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One of very few players I liked from Spain. He absolutely gave everything during the golden age.

Fun fact, Casillas is one of only three players to have won the World Cup, the Euro and the Champion's League as captain (the other two are Beckenbauer and Deschamps).

Gracias, Iker!

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Quarter finals kicks off today.

Match 45: Poland v Portugal
Venue: Stade Vélodrome
Time: 20:00 BST

Injuries and suspensions:

  • All the players are fit to play.

Misses next match if booked:

  • Poland: Grosicki, Mączyński, Peszko, Piszczek, Pazdan, Jędrzejczyk
  • Portugal : William Carvalho, Pepe, Quaresma

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Will he score tonight?

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

  • This will be Poland and Portugal's third encounter at a major tournament. Poland won 1-0 at the 1986 World Cup and then Portugal enjoyed a 4-0 victory at the 2002 World Cup.
  • Poland are unbeaten in their past three matches with Portugal (W1, D2).
  • Their last meeting was a 0-0 draw in Warsaw in February 2012.

Poland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd9K81vgwj0

  • The only previous time they reached the semi-finals of a major tournament was at the 1982 World Cup. They also finished third at the 1974 World Cup but the tournament format then featured a second round of group games rather than knock-out semi-final ties.
  • Poland's last win in the knockout stages of a major tournament (excluding the penalty shoot-out victory against Switzerland) was in 1982 against France (a 3-2 win in the third-place play-off).
  • Poland are the lowest scoring side to have made it to the quarter-finals (three goals in four games).
  • They have yet to be behind at any point in a game at this year's European Championship. They've only conceded one goal so far in four games.
  • They have never scored more than one goal in a single game at a Euros in 10 matches.
  • Poland have won both of their games in Marseille without conceding - a 1-0 victory against Ukraine at these finals was preceded by a 4-0 friendly success against the UAE in 1990.
  • Jakub Blaszczykowski has been directly involved in all five of Poland's goals in the past two Euro tournaments (three goals, two assists).

Portugal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrbNz8oWq7Q

  • Portugal are the only team to have reached the quarter-finals of the European Championships in every tournament since 1996.
  • They have the chance to reach the semi-finals for the fifth time in seven European Championship finals.
  • Portugal have played the most games (32) in the history of the European Championships without ever winning the tournament.
  • They are unbeaten in their 11 competitive fixtures under Fernando Santos (W8, D3). All eight of their wins in that run have been by a single-goal margin (including the win against Croatia).
  • Portugal have picked up the fewest cards at Euro 2016 among the teams to have made it to the quarter-finals (three in four games).
  • Cristiano Ronaldo has played in more games than any other player at European Championship finals. He's only one goal short of Michel Platini's record of nine goals in the competition.
  • Ronaldo has only scored two goals in 12 knockout games at major tournaments.
  • Ronaldo has attempted 40 direct free-kicks at major tournaments with Portugal but is yet to score with any of these efforts.
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