Euro2008 Group A: Czech Republic 1 Portugal 3

Cristiano Ronaldo score's one goal and sets up another as Portugal beat the Czech Republic to guarantee their progress to the quarter-finals following the result in tonights other game in Group A.

Portugal went ahead on eight minutes when Deco scrambled the ball past keeper Petr Cech at the second attempt. But their lead was cancelled out nine minutes later when the impressive Libor Sionko headed in from a corner.

Ronaldo restored the lead on 63 minutes with a low drive before he set up Ricardo Quaresma for a tap-in late on. It continued the trend so far in the tournament of every game being won by the team that scored first.

And it was a deserved victory for a Portugal team that improved after the interval and overcame a Czech side that responded to their coach's demand for them to improve after their unconvincing win over Switzerland.

The Czechs started well, looking far more purposeful than they had on Saturday, with winger Sionko giving an early warning of his pace and trickery. But it was Portugal who struck first when Deco scrambled the ball home at the second attempt after Cech had almost smothered it at his feet.

With both sides lining up with five men in midfield and each with a lone striker, the first goal might have killed the game - and no team had yet drawn level after falling behind in the tournament. But the Czechs showed creditable resilience, as well as fluidity about their play, to claw their way back into the match.

And when the impressive Sionko, who had the beating of Paulo Ferreira all game long, won a corner after an excellent mazy run, the Czechs forced their equaliser.