Euro 2004 Results

this is what the fuss is all about this is the cup that defines you as champions of Europe.. little history.. Current Champions France winners of Euro 2000

Group stages occur first 4 groups of 4 teams top 2 teams in each group go through to the knock out stages.

Group A
Portugal
Spain
Greece
Russia

Group B
England
France
Switzerland
Croatia

Group C
Bulgaria
Italy
Sweden
Denmark

Group D
Germany
Holland
C.Republic
Latvia


Day 1

Portugal Vs Greece
Portugal 1-2 Greece


Giorgios Karagounis 5mins <Greece>
Angelos Bassinas (50') Penalty <Greece>
Ronaldo 92mins <Portugal>


portugal lose the opening game of euro 2004 evan with home advantage to the underdogs in the match Greece. very disapointing performance from portugal only player which produced a decent performance for the host of the tourneyment was Manchester United Beckham replacement Christiano Ronaldo

Portugals Next Matches...
Russia Wed 16 Jun
Spain Sun 20 Jun

Greece's Next Matches...
Spain Wed 16 Jun
Russia Sun 20 Jun

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Spain Vs Russia
Spain 1 - 0 Russia

Juan Carlos
Valeron 59mins <Spain>

what seemed to be a easy match for spain proved very difficult for them according to the scoreline..

Group A Standings after 1 game

1. Greece 3pts
2. Spain 3pts
3. Portugal 0pts
4. Russia 0pts


Fixtures for sunday 13th of june
Switzerland Vs Croatia (UK Viewers Can watch it live on BBC1 from 4:30pm

France Vs England (UK Viewers can watch live on ITV1 at 7:30pm)

Day 2

Switzerland Vs Croatia
Switzerland 0-0 Croatia

both teams both making chances!

both teams get 1 point each as the game ended in a draw!

Switzerland's next matches
England Vs Switzerland 17 JUN
Switzerland Vs France 21 JUN

Croatia's next matches
Croatia Vs France 17 JUN
Croatia Vs England 21 JUN

France Vs England
France 2 - 1 England


Frank Lampard 39mins
Zinedine Zidane 91mins Free Kick
Zidane 93 mins Penalty


England started the game really well putting pressure on the french defence, young striker wayne rooney had the french denfence crying us a river! before the half frank lampard nets a header from a david beckham free kick. in the second half wayne rooney is fouled in the penalty area by micheal silvestre. Beckham penalty saved by Fabian Barthez. in the final minutes in injury time emile heskey fouling a french player giving a away a free kick close to the englands penalty area. Zidane stuck a amazing free kick right into the englands goal david james didnt it move to save it. 2 mins after a bad back pass from steven gerard. giving the ball away to the deadly aresnal assissin thierry henry. leaving a 1on1 with the keeper david james brings henry down in the penalty area david james given a yellow card which is debatable about it being red. anyways france is also awarded a penalty and zidane steps up and sends david james the wrong way. what a way to end that match france awarded the 3 points england get nothing and find themselves currently at the bottom of the group b table.
cnt believe it! u cnt always get want u want eh england... we'll beat switzerland and croatia

Group B
France 3pts
Switzerland 1pts
Croatia 1pts
England 0pts

next matches are Group C sunday 14th june
Denmark Vs Italy
Sweden Vs Bulgaria

Grrrr why my Hatred For Emile Heskey and Steven Gerard and what did friggen Michael Owen do in that match

thanks for the color commentary ..

I've learned more from you than any of the so-called experts

LOL! I was so damn happy when France got 2 goals in against England in the space of 5 minutes, the pubs around my area where going crazy.

Day 3

Denmark Vs Italy
Denmark 0-0 Italy

The Danes had the best of the possession and the chances in the first half against a nervy Italian side with Thomas Helveg twice going close.
The Italians, who will now be under pressure in their second game against Sweden on Friday, were brighter after the break but could not find a way past goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen.

The result means Denmark have now played four European championship finals matches without scoring after their poor showing in Euro 2000.

Although Italy had the first chance when Francesco Totti's powerful 25-metre free kick was tipped away by Sorensen, it was the Danes who took the initiative, pushing forward on the flanks and getting early control of the central midfield areas.

Italy keeper Gianluigi Buffon was pressed into action in the 16th minute, pushing over a left-foot drive from Helveg who had opened up space by cutting in from the right.

Denmark striker Jon Dahl Tomasson was making himself a nuisance for the Italian defence and, although he was booked in the 29th minute for diving, he went close with a flashing header four minutes later and then set up Helveg who fired just wide.

The best chances for both sides came right on the stroke of halftime with Sorensen making a great double save to foil Alessandro Del Piero and then Totti, both from close range.

At the other end the Danes could have gone in with a lead they probably deserved when Martin Joergensen's low shot forced a good save out of Buffon after good work from the lively Dennis Rommedahl down the right.

After surviving that scare at the end of a poor first half showing, the Italians were more determined and effective after the interval, creating two good openings straight away.

Totti produced a superb pass to put in Gianluca Zambrotta but the left-back shot harmlessly across the face of goal.

Then Zambrotta, pushing forward with more urgency, found Christian Vieri with a well delivered cross and Sorensen did well to push the striker's firm header over the bar.

Moments later Christian Panucci wasted a chance when, unattended by the Danish defence, he headed wide from a Totti corner.

Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni brought on Gennaro Gattuso for Cristiano Zanetti in midfield and Antonio Cassano for the disappointing Del Piero as he looked to break the deadlock.

But Denmark almost caught them on the break when the pacey Rommedahl burst forward and was only stopped by a body check from Fabio Cannavaro which resulted in a deserved yellow card for the Italy captain.

The Danes went close to a winner in the 75th minute when Buffon did well to block a Tomasson shot and Rommedahl was unable to make the most of the rebound.

Denmarks Next Matches
Bulgaria Vs Denmark JUN 18
Denmark Vs Sweden JUN 22

Italy Next matches
Italy Vs Sweden
Italy Vs Bulgaria

wat bout the latest france vs. england....
what a match france beat england....
so sad... actually i was for england...
really sad bout the loss
France vs. England : 2 - 1

Sweden Vs Bulgaria
Sweden 5-0 Bulgaria

Goal Scorers all Swedish
Fredrik Ljungberg 31mins
Henrik Larsson 56,57mins
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 77mins (Penalty)
Marcus ALLBÄCK 90mins


Henrik Larsson scored a quick-fire double to help fire Sweden to a 5-0 win over Bulgaria that will have piled the pressure on to Euro 2004 group C rivals Denmark and Italy.

Two goals in the space of a minute from the former Celtic striker killed off Bulgaria and demonstrated just why all of Sweden had been desperate for him to come out of international retirement to lead the drive for glory in Portugal.

Larsson's double, his 26th and 27th goals for his country on his 75th international appearance, came just before the hour mark after Freddie Ljungberg had given the Swedes a first half lead.

A 78th-minute penalty from Larsson's strike partner Zlatan Ibrahimovic, awarded after Ljungberg was brought down by Vladimir Ivanov, and a last-minute strike by Marcus Allback completed the rout.

Sweden joint coach Lars Lagerback said it was a joy to have a player like Larsson in one's team.

"You could say it is easy to be a coach when you have a player like Henrik Larsson," said the 55-year-old.

Convincing as Sweden's win ultimately was, Bulgaria generated sufficient chances early on to suggest that neither Denmark nor Italy, who drew 0-0 earlier in the day, will find them pushovers.

Sweden who made the breakthrough, thanks to a well-timed run by Ibrahimovic through the inside right channel that beat the offside trap.

The Ajax striker advanced into the box and drew goalkeeper Zdravko Zdravkov off his line before squaring the ball for Ljungberg to sweep the ball into an empty net from six yards out.

Stilian Petrov went close to delivering an immediate riposte but the Bulgarian skipper's volley flew narrowly wide of Isaksson's right-hand post.

Sweden had a let off two minutes after the restart when another excellent cross from Martin Petrov found Jankovic, who directed his header wide of the target.

Ljungberg was equally profligate when he broke into the Bulgarian box only to shoot straight at the outcoming Zdravkov.

It was a miss that could have cost Sweden dear had the Martin Petrov shot which followed been inside rather than fractionally outside Isaksson's post with the Swedish goalkeeper beaten.

That was to prove Bulgaria's last chance as Larsson applied the killer touch with his quickfire double strike.

The first was the best of the tournament so far; a textbook diving header from left-back Erik Edman's cross.

Bulgaria were still reeling from that blow when Larsson found himself lurking at the back post in the perfect position to finish off Anders Svensson's well-judged cross from the right.

Group C
Sweden 3pts
Denmark 1pts
Italy 1pts
Bulgaria 0pts


Fixtures for Jun 15
Germany Vs Holland
Czech Republic Vs Latvia

Day 4

Latvia Vs Czech Rupublic
Lavia 1 - 2 Czech Rupublic
goal scorers
Maris Verpakovskis (45') Latvia
Milan BAROS 72' C.R
Marek Heinz (84')C.R

Germany Vs Holland
Germany 1 - 1 Holland
Goal Scorers
Torsten FRINGS (29') Germany
Ruud VAN NISTELROOY (80') Holland



No Match Analysis for these matches as i found them reasonably boring and dissapointing..

Group D
1. Czech Republic 3pts
2. Holland 1pt
3. Germany 1pt
4. Latvia 0pts



all teams now hav played 1 game in the competion.. the hosts play today hopefully they will play much better than they did in the first game! a win today for either spain or greece will put them into the quatre finals

Day 5
Greece Vs Spain
Greece 1 - 1 Spain

Goalscorers
Fernando MORIENTES (Spain) 27mins
Angelos CHARISTEAS (Greece) 65mins

Fernando Morientes (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raúl.
Angelos Charisteas (Greece) left footed shot from the left side of the box to top left corner. Assisted by Vassilis Tsartas with a long ball

both teams gain 1 point and both hav 4 points in total portuagal MUST win 2nite or they are out

Russia Vs Portugal
Russia 0 - 2 Portugal

Goalscorers
Maniche (6')
Rui Costa (88')


Maniche (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Deco with cross
Rui Costa (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo with cross following a fast break.

Group A

1 Greece 4 pts
2 Spain 4 pts
3 Portugal 3 pts
4 Russia 0 pt

England Vs Croatia
England 3 - 0 Croatia

Goal Scorers
Wayne Rooney 22' 74'
Steven Gerrard 81'


Wayne Rooney (England) header from very close range to high centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Owen after receving an cross the field pass from David Beckham -- England 1, Switzerland 0

England 2, Switzerland 0. Unlucky header beats his own goalkeeper into lower net. Goal Awarded to Wayne Rooney

England 3, Switzerland 0. Steven Gerrard (England) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by G. Neviile

Croatia Vs France
Croatia 2 - 2 France

Goal Scorers
Igor Tudor (21') Own Goal
Milan Rapaic (47') (Penalty) {Croatia}
Dado Prso (51') { Croatia }
David Trézéguet (63') { France }

Own Goal by Igor Tudor, Croatia. Croatia 0, France 1. Zidane Free Kick whipped into the penalty area.. Unlucky ball with left foot beats his own goalkeeper into lower net.

Penalty conceded by Mikael Silvestre (France) with a foul in penalty area. Croatia 1, France 1. Milan Rapaic (Croatia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner

Croatia 2, France 1. Dado Prso (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to high centre of the goal.

Croatia 2, France 2. David Trezeguet (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.

Group B
1. France 4pts
2. England 3pts
3. Croatia 2pts
4. Switzerland 1pt

England only need a point against croatia (in other words all they need is a draw to go throw to the quater finals) France u could say are threw but wanna go threw as group winners

Italy Vs Sweden
Italy 1 - 1 Sweden

Goal Scorers
Antonio Cassano (36') Italy
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (84') Sweden


Antonio Cassano (Italy) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Panucci with cross.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) right footed shot from very close range to top left corner.