Nyitókép: JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP
The Portuguese Pepe is already the oldest participant to have performed on the European Soccer Championship, surpassing the 108-time Hungarian nationwide workforce participant Gábor Király.
The second-placed goalkeeper behind Balázs Dzudzsák on the Hungarian nationwide workforce listing was 40 years and 86 days outdated when he performed within the spherical of 16 between Hungary and Belgium on June 26, 2016. The defender of the Portuguese – who was ninth on the listing till now – obtained the chance to play within the match in opposition to the Czechs in Leipzig on Tuesday on the age of 41 years and 113 days, thus he got here to the highest.
Till now, Király was the one one who may play in a continental competitors over the age of forty.
One other Portuguese, Cristiano Ronaldo, got here in third place behind him.
Congratulations to Pepe for changing into the oldest participant within the historical past of the European Championship!”
he wrote on his social media web page Gabor Király.
(MTI)
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