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Chloe Digby·18 June 2024
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Chloe Digby·18 June 2024
They say that the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
During the first 60 minutes of their opening clash with Czech Republic, Portugal fired in cross after cross, none of which were effective.
And as often happens in football, the inability to take chances was punished, when Lukåƥ Provod hit a belter of a shot into the back of the net, putting his Czech Republic side into the lead.
Eventually, one of the Portugal crosses worked as a save from a Vitinha cross forced an own goal.
Still an underwhelming performance from one of the big nations at this tournament.