The Portuguese football team that wins Group F will face Hungary, third in Group A, in the round of 16 of the 2024 European Championship or Slovenia, third in Group C.
On July 1 in Frankfurt, at 21:00 local time (20:00 in Lisbon), Portugal will only be able to face the third of Group A or C because Croatia, third in Group B, which was the other possibility, was eliminated on Tuesday.
The Croatians closed their group on Monday with two points and a negative three-goal record (3-6) and are destined to be one of the bottom two third sides as they can only do better than third place in Group F than Portugal.
If Hungary (three points and 2-5 in goals) are among the top four third-placed teams, they will play Portugal, and if they fall out, they will play Slovenia (3 points and 2-2 in goals). who will face the team champion in 2016.
The Magyar team’s qualification depends on what happens in Groups E and F, which close on Wednesday.
The first two teams in each group and the four best third-placed teams qualify for the round of 16, which already includes Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, England, Denmark, Slovenia, Austria, France, the Netherlands and Portugal.
Two round of 16 matches have now been decided: hosts Germany will play Denmark, while defending champions Italy will play Switzerland.