Anyone tuning into the first half after the pulsating Germany vs Spain quarter-final was rapidly brought down to earth, as Portugal and France played out a largely underwhelming opening 45 minutes.
The teams’ combined expected goals total at half-time was 0.15, the lowest at any match at Euro 2024.
Thankfully, the second half opened up a little. But anyone who found all that a little bit exciting would have been mollified by extra time which — like the first half — was an elapsed period of time in which not very much happened.
A penalty shootout was the inevitable conclusion and France scored all five of theirs, while Joao Felix missed for Portugal.
Tim Spiers, Liam Tharme and Amy Lawrence break down the talking points from the game in Hamburg.
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