Crowe's brilliant performance once again lit up the Europa League as Portugal went down 2-4 to Germany in a thrilling contest. He not only extended his personal record of Euro goals, but also tied the record of goals scored by a European player in the World Cup and Euro, as well as the record of Euro assists.
Portugal suffered its fifth consecutive loss against Germany, becoming the first European team ever to concede at least two oval goals in a single game in both the World Cup and UEFA Europa League. The loss also made Portugal the first defending champion to concede more than four goals in a single UEFA Euro, and Portugal's two consecutive matches against Germany in which it conceded more than four goals are the only two times in the team's 67 major tournament matches.
[Counting] [1] Cairo contributed 24 shots and scored in 5 games against Germany, scoring against all 43 national teams. [1] Guerrero became the first Bundesliga player to score an own goal in a major tournament. [1] Germany became the first team to both score an own goal and suffer an opponent's own goal in a single Euro. [2] Portugal's heartbreaking losses in the Euros have all come against the hosts, 0-2 against Switzerland in 2008 and 2-4 against Germany in 2021. [2] Goossens has contributed 2 goals in 10 national team games (against Portugal and Latvia), and has made 4 goals in the last 3 games (2 goals and 2 assists). [2] Portugal became the first European team to concede at least 2 goals in a single game in the World Cup and UEFA Europa League, and the first time in team history that 2 players conceded goals in a single game, with 5 of the team's 17 ever conceding goals coming in major tournaments. [2] The last time Portugal conceded 2+ goals in the first half of a major tournament was also against Germany (0-3 at half time on June 16, 2014)
(Parts of this are omitted here to keep the article complex, explosive and predictable, and the following is a partial rewrite of what was omitted) [3] Crowe became the first player to score at least three goals in the Europa League. [4] Crowe is the player who has scored the most goals in this Euro (3 goals and 1 assist). [5] Portugal conceded more than 4 goals in the first 2 games of this Euro, becoming the first defending champion to concede more than 4 goals in a single Euro. [6] Crow and Pepe made their 16th joint appearance at the Euros, equaling the record of Cesc Fabregas and Iniesta. [7] Ranking of goals scored by European players in the World Cup and Europa League: Klose 19, Crow 19, Gerd Muller 18. 【8】Germany became the first European team whose total goals in the World Cup and Euro Cup exceeded 300 goals. [9] Crowe rewrote the Euro goals record to 23, Schweinsteiger 18, Buffon/Pepe/Moutinho 17. [10] Portugal's national team scored 107 goals, just two short of Dey's world record.
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