"Both games were interesting. There was excitement until the last minute."
Tabriz Hasanov, a former football player of the Azerbaijan national team, told Idman.biz.
He commented on the quarter-final games of EURO-2024, which ended a day ago. Hasanov said that both head coaches made several mistakes in the match in which Spain beat Germany 2:1 and reached the semi-finals: "The traditional Spanish football is to dominate the ball and dominate the game. But in the match against Germany, I can't say that they were able to do it. It was an even game. There weren't many goal episodes either. In the end, the Spaniards' positional play and creativity in attack paid off. They scored the winning goal in overtime when everyone was waiting for a penalty shootout. 11-meter kicks are a "lottery", it could have been in favor of the Germans. In my opinion, Wirtz should have been on the field in the starting lineup. Sane did not play well. In Spain, the coach replaced the wing attackers early. After that, Bundestim became more active late in the second half. I think the Spaniards were more active than the hosts."
According to Hasanov, in the match that ended 0:0 in the main and extra time, in which France won against Portugal on penalties, the people of Priene deserved the victory more: "The French have scoring episodes in this championship, but they can't score most of the time. Their counter-attacks are well taken and they are good physically. In my opinion, Portugal played better and more interesting football than the French. I would really like to reach the semi-finals. But unfortunately, they could not do it. Koshta, the hero of the last game, was not remembered for his saves this time. Although there were episodes of goals for both teams in the game, the Pyrenees deserved to go through. We watched the real Portuguese national team. My subjective opinion is that Cristiano Ronaldo could be replaced. Although not in 90 minutes, the coach should have changed him in extra time. If he let Jita into the match, he could have prove himself. Portugal played a game worthy of the semi-finals."
The last 2 games of EURO-2024 quarter-finals will be held today at 20:00 and 23:00.
Emin Aga
Idman.biz
