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João Cancelo, Portugal rescue dramatic late win against Czechia in Euro 2024 opener

Barcelona’s João Cancelo started and played 89 minutes as Portugal found a way to win their Group F opener over Czechia in Leipzig in dramatic fashion on Tuesday to end a very exciting first round of Euro 2024 group stage action.

Francisco Conceição wins it late for Portugal #EURO2024 | #PORCZE pic.twitter.com/YbM4fAfT0J

— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) June 18, 2024

The theme of the game was Portugal’s inability to turn their superior possession into clear-cut chances, with Roberto Martínez naming a strange starting XI that included Cancelo in an inverted left wing-back role in a 3-4-3 formation that had a lot of the ball but did almost nothing to truly trouble the Czech defense.