This time round, Martínez's side won all ten of their qualifiers to finish first in Group I, increasing the number of countries to have reached the finals with a perfect record to eight, Italy also having achieved the feat in the UEFA EURO 2020 preliminaries.In 2016, Belgium's first EURO finals since they co-hosted UEFA EURO 2000 with the Netherlands, a team coached by Marc Wilmots finished second in Group E and beat Hungary 4-0 in the round of 16 – their biggest EURO finals victory – only to suffer a 3-1 quarter-final defeat by Wales.The Red Devils' biggest achievement to date was reaching the final of this tournament in 1980, when they lost 2-1 to West Germany in Rome.This is Belgium's second successive UEFA European Championship final tournament and their sixth EURO in total.EURO facts: BelgiumĢ0 in 20: Belgium stars test their EURO knowledge Overall Portugal have won six of the teams' 18 matches, with five Belgium victories and seven draws Belgium have scored 22 goals, one more than Portugal.Ronaldo scored the winner in a 2-1 Portugal victory in Leiria on 29 March 2016, Romelu Lukaku supplying Belgium's goal most recently, with current coaches Roberto Martínez and Fernando Santos in opposition, they drew 0-0 in Brussels on 2 June 2018. The teams' last two matches have both been friendlies.Belgium also came out on top in the sides' only other competitive fixtures, in the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign they followed another 1-1 draw in Lisbon with a 3-0 victory in Brussels, Marc Van Der Linden scoring three of their four goals over those two games, en route to the finals in Italy.In 1971, Raoul Lambert scored twice in a 3-0 home victory in Brussels and also got the visitors' goal in a 1-1 draw in Lisbon, with Belgium ultimately going on to finish third at the final tournament it was also 1-1 in Lisbon in October 1978 before a 2-0 home win in Brussels 12 months later, Belgium subsequently reaching the final of the 1980 tournament in Italy. Those were Portugal's first EURO victories against Belgium, who had won at home and drawn away in the qualifying competition for both the 19 tournaments.Ronaldo scored twice in a 4-0 home win in Lisbon before Portugal triumphed 2-1 in Brussels thanks to Hélder Postiga's 64th-minute winner. This is the sides' first meeting at a UEFA European Championship final tournament, although they have played in six qualifying fixtures, most recently in the preliminaries for UEFA EURO 2008.UEFA will also donate €4,000 to the ICRC for each goal scored during the UEFA EURO 2008™.Ĭarla Haddad, ICRC Geneva, tel. Before the matches, many national football teams, together with their National Red Cross Societies, will publicly show their support for the Score for the Red Cross campaign. He is proud to be competing in the UEFA EURO 2008™ and to be a humanitarian ambassador for UEFA and the ICRC.Ī series of friendly football matches are due to take place across Europe tonight. Ronaldo plays for Portugal and took part in the UEFA EURO 2004™ and the 2006 World Cup. In 2003, he joined Manchester United where he has won high praise from his fans and teammates. What could be better than that? "Ĭristiano Ronaldo began playing football at an early age and was discovered by the Sporting Clube de Portugal at the age of 11. " The website offers football fans a chance to have fun, while making a difference. " The great thing about this campaign is that everyone is a winner when it comes to giving and receiving, " said Ronaldo. I have a lot of respect for them and I want to support them, " said Ronaldo. " Landmine victims need determination and a lot of encouragement on the road to recovery. ![]() ![]() The Score for the Red Cross campaign, jointly organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), will benefit landmine victims in Afghanistan by providing them with artificial limbs, physiotherapy and vocational training. ![]() The winning team will be announced on 6 July. ![]() They will have the chance to win attractive prizes including tickets to UEFA EURO 2008™ games. Internet users will be able to help their favourite side win the title of " Most Humanitarian Team " by purchasing virtual goals on. A landmine survivor gets ready to play at the ICRC's orthopaedic centre in Kabul.
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