Coach Ivan Hasek of the Czech Republic did not hesitate to say nice words to superstar Cristiano Ronaldo after the match with Portugal in the opening match of EURO 2024.
In the match of Group F EURO 2024, despite being the team that took the lead after Lukas Provod's beautiful long-range shot in the 62nd minute, the Czech Republic could not keep its advantage and lost. with a bitter score of 1-2.
Sharing after the match (recorded by France24), coach Ivan Hasek expressed dissatisfaction. “I was very angry,” he said. We played against one of the best teams in the world and it was an even match (until extra time).”
“It was a shame to concede at the end but you saw their quality. We did not let Portugal dominate the game easily. When defending, we didn't give them much space to create opportunities."
“Our defense worked really well even when we sat deep. We don't want to do that, but Portugal has great attacking quality and forces us to do that."
Mr. Ivan Hasek also gave star Cristiano Ronaldo some kind words:
“It's unbelievable how dangerous Cristiano is in every match given his age at the moment. He showed his intelligence again, he knows how to be in scoring opportunities.
I take my hat off to Cristiano, he is one of the best players of all time,” Mr. Hasek shared.
This was a match in which Cristiano Ronaldo did not score, but CR7 played hard throughout the 90' match with dangerous finishing situations and two passes that created opportunities for his teammates to score.