{"id":10314,"date":"2021-06-28T09:54:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T04:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=117227"},"modified":"2021-06-28T09:54:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T04:24:14","slug":"euro-2020-thorgan-hazards-stunning-strike-eliminates-portugal-and-puts-belgium-in-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/euro-2020-thorgan-hazards-stunning-strike-eliminates-portugal-and-puts-belgium-in-quarter-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2020: Thorgan Hazard\u2019s stunning strike eliminates Portugal and puts Belgium in quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thorgan Hazard\u2019s stunning strike gave Belgium a 1-0 win over holders Portugal to secure their place at the Euro 2020 quarter-finals and meet Italy in Munich where they will be looking to score for a 34th successive game to book a spot in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium = quarter-finalists! \ud83c\udf89\ud83c\udf89\ud83c\udf89<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EURO2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EURO2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LjmJMwlMQk\">pic.twitter.com\/LjmJMwlMQk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UEFA EURO (@UEFAEURO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UEFAEURO\/status\/1409257648139210759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Euro 2016 winners exit round of 16 stages as Belgium beat them for the first time since 1989, the time when 19 of their 26-man squad were not even born.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BEL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BEL<\/a> have reached the quarter-finals in each of their last four major tournaments: <\/p>\n<p>\u2705 2014 World Cup<br \/>\u2705 EURO 2016<br \/>\u2705 2018 World Cup<br \/>\u2705 EURO 2020<\/p>\n<p>Can the Golden Generation go all the way this time? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FaLQApbDcs\">pic.twitter.com\/FaLQApbDcs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1409255537317928962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Borussia Dortmund\u2019s Thorgan Hazard struck a rocket just before the halftime of 42nd minute and gave his side an early lead to dominate Portugal and became the only Belgian to score in consecutive Euro appearances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thorgan Hazard MOTM<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlackYellow\/status\/1409253995563175942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Portugal had few better chances to dominate but D<span style=\"text-transform: initial\">iogo Jota fired wide and Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s free-kick was saved by Thibaut Courtois with a dive. The players became frustrated and that kept increasing throughout the game as their hopes for the trophy diminished. Defending champs of 2016 failed to score for the first time in 9 Euro final tournament matches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thorgan Hazard was rewarded as Star of the Match for his absurd strike to put Belgium to the last 8.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Thorgan Hazard takes the plaudits after inspiring Belgium to the last 8 \ud83e\udd47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heineken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Heineken<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUROSOTM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUROSOTM<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EURO2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EURO2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yT97ERdmUX\">pic.twitter.com\/yT97ERdmUX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UEFA EURO (@UEFAEURO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UEFAEURO\/status\/1409259284555313160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Belgium will continue to fight but with some injury problems to deal with. Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard had to\u00a0<span style=\"text-transform: initial\">leave the pitch early following discomfort. De Bruyne had recently returned from the facial injury he faced in the Champions League final vs Chelsea may be in doubt to face Italy along with Real Madrid\u2019s Hazard.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unfortunately, @DeBruyneKev's evening has come to an end abruptly \u2013 let's all hope he's okay! \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pfQ9rxty5Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/pfQ9rxty5Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1409242067700699143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thorgan Hazard\u2019s stunning strike gave Belgium a 1-0 win over holders Portugal to secure their place at the Euro 2020\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":32822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1144,321,1719,1722,1811,1939,527,922,266],"class_list":["post-10314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-borussia-dortmund","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-eden-hazard","tag-euro-2020","tag-european-championship","tag-kevin-de-bruyne","tag-man-city","tag-portugal","tag-real-madrid"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}