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There was little reason to believe the Czech Republic would get anything out of their opening game with dark horses Portugal.

Their manager had been fired since their last competitive game, they stuttered through qualifying to finish behind Albania as the joint-lowest goalscorers to reach the finals and they arrived in Germany with the youngest of all 24 squads.

Ivan Hasek has chosen to build his side around domestic players, and 15 of his 26-man squad play their club football in the Czech Republic. Nine of those had 10 caps or fewer coming into the tournament.

But with youth and inexperience sometimes comes a fearlessness. An exuberance untainted by previous failure, and the character on display in Leipzig would have impressed plenty back home who had little idea what to expect.

The result did owe a lot to a profligate Portugal side, as Nick Wright touches on above with Ronaldo a particular culprit.

But the Czech back three was relatively stoic, the forward line looked threatening on the break - and scored a well-worked opening goal - and most impressively, Hasek's side stuck in there, bided their time and played a mature game, arguably beyond their years.

Tactical tweaks and nuances will come with time, especially with two more winnable group games to come. But the Czechs' attitude and commitment, the lack of which played its part in Jaroslav Silhavy's sacking last year, is more difficult to coach.

That will give Hasek, and the watching public back in Prague and beyond, the most encouragement that perhaps matching the 2020 run to the quarter-finals isn't so out of reach.

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