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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes was at it once more, this time as Portugal beat Czechia 2-1 of their opening Euro 2024 conflict on the Crimson Bull Enviornment.
Czechia shed first blood simply after the hour mark by way of Lukas Provod, who produced a thunderbolt strike from simply outdoors the field.
Portugal restored parity seven minutes later as they capitalised on an enormous blunder on the Czechia backline, that noticed Robin Hranac put the ball behind his personal internet. The match appeared prefer it was destined to finish in a draw till substitute Francisco Conceicao stepped up and grabbed the winner from shut vary.
Fernandes began in his favoured superior position in the midst of the park alongside Paris Saint-Germain star Vitinha.
Diogo Dalot and Joao Cancelo assumed the full-back positions, which noticed them consistently enterprise into midfield to assist out offensively and within the build-up.
Fernandes had 112 touches of the ball to his identify.
He tried 89 passes and pulled off 76 of them, managing a move accuracy of 85%. Two of the playmaker’s passes have been key passes.
The 29-year-old tried to search out his goal with eight crosses and 4 lengthy balls. He efficiently linked with three lengthy balls however none of his crosses discovered reached a Selecao teammate.
Fernandes created one massive probability for Cristiano Ronaldo, however the five-time Ballon d’Or winner was thwarted by Jindrich Stanek, who rushed out of his objective, made himself massive and stored the striker’s effort out.
The United skipper noticed two of his photographs on the Czechia objective blocked. He got here out on high in two of the six floor duels he gained and two of the 4 aerial challenges he contested.
Fernandes made one sort out and as many interceptions.
(Stats obtained from Sofascore)
It was one more spectacular and all-round show from him. He’ll undoubtedly be seeking to construct on it as Roberto Martinez’s males put together to tackle Turkiye subsequent on Saturday.
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