Unfortunate debut of Joao Félix with Portugal in this Euro Cup

The fortune seems to turn away him to Joao Félix in the Eurocopa this summer. The Wednesday, the mediapunta was to title in the defeat of Portugal in front of Georgia (2-0), a party where, in spite of contesting the 90 minutes, could not do too much to avoid the first fall of the lusos from the arrival of the Spanish Roberto Martínez to the bench. The '14' of the FC Barcelona had been acting in front of Chequia and Turkey and recently could première in Gelsenkirchen in a grey day for the Portuguese.

The duel initiated of the worst way after an error in exit of António Silva that left free the right side so that Khvicha Kvaratskhelia opened the marker before fulfilling the minute 2. Portugal reacted with some attempt of Cristiano Ronaldo and of the own Joao from out of the area before the rest, but the one of Viseo found with a rival blocking one of his shots and with the gloves of Mamardashvili in his second attempt.

Joao Félix could not take advantage of his titularity in front of Georgia

In total, Félix completed 58 of 61 passes (95 %), but hardly won 3 of 10 duels, with a pair of successful dribblings in 6 attempts. To balloon stopped neither had luck, whereas in defence contributed with 3 balloons recovered. On the end, the footballer property of the Athletic of Madrid brushed the assistance with a good centre to the second stick for Nélson Semedo from the right, but Mamardashvili avoided the goal of the ex side of the Barça with a big unemployed.

For Joao Félix, the duel in front of Georgia could be his 'sentence' in this Eurocopa, as in the duels where Roberto Martínez bet by his eleven of gala not even was considered like variant in the second part. The Monday, the lusos will confront to Slovenia in Frankfurt to look for his pass to chambers, where would confront to the winner of the duel France-Belgium.