A header by Cristiano Ronaldo gave Portugal a place in the Euro 2012 semi-finals after they beat Czech Republic 1-0 in Warsaw on Thursday in their quarter-final.

Ronaldo - who scored a double in the 2-1 win over the Dutch in the final group game - got the winner in the 79th minute in a game where but for Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech and the post - which he hit on two occasions - he could have had a hatful.

He goes joint-top of the scoring charts with three.

The Czechs didn’t have a chance on target hindered by the absence of injured playmaker Tomas Rosicky.

Portugal will play either defending champions Spain or France in the semi-finals.

 

CZECH REPUBLIC 0 

PORTUGAL 1

Cristiano Ronaldo 79

 

Czech Republic

P. Cech, T.G. Selassie, T. Sivok, M. Kadlec, D. Limbersky, P. Jiracek, T. Hubschman, V. Darida (J. Rezek 61), J. Plasil, V. Pilar, M. Baros.

Portugal 

R. Patricio, J. Pereira, Pepe, B. Alves, F. Coentrao, R. Meireles, M. Veloso, J. Moutinho, N. (Custodio 84), H. Postiga (H. Almeida 40), C. Ronaldo.

Referee Howard Webb (England).

 

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