Euro 2024: Notable highlights from Portugal's match against the Czech Republic
Like other championship candidates, Portugal had a very difficult opening match. Fortunately, a goal in the last minutes of Francisco Conceição helped Cristiano Ronaldo's team get all 3 points.
Winning the race
It must be admitted that the Czech team played very well for most of this match. The defense played very well and the brilliance of goalkeeper Jindřich Staněk almost helped them create a shock against the championship candidate Portugal.
Especially when, coach Ivan Hašek's team was the one who opened the score in the 62nd minute after a beautiful long-range shot by Lukáš Provod.
However, it seemed that this goal had reduced the concentration of the Czech team. Two consecutive mistakes from the defense helped the Portuguese team make a spectacular comeback.
With this thrilling victory, Cristiano Ronaldo's team will have to do a lot more if they want to go deep in this year's tournament. Meanwhile, the Czech team still has a lot of opportunities when the only two remaining opponents are Turkey and Georgia.
Cristiano Ronaldo's signs of aging
At the age of 39, few people can compete at the top level and shine like Cristiano Ronaldo. This season, the Portuguese star has scored 35 goals and 11 assists for his club, an impressive number.
In the last match, Cristiano Ronaldo also had 3 dangerous finishing situations. However, the excellence of goalkeeper Jindřich Staněk prevented the 39-year-old striker from increasing the number of goals in the Euro finals.
However, in the final minutes of the match, Cristiano Ronaldo showed signs of age. The star player for Al-Nassr Club seemed to lack the necessary sharpness and could not keep up with the pace of the Portuguese team's attacks. This almost caused coach Roberto Martínez's team to suffer defeat.
Hopefully, Cristiano Ronaldo will have excellent performances in the next matches to bring the audience emotional celebrations.
Francisco Conceição, the Portuguese national team's gamecock
Just a few minutes after entering the field, Francisco Conceição quickly seized the opportunity to help the Portuguese team make a spectacular comeback. So who is Francisco Conceição?
The name Conceição is quite familiar to Vietnamese audiences. Because, in the past, the Portuguese team had a famous winger named Sérgio Conceição. Sérgio Conceição played 56 matches and scored 12 goals for the national team.
Like father, like son, in today's match, Sérgio Conceição's son scored his first goal for the national team. More importantly, Francisco Conceição's goal brought a thrilling victory to the Portuguese team./.