Czech Republic vs Portugal Live Commentary

Czech Republic vs Portugal Live
EURO 2008 has reached the second round for the group stage. The two teams that have won their first matches of the Group A meet this afternoon starting with 18.00 CET. Czech Republic vs Portugal will be offered live online here at the FC Football Blog. Live text commentary and live highlights are included.

A win for each of the two sides would mean the qualification for the EURO 2008 quarter-finals. A draw would pretty much send them both for the next phase while a defeat would give an extra chance to the outsiders, Switzerland and Turkey.

Portugal are the group A leaders having a better goal difference after winning 2-0 against Turkey. The Czech Republic managed only a lucky 1-0 win against Switzerland.

Highlights: Czech Republic 1 – 3 Portugal

Czech Republic 1-3 Portugal Live Full Time
90′+4′ The referee ends the match.
90′+4′ Ball Possession: Czech Republic 41%, Portugal 59%.
90′+1′ GOOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 3 Ricardo Quaresma sends the ball into the net after a Cristiano Ronaldo assist.
90′ Milan Baros delivers and Sionko’s shot lands wide.
88′ Ricardo Quaresma’s shot is deflected wide.
85′ Czech Substitution: Jaroslav Plasil is replaced by David Jarolim.
82′ Hugo Almeida is caught offside.
81′ Jaroslav Plasil misses the target.
80′ Portugal Substitution: Simao is replaced by Ricardo Quaresma.
79′ Portugal Substitution: Nuno Gomes is replaced by Hugo Almeida.
79′ Bosingwa is caught offside.
78′ Ball Possession: Czech Republic 37%, Portugal 63%.
78′ Jaroslav Plasil delivers and Baros misses the target with a header.
75′ Portugal Substitution: Joao Moutinho is replaced by Fernando Meira.
73′ Czech Republic Substitution: Tomas Galasek is replaced by Jan Koller.
71′ Petit needs the medical staff.
70′ Zdenek Grygera delivers and Vlcek has a huge scoring opportunity for his side.
68′ Czech Republic: Marek Matejovsky is replaced by Stanislav Vlcek.
67′ Simao sends a short corner kick and the superb attack ends with Pepe signaled offside.
63′ GOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 2 Cristiano Ronaldo scores for Portugal with a superb one touch shot from inside of the box.

62‘ Jaroslav Plasil delivers from the corner spot and Ujfalusi misses the target.
61′ Ball Possession: Czech Republic 35%, Portugal 65%.
61′ Cristiano Ronaldo is denied by the keeper.
60′ Simao’s shot is saved by Cech.
59′ Cristiano Ronaldo tries to score again and he is blocked.
58′ Simao tries to score and he is blocked.
56′ Simao crosses from the corner spot and a defender clears.
56′ Nuno Gomes shoots and the ball ends into a corner kick.
53′ Simao delivers and Gomes hits the target, but the keeper saves.
51′ Simao sends a corner kick and a defender clears.
49′ Jaroslav Plasil delivers from the corner spot and the ball is cleared.
46′ The second half has started.

45′+2′ The referee blows for half time.
45′+2′ Ball Possession: Czech Republic 36%, Portugal 64%.
45′+2′ Cristiano Ronaldo’s free kick shot is saved by Cech.

45′ Libor Sionko needs his medical staff.
44′ Cristiano Ronaldo needs the medical staff.
42′ Cristiano Ronaldo’s long range shot is saved by Cech.
41′ Simao sends a corner kick and Ujfalusi clears.
38′ Zdenek Grygera delivers and Fereira clears.
36′ Milan Baros has a great counter-attack and his cross is cleared.
31′ Ball Possession: Czech Republic 40%, Portugal 60%.
31′ Yellow Card: Bosingwa is booked by the referee.
29′ Libor Sionko delivers and a player clears.
25′ Cristiano Ronaldo has a clever shot and Cech manages to saves.
24′ Deco shoots ocer the crossbar after a nice run.
23′ Yellow Card: Jan Polak is booked for a foul on Pepe.
20′ Petit shoots, wide this time.
17′ GOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 1 Libor Sionko heads the ball into the net after a corner kick sent by Plasil.

16′ Ball Possession: Czech Republic 44%, Portugal 56%.
16′ Zdenek Grygera delivers and Baros misses the target.
15′ Petit shoots wide.
10′ Jaroslav Plasil sends a corner kick cross and Polak’s head misses the target with a header.
9′ Marek Jankulovski misses the target.
8′ GOOOOOAL!!! 0 – 1 Deco manages the send the ball into the net and finish the attack.

8′ Cristiano Ronaldo dribbles, has a nice run and his one-two combination lets him alone with Cech.
4′ Cristiano Ronaldo tries to score and he is blocked.
4′ Libor Sionko tries to score and he is blocked by a defender.
1′ Czech Republic touch the ball for the first time.
0′ The referee blows for the kick-off.

Czech Republic vs Portugal Live Streams
Sopcast: B-wire Sport, Adthe, SUI99, SHTV.
TVants: SHTV, CCTV-5, Rustavi 2.
PPMate: CCTV-5.
TVU Player: B-wire Sport, Danish Delight.
Pcast: BTV-6.
Media Player: Eurosport, FoxSports2008, , Sport1, Cox TV England.

Czech Republic vs Portugal Preview
Competition: EURO 2008
Stage: Group A, Match-day 2
Date: 11.07.2008
Kick-off time: 18.00 CET
Location: Stade de Genève, Geneve, Switzerland.
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)
Live Coverage: Czech Republic vs Portugal
Match Discussions: FCFB Forums

Czech Republic vs Portugal Odds and Betting Tips
After what we saw during the first match-day, Portugal should win this encounter. But teams always tend to improve. The Czech played poorly against Switzerland and still won. If they improve they can grab a positive result. But I think that Portugal will win this match.

Czech Republic vs Portugal Line-ups

Czech Republic
1 P. Cech
2 Z. Grygera
21 T. Ujfalusi
22 D. Rozehnal
6 M. Jankulovski
7 L. Sionko
4 T. Galasek
17 M. Matejovsky
3 J. Polak
20 J. Plasil
9 J. Koller

Portugal
1 Ricardo
4 Bosingwa
15 Pepe
16 R. Carvalho
2 P. Ferreira
8 Petit
10 J. Moutinho
7 C. Ronaldo
20 Deco
11 Simao
21 N. Gomes