Portugal Tops Poland On Penalty Kicks, Heads To Semis Of Euro 2016

Portugal beat Poland in penalty kicks on Thursday to advance to the semifinals of Euro 2016. The match was devastatingly boring for the final 50 minutes of regulation and 30 of extra time but, as usual the spot kicks provided plenty of drama.

The match turned when Portuguese keeper Rui Patricio stoned Jakub Blaszczykowski’s attempt with Portugal up 4-3 on penalties frame.

Here is all the action from penalty kicks:

Portugal now has the distinction of reaching the semis of the tournament without actually winning a match in regulation. They played to draws in all three of their group stage games, and topped Croatia in extra time in the Round of 16.

Poland started the match off in perfect fashion, getting a goal from Robert Lewandowski in just the second minute. Portugal answered in the 33rd when 18-year-old phenom Renato Sanches found the back of the net. Other than those tallies, the only interesting part of the match was the pantsless streaker that invaded the pitch during extra time.

Portugal will face the winner of Friday’s match between Wales and Belgium.