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Good evening and welcome to live coverage of Portugal v France!

Euro 2024 / Group Stage
Puskás Aréna / 23.06.2021
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Tim Hobbs

Updated 23/06/2021 at 20:59 GMT


This game is, of course, a repeat of the Euro 2016 final. Portugal won that one 1-0 thanks to an Eder goal in extra-time. But that is Portugal’s only win in their last 13 meetings with the French national team in international football, losing 11 and drawing one of those meetings in a run that stretches back to 1975.
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Those permutations could get a bit complicated later on. Have your calculators at the ready!
On the field, a win or a draw for Germany would send them through and Hungary out. But if the Hungarians manage to pick up three points and Portugal also lose to France then it will come down to goal difference to decide which of Germany and Portugal finish bottom of the group.
Much of the talk ahead of that fixture has been about an off-field issue, with Uefa receiving plenty of criticism for their decision to ban Germany from lighting the stadium up with the rainbow flag for the evening. You can read more about that here:
If Portugal were to lose then all eyes will turn to Munich, where Germany face Hungary in the other game in this group.
Portugal could still finish in all four positions in the group this evening. A win or a draw would send them through to the knockout stages, although in which position is dependent on goal difference and the other result in the group.
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France lead the group thanks to their win over Germany and draw with Hungary, and Didier Deschamps’ side are guaranteed to go through to the knockout stages. What isn’t certain, however, is whether they will go through as group winners, runners up or in third position – which will have a huge bearing on the makeup of the latter stages of this tournament.
It’s the last set of group matches in this European Championship, and it’s a humdinger of an evening in store too. Group F always looked likely to be the pick of the pools at Euro 2020, and so it has proved, with all four teams still in the hunt going into the final matchday.
Before we go any further, check out this interesting preview feature by Eurosport’s Pete Sharland, who says that tonight’s match will “tell us a lot about what kind of teams these both are”.