UEFA Euro 2004 Final

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The final of UEFA Euro 2004 was a football match played on 4 July 2004 at Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 2004. The match featured tournament hosts, Portugal, who went into the match as favourites,[1] and Greece, playing in only their second European Championship. Both teams had qualified for the knockout stage from Group A of the tournament's group stage, with Greece winning 2–1 in the teams' earlier meeting.

Greece won the final 1–0, defying odds of 80–1 from the beginning of the tournament,[2] with Angelos Charisteas scoring the winning goal in the 57th minute. The result came against the run of the play, with Portugal having the majority of the possession throughout the game, as well as four times as many shots as the Greeks.[2]

[edit] Match details

2004-07-04
20:45 CEST
Portugal Flag of Portugal 0 – 1 Flag of Greece Greece Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 62,865
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
(Report) Charisteas Scored after 57 minutes 57'
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Portugal
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Greece
Flag of Portugal
PORTUGAL:
GK 1 Ricardo
RB 13 Miguel Substituted off after 43 minutes 43'
CB 16 Ricardo Carvalho
CB 4 Jorge Andrade
LB 14 Nuno Valente Booked after 90+3 minutes 90+3'
CM 6 Costinha Booked after 12 minutes 12' Substituted off after 60 minutes 60'
CM 18 Maniche
RW 7 Luís Figo (c)
AM 20 Deco
LW 17 Cristiano Ronaldo
CF 9 Pauleta Substituted off after 74 minutes 74'
Substitutions:
DF 2 Paulo Ferreira Substituted on after 43 minutes 43'
MF 10 Rui Costa Substituted on after 60 minutes 60'
FW 21 Nuno Gomes Substituted on after 74 minutes 74'
Manager:
Flag of Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari
Flag of Greece
GREECE:
GK 1 Antonis Nikopolidis
RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis Booked after 63 minutes 63'
CB 5 Traianos Dellas
CB 19 Michalis Kapsis
LB 14 Takis Fyssas Booked after 67 minutes 67'
RM 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos Substituted off after 76 minutes 76'
CM 6 Angelos Basinas Booked after 45+2 minutes 45+2'
CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c)
LM 21 Kostas Katsouranis
CF 9 Angelos Charisteas
CF 15 Zisis Vryzas Substituted off after 81 minutes 81'
Substitutions:
DF 3 Stelios Venetidis Substituted on after 76 minutes 76'
FW 22 Dimitrios Papadopoulos Booked after 85 minutes 85' Substituted on after 81 minutes 81'
Manager:
Flag of Germany Otto Rehhagel


Assistant referees:
Flag of Germany Christian Schräer
Flag of Germany Jan-Hendrik Salver
Fourth official:
Flag of Sweden Anders Frisk

[edit] Statistics

Statistic Portugal Greece
Goals scored 0 1
Total shots 16 4
Shots on target 5 1
Ball possession 58% 42%
Corner kicks 10 1
Fouls committed 19 21
Offsides 4 3
Yellow cards 2 4
Red cards 0 0

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Greece win Euro 2004", World Soccer, 2004-07-04. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 
  2. ^ a b Szreter, Adam. "Greece kings of Europe", UEFA, 2004-07-04. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.