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Euro 2012 Czechs beat Greece to stay in the hunt
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Euro 2012: Czechs beat Greece to stay in the hunt
June 13, 2012 00:45
The Czech Republic kept alive their hopes of reaching the Euro 2012 quarter-finals as they beat Greece 2-1 in their Group A clash on Tuesday.
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The Czech Republic kept alive their hopes of reaching the Euro 2012 quarter-finals as they beat Greece 2-1 in their Group A clash on Tuesday. (All AFP and AP Images)
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The Czechs made a dream start with Petr Jiracek putting them ahead in only the 3rd minute.
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Three minutes later Czech Republic were celebrating again as Vaclav Pilar slid in to put the ball in the net for his second goal of the tournament.
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Greek 'keeper Costas Chalkias' unhappy afternoon ended prematurely when he had to go off injured in the 22nd minute and was replaced by Michalis Sapikis.
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Greek coach Fernando Santos had every reason to be furious.
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However, the second-half got off in the worst possible manner with Tomas Rosicky (right) - the Czechs most influential player thus far - failing to appear as he was found to be suffering from an apparent Achilles tendon injury.
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Despite the deficit, the Greece fans refused to give up hope.
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Their faith was soon rewarded as a a rare error by Petr Cech allowed Fanis Gekas to tuck the ball into the net to pull one back for Greece.
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Cech spilled the ball straight to Gekas who got the goal. The victory would have allowed him to breath with relief.
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Cezch goalscorer Petr Jiracek was also the receipient of a yellow card.
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Normally a reaction reserved for celebrating a goal. Here is Greece's Vassilis Torosidis reacting after being shown a yellow card by French referee Stephane Lannoy.
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Czech forward Milan Baros in action.
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