POR 2-1 CZE Highlights, Euro 2024:
Portugal capitalizes 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.
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MATCH REPORT
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.
FULL-TIME
90+5’ POR 2-1 CZE | FULL TIME
It’s 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.
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.
90+1’ POR 1-1 CZE
Four minutes of added time to play.
90’ POR 1-1 CZE | Substitution
Portugal: Vitinha, Cancelo, and Mendes are replaced by Pedro Neto, Nelson Semedon, and Francisco Conceicao
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 an empty goal.
Portugal’s celebrations are cut short after VAR does a quick check to confirm that Ronaldo was offside.
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.
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81’ POR 1-1 CZE | CHANCE
Czechia does not seem satisfied with the point. Soucek gets the ball inside the box and lashes his left foot at the ball. It goes just wide of the right post.
79’ POR 1-1 CZE | Substitutions
Czechia: Provod and Sulc are replaced by Petr Sevicik and Antonin Barak
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.
73’ POR 1-1 CZE
Portugal seems to be 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 runs out of place to make use of the cross.
GOAL
69’ OWN GOAL!! POR 1-1 CZE
Portugal scores!! A cross comes in from the right side of the box from Jota. Nuno Mendes at the far post heads the ball across the goal. The keeper Stanek makes a mess of it and pushes the ball away into his defender. The ball bounces off center-back Robin Hranac and goes into the goal. What a letdown for Czechia.
67’ POR 0-1 CZE
Jota tries to find Ronaldo and the Czechia defence stands as strong as ever. You can sense the tension in the Portugal camp now.
64’ POR 0-1 CZE | Substitutions
Portugal: Leao and Dalot are replaced by Goncalo Inacio and Diogo Jota.
GOAL
62’ GOAL!! | POR 0-1 CZE
Lukas Provod scores!! 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.
61’ POR 0-0 CZE | Substitutions
Czechia: Schick and Kuchta are replaced by Mohmir Chytil and Ondrej Lingr
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.
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.
55’ POR 0-0 CZE | CHANCE
Ruben Dias is 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.
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.
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.
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.
47’ POR 0-0 CZE
Nuno Mendes goes down on the far side of the pitch after contesting for the ball with Patrik Schick. The referee stops the play to check up on him and resumes the game.
YELLOW CARD
46’ POR 0-0 CZE | Yellow card
Holes is shown a yellow card for a bad foul on Leao.
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.
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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 halftime.
43’ POR 0-0 CZE
Portugal has had 74 percent 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.
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.
36’ POR 0-0 CZE
The first 35 minutes have been almost exclusively played in the Czechia’s half. The Czechia defense is holding their nerve to keep the scores level. The match is paused after Soucek goes to the ground after feeling something in his calf.
Match resumes.
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 the 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
19’ POR 0-0 CZE
Silva, Dalot, and Fernandes play around the Czechia defense 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.
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.
14’ POR 0-0 CZE
Bruno Fernandes goes down after a shove in the back from Soucek. Portugal takes the free kick quickly.
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.
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.
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.
5’ POR 0-0 CZE
Czechia is 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 defense stands strong to make a block and clear it away.
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.
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.
KICK OFF!! POR 0-0 CZE
And we are underway!! Portugal kicks off the match shooting from right to left.
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.
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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
A RECORD SIXTH EURO FOR CRISTIANO RONALDO
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PORTUGAL VS CZECH REPUBLIC HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD
Played: 5
Portugal: 4
Czech Republic: 1
Draws: 0
Czech Republic starting XI
Stanek, Holes, Hranac, Krejci, Coufal, Sulc, Soucek, Provod, Doudera, Kuchta, Schick
Portugal starting XI
Diogo Costa, Dalot, Pepe, Dias, Cancelo, Silva, Fernandes, Vitinha, Mendes, Leao, Ronaldo
LINEUPS OUT!!
PREVIEW
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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
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.
When and where will 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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