Evans scored a rare goal for Northern Ireland over the international break as
they defeated Czech Republic.
Turkey
defeated the Czech Republic 2 - 0 in Lens, a victory which keeps alive their chances of reaching the knockout stages.
The U.S.
defeated the Czech Republic 21 - 14 in the gold medal game, closing the contest on an 8 - 1 run after the teams played to a 13 - 13 tie with 3:30 left to play.
In 2014, Norway, this year's favorite,
defeated the Czech Republic by a mere 32 seconds for the gold.
Not exact matches
Other results from Sunday include the
Czech Republic defeating Italy 4 - 1 and Argentina beating Germany by the same score.
Tomas Rosicky was also on the losing side as he played the whole of the
Czech Republic home
defeat by USA.
Girondins de Bordeaux midfielder Jaroslav Plasil was unable to rescue the
Czech Republic as they fell to a 1 - 0
defeat to neighbours and fierce rivals Slovakia.
There were many shock results in Euro 2016 qualification, but none more so than Netherlands» 2 - 1
defeat at the hands of
Czech Republic in Group A.
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defeat, coupled with Turkey's win over
Czech Republic, guarantees Northern Ireland a place in the last 16
Nesta started the tournament with a clean sheet in a 2 - 0 victory over Ghana but an injury in the final group game against the
Czech Republic resulted in him missing the remainder of the tournament as Italy went on to win the trophy after
defeating France 5 - 3 in a penalty shoot - out in the Final.
The 33 - year - old returned to London to meet Chelsea with his representatives after playing in the
Czech Republic's 2 - 1
defeat in their European Qualifier against Iceland
Armenia were without skipper Henrikh Mkhitaryan after he suffered an injury in the midweek friendly
defeat to the
Czech Republic.
CZECH REPUBLIC: A campaign that peaked with a 2 - 2 comeback against Croatia only to then be squandered by a bad final
defeat to Turkey.
The youth tournament in France featured some of the biggest names in world football, and after
defeating Scotland in the semi-finals, England went into the finals Saturday against an Ivory Coast team that had beaten the
Czech Republic to book its own place in the final.
Czech Republic, whom Russia convincingly
defeated, progressed as group winners.
The Netherland have failed to qualify for the 2016 European Championships after a 3 - 2
defeat at home to the
Czech Republic on Wednesday morning.