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Portugal vs Ukraine UEFA Euros Tournament Record
Portugal, fueled by Cristiano Ronaldo for much of the relevant period, have been consistently high performers in the UEFA European Championships. Their first appearance in the competition predates the mercurial forward’s time, coming in Euro 1984.
In those finals, they did very well to escape a group of death that also included Spain and West Germany. Talented winger Jordao then found the net twice during a thrilling Semi-Final against hosts France, only for Michel Platini to net a winner in the 119th minute.
16 years later, the two sides did battle in another UEFA European Championship Semi-Final; this time, the game once again went to extra time, with Zinedine Zidane scoring the winner for the eventual champions.
Euro 2004 was hosted by Portugal, and they had a great opportunity to clinch their first title on home soil, facing a defensively-minded Greek side in the final in Lisbon. Though Portugal had the lion’s share of the game, including a massive 17 shots on goal, it was Angelo Charisteas who scored the only goal of the game for Greece.
In 2012, they lost to Spain on penalties in the Semi-Final, but 2016 saw any potential curse ended when Eder fired in a world-class effort to see Portugal beat France in Paris, a result that was very much in the balance after Cristiano Ronaldo was subbed off early through injury.
Ukraine’s first appearance in the UEFA European Championship finals came in 2012 by virtue of them being co-hosts with Poland. The great Andriy Shevchenko gave Ukraine a dream start by scoring twice in their opening game win over Sweden.
However, they then lost to both France and England without scoring another goal and, therefore, failed to make it to the knockout phase.
Four years later, they performed poorly in France, losing all three group games and failing to score a goal, but Euro 2020 represented a real uplift in terms of form.
Though Ukraine lost to both the Netherlands and Austria, they still managed to get through to the Round of 16 thanks to their narrow win over North Macedonia. They then defeated Sweden in the Round of 16, with Artem Dovbyk scoring a 121st-minute winner in Glasgow.
Their run came to an abrupt end in the Quarter-Finals when England thrashed Ukraine 4-0 in Rome.
Portugal vs Ukraine Head-to-Head
Portugal and Ukraine’s only UEFA European Championship encounters have come in the qualifying stages of Euro 2020. The two sides drew 0-0 in Portugal, and in the return game, Roman Yaremchuk and Andriy Yarmolenko scored for the home side, and Cristiano Ronaldo fired home a late penalty as Ukraine won 2-1 in Kyiv.
