With the nature of this year’s EURO opening match, both Portugal and the Czech Republic will field the best quality names such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes or Patrik Schick, etc.

At 2:00 a.m. on June 19 Vietnam time, Portugal will enter the opening match in this year’s EURO Group F with the Czech Republic team. Both are very determined to get off to a good start in the tournament, so it is likely that the best players from both sides will start.

Portugal’s strongest squad

Even though he is nearly forty years old, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is still the best choice that coach Roberto Martinez can trust as a key striker. No longer has speed or agility, but Ronaldo still has the goal-scoring instinct that many young strikers today still crave.

Supporting Ronaldo are a series of stars such as Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes or Vitinha – the midfielder who had a remarkable season in the PSG shirt.

Joao Palhinha will be responsible for cleaning up the midfield, relieving pressure on the four defenders: Nuno Mendes, Ruben Dias, Pepe and Joao Cancelo.

Standing in the wooden frame is likely to be Diogo Costa – one of the most expensive goalkeepers in the world today (according to Transfermarkt).

The strongest squad of the Czech Republic

Standing in the wooden goal of the Czech Republic is a rather strange name – Jindrich Stanek after Tomas Koubek, Tomas Vaclik, Jiri Pavlenka, Ondrej Kolar did not play regularly last season and were not called up to the national team.

Tomas Holes, Robin Hranac and Ladislav Krejci will be the Czech center back trio, the most prominent of which is Krejci – Girona’s rookie who scored more than a dozen goals last season despite playing in a defensive position.

Two West Ham stars: Vladimir Coufal and Tomas Soucek are unlikely to lose their starting positions. Likewise is the number 1 hope on the Czech attack: Patrik Schick.