Goal-scorer Deco and Captain Nuno Gomes share their delight together
It's a reunion of Ronaldo and Cech at the opposite ends of the field. If Portugal wanna go through, they have to get past Czech's Cech first. And they have to rely on the experience of Ronnie who happened to beat Cech and put one past him just last month in Russia. This match is between the two favourites of group A and the winner of this match would guarantee a place in the next round.
The Czechs started the first half unauspiciously when they conceded a goal after just 8 minutes of playing time. Fumbles and confusion in the Czech half at that point of time, but Deco was at the right place and right time to do just a short tap in. The Czechs pulled one back to level with Sionko's header from a corner kick. It looked like a deadlock up till the 63rd minute when golden boy Ronaldo put on his scoring boots to give Portugal the lead again. Ronnie was at it again at the dying minutes of the game. Ronaldo's nicely-timed movement left the Czech offside line stranded and that allowed him to go one on one with Cech. Nice to see him unselfishly pass to Quaresma to seal the game once and for all.
Honestly, the Cech did his best to keep the balls out but the Portugese were just too good. Anyways, he could take pride with the fact that his country would have conceded more if not for his brave goalkeeping. Portugal is one funny team which doesn't have proper strikers apart from the aging Nuno Gomes but the superior quality of their midfield is good enough to get the goals. And with 2 wins out of 2, they look deadly enough to finish up Switzerland, which just crashed out of the tournament after losing to Turkey.
The Czechs started the first half unauspiciously when they conceded a goal after just 8 minutes of playing time. Fumbles and confusion in the Czech half at that point of time, but Deco was at the right place and right time to do just a short tap in. The Czechs pulled one back to level with Sionko's header from a corner kick. It looked like a deadlock up till the 63rd minute when golden boy Ronaldo put on his scoring boots to give Portugal the lead again. Ronnie was at it again at the dying minutes of the game. Ronaldo's nicely-timed movement left the Czech offside line stranded and that allowed him to go one on one with Cech. Nice to see him unselfishly pass to Quaresma to seal the game once and for all.
Honestly, the Cech did his best to keep the balls out but the Portugese were just too good. Anyways, he could take pride with the fact that his country would have conceded more if not for his brave goalkeeping. Portugal is one funny team which doesn't have proper strikers apart from the aging Nuno Gomes but the superior quality of their midfield is good enough to get the goals. And with 2 wins out of 2, they look deadly enough to finish up Switzerland, which just crashed out of the tournament after losing to Turkey.
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