Portugal beats Czech Republic in an upset

The Portugal team beat the Czech Republic team in a pinch, this Tuesday (18), in Leipzig, Germany, in the first round of the group stage, thanks to the Czechs' own goal and a difficult comeback in the last minutes of the match. .

Battle summary

With an indefinite first half, Portugal and the Czech Republic debuted at Euro 2024, with an eventful half, but without goals.

The second half, however, everything went as it should. In the 16th minute, Provod scored a great goal, opening the scoring for the Czechs.

At 23, the Czechs scored an own goal, tying the match for Portugal, who took the turn in the last minutes of the game thanks to Francisco Conceição.

With the victory, the Tugas are in second place in Group F, behind Turkey, who have the advantage due to the number of goals converted.

_{With an own goal from the Czech Republic and a goal in the last minutes of the match, Portugal overturned the Czech team and secured their first victory at Euro 2024 (Photo: reproduction/ Instagram/ @portugal)}

Weak first half, strong second half

The first half of the match was lukewarm in terms of opening the scoring, however, it was full of tense moments, in a game that consisted of attacks from the Portuguese team and defense from the Czech team, which accepted a totally defensive role, aiming to exploit the counters. -attacks, which had no effect.

However, the second half changed from water to wine. The match heated up and the Czech Republic went on the attack. The result of this was a beautiful goal in the 16th minute, scored by Provod.

Unfortunately, in a confusion in their own area, the Czech defense scored against, starting the Tugas' reaction, who managed the turnaround, with Francisco Conceição, in the 46th minute, in the current stoppage time.

Another CR7 record

Cristiano Ronaldo reached the unprecedented mark of six Euro Cups played in his career. He is the first player to break this record. However, another record was broken by Defender Pepe, in this case, for the oldest outfield player to play in a Euro Cup.

Pepe is 41 years old, two years older than Cristiano Ronaldo, who is 39 years old.

Featured photo: Portugal beats the Czech Republic with a comeback at the end of the match (Reproduction: Instagram/ @portugal)