Soccer-Portuguese shed tears for missed Euro chance after Belgium loss -Santos


Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Round of 16 - Belgium v Portugal - La Cartuja Stadium, Seville, Spain - June 27, 2021 Portugal coach Fernando Santos Pool via REUTERS/Alexander Hassenstein

SEVILLE, Germany (Reuters) - Portugal's players cried in the changing rooms after their 1-0 elimination from the Euros by Belgium on Sunday, with the defending champions feeling it should have been them who advanced after dominating much of the game, coach Fernando Santos said.

The Portuguese had 24 efforts on goal compared with Belgium's six, and they also hit the woodwork. Belgium had just one effort on target, Thorgan Hazard's long-range rocket shot in the 42nd minute that won the game.

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