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

POR vs CZE Highlights: Catch the highlights of the Euro 2024 Group F match between Portugal and the Czech Republic played at Leipzig Stadium.

Updated : Jun 19, 2024 02:39 IST

The tournament could be Ronaldo’s international swansong, although the 39-year-old appears as hungry for goals and adulation as ever as he prepares to kick off his sixth Euros.
The tournament could be Ronaldo’s international swansong, although the 39-year-old appears as hungry for goals and adulation as ever as he prepares to kick off his sixth Euros. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
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The tournament could be Ronaldo’s international swansong, although the 39-year-old appears as hungry for goals and adulation as ever as he prepares to kick off his sixth Euros. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Welcome to Sportstar’s highlights of the Euro 2024 Group F match between Portugal and the Czech Republic played at Leipzig Stadium.

  • June 19, 2024 02:29
    MATCH REPORT

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  • June 19, 2024 02:24
    FULL-TIME
    90+5’ POR 2-1 CZE | FULL TIME

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 02:19
    90+2’ GOAAALL!! POR 2-1 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 02:19
    90+1’ POR 1-1 CZE

    Four minutes of added time to play.

  • June 19, 2024 02:18
    90’ POR 1-1 CZE | Substitution

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

  • June 19, 2024 02:14
    OFFSIDE
    87’ GOAL RULED OUT!! | POR 1-1 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 02:13
    84’ POR 1-1 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 02:12
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  • June 19, 2024 02:10
    81’ POR 1-1 CZE | CHANCE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 02:07
    79’ POR 1-1 CZE | Substitutions

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

  • June 19, 2024 02:06
    78’ POR 1-1 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 02:02
    73’ POR 1-1 CZE

    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. 

  • June 19, 2024 01:57
    GOAL
    69’ OWN GOAAALL!! POR 1-1 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:56
    67’ POR 0-1 CZE

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

  • June 19, 2024 01:53
    64’ POR 0-1 CZE | Substitutions

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

  • June 19, 2024 01:50
    GOAL
    62’ GOAALLL!! | POR 0-1 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:49
    61’ POR 0-0 CZE | Substitutions

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

  • June 19, 2024 01:46
    58’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:45
    YELLOW CARD
    57’ POR 0-0 CZE | Yellow card

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

  • June 19, 2024 01:43
    55’ POR 0-0 CZE | CHANCE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:42
    53’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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. 

  • June 19, 2024 01:38
    50’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:36
    49’ POR 0-0 CZE

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

  • June 19, 2024 01:35
    47’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:34
    YELLOW CARD
    46’ POR 0-0 CZE | Yellow card

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

  • June 19, 2024 01:33
    POR 0-0 CZE | SECOND HALF BEGINS

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

  • June 19, 2024 01:18
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  • June 19, 2024 01:17
    HALFTIME
    45+1’ POR 0-0 CZE | HALF TIME

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:13
    43’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:10
    YELLOW CARD
    39’ POR 0-0 CZE | Yellow card for diving

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:08
    36’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:03
    32’ POR 0-0 CZE | MISS BY RONALDO

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 01:00
    29’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 00:57
    26’ POR 0-0 CZE | CHANCE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 00:55
    24’ POR 0-0 CZE | CHANCE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 00:53
    22’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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. 

  • June 19, 2024 00:50
    19’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 00:47
    17’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 00:44
    14’ POR 0-0 CZE

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

  • June 19, 2024 00:43
    12’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 00:41
    11’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 00:39
    8’ POR 0-0 CZE | Chance

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 00:35
    5’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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. 

  • June 19, 2024 00:34
    3’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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. 

  • June 19, 2024 00:32
    1’ POR 0-0 CZE

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 00:30
    KICK OFF!! POR 0-0 CZE

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

  • June 19, 2024 00:24
    Minutes to kick-off

    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.

  • June 19, 2024 00:18
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  • June 19, 2024 00:14
    PORTUGAL VS CZECH REPUBLIC PREVIOUS FIVE MATCHES

    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

  • June 19, 2024 00:01
    A RECORD SIXTH EURO FOR CRISTIANO RONALDO

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    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.

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  • June 18, 2024 23:49
    PORTUGAL VS CZECH REPUBLIC HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD

    Played: 5

    Portugal: 4

    Czech Republic: 1

    Draws: 0

  • June 18, 2024 23:27
    Czech Republic starting XI

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

  • June 18, 2024 23:24
    Portugal starting XI

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

  • June 18, 2024 23:23
    LINEUPS OUT!!

  • June 18, 2024 23:08
    PREVIEW

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  • June 18, 2024 23:06
    PREDICTED LINEUPS

    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

  • June 18, 2024 23:03
    Where to watch the Portugal vs Czech Republic Euro 2024 Group F match?

    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.

  • June 18, 2024 23:02
    When and where will the Portugal vs Czech Republic Euro 2024 Group F match kick off?

    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.

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