In the final game of the first round of the group stage of the European Championship, Portugal, the favourites to win the championship, staged a frightening moment, and the Five Shields Army was forced to draw by the Czech Republic when they dominated the whole game. Before the end of the game, Conceição Jr., who was in danger, staged a stunner, successfully saved Portugal, and also completed his personal fame in the European Cup.
Compared to France and the Netherlands, Italy and Spain are in the group of death, and Portugal is in Group F with the Czech Republic, Georgia and Turkey in this European Cup; According to Portugal's strength and squad depth, it is not difficult to qualify. In the first match against the Czech Republic, Portugal eliminated the Eastern European Iron Cavalry 12 years ago, and the 39-year-old Ronaldo also ushered in his 6th European Cup, becoming the only player in history to participate in 6 times.
The Czechs knew that their own strength could not match Portugal, so they directly sacrificed five defenders in the start, plus captain Shoucek led the three midfielders to strengthen the interception and sweeping ability; It has to be said that the Czech coach's adjustment was very successful. In such a situation, Cristiano Ronaldo and Leao, who started the game, did not get much performance; Among them, Ronaldo only had 32 touches of the ball in the whole game, and got 5 shots and 3 shots on target, but failed to penetrate the Czech goal.
At the same time, Portugal, which has not been able to attack for a long time, took the lead in announcing the loss of the back, in the 62nd minute, Coufal unloaded the ball on the right side and knocked back, and Provode scored a long-range shot from the periphery of the penalty area to score the world wave; Although Mendes set up an own goal for the Czech Republic with a header at the back post seven minutes later, a draw was clearly not the outcome Portugal wanted. Just as the crisis was approaching, Conceição Jr. and Neto, who were sitting on the bench, were sent by Martinez; Conceição Jr. also seized this rare opportunity.
In the 92nd minute, Neto's cross after forcing a breakthrough on the left flank was failed to intercept the Czech Republic's Hranak and sent the ball to Conceição Jr. goalkeeper, who immediately stepped forward to score the winning goal with a powerful volley; It took just 112 seconds for Conceição to go from coming off the bench to scoring, making him the second-fastest player in the history of the Portuguese national team to go from making his debut to scoring his first goal in a tournament.
And it was Portugal's first goal in regulation time at the Euros, for the first time in 24 years. After the goal, Conceição Jr. was so excited that he took off his shirt to celebrate, and his big brother Cristiano Ronaldo also hugged and celebrated as soon as the game ended.
Only 21 years old Conceição Jr. is a famous player, and his father was a famous player in Portugal before; He has also been the coach of the Porto team for the past 3 years; His goal also made them the second father-son duo to score at the European Championships after Chiesa. Conceição Jr. scored 8 goals and 6 assists for Porto this past season, which is not a great statistic, but his speed and mobility on the flanks are very useful in cup competitions; Some fans believe that since they want to continue to trust Ronaldo, they need a player with impact like Conceição on the wing.