Streaks on the Line during Portugal and France Semifinal
It is going to be tough to top the excitement of yesterday’s semifinal between Italy and Germany but today’s match does have a lot of intrigue. In addition to seeing two of a generation’s best players, Portugal and France both enter the contest with some impressive streaks on the line.
Portugal have gone 17 competitive matches without defeat, dating back to their loss to Greece in the Euro 2004 final. France are on a similar run, having gone 15 games unbeaten. Their last defeat also came against Greece in the quarter-finals of Euro 2004.
It is a good thing that neither team had to play Greece this World Cup. By the looks of things, no one will be playing Greece for awhile.
In head-to-head play, France has not lost to Portugal in 31 years. Les Blues have defeated Portugal 15 times, lost 5 times and the two teams have played to one draw.
France has never lost to Portugal in a major tournament, having come out on top in both the 1984 and 2000 European Championships.
One streak that Portugal does have in their favor belongs to coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Big Phil has never lost a World Cup match, accumulating 11 wins and 1 draw while at the helm of Brazil and Portugal.
Something has to give today. Here’s hoping the game turns out to have a least a portion of the drama of yesterday’s semifinal.
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