POR 2-1 CZE Highlights, Euro 2024: Portugal capitalises on mistakes to edge past Czechia

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Euro 2024: Conceicao nets stoppage-time winner as Portugal beats Czechia 2-1

Francisco Conceicao scored in the half stoppage time as Portugal beat Czechia 2-1 in their opening match of the 2024 European Championships in Germany on Tuesday.

Its now or never for Czechia. Diogo Costa gets the ball and takes his time in clearing it away. He boots it down the pitch and the referee blows the whistle for full time. What a thrilling end to this encounter.

Conceicao scores!! Another mistake at the back for Czechia. A pass comes in from the left from Pedro Neto into the box. 

Robin Hranac intercepts the ball but it goes through his leg and falls to Conceicao who finished it into the net. 

He takes off his shirt to celebrate and gets booked for the act.

Four minutes of added time to play.

Portugal: Vitinha, Cancelo and Mendes are replaced by Pedro Neto, Nelson Semedon and Francisco Conceicao

Cancelo whips in a cross from the right and Ronaldo heads the ball into the right post. The rebound falls to Jota who dispatches it into and empty goal.

Portugal’s celebrations are cut short after VAR does a quick check to confirm that Ronaldo was offside.

Nuno Mendes wriggles past the opposition players and goes for a run. He gives it to Jota on the left who is stopped from going through on goal by a well timed tackle from the Czechia defence.

Czechia does not seem satisfied with a point. Soucek gets the ball inside the box and lashes his left foot at the ball. It goes just wide of the right post.

Czechia: Provod and Sulc are replaced by Petr Sevicik and Antonin Barak

Ronaldo and Fernandes link up to set up Vitinha for a shot from outside the box. His shot is parried away for a corner by Stanek.

Portugal seems to back in the groove now. Fernandes drives through the middle with the ball. He picks out Jota on the left side of the pitch with a ball over the top. 

Jota brings it down but ran out of place to make use of the cross. 

Portugal scores!! A cross comes in from the right side of te box from Jota. Nuno Mendes at the far post heads the ball across goal. The keeper Stanek makes a mess of it and pushes the ball away into his own defender. The ball bounces off centreback Robin Hranac and goes into the goal. What a let down for Czechia.

Jota tries to find Ronaldo and the Czechia defence stands strong as ever. You can sense the tension in the Portugal camp now.

Portugal: Leao and Dalot are replaced by Goncalo Inacio and Diogo Jota.

Lukas Provod scoress!! A cross comes in from the left and it is not cleared away properly. The ball falls to Provod who hits its first time from outside the box.

The ball curls past Costa into the net to give Czechia the lead.

Czezhia: Schick and Kuchta are replaced by Mohmir Chytil and Ondrej Lingr

Prime position for Ronaldo who stands over the freekick. He hits it with power over the wall but Stanek positions himself well to catch the ball.

Patrik Schick brings down Cancelo in a good spot. He gets a yellow card for the challenge.

Ruben Dias on the right wing now. He crosses the ball into the middle and Ronaldo rises the highest. He gets his head on the ball but Holes does well to block the header and give away a corner.

Czechia has returned to the defensive structure that it maintained in the first half as the Portugal players pass the ball around, trying to find a way through. 

Soucek wins the ball in the middle of the pitch from Cancelo and gives it to Kuchta. He finds Schick on the left who goes for a half hearted strike towards goal. The ball goes wide off the target.

Portugal plays a corner short to Vitinha outside the box. He tries to curl in a cross but overhits it for a goal kick.

Nuno Mendes goes down on the far side of the pitch after contesting for the ball with Patrik Schick. Referee stops the play to check up on him and resumes the game.

Holes is shown a yellow card for a bad foul on Leao.

Czechia kicks off the second half shooting from right to left. Can they keep Ronaldo and Co. quiet? Stay tuned to find out.

One minute of added time to play. Cancelo finds Ronaldo in the box after a corner is played short. He takes a touch and fires it with his left. Stanek makes a good save to keep it 0-0. 

Looks like that was the last action of the half as the referee blows the whistle for half time.

Portugal has had 74 per cent of the possession so far and nothing to show for it yet. A good sequence of passes ends with Mendes overhitting a pass while trying to find Leao on the left side of the box.

Leao goes down in the penalty area after a slight touch from Soucek. The referee is having none of it and shows Leao the yellow card for simulation.

The first 35 minutes has been almost exclusively played in the Czechia’s half. The Czechia defence is holding their nerve to keep the scores level. The match is paused after Soucek goes to the ground after feeling a something in his calf.

Match resumes.

Bruno Fernandes plays a terrific defence breaking pass to find Ronaldo who made a good run. He hits it first time with his left but Stanek makes a great save to deny him. The ball falls to Vitinha who shoots from outside the box. An easy save for Stanek in the end.

Mendes gets the ball on the left side of the penalty box. He tries to put a cross into the middle but overhits it past Ronaldo.

Czechia loses the ball in the middle of the pitch. Silva takes the ball and plays Fernandes through on the right side. He takes a touch and whips in a low cross towards Leao in the middle. The AC Milan forward stretches his leg but cannot get a touch on the ball as it goes past the goal.

Bruno Fernandes tries his luck this time. He takes a shot from 25-yards out and the ball seemed to be dipping into the goal before goalkeeper Stanek tipped it over the bar for another corner.

Vitinha plays the ball to Ruben Dias. He winds up and takes a shot from outside the box. Sulc slides in and makes a good block to send out for a corner. 

Silva, Dalot and Fernandes play around the Czechia defence on the right wing with quick passes. Fernandes gets it and launches a cross into the middle. It sails over Ronaldo and is cleared away for a corner.

Portugal is keeping the ball away from Czechia. The good spell of possession ends with an ambitious shot from way out from Mendes, which went wide of the goal in the end.

Bruno Fernandes goes down after a shove in the back from Soucek. Portugal takes the freekick quickly.

Leao skips away from Coufal and enters the box from the left. He plays in a pass but the Czechia defence does well to clear it away from danger.

Soucek looks up and sees Provod making the run past Pepe. He plays the ball over the top but Povord cannot find enough strength to reach the ball before it goes out.

Schick wins the ball from Mendes and Czechia is enjoying a spell of possession now. Vitinha wins the ball back for Portugal and plays it to Leao on the left. he cuts to his right and crosses it into the middle. 

Ronaldo is there and crouches to get his head on the ball. However he cannot keep his shot on target.

Czechia on the attack now. Sulc gets the ball just on the edge of the penalty box. He cuts to his right and takes a shot. The Portugal defence stands strong to make a block and clear it away. 

Bruno Fernandes plays a ball through into the box for Bernardo Silva. He takes a touch and crosses the ball into the middle. No one is there and the ball goes out for a goal kick. 

Czechia seems to be in a hurry as it takes the ball forward. Coufal is played a ball through on the right but the pass is too heavy and goes out for a goal kick.

And we are underway!! Portugal kicks off the match shooting from right to left.

The players are making their way into the Leipzig Stadium. Cristiano Ronaldo leads Portugal in his record-breaking sixth tournament appearance while Thomas Soucek leads Czechia.

24 Sep 2022: Czech Republic 0-4 Portugal

09 Jun 2022: Portugal 2-0 Czech Republic

21 Jun 2012: Czech Republic 0-1 Portugal

11 Jun 2008: Czech Republic 1-3 Portugal

23 Jun 1996: Portugal 0-1 Czech Republic

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Portugal vs Czechia, Euro 2024: Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first player to feature in six Euros

Cristiano Ronaldo set a record even before kick-off in Portugal’s opening game against Czechia in a Group F match of Euro 2024, at the Leipzig Stadium in Germany on Tuesday.

Played: 5

Portugal: 4

Czech Republic: 1

Draws: 0

Stanek, Holes, Hranac, Krejci, Coufal, Sulc, Soucek, Provod, Doudera, Kuchta, Schick

Diogo Costa, Dalot, Pepe, Dias, Cancelo, Silva, Fernandes, Vitinha, Mendes, Leao, Ronaldo

The joint top scorers at the last European Championship will face each other as Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal plays Patrik Schick’s Czech Republic in its Euro 2024 Group F opener on Tuesday.

POR vs CZE, Euro 2024: Portugal’s Ronaldo faces Czech Republic’s Schick in battle of top marksmen

The joint top scorers at the last European Championship will face each other as Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal plays Patrik Schick’s Czech Republic in its Euro 2024 Group F opener on Tuesday.

Portugal predicted XI (4-3-3): Diogo Costa, Cancelo, Pepe, Rúben Dias, Nuno Mendes, Palhinha, Vitinha, Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leão, Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva.

Czech Republic predicted XI (3-5-2): Stanek, Holes, Hranac, Krejci, Coufal, Soucek, Provod, Barak, Jurasek, Kuchta, Schick

The Portugal vs Czech Republic Euro 2024 Group F match will be live telecasted on the Sony Sports Ten 2 SD & HD in English, Sony Sports Ten 3 SD & HD in Hindi, Sony Sports Ten 4 SD & HD in Tamil & Telugu and Sony Sports Ten 5 SD & HD in Bengali & Malayalam.

The match can be live-streamed on the SonyLIV app and website.

The Portugal vs Czech Republic Euro 2024 Group F match will kick off on Wednesday, June 19, at 12:30 AM IST, at the Leipzig Stadium.