Euro 2020 Day 9 - Germany thrashed Portugal, Hungary drew with France and Spain drew once again

Hungary 1-1 France: Hosts draw against World Champions, Griezmann nets equilizer 60,000 Fans witness their Hungary team gain a tough draw by Fiola's goal against mighty France Portugal 2-4 Germany: Hosts thrash Portugal as Havertz on target, Ronaldo nets A defeat to France with a toothless attack was hugely damaging for Germany's chances at Euro 2020, with many fans suggesting that the team would fall way short of success in the tournament, yet the team showed their class in a 4-2 victory over Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo put Fernando Santos' charges ahead in the first half, completing a quite wonderful counter-attack from a German corner, with the Juventus man heading the ball clear in his own penalty area and getting on the final pass and scoring all within 13 seconds. Germany could have easily folded at this point, but it was obvious Portugal's opening goal was against the run of play. It took the 2014 world champions just 20 minutes to equalise, with Ruben Dias scoring an unfortunate own-goal 10 minutes from half-time. Before half-time, Germany were in front as Raphael Guerreiro also put the ball into his own net attempting to clear away a dangerous cross across the penalty area. Whilst the nature of the goals conceded were unfortunate, Portugal could have few complaints about the scoreline, with the midfield duo of Danilo Pereira and William Carvalho dooming the team to struggle to attack from the off. Kai Havertz made it 3-1 after 51 minutes before a Robin Gosens header put Die Mannschaft 4-1 ahead after an hour. Portugal pulled a goal back through Diogo Jota with 20 minutes left to play, but they were unable to push to make the game closer in the final minutes, although Renato Sanches' long-range strike was the closest they came. France's draw with Hungary has opened up the group ahead of the final matchday, with just one point separating Germany, France and Portugal. Spain 1-1 Poland: Lewy hits equaliser to save Poland from defeat, Morata nets Spain's Euro 2020 frustrations continued as they settled for a 1-1 draw with Poland in Group E action on Saturday night at the Estadio La Cartuja in Seville. Alvaro Morata gave his side a first half lead, only to see world class striker Robert Lewandowski answer for Poland in the second period. Still, La Roja had the three points on a silver platter via the penalty spot, but Gerard Moreno's attempt struck the woodwork instead of the back of the net, resulting in a share of the spoils. Spain are now faced with a must-win on Wednesday against Slovakia to ensure that their title hopes remain intact. Head coach Luis Enrique was true to his word when he announced in his pre-match press conference on Friday that his starting XI would be Morata "and 10 others", with the maligned Juventus man up front along with Moreno, who came in for Ferran Torres in what was the only change from the previous line-up against Sweden. Morata's moment would come midway through the half, with a bit of a boost from VAR, as it was ruled that Morata's redirect into net off a Moreno shot came from an onside position, giving Spain a 1-0 lead. Poland kept pressing for an equaliser and it arrived in short order in the second half when Lewandowski out-muscled Aymeric Laporte in front of goal and headed in a cross from Kamil Jozwiak to bring the visitors level 1-1. More drama was to come just minutes later when a penalty went in Spain's favour via VAR for a Mateusz Klich foul on Moreno in the Polish area, but the Villarreal man's spot kick banged off the post and the rebounded shot from Morata missed the mark with the goal wide open. Luis Enrique went to his bench for the first time right after the hour mark, with Ferran Torres on for Dani Olmo, followed a bit later by Pablo Sarabia and Fabian Ruiz for Koke and Moreno, respectively. Spain mounted the pressure as time continued ticking toward full-time, the most glaring chance being for Morata after a chested-down pass from Ferran Torres, but veteran Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny came up with a massive save. Luis Enrique's last roll of the dice saw Mikel Oyarzabal on for Morata, but it mattered little in what was an unimaginative close to the match from the fancied hosts, who now have a lot of work to do in their group finale on Wednesday. #footballindepth #euro2020 #GERPOR