Czechs take on Portugal in first game at Euro 2024

The Czech national soccer team play their first game at the European Football Championship in Germany on Tuesday night. Their opening opponent in the tournament’s Group F will be Portugal, who are among the favourites to win the whole thing.

Coach Ivan Hašek’s team will then face Georgia, who are considered outsiders, and Turkey.

The independent Czechia’s greatest success at the Euros was in 1996, when they were beaten in the final. Czechoslovakia won the tournament in 1976.