits the left post with a right footed shot.
Goal! Portugal 0(2), France 0(3). Jules Koundé (France) converts the penalty with a right footed shot.
Goal! Portugal 0(2), France 0(2). Bernardo Silva (Portugal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot.
Goal! Portugal 0(1), France 0(2). Youssouf Fofana (France) converts the penalty with a right footed shot.
Goal! Portugal 0(1), France 0(1). Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot.
Goal! Portugal 0, France 0(1). Ousmane Dembélé (France) converts the penalty with a right footed shot.
Penalty Shootout begins Portugal 0, France 0.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Portugal 0, France 0.
Attempt saved. Nuno Mendes (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
Substitution, Portugal. Matheus Nunes replaces Vitinha.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aurélien Tchouaméni (France).
Corner, France. Conceded by Nuno Mendes.
Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Théo Hernández.
Attempt missed. Bradley Barcola (France) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dayot Upamecano (France).
Nuno Mendes (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (France).
Attempt missed. Ousmane Dembélé (France) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Aurélien Tchouaméni.
Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
Théo Hernández (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Francisco Conceição (Portugal).
Marcus Thuram (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. João Félix (Portugal) header from the left side of the six yard box.
Substitution, Portugal. João Félix replaces Rafael Leão.
Second Half Extra Time begins Portugal 0, France 0.
Substitution, France. Bradley Barcola replaces Kylian Mbappé because of an injury.
First Half Extra Time ends, Portugal 0, France 0.
Attempt missed. Francisco Conceição (Portugal) left footed shot from the right side of the box.
Attempt blocked. Rafael Leão (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a headed pass.
Bernardo Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by N'Golo Kanté (France).
Attempt missed. Marcus Thuram (France) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
Hand ball by Youssouf Fofana (France).
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box.
First Half Extra Time begins Portugal 0, France 0.
Substitution, France. Youssouf Fofana replaces Eduardo Camavinga.
Second Half ends, Portugal 0, France 0.
Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved.
Substitution, Portugal. Rúben Neves replaces João Palhinha.
Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box following a corner.
Corner, France. Conceded by Pepe.
Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Portugal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. N'Golo Kanté (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aurélien Tchouaméni.
Offside, Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Attempt saved. N'Golo Kanté (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
Substitution, France. Marcus Thuram replaces Randal Kolo Muani.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Eduardo Camavinga.
Attempt blocked. Vitinha (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Francisco Conceição (Portugal).
William Saliba (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Francisco Conceição (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by William Saliba (France).
João Palhinha (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by João Palhinha (Portugal).
Kylian Mbappé (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Eduardo Camavinga.
![Eduardo Camavinga has had the best chance of the second half so far, but the French midfielder couldn't find the target](https://cdn.statically.io/img/e00-marca.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2024/07/05/17202115824443.jpg)
Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (France).
Vitinha (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Portugal. Francisco Conceição replaces Bruno Fernandes.
Substitution, Portugal. Nélson Semedo replaces João Cancelo.
Attempt missed. Ousmane Dembélé (France) left footed shot from outside the box.
Attempt missed. Eduardo Camavinga (France) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box.
Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
Substitution, France. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Antoine Griezmann.
Corner, France. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
Attempt blocked. Randal Kolo Muani (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jules Koundé with a through ball.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
Attempt missed. Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) right footed shot from long range on the left misses to the right. Assisted by William Saliba.
Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Portugal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
Attempt saved. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Cancelo with a through ball.
Vitinha (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Aurélien Tchouaméni (France).
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Eduardo Camavinga.
Offside, France. Randal Kolo Muani is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Kylian Mbappé (France).
Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Portugal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Eduardo Camavinga.
Attempt blocked. Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
Foul by João Palhinha (Portugal).
Randal Kolo Muani (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
Nuno Mendes (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Eduardo Camavinga (France).
João Palhinha (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Eduardo Camavinga (France).
Second Half begins Portugal 0, France 0.
First Half ends, Portugal 0, France 0.
Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Vitinha (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (France).
![Kylian Mbappe in action against Joao Cancelo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/e00-marca.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2024/07/05/17202081197149.jpg)
Corner, France. Conceded by Bruno Fernandes.
Bernardo Silva (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Eduardo Camavinga (France).
Attempt missed. Eduardo Camavinga (France) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Dayot Upamecano.
Offside, France. Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
Foul by Pepe (Portugal).
Eduardo Camavinga (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
Attempt saved. Théo Hernández (France) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eduardo Camavinga.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Jules Koundé.
Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
Théo Hernández (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by William Saliba.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Jules Koundé.
Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by William Saliba (France).
Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Portugal).
First Half begins.
![Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo cheers on his teammates during warmup](https://cdn.statically.io/img/e00-marca.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2024/07/05/17202052355150.jpg)
Starting lineups are in
Portugal (4-2-3-1): Diogo Costa; Cancelo, Pepe, Dias, Mendes; Palhinha, Vitinha; Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes; Leao; Ronaldo.
France(4-3-1-2): Maignan; Koundé, Saliba, Upamecano, Hernandez; Kanté, Tchouameni, Camavinga; Griezmann; Kolo Muani, Mbappé.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Possible Lineups
Although Portugal played 120 minutes on Monday, it doesn't appear there are any major fitness concerns heading into Friday's match.
As a result it's expected Martinez will name an unchanged starting XI.
On the other side, Deschamps will be forced into at least one change as Adrien Rabiot is suspended. Who replaces him depends on what formation the French play, though Camavinga is being tipped by many to be the player picked.
One other possible change is Kolo Muani for Marcus Thuram after the Inter Milan striker was hooked after just an hour against Belgium.
Portugal possible starting lineup: Costa; Cancelo, Dias, Pepe, Mendes; Palhinha, Vitinha; Silva, Fernandes, Leao; Ronaldo
France possible starting lineup: Maignan; Kounde, Saliba, Upamecano, Hernandez; Kante, Tchouameni, Camavinga; Griezmann; Mbappe, Kolo Muani
Where to watch Euro 2024?
In the United States, you can watch Euro 2024 on Fox Sports USA English, Fubo TV and Vix. The matches will be shown in Canada on Bell Media and TVA.
In the United Kingdom, you can watch Euro 2024 on BBC or ITV, and in Ireland you can tune in on RTE.
If you're watching from Australia, Euro 2024 will be shown on Optus, and TVNZ will show the games in New Zealand.