INSIGHTS
Post Match
1
France will play in their sixth UEFA European Championship semi-final, with only Germany (8) ever contesting more.
2
France have now reached at least the semi-final in four of the last five major tournaments (World Cup/EUROs), failing only at EURO 2020 (round of 16). This is at least twice as many semi-finals as any other European nation since EURO 2016 (Croatia, England, Spain all 2).
3
Having only been eliminated from two of their first eight major tournament quarter-finals (World Cup/EUROs), Portugal have since been knocked out at this round in both the 2022 World Cup and EURO 2024.