Portugal will face Slovenia in the EC quarter-finals on Monday. The match starts at Frankfurt's Waldstadion at 21:00 local time (1900 GMT, 12:30 am [Tuesday]). The winner goes to Belgium or France on Friday. What do you know about the game here:

Corresponds to facts

Portugal started the group stage with the Czech and Turkey victory and then withdrew some beginners in the third game and lost 2-0. Does this sound familiar? Portugal started Euro 2008 as they did 16 years later. Portugal then failed to recover from the fall, and Germany were eliminated in the first round of their play-off to advance to the finals. Slovenia is another test. As an independent football nation, Slovenia will compete in the knockout stage of a major tournament for the first time in 32 years. Slovenia went home after the Euro 2000 group stage and the 2002 and 2010 World Cups, although only the top two in those tournaments qualified. Slovenia started Euro 2024 with the same approach as eventual champions Portugal in 2016: three straight draws, no wins in the group, and no place among the best third-place teams.

Portugal have won more games (2) in 90 minutes of this tournament than they did when they won the title in 2016 (1). Frankfurt is hosting its own fifth and last game and not the city where the random flourishes. So far, Belgium has lost to Slovakia, England played poorly against Denmark, and Germany needed a stop -time equalizer against Switzerland. In the quarter-finals at the 2022 World Cup, Portugal defeated Switzerland 6-1, Ronaldo was placed on the bench. His replacement Gonalo Ramos scored a hat-trick. It was the work of then coach Fernando Santos. Ronaldo is in a better position in the eyes of current coach Roberto Martinez, while Ramos has only played 24 minutes as a substitute so far. Josip Ilicic has not yet begun to play Slovenia, but returning to the national team at 36 years old has always been a positive story. Former Atlanta players' career was derailed by depression he suffered during the period on the 19th. Ilicic replaced the 0-0 draw on Tuesday and England.

Through numbers

This is the second second -time non -matching of FIFA world. There is a 51-place difference between 6th-placed Portugal and 57th-placed Slovenia, and 66 places between 8th-placed Spain and 74th-placed Georgia.

2-0. Slovenia beat Portugal, playing a friendly game in Ljubljana in March.

Last year, Slovenia lost only once in 15 games and lost 2-1 in Danish qualifiers last November. Only Germany had more attempts on goal than Portugal's 54 in the group stage. Only Scotland had fewer than Slovenia at 25. Slovenian star striker Benjamin eko had five of those attempts without scoring yet.

Portugal defender Pepe continues to extend his tournament record as the oldest player ever. He will be 41 years and 126 days old on Monday.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who turned 39 in February, will set the record for the oldest goalscorer of all time if and when he scores his first goal at the Euro 2024 tournament. The recording was booked by Luka Modric and received 38 years and 289 days in the Italian game on Monday.

What they talk about

"He's a very good game in the slaughter stage. I hope I am sure he will give us a lot of happiness. Pepe praised Ronaldo.

Two years ago we played against Serbia in Belgrade and lost 1-4. This was a turning point and we have only grown as a team since then. Slovenian midfielder Adam Gnezda Selin.