That seems a little off to me.
The Czechs did seem like they were turtled up and playing for a 0-0 tie for huge chunks of the second half, pretty much giving midfield possession to Portugal. So you could say Portugal dominated a big part of the game. It seemed to me especially after halftime, when Portugal started playing a slower possession build-up the attack game rather than trying to quickly slip a long pass through (and possibly the Czechs sat back a little more).
But there were a few decent chances by the Czechs; I guess they just all of the ‘just missed connecting on the cross’ type, rather than the ‘only connected well enough to get a slow easily-saved shot off’ type.
If the Czechs had gotten one in and didn’t make the single defensive lapse to let Ronaldo run free, I’d have called them a little lucky, but it wouldn’t have been a travesty, IMHO.
I have to disagree. The Czechs created almost nothing to my eyes, whereas with a better final ball Portugal could have had three or four, they were the better team by quite a distance.
This. As I wrote in my last post outside of the first 30 minutes, there was only one team on the pitch. One of the most lopsided matches at the Euros so far. 3/4 nil Portugal would have done what was shown on the pitch, justice.
I also couldn’t understand why Baros played the whole match – the Czechs played a man down; didn’t do a damn thing all match long. Talk about living off past glories!
I disagree that Portugal has looked “wooden” this tournament. When they are on, I think they have looked better than Germany or Spain (this tournament so far). When France has been on, they do too.
As a Germany supporter, I’m going crazy right now. They should be up like 4-0, I’m waiting for some freak stupid thing to happen and the Greeks equalize.
Wow the game has really come alive in the last 10 minutes. Don’t think Greece will get another one though. My guess is Germany wins 3-1 with Greece conceding another goal as they push forward near the end.
