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Portugal v France team news: Kolo Muani starts

5 July 2024 174 comments
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Portugal v France follows on from a tense early kick-off in which Spain progressed to the semi-finals with a late, late goal.

This next game gets underway at 20:00 BST.

Roberto Martinez has named the same Portugal side that edged past Slovenia in the round of 16.

But Didier Deschamps makes two changes to the France team that saw off Belgium.

One is enforced as Adrien Rabiot (€6.5m) is suspended, so Eduardo Camavinga (€5.8m) comes into midfield.

Marcus Thuram (€6.9m) also makes way in attack as Randal Kolo Muani (€7.9m) gets his first start of the tournament.

The winner of this tie with face Spain in the semi-finals.

LINE-UPS

Portugal XI: Costa, Pepe, Dias, Palhinha, Ronaldo, Fernandes, Silva, Leao, Mendes, Cancelo, Vitinha.

France XI: Maignan, Upamecano, Kounde, Camavinga, Griezmann, Tchouameni, Mbappe, Kolo Muani, Kante, Saliba, Hernandez.

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  1. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Saliba yc

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  2. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Old man Pepe has Mbappe in his pocket. What a Legend

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    1. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      He is truly amazing!

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    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      And young man saliba has old man Ronaldo in his pocket

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  3. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Saliba is putting Portugal players di his pocket one by one.

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  4. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Likely third save for Costa

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  5. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    If it stays 0-0 who is likely to be man of the match? Or is it impacted by overtime and penalties?

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    1. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Either of the goalies

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    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Probably the gk who makes more saves in shootout

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    3. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Thanks guys. Hoping it would be Kounde my captain.

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  6. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Neves coming on for Wolves 😉

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  7. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Just burst Maignan’s cs please

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    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      No

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    2. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Only if Kounde goes off.

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  8. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    I'd normally be thrilled to watch extra-time, but somewhat feel we've been robbed of 90 minutes.

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    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      And please don't want to waste another 30 mins, skip to PK shoot out pleaseee

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  9. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    say what you want about England, but at least they can score goals from open play

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  10. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    They should have just gone to PKs after half time.

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    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Lol. Old man just standing there waiting for the PK turn.

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  11. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    From a star to nation burden

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    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      + blocking new generation playing time

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  12. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Oh dear ronaldo. Please retire. Atleast from Portugal

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      If he truly loved Portugal and not himself he would have already.

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  13. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Wouldn't mind a France goal here

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  14. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Portugal won on penalties in r16 and qf in 2016 euros.. really hope that doesn't happen again

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  15. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Both Germany and spain deserve to be in semis.
    Both france and Portugal deserve to go out now.

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  16. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    I kind of hope neither of these teams win the cup.

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Either of them vs England im final would be the most boring final possible. Rooting for Switzerland or Netherlands to reach final

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    2. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Agree

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  17. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Mbappe off

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    1. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      12 pts in total over 376 mins of gameplay from a 11.0m asset....

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  18. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Mbappe off

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  19. panda07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Does anyone else think Cristiano should be put out to stud at this stage? Or even sent to the glue factory?!

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  20. Flekken' Hell
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Borefest. This game should've been played without the two goalkeepers between posts.

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    1. Flekken' Hell
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Ronaldo would still miss the penalty and cry.

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  21. DeSelby
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Mbappe clean sheet banked. Sweet.

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  22. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Whoever wins this game. I hope Spain beat them to pulp in the semis.

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    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      The French should beat Deschamps to pulp for making the team play like this.

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  23. Steamboat Willy Boly
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    This tournament has been utter shite

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    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Few bangers in the opening games had people calling it better than Qatar, been proper dry since then

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      1. jacob1989
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 7 months ago

        Thx to england france and Portugal mainly.
        Spain and Germany games have been good

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        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          1 year, 7 months ago

          England just had one of the most dramatic games in the tournament

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          1. panda07
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            1 year, 7 months ago

            By circumstance rather than design....

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            1. x.jim.x
              • 11 Years
              1 year, 7 months ago

              Feel daft for celebrating now that it wasn’t by design

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              1. panda07
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                1 year, 7 months ago

                We're talking about teams playing boring football here not whether you should celebrate you own team getting a jammy win Jimbo! Why do you always jump into another discussion to try and prove your point?!

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                1. x.jim.x
                  • 11 Years
                  1 year, 7 months ago

                  I mean your comment was pretty irrelevant

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                  1. panda07
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    1 year, 7 months ago

                    Why? It's not as if England planned to go out and play exciting football. It was purely circumstances that made that game exciting. No idea why you think that is irrelevant. Please elaborate?

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                    1. x.jim.x
                      • 11 Years
                      1 year, 7 months ago

                      I didn’t say England tried to be dramatic on purpose - just that the match was.

                      I’d rather see that than Spain decimate Georgia for example

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                      1. panda07
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 13 Years
                        1 year, 7 months ago

                        "I didn’t say England tried to be dramatic on purpose" I don't think I said you did. I was more talking about the approach the teams that Jacob mentioned have decided to play this tournament.

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  24. SM001
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    The finishing from both sides has been awful.

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    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Red team has someone that dragging them down.

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  25. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    At this point, no need for PKs anymore, just flip the coin.

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  26. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Why the heck is Ronaldo not off yet??? Not like he is great at penalties either.

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    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Martinez is an average coach

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      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 7 months ago

        Yeah, if he couldn't get anything out of the golden generation at Belgium, what makes them think he would get anything out of Portugal.

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        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          1 year, 7 months ago

          Did anyone actually expect Belgium to win anything?

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    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Oh we're just making things up now are we

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    3. SM001
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Because Martinez hasn't got the balls to sub him off. And he's a fraud of a coach.

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    4. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      The preferential treatment ronaldo gets is unbelievable.

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    5. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      That was a decent pen to be fair.

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  27. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Great result with only Mendes, Costa and Kounde in this game!!

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    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      noice, imo mendes should have motm in the bag if portugal win and costa only saves 1 or less pens

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      1. Thanos
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 7 months ago

        Hope so!

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  28. DeSelby
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    I suppose I've got to thank Cristiano Ronaldo for what should be a good fantasy round. My intense, long standing dislike of him caused me to not pick any Portugal and quadruple France DEE-fence on my LL.

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      Wow

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  29. Touré De Force
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    England are no worse than either of this pair

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  30. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 7 months ago

    Costa has the upper hand here
    Penalty save record
    Costa 10 from 29
    Maigna 11 from 41.

    Hope to see someone crying tho

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 7 months ago

      First one he doesn't save

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