Portugal sealed their ticket to the quarter-finals of the European Champions after overcoming Slovenia on penalties.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Palhinha and Diogo Costa managed to keep their places in the Portuguese eleven following the disappointing loss to Georgia.
Both teams struggled to get going just past the opening exchanges, but a smart way through for a certain Bernardo Silva cropped up in the box only to see him go wide.
The Portuguese maintained much of the dominance specifically in the possession stakes, but failed to pose a great deal of danger in the advanced positions.
Vitinha, though, very nearly came good in the latter exchanges of the interval when he played in a surging cross for Ronaldo following a telling run, but the skipper misjudged the flight of the ball.
After a slow first stanza, no substitutions were put out at the resumption by either side with the A Selecao keen to prolong their bit of momentum.
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Portugal were close to getting the breakthrough ten minutes after halftime after Joao Cancelo stormed clear to play in Bruno Fernandes, but the Manchester United man was thwarted.
The Slovenians started to show up after being on the back-foot for large spells as key men Benjamin Sesko broke clear of Pepe to get level with Costa, but he was denied by Diogo Costa.
Liverpool's Diogo Jota came off the bench in the closing quarter of the second period for the Portuguese outfit and filled in for Vitinha, as extra-time followed.
Early drama followed in the additional period when the A Selecao were awarded a penalty when substitute Jota succumbed to a challenge, but Jan Oblak denied Ronaldo and kept the score level.
Slovenia enjoyed a bit of momentum in the final exchanges, but failed to get any openings and a penalty shoot-out followed to determine the winner.
A dramatic shoot-out saw Portugal goalkeeper save three penalties in a row, whilst the Portuguese aided by Ronaldo, Fernandes and Silva converted theirs to grab the win and a quarter-final passage.
Costa became the first goalkeeper in tournament history to save three penalties in a shoot-out.