But it was Conceicao who stole the show. Was it a mistake for 39-year-old Ronaldo to start? Portugal got off to a good start in the European Cup
On June 19, Beijing time, in the group stage of the 2024 European Football Cup, the world's sixth-ranked Portugal team defeated the world's 36th-ranked Czech team 2-1, making a "good start". It is worth mentioning that the 39-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo played for the Portuguese team as captain and played the entire game.
The 39-year-old Ronaldo is still the spiritual leader of the Portuguese team.
In the 62nd minute, Provod scored the first goal for the Czech team. In the 69th minute, Czech player Hranac scored an own goal, and the score became 1:1. In the 92nd minute, 21-year-old Francisco Conceicao scored a "loser" to help Portugal win all three points without any danger.
In another match held early this morning Beijing time, Turkey, ranked 40th in the world, defeated Georgia, ranked 75th in the world, 3:1. Currently, Turkey is currently the top team in Group F, ahead of Portugal by 1 goal difference.
20 years ago, at the 2004 European Championship in Portugal, Conceicao Sr. was a veteran player and Ronaldo was still a young talent. The Portuguese team took the game by storm at home. 20 years later, Ronaldo is still the spiritual leader of the Portuguese team, but Conceicao Sr.'s son took over his father's gun and helped the Portuguese team win its first victory in the group stage, creating a good story of father-son cooperation.
Conceicao was very excited after scoring the winning goal.
After the game, Conceicao said: "I feel very happy to be able to represent our country. I want to do my best to help the team. Fortunately, I succeeded. My father, mother, brother, girlfriend, many people are here. This victory is for them."
At 21:00 Beijing time on the 19th, Croatia will play against Albania in the second round of the group stage; at 0:00 tomorrow morning Beijing time, Germany will play against Hungary in the second round of the group stage; at 3:00 tomorrow morning Beijing time, Scotland will play against Switzerland in the second round of the group stage.
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