Captain Soucek laments his first loss in the Nations League. To score the first goal, he laments

The Czech national team experienced the bitterness of defeat in the Nations League for the first time yesterday. Captain Tomáš Souček commented on the match and said that he was particularly sorry for the missed chances.

The Czech national team tasted the bitterness of their first defeat in the Nations League

The Czechs played their third match in the elite group A of the Nations League yesterday at the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, where they faced the strength of the Portuguese national team, undefeated so far. This was particularly evident during the first half when Cancelo and Guedes came to the fore.

Unfortunately, the Czech national team was unable to respond to the botched first half with a goal. Although we created several promising chances, the players did not get the ball behind goalkeeper Costa.

Captain Soucek lamented the missed chances

Czech captain Tomáš Souček said in a post-match interview that if the Czechs had scored the first goal, the match could have been different. After the first defeat in the group, he felt disappointed, but he is still happy with the four points.

“We know that Portugal and Spain are really good on the ball, we almost can’t match them in terms of ball possession,” Souček said in his post-match interview.

“If we had scored first, it would have been different,” the Czech captain rued. “Or we could have reduced it to 2-1 in the second half, it would have been interesting again,” he lamented the missed opportunities in the second half.

Soucek praised Cancela and motivated his teammates to continue their journey through the difficult group

“They have quality everywhere, whether it’s right, left,” he was aware of the opponent’s strength. “Cancelo has been a problem for us, everyone is looking at Ronaldo, but I think Cancelo is a huge asset to the team,” highlighted the contribution of the Manchester City midfielder who opened the scoring.

“We’re halfway through and I think if someone had told us at the start, we would have taken the four points,” Soucek said. “We are moving on, we want to stay in this group so that next time we play the best teams in the world,” he added.

The Czech team dropped to third in the table with four points after the loss. Spain’s equalizer in the last minute of the match may be all the more disappointing. On Sunday at 20:45, we will have an equally difficult match on Spanish soil, which will probably decide the fate of the group.

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