Czech Rep. beaten by Portugal in second group game at Euro 2008

The Czech national football team was beaten 3-1 by Portugal in their second group A game at Euro 2008 in Geneva on Wednesday. Portugal went ahead in the eighth minute with Deco bundling in past goalkeeper Petr Čech. Czechs equalised in the 17th minute with a powerful header from Libor Sionko. However, Ronaldo put Portugal back in front just after the hour, before Quaresma made sure of the result in injury time for the Portugese. The Czech Republic will have to beat Turkey on Sunday to get through to quarter-finals.