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Turkey will meet Germany in the Euro 2008 semi-final after beating Croatia 3-1 on penalties after a dramatic extra-time finale in Vienna. Ivan Klasnic headed Croatia in front with seconds left – only for Turkey’s Semih Senturk to volley the equaliser with the last kick of the game. Arda Turan, Semih and Hamit Altintop scored [...]
Joachim Low was proud of the way his German side rose to the occasion in beating Portugal in the quarter-finals. The suspended coach had to watch the game from the stands, but was delighted with the way his side responded. “We had a lot of courage, had good combinations, moved well without the ball – [...]
The group stage of Euro 2008 has produced as many great moments as any football tournament in recent history. Fans have been wowed by fantastic strikes, great moments of individual brilliance and even some bizarre scenes – such as Switzerland’s waterlogged defeat to Turkey. BBC website commentators Caroline Cheese and Jonathan Stevenson have covered every [...]
Russia beat Sweden in Innsbruck to set up a clash with coach Guus Hiddink’s native country the Netherlands in the last eight of Euro 2008. Andrei Arshavin, playing his first game of the tournament after suspension, inspired a superb attacking display. He was involved as Aleksandr Anyukov set up Roman Pavlyuchenko for a close-range finish [...]
Goals from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Robin van Persie ended Romania’s hopes of making the Euro 2008 quarter-finals. Italy’s win over France meant that the Romanians had to beat the Dutch to progress, but they rarely threatened goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg. Huntelaar’s opened the scoring in the second half when he slotted in Ibrahim Afellay’s low cross [...]
Michael Ballack’s spectacular second-half strike handed Germany a last eight tie against Portugal at the expense of Austria who exited Euro 2008. The Chelsea midfielder scored the only goal of the match when he fired in a powerful 30-yard shot from a free-kick won by Philipp Lahm. Germany should have scored early in the match [...]
Hakan Yakin’s double strike ensured that Switzerland ended their Euro 2008 campaign on a high at the expense of Group A table-toppers Portugal. After a goalless first half, Yakin gave Switzerland the lead when he slotted in through the legs of keeper Ricardo. He scored his second, and third of the championship, with a firmly [...]
Russia beat Greece to send the holders crashing out of Euro 2008 and set up a deciding final game against Sweden for a place in the quarter-finals. Konstatin Zyryanov scored the winner from close range in the 34th minute after Sergei Semak cashed in on Greek keeper Antonis Nikopolidis’s mistake. Angelos Charisteas wasted Greece’s best [...]
David Villa’s injury-time winner gave Spain a dramatic victory over Sweden to leave them top of Group D at Euro 2008. Spain took the lead on 15 minutes with a clever move that ended with Fernando Torres poking home David Silva’s cross. But Sweden responded well and levelled when Zlatan Ibrahimovic met Fredrick Stoor’s cross [...]
Netherlands reached the last eight of Euro 2008 and topped Group C with a superb win against France, who are now fighting to survive in the tournament. Dirk Kuyt headed the Dutch in front after only nine minutes. Substitute Robin van Persie turned in Arjen Robben’s cross on the hour, before Thierry Henry pulled one [...]
Italian keeper Gianluigi Buffon’s late penalty save from Adrian Mutu kept his side in Euro 2008 after a draw with Group C rivals Romania. Italy were denied the lead when Luca Toni was wrongly ruled offside before Mutu lifted in a shot after a poor backheader to put Romania ahead. The lead lasted barely a [...]
Co-hosts Austria were given a Euro 2008 lifeline when Ivica Vastic scored a stoppage-time penalty against Poland. English referee Howard Webb ruled that Mariusz Lewandowski hauled down Sebastian Proedl and substitute Vastic slammed the penalty past Artur Boruc. Boruc had earlier made a string of stunning saves to deny Poland, with Martin Harnik wasting two [...]