Newcomers Slovenia Challenge Portugal will face Slovenia on Monday night in the pre-quarterfinals of Euro 2024.
Slovenia is a newcomer to the tournament. Statistics associated with this game are as follows:
-After defeating the Czech Republic and Turkey in the league stage, Portugal fielded their second-choice players in the last game. Georgia beat him in that game. That’s exactly what happened at Euro 2008, and Portugal crashed out in the last 16, losing to Germany.
-As an independent country, Slovenia is playing in the knockout stage of a major tournament for the first time in its football history. Slovenia played in the Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002 and 2010 but was eliminated in the first round.
-Slovenia reached the last 16 without winning a game in the league stage this time. However, he did not lose any games this time. All three of his matches were tied.
-Based on the FIFA rankings, this will be the knockout stage match with the second-biggest gap between the two teams. Portugal is in sixth place, and Slovenia in 57th place.
-In the last match between the two teams, Slovenia was victorious. He defeated Portugal 2-0 in a friendly match.