Moscow: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Saturday congratulated his country's national football team on its victory over the Czech Republic in Group A at Euro 2012.

"The picture quality isn't that good, but the score sure is. What a start!" Medvedev wrote in his Twitter microblog posting a link to a picture of a smiling Roman Pavlyuchenko.

Russia beat the Czech Republic 4-1 Friday. The team will play Poland June 12. (IANS)