In Leipzig, I failed Portugal About translating its absolute field advantage, it almost paid the price after the Czech Republic surprised it with a wonderful goal by Lukasz Provod (62), but luck was on its side after Ruben Hranac mistakenly gifted it an equalizer against his country (69) before the substitute snatched it. Conceição Three point goal.
The “Brazilios” pressed Europe from the beginning, besieging the Czechs in their area, but without any real danger, despite the attempts of Rafael Leao and Ronaldo in particular, due to the defensive formation of coach Ivan Hašek’s team, which was unable to keep the ball even for a few seconds.
Spanish coach Roberto Martinez’s men waited until the 24th minute to actually threaten the Czech goal with a long shot by Bruno Fernandes that went slightly over the crossbar after it turned from the defense.
The situation continued as it was, with a Portuguese advantage that reached the point of possessing the ball by 75 percent, but without solutions in front of the goal until the 32nd minute, when Ronaldo was close to scoring, but he collided with the brilliance of goalkeeper Yndrich Stanek, who returned and blocked Vitinha’s follow-up.
When the first half was taking its last breath, it almost… Ronaldo To snatch the lead, but the goalkeeper excelled in defending his goal (1 + 45), so that the goalless draw remained the dominant situation until the halftime break, and then the struggle continued in finding offensive solutions during the second half, with the continued brilliance of goalkeeper Stanek, who was on the lookout for a free kick executed by Ronaldo (58). ).
The shock came in the 62nd minute when Lukas Provod fired a wonderful ball from outside the area into the right corner of Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa’s goal, prompting Martinez to introduce Diogo Gota and Goncalo Inacio instead of Leao and Diogo Dalo, respectively, looking for a draw, which was achieved after a few minutes, but with a gift from Robben. Hranac, whose ball bounced into his team’s net after the goalkeeper blocked it following a header from Nuno Mendes (69).
Portugal would have been close to achieving the lead had it not been for Stanek’s brilliance in blocking Bernardo Silva’s shot (72nd), then he repeated the matter in the face of Vitinha’s shot (78th).
Portugal thought it had snatched victory with a header by Lagota in the 87th minute, but the goal was canceled due to Ronaldo being offside, whose header bounced off the post before falling to his teammate, who followed it into the net.
However, substitute Conceicao succeeded in snatching the fatal winning goal seconds after he entered in place of Vitinha, so the 21-year-old scored his first international goal in his fourth appearance after the defense failed to intercept the ball properly after a cross from the other substitute, Pedro Neto.