For the Portuguese team, a decisive goal from Conceiçao, son of an artist. Today marks the start of the second day
The successes of Türkiye and Portugal closed the first day of the group stage of the European Championship in Germany. The Turkish team, led by Vincenzo Montella, beat Georgia 3-1 thanks to goals from Muldur in the first half and from Arda Guler and Akturkoglu in the second half. Mikautadze scored the temporary equalizer for Georgia, a few minutes after VAR had canceled out another Turkish goal, scored by Juventus player Yildiz. In the evening Portugal won 2-1 against the Czech Republic. After the Czech lead, signed by Provod in the 17th minute of the second half, the Portuguese equalized thanks to an own goal by Hranac in the 24th minute and found the victory in full injury time with a goal from Francisco Conceiçao, son of Sergio, former Porto coach and former Lazio and Inter midfielder.
Today, meanwhile, the second day’s matches are scheduled. At 3pm, in Hamburg, Croatia and Albania will compete, included in the same group as Italy, who will face Spain tomorrow. At 6pm Germany will face Hungary in Stuttgart, while at 9pm Scotland-Switzerland is scheduled to take place in Cologne. By winning their respective matches, the Germans and Swiss would enter the round of 16 with one round to spare.
Vincenzo Murgolo
