After a stunning strike by Lukas Provod gave Czech Republic the lead, a Robin Hranac own goal and a debut goal by Francisco Conceição helped Portugal win their opening game 2-1 as matchday one comes to an end. New Delhi: The last game of matchday one was played at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig between Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal and Tomas Soucek’s Czech Republic. The Group F encounter was a literal game of two halves as both teams struggled to get going in the first half before stepping on the pedal in the second half.
Both teams laboured through to halftime, barely looking like hitting the net as Portugal struggled to break down a resilient Czech defence. All the action was produced in the second half as Portugal relied on an extra-time winner to give them the three points. The deadlock was broken ultimately in the 62nd minute as Slavia Prague midfielder Lukas Provod scored a screamer to put his side in front, giving them a well-deserved lead.
The Czech midfielder curled a beautiful effort past Diogo Costa which hit the post on its way in, stunning the Portuguese. However, it was Provod’s goal that lit a fire under Robert Martinez’s men as they ended up scoring thrice in the last 20 minutes, out of which only two counted, to give their side the win against a buoyant Czech Republic side. 1) Cristiano Ronaldo makes UEFA Euro history yet again.
Ronaldo adds another UEFA European record to his name (Photo by Kevin Voigt/GettyImages) One can’t talk about the UEFA E.
