Portuguese like Livi and Subašić: Saved three penalties against Slovenians

Slovenian national football team she fell out with European Championship in Germany after Portugal was better in the penalty shootout. There were no goals in the net in 120 minutes of play Jan Oblak i Diogo Costeso that the series of penalties decided the passenger to the quarter-finals in which France awaits.

And it was Costa who made the difference in the penalty shootout. And while Oblak was a hero in the 105th minute when he saved Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty, the captain of Slovenia failed to stop any attempt from the penalty spot.

Only two Croatians and a Portuguese can boast of having saved three penalties at the world championships. These are Ricardo, Danijel Subašić and Dominik Livaković. Costa has now become the first goalkeeper to do so at the Euros.

He saved the attempts of Iličić, Balkovec and Verbič, while Ronaldo, Fernandes and Silva brought Portugal a passage to the quarter-finals with a lot of pain and sweat.