QOrtugal had to learn to suffer for 90 minutes and then, in stoppage time and in a play with the participation of two emergencies, achieve a hard-fought 2-1 victory against the Czech Republic, in the debut of both teams in the Euro Cup. The match was played at the Leipzig stadium.
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The Portuguese had a lot of problems getting close to the goal, due to an approach in which the Czechs took precautions to try to get a clean sheet.
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Czech Republic defended itself and surprised Portugal
Czech Republic took the lead in an isolated play, He found the go-ahead goal in the 62nd minute with a shot from the edge of the area by midfielder Lukas Provod. that opened towards a post to become unreachable for goalkeeper Diego Costa.
Portugal had tried it in every way and ended up finding the tie with a great dose of fortune: a bad rejection by goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek, who, trying to clear a ball, left it near the six-yard box. The ball bounced off defender Robin Hranac’s shin before going into the goal in the 69th minute.
The field was already beginning to lean completely towards the Czech goal and in the 87th minute, a header from Cristiano Ronaldo made Stanek demand, but the rebound fell to Diogo Jota to make what seemed to be 2-1 for Portugal. However, the VAR detected that CR7 was in an advanced position and the goal did not go up on the scoreboard.
The agonizing goal with which Portugal added its first three points
In the midst of the anguish of the Portuguese fans, coach Roberto Martínez took out one of his team’s most outstanding players in the match, Vitinha, for the entry of Francisco Conceiçao, in the 90th minute. And Nuno also left the field Mendes, for the entry of Pedro Neto.
Vitinha statistics against Czech Republic
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The two who entered the field were in charge of putting together the play for the Portuguese victory goal, at 90+2. Neto went to the left and sent a ball into the six-yard box. Hranac, on a night to forget, tried to reject, but the ball hit his other leg and he was left dead for Conceiçao to save it in the back of the goal.
It wasn’t Portugal’s brightest night, but it did what it had to do, score the first three points in its fight to regain the European crown it won in 2016.
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