Czech Republic back on track after victory over Greece

The Czechs knew they were in real in danger of becoming the first side to be eliminated from the tournament had they lost.

But they made a lightening start, scoring twice inside the opening six minutes of the game at the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw.

Tomas Hubschman's defence splitting pass was collected by Petr Jiracek and the striker stayed calm and composed to slot his left-foot shot past goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias.

Just three minutes later the Czech fans were in dreamland as Gebre Selassie found space down the right and his resulting cross was turned into the back of the net by Vaclav Pilar's knee from close-range, despite the attention of two defenders.

Greece thought they had pulled a goal back just before the break, but Giorgos Fotakis' header was harshly ruled out for offside.

However, eight minutes into the second half Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech gifted Greece a lifeline after fumbling Georgios Samaras' low cross on the edge of the box to Theofanis Gekas, who calmly slotted the ball into a gaping goal.