The Portuguese national team lost to France the first line in the League of Nations, but at the same time gave a fight. At Euro 2020 teams were again in the same group. Fernando Santos’ team definitely had plans to reach the playoffs, at least from the third line, while the overall situation remains under control. A 3:0 victory over Hungary in the first round helped the Portuguese take a step towards the playoffs. A point in a duel with Germany would have guaranteed the team of the elite a place in the playoffs. The start of the fight turned out to be more than successful for Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring. However, even in the first half the Germans responded with two goals and in the second half they scored two more. The 2:4 defeat as a whole did not become a grandiose tragedy, but in certain hands the Portuguese could fly past the playoffs.
The Polish national team made it to the final tournament of the European Championship for the fourth time in a row. The White Eagles took first place in the group, being ahead of Austria, North Macedonia and Slovenia. The White-Reds performed unsuccessfully in the League of Nations, but managed to keep their position in League A. The start of the selection for the World Championship brought a draw with Hungary (3:3), followed by the Polish squad modestly defeated Andorra (3:0) and failed to cope with England (1:2), for which we made a prediction. In total, in 2021 Paulo Sousa’s wards have only one victory. In the first game of Euro 2020 the nominees were defeated by themselves. First, Shchesny opened an account in the game and the goalkeeper sent the ball into his own goal. In the second half the team leveled the score, but Krykhovyak let him down, his nerves could not resist, for which the Lokomotiv midfielder received a red card. In the second match the Polish national team looked more confident and shared the tournament points with Spain (1:1), for which few could have predicted. Before this game the team had one point and last place. Today Bednarek, whose thigh is injured, will not be able to enter the field.
