EURO | He saved the protection, calm Ronaldo. The workforce stood for the underdog Hranáč – Sport.cz

Leipzig (from our contacts) – Hranáč wakened within the eleventh minute. Within the duel, his very best Cristiano Ronaldo flew away from him. The Portuguese celebrity was scoffing, making an attempt to cheat in useless.

“He has all the time been my function mannequin and nonetheless is. I like his character. I’m making an attempt to know his motivation. He’s nonetheless in pursuit of success despite the fact that he’s financially safe. The identical is true for Lionel Messi. I love them rather a lot,” stated Hranáč in a giant interview for Sport.cz earlier than the match.

He led the fights he wished for a very long time. In the midst of the trio cease, he saved a number of conditions even on the final minute. The premiere at a serious match suited him. However within the 69th minute, the whole lot went fallacious for the primary time.

Nuno Mendes headed, Czech goalkeeper Jindřich Staněk pushed the ball in entrance of him, however Hranáč caught it and hit the ball into the web. “I would not blame him, he was making an attempt to assist identical to I used to be in that scenario. Sadly, we collided, he kicked me a bit within the head. However we thought we needed to catch their photos, Hrany was catching up, sadly we have been shut to one another,” stated Staněk. “I can see the progress he has made this season,” stated the Czech goalkeeper.

Within the second minute of regulation, Pedro Neto made his means from the aspect, violently going into the aim. Hranáč tried to smother the ball, nevertheless it slipped between his legs and Francisco Conceicao shot into the web instantly.

“It is occurring. Earlier than the second aim, somebody put him down in entrance of his toes. He isn’t accountable for one aim. It was simply unhealthy luck that it occurred this fashion. We’ll assist him. He cleaned it properly. Your complete protection performed very properly. It is rather troublesome to guard the bikes and machines in entrance of Portugal,” stated Provod.

Even the coach of the Czech workforce, Ivan Hašek, was reconciled. “He performed strongly, despite the fact that he scored in two minutes. However they have been unlucky, they have been balls. On the heavy, moist floor that was Leipzig, these situations can occur. It is a disgrace we did not use it in the long run when the Portuguese slipped,” stated Hašek.