Portugal team into the semi-finals

Portugal vanquished Poland 5-3 on punishments to achieve the elimination rounds of Euro 2016 after the groups completed additional time level at 1-1.

Both objectives came in the primary half as Renato Sanches' exertion counterbalanced Robert Lewandowski's initial strike. Jakub Blaszczykowski was the main player to miss in the fourth round of the shootout and Ricardo Quaresma conveyed the securing penalty.

Lewandowski put Poland on the load up 100 seconds into the amusement with the second-speediest objective in Euro history.

Cedric Soares misplayed Lukasz Piszczek's long askew go from midfield and it tumbled to Kamil Grosicki, whose low cross was met by Lewandowski.

The objective finished the striker's 644-minute objective dry season for Poland, extending back to last October. With Portugal trailing, Cristiano Ronaldo got to be dynamic and had a turning shot from 12 yards blocked, then send a 40-yard free kick endeavor straightforwardly into the wall.

Lewandowski searched similarly unsafe for Poland and shook off various protectors before unleashing a shot that goalkeeper Rui Patricio took care of in the seventeenth minute.Poland then had an open door with a perfect trade of going between Artur Jedrzejczyk, Arkadiusz Milik and Grosicki, yet the last pass was cut out.

On 28 minutes, Ronaldo scraped a shot from the highest point of the case that Lukasz Fabianski halted, then two minutes after the fact the star forward was left yelling for a punishment when Michal Pazdan collided with him from behind while pursuing Nani's cross.

German official Felix Brych overlooked Portugal's dissensions, however they were back level with three minutes anyway.Sanches, making his first begin of the competition, played a one-two with Nani before discharging a shot from the highest point of the container that avoided off of Grzegorz Krychowiak and past Fabianski.The objective made Sanches, at 18 years and 317 days, the most youthful ever to score an objective in an Euro knockout stage, and third most youthful in general after Switzerland's Johan Vonlanthen and England's Wayne Rooney both scored in the gathering stage in 2004.Ronaldo's next circumstance came 10 minutes
into the second half when Nani played him through in to the box, yet the Real Madrid star's calculated shot just found the side netting.Cedric's for some time shot did not miss the post by much in the 64th moment as Portugal applied pressure.But Poland verged on leading the pack five minutes after the fact as Milik got on the end of Jedrzejczyk cross to the close post, yet Patricio could cover the shot.
Jose Fonte sent a header comfortable after a 78th-minute corner, and after two minutes Poland supporters had a panic when Pepe's endeavored through ball was removed by a sliding Jedrzejczyk, his redirection conveying the ball creeps wide of post with Fabianski vulnerable to stop it.

Ronaldo then missed a superb opportunity to win five minutes from time when he was separated from everyone else in on objective yet couldn't interface with substitute Joao Moutinho's hurled ball over the top.Another opportunity was squandered a moment into additional time when Ronaldo got on the end of a cross in the six-yard box yet couldn't control it. Nani then headed wide in the 98th moment with Ronaldo holding up behind him to shoot with a high boot.

Poland additionally had their offer of takes a gander at objective, Milik strikingly lashing directly over the bar 10 minutes into the additional session.

After neither one of the teams approached in the last 15 minutes of additional time, Ronaldo opened the punishment shootout with an objective down the middle.Lewandowski, Milik, and Kamil Glikanswered for Poland with Sanches, Moutinho and Nani on focus for Portugal before Patricio spared Blaszczykowski's endeavor and Quaresma finished it.

Portugal will next face the champs of Friday's diversion amongst Belgium and Wales, with a conceivable matchup amongst Ronaldo and his Real Madrid colleague Gareth Balewaiting in the elimination rounds ought to Wales advance.