After an embarrassing 4-1 opening loss to Russia at the European Championship, the Czech Republic pressed right from kickoff and scored two quick goals en route to a 2-1 victory over Greece on Tuesday in Wroclaw, Poland.
Petr Jiracek scored the first goal, beating Greek keeper Costas Chalkias in the third minute after a pass from Tomas Hubschmann sliced through the Greek defense. Vaclav Pilar added the second three minutes later with his second goal of the tournament.
Substitute Fanis Gekas pulled one back for Greece in the 53d minute with a tap-in after Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech spilled the ball and bumped into defender Tomas Sivok.



