The clash between Portugal and the Czech Republic is the highlight of this Tuesday and closes the first round of the European Championship. The Group F match takes place at 4pm (Brasília time), at the Leipzig Stadium, with broadcast from SportTV.
The Portuguese team arrives as one of the favorites for the title. The Portuguese cast features stars such as Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leão and Cristiano Ronaldo. However, Portugal’s preparation for the Euros raised some alarms, mainly due to the defeats to Croatia and Slovenia.
“There is no easy game in the Eurocup. We have to be intense from the beginning to win the victory,” said left-back João Cancelo.
Getting closer and closer to our debut on #EURO2024 🛬⏳ #SharingThePassion pic.twitter.com/k7Bdi0EKyh
— Portugal (@selecaoportugal) June 17, 2024
On the other side, the Czech Republic arrives as the second force in the group. The Czechs will try to surprise in their debut to dream of qualifying for the round of 16.
Patrik Schick has already scored 6 goals in the Red Bull Arena. ⚽️🙏 pic.twitter.com/OcFu10cho3
— Czech national football team (@ceskarepre_cz) June 17, 2024
PROBABLE SCALATIONS
Portugal: Diogo Costa; João Cancelo, Pepe, Rúben Dias, Nuno Mendes; João Palhinha, Vitinha, Bruno Fernandes; Bernardo Silva, Rafael Leão and Cristiano Ronaldo
Technician: Roberto Martinez
Czech republic: Stand; Coufal, Holes, Robin Hranac, Krejcí, Jurásek; Soucek, Lukás Provod, Barak; Patrick Schick and Jan Kuchta
Technician: Ivan Hasek.
ARBITRATION
The refereeing of the game will be Italian, with Marco Guida as main judge and Filippo Meli and Giorgio Peretti as assistants. VAR is in charge of Massimiliano Irrati.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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