Intro:

Ten-man Greece held co-host Poland to a 1-1 draw in the European Championship opener last week, and will next face the Czech Republic on Tuesday (June 12).

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With one draw already secured, Greece won't be playing for another.

The 2004 champions secured a 1-1 draw with co-hosts Poland in the tournament curtain raiser, despite playing most of the match with ten men.

Czech Republic are their opponents in their second Group A encounter, and despite Russia beating the Czechs 4-1 in the opening round of matches, Greece coach Fernando Santos says that scoreline means nothing.

(What are the strengths of the Czech Republic team?)

"I believe that the fact that the Czech team got beat (by Russia) bears little meaning and changes nothing about them. They have strength all over the park and play in a compact style, they are an attacking team. They dominated against Russia early on in that game and are always a difficult team to play - but we believe we can conquer them and take the win."

Greece beat the highly rated Czechs in the Euro 2004 semi-finals with an injury-time header, and famously went on to win that tournament. Eight years later, both teams will be looking for a win to help progress into the knock-out stages.