A huge 2 for Portugal over the Czech Republic

The outstanding actor

Bruno Fernandes, score: 6
He was good throughout the match and didn’t give up even when the Selecao fell behind

The disappointing player

Robin Harank, score: 4
A decent game from the stopper overall, but his unfortunate own goal opened the door for a Portuguese comeback

The Portugal national team beat the Czech Republic 1:2 last night (Tuesday) and opened its way to Euro 2024 on the right foot. Roberto Martinez’s team did not convince and fell behind surprisingly, but completed a tremendous turnaround thanks to a dramatic goal by Francisco Conceição in the 92nd minute.

In the first half, the Selção controlled the ball and put pressure on the Czechs who stood in a very low defensive line and tried to sting with explosive attacks. Cristiano Ronaldo missed several times including a very big chance in the 32nd minute, Bruno Fernandes also tried, but kicked out of bounds.

The second half started at the same pace, when the Portuguese were sitting on the Whites’ goal, Ronaldo and his friends made many misses and had difficulty defeating Yendrik Stank, who was excellent. In the 62nd minute, the Czechs proved the correctness of the sentence – whoever does not score loses. Lukas Provod received a ball and launched a wonderful kick from the edge of the box on the way to a surprising 0:1 against the course of the game.

Did you think it was over? Think again. In the 69th minute, the Salceau equalized 1:1 with an unfortunate own goal by Robin Harank. In the 92nd minute, after an intense presser by Martinez’s apprentices on Stanek’s goal, Conceição, who came on just three minutes before, took advantage of a mistake in the defense and scored from close range to establish the most dramatic 1:2 and give Portugal three precious points.

In the next game, the Celso will meet Turkey, who won an impressive 1:3 over Georgia for an intriguing battle, which will probably determine the identity of the home leader. In contrast, the Czechs will hope to recover and stay alive in the tournament against Georgia.

second half

’90+5
Judge Marco Guida whistled to end the match! Portugal achieves a first and expensive victory in the Euros, a dramatic 1:2 over the Czech Republic!

’90+3
Another Czech substitution: Tomas Hulsch was replaced by Tomas Chory just before the final whistle

’90+3
Conceição received a yellow card for taking off his shirt in the goal celebrations

Portugal players celebrate (Redad Jabara)

Francisco Conceição and Cristiano Ronaldo celebrate (Radad Jabara)

’90+2
Gate! Portugal went up to 1:2: an amazing turnaround! Francisco Conceição, who had come on just three minutes earlier, capitalized on a defensive error and pressed home from close range to put Roberto Martinez’s men ahead in the most dramatic way possible

’89
Nelson Semedo came on for Joao Cancelo

’89
Nuno Mendes left, Pedro Neto entered

’89
Triple substitution of the Portuguese: Francisco Conceição replaced Vitinia

Cristiano Ronaldo is frustrated (Redad Jabara)

’87
Wow what a drama! Diogo Jota volleyed home from close range after latching on to the rebound from Stanek’s save. The Portuguese celebrated, but very quickly the VAR intervened, and the goal was disallowed due to a different claim by Ronaldo in the shot that preceded the move

’81
Tomas Suchek kicked from the edge of the box, but the ball slipped past Diego Costa’s crossbar

Cristiano Ronaldo is disappointed (Reuters)

’79
Pavel Soltz left, Petar Shevtsik took to the lawn in his place

’79
Another double substitution by the Czechs: Antonin Barak came in for Lukas Provod

’73
Bernardo Silva kicked hard to the center of the goal, Stunk was again in place and stopped

’69
Gate! Portugal equalized 1:1: finally it came. The Celso attacked and attacked until a kick that was stopped by the great Stank, hit Robin Harank who accidentally put it into his team’s net. Bad luck for the Czech Republic

’63
Diego Dalot went off the pitch, Gonzalo Inacio took his place

’63
Roberto Martínez double substitution: Diogo Jota replaces Rafael Liao

’62
Gate! The Czech Republic went up to 0:1: the Czechs took a surprising lead after very good minutes of the Selceau. Lukas Provod kicked an excellent ball from outside the box, straight to the hapless Diego Costa’s crossbar and in. Big surprise at Red Bull Arena

’60
Jan Kochetta left, Ondrej Linger took his place

’60
Double substitution of the Czechs: Patrik Schick made way for Moimir Chitil

’57
Patrick Schick also entered Marco Guida’s notebook

David Dodre against Vitinia (Radad Jabara)

’54
Another miss by Ronaldo. The phenomenon rose and struck once more over the goal

’46
Diogo Dalot kicked from the edge of the penalty area with his weak left foot, but the ball flew out of bounds

first half

Rafael Liao with the ball (Radad Jabara)

’39
Rafael Liao received the first yellow card in the challenge for impersonation

’32
What a miss by Ronaldo. The striker received a genius deep ball from Fernandez, but it was stopped by Stank, who came out and headed in a wonderful way