Slovenia taking on Portugal

असार १७, २०८१एएफपी

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One fact is certain when Slovenia face Portugal in the last 16 of the Euros on Monday. In this competition, the team has achieved the best performance so far.

Even in this trip, the main forward of the team, Benjamin Sesco, has not been able to score a goal. Again this is also a problem for Slovenia. He scored consecutive goals in the last seven games for Leipzig last season.

Cesco is the top scorer for his team in the qualifiers. So, Slovakia's future performance will largely depend on how he plays. Slovenia has yet to win a single match at the Euros this season. However, the team has not lost a single game. In the league stage, the team drew with England, Denmark and Serbia.

Slovenia was third in the group, behind Denmark. This was due to a poorer discipline performance than Denmark. Being in third place, the team has the opportunity to face a strong Portugal, and the obligation. Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal beat the Czech Republic and Turkey in the group stage. However, he was forced to lose the match against Georgia later.

Slovenia is playing the Euros for the second time as an independent country. In 2000, the country was eliminated from the group stage. Portugal, on the contrary, has played five semi-finals. It is a contender for the title itself. Although Portugal is a small country in Europe in terms of population, it is not inferior to any of the big countries in terms of football standards. The main player of Portugal is Cristiano Ronaldo, who has not scored any goals this time.

Ronaldo is 39 years old. He is playing the last Euro of his playing career. In 2004, when a teenage Ronaldo played for the first time at the Euros, Slovenia's Cesko was just a year old. Both these players will be trying to score in this match. Their performance will largely decide the game.