World Champions France will take on defending champions Portugal in the Group F clash of Euro-2020 Cup at the Puskas Arena, Budapest, on Thursday at 12:30 am IST.
It's the 2018 World Cup winners up against Hungary in the second game of Group F. Germany will carry positive momentum after defeating Portugal in their previous match by 4-2.
France is leading the group F with 4 points while Germany and Portugal have 3 points and a similar goal difference. Hungary is at the bottom with 1 point and needs to win against Germany to achieve the qualification. Three points is a must to collect if they are to make it to the last 16.
Ronaldo has become the highest goal scorer in the history of the tournament with 11 goals. Earlier, he was a joint top scorer with 9 goals along with Michel Platini of France.
Portugal's star Cristiano Ronaldo has his eyes set on the world record for most goals scored by a player for his country.
Currently, with 106 for his country, is just 3 three goals away from equaling the highest 109 goals record of Former Iran forward Ali Dei.
Group-F is being called the Group of Death in Euro 2021 because, in addition to Europe's two giant footballing countries France and Germany, it has Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal and Hungary.
The two teams have met 27 times so far, France has the advantage with 19 wins over Portugal's 6 while the remaining two matches have ended in a draw.
Portugal vs France from 12:30 am
Germany vs Hungary from 12.30 am
Football fans in India will be able to watch the thrilling action live on Sony Ten 2, Sony Ten 3, Sony Six and Sony Ten 4 channels and will be live-streamed on Sony LIV.
Sony Pictures Sports Network will telecast Euro 2020 in six languages in India - English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam