The Czech Republic seemed to have pulled off a surprise against Portugal when Lukas Provod opened the scoring beautifully midway through the second half. However, mistakes from centre-back Hranac then saw his team's defensive efforts go down the drain.
The injury-time defeat also extended the Central European team's poor run at the Euro finals. Statistics show that the Czech Republic has lost 7 of its last 12 group stage matches.
Before Portugal, coach Hasek's students only made 169 passes, the least compared to the remaining teams playing their first match at Euro 2024.
If it weren't for the brilliance of goalkeeper Stanek, with 7 saves, perhaps their number of goals conceded would not have stopped at 2.
The good news for Czech football fans is that they have not lost their opening two Euro matches since 2000. To get maximum points from Georgia, it is clear that Souceck and his teammates need to improve the quality of their performances.
As for Georgia, in their first match at the Euro, they also had to accept a bitter 1-3 defeat against Türkiye. The score difference was big, but the performance on the field of Willy Sagnol's students was worthy of praise.
Georgia's attack made a strong impression, launching 14 shots towards the opponent's goal. In addition to star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with his ability to dribble and create breakthroughs, Metz striker Mikautadze also played well.
Since the Euro group stage changed to the new format, only two teams have lost their first match and still progressed (Slovakia and Northern Ireland in 2016). Georgia will have to try to become the third team to go through.
Despite being the underdogs, with odds of winning the championship set at 750-1, Georgia with their bold and fearless style of play can cause many difficulties for the Czech Republic.
Force information
Czech Republic: Full strength.
Georgia: Coach Sagnol has no intention of changing personnel, after Georgia played well against Turkey.
Expected lineup
Czech Republic: Stanek; Holes, Hranac, Krejci; Soucek; Coufal, Barak, Provod, Doudera; Chytil, Schick.
Georgia : Mamardashvili; Dvali, Kashia, Kverkvelia; Kakabadze, Kochorashvili, Mekvabishvili, Chakvetadze, Tsitaishvili; Kvaratskhelia, Mikautadze.
Match odds: Czech Republic handicap 3/4 (0: 3/4)
Goal ratio: 2 1/2
Prediction: Draw 1-1
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