Quarter-finals
Match 1: 
Czech Republic vs Portugal
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic national football team (Czech: Česká fotbalová reprezentace) represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek. Before its separation in 1992, the team participated in FIFA and UEFA competitions as Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, and the majority as Czechoslovakia.
The national team was founded in 1901, existing under the previously mentioned names before the separation of Czechoslovakia in 1992. Their first international competition as the Czech Republic was Euro 1996 where they finished runners-up, their best finish in any international competition. Despite their early success, they have only featured in one FIFA World Cup, the 2006 tournament, where they were eliminated in the first round of the competition. They suffered the same fate at Euro 2008, their most recent appearance in the final stages of a major tournament.
Portugal
The Portugal national football team (Portuguese: A Selecção Nacional de Futebol de Portugal/Clube de Portugal) represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento. Their first World Cup appearance, in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, saw them reach the semi-finals, losing 2–1 at Wembley to the eventual world champions, England. The next two times Portugal qualified for the World Cup were 1986 and 2002, with Portugal going out in the first round both times. In the 1986 tournament, players went on strike over prize-money and refused to train between their first and second games.
In 2003, the Portuguese Football Federation hired Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Brazilian head coach who had led the Brazil national football team to win the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Scolari led Portugal to the final of UEFA Euro 2004, where they lost to Greece, and to their second World Cup semi-final in the 2006 World Cup. Scolari left after the UEFA Euro 2008 and was replaced by Carlos Queiroz. He led Portugal to the second round of the 2010 World Cup before they were defeated by the eventual champions Spain. Because of poor results in the games that would succeed, Queiroz was fired and the Federation hired ex-Sporting Clube de Portugal coach Paulo Bento.
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Czech Republic beat Portugal 1-0 at the quarter-final stage en route to the final at EURO '96 courtesy of Karel Poborský's memorable lob.
Portugal redressed the balance with a 3-1 victory in the group stage of UEFA EURO 2008. Portugal squad members Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Quaresma both scored in that win.
• Michal Bílek scored twice for Czechoslovakia in a 2-1 win against Portugal in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Prague in October 1989. The current Czech Republic coach then played in the goalless draw in Lisbon just over a month later which sealed the Czechoslovaks' place at the finals in Italy.
• Miroslav Kadlec, father of Czech Republic defender Michal, played 90 minutes of the EURO '96 encounter between the two, while Vladimír Šmicer, the team manager of the current Czech squad, also featured.
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There were nine international meetings between Czechoslovakia and Portugal. They enjoyed three wins each.
• Portugal midfielder Raúl Meireles and Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Čech both played for Chelsea FC in their 2011/12 UEFA Champions League-winning season.
