Day 5

Greece 1-2 Czech Rep

The Czech Republic bounced back from their thrashing on Day 1 to record a convincing 2-1 over Greece. Two goals in the opening six minutes from Petr Jiracek and Vaclev Pilar had the Czech's in cruise control, before a second half howler from their keeper Petr Cech ensured some nervous moments to finish with.

Greece were looking to continue on from their good second half display against Poland on Day 1, however it was anything but as Jiracek put them behind after just 3 minutes. The goal was created by a wonderful Tomas Hubschman pass, which split the Greek defence wide open before Jiracek slammed it home. Greek keeper Kostas Chalkias perhaps should have done better, with replays showing that he got a solid glove to the shot, only to see if fly into the back of the net.

Just moments later and the Czech's had another. Their full back Gebre Selassie made a blinding run down the right hand side, before cutting back into the centre. Pilar met the ball ahead of two Greek defenders, somehow managing to bundle it home to make it 2-0 after just 6 minutes. It was Pilar's second goal in as many games as this tournament, and had the Czech's in control.

Greece could feel aggrieved when Giorgos Fotakis scored midway through the opening term, only for it to be ruled out by an incorrect offside decision, however there was no doubting the Czech's deserved their two goal advantage at the break.

Like they did on Day 1, Greece made a promising start to the second half. Again their half time substitutions paid dividends, with the newly introduced Fanis Gekas scoring to pull one back. He had an immense amount of luck in the build up, with Czech keeper Petr Cech flapping at a stock standard ball into the area, allowing Gekas to tap into an empty net.

Greece maintained the pressure in the final moments of the match, however in a reasonably dull contest, the Czech Republic held on to record a crucial 2-1 win and put them into a qualifying place with one match remaining.

Poland 1-1 Russia

A brave Poland side recorded a deserved 1-1 victory against an in-form Russia in front of another packed house at the National Stadium in Warsaw. The host nation matched their highly fancied opposition, and a wonderful strike from Jakub Blaszczykowski earned them a point.

The Poles settled into the match nice and early yet again, and had chances to open the scoring. However some unlucky finishes and a string of fine saves by Russian keeper Vyacheslav Malafeev kept them scoreless throughout the first half.

Then, seemingly against the run of play, Russia found the lead. Andrey Arshavin's curling free kick was glanced home off the head of Alan Dzagoev. It was the exciting 21-year-old's third goal in two games to start Euro 2012, and had his nation in the lead at the break.

But unlike on Day 1, Poland came out ready to play in the second half. 12 minutes after the interval, their captain Blaszczykowski cut inside from the right flank before unleashing a venomous left footed shot which thundered into the top corner. It was one of the finest strike's we've seen at Euro 2012 so far, and provided a deserved equaliser for the home side.

Both sides had chances to win the game throughout the 90 minutes, however there was no denying a 1-1 draw was the fair result on a wonderful night of football.

The result left Group A wide open, with all four sides still able to qualify to the Quarter Final's. It's all to play for on Match Day 3.

Russia 4 (+3)

Czech Rep 3 (-2)

Poland 2 (0)

Greece 1 (-1)