Francisco Conceição, the 21-year-old, came off the bench to break Czechia’s hearts in 2-1 win.
THE PASSING OF time in Cristiano Ronaldo ’s history-making career was evident in the dramatic late goal that won this game for Portugal .
Ronaldo chased his young teammate into the corner to celebrate as the jubilant Portuguese players delivered an instinctive roar of ‘VAMOS’.Ronaldo’s international career began in 2003, the same year that Francisco Conceição’s father Sergio retired from international duty. That is when he made his debut in the European Championships and, 20 years on, Ronaldo was now the striker waiting in the box for his younger teammate to deliver the cross.
This was serious business but Ireland’s relevance to how the game panned out remained at half time. It was in Dublin during World Cup qualifying back in 2021 that Portugal were last held to a goalless draw at the interval. Portugal manager Roberto Martinez reacted instantly, substituting Diogo Dalot and Leao for Goncalo Inacio and Diogo Jota, respectively. They increased the tempo and forced an equaliser through an own goal scored by Robin Hranac after Stanek parried Nuno Mendes’ header onto his shins.
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