UEFA Euro 2008 Group C

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Group C of the 2008 UEFA European Championships is one of four groups of competing nations at UEFA Euro 2008. The first of three rounds of matches took place on 9 June, and are scheduled to finish on 17 June. All six group matches will be played at venues in Switzerland, in Zürich and Berne. The group is composed of 2006 FIFA World Cup finalists Italy and France, as well as the Netherlands and Romania. At the time of the draw, these countries' respective Elo rankings among European teams were 1st, 2nd, 4th and 8th, and as such the group has been dubbed the competition's "Group of Death".^[1][2]

The group was opened with an uneventful 0–0 draw between Romania and France in Zürich, and was followed by Netherlands' convincing 3–0 triumph over Italy in Berne. Marco van Basten's side meet France on 13 June, whilst Italy and Romania both seek to record their first wins in Zürich on the same day. The final round of games features a repeat of the last World Cup final, with France and Italy likely to be fighting over one place in the next round.

Contents 1 Romania vs France 2 Netherlands vs Italy 3 Italy vs Romania 4 Netherlands vs France 5 Netherlands vs Romania 6 France vs Italy 7 References

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
France	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Romania	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0

All times local (UTC+2)

[edit] Romania vs France

2008-06-09 18:00	Romania	0 – 0	France	Letzigrund Stadion, Zürich Attendance: 30,585 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
		(Report)

ROMANIA: GK 1 Bogdan Lobonţ RB 2 Cosmin Contra 40' CB 4 Gabriel Tamaş CB 15 Dorin Goian 43' LB 3 Răzvan Raţ RM 11 Răzvan Cociş 64' CM 6 Mirel Rădoi 90+3' LM 5 Cristian Chivu (c) RF 16 Bănel Nicoliţă CF 21 Daniel Niculae 27' LF 10 Adrian Mutu 78' Substitutions: MF 8 Paul Codrea 64' FW 18 Marius Niculae 78' MF 20 Nicolae Dică 90+3' Manager: Victor Piţurcă

FRANCE: GK 23 Grégory Coupet RB 19 Willy Sagnol 51' CB 15 Lilian Thuram (c) CB 5 William Gallas LB 3 Éric Abidal CM 20 Jérémy Toulalan CM 6 Claude Makélélé RW 22 Franck Ribéry LW 7 Florent Malouda CF 8 Nicolas Anelka 72' CF 9 Karim Benzema 78' Substitutions: FW 18 Bafétimbi Gomis 72' MF 11 Samir Nasri 78' Manager: Raymond Domenech

Man of the Match: Claude Makélélé Assistant referees: Juan Carlos Juste Jiménez Jesús Calvo Guadamuro Fourth official: Olegário Benquerença

[edit] Netherlands vs Italy

2008-06-09 20:45	Netherlands	3 – 0	Italy	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Berne Attendance: 30,777 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
	van Nistelrooy  26' Sneijder  31' van Bronckhorst  79'	(Report)

NETHERLANDS: GK 1 Edwin van der Sar (c) RB 2 Andre Ooijer CB 21 Khalid Boulahrouz 77' CB 4 Joris Mathijsen LB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst DM 17 Nigel de Jong 58' DM 8 Orlando Engelaar RW 18 Dirk Kuyt 81' AM 23 Rafael van der Vaart LW 10 Wesley Sneijder CF 9 Ruud van Nistelrooy 70' Substitutions: FW 7 Robin van Persie 70' DF 3 John Heitinga 77' MF 20 Ibrahim Afellay 81' Manager: Marco van Basten

ITALY: GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c) RB 2 Christian Panucci CB 6 Andrea Barzagli CB 23 Marco Materazzi 54' LB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta 35' CM 13 Massimo Ambrosini CM 21 Andrea Pirlo CM 8 Gennaro Gattuso 51' RF 16 Mauro Camoranesi 75' CF 9 Luca Toni 27' LF 11 Antonio Di Natale 64' Substitutions: DF 3 Fabio Grosso 54' FW 7 Alessandro Del Piero 64' FW 18 Antonio Cassano 75' Manager: Roberto Donadoni

Man of the Match: Wesley Sneijder Assistant referees: Stefan Wittberg Henrik Andrén Fourth official: Damir Skomina

[edit] Italy vs Romania

2008-06-13 18:00	Italy	0 – 0	Romania	Letzigrund Stadion, Zürich Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

ITALY: GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta CB 2 Christian Panucci CB 4 Giorgio Chiellini LB 3 Fabio Grosso DM 21 Andrea Pirlo DM 10 Daniele De Rossi RW 16 Mauro Camoranesi AM 20 Simone Perrotta LW 7 Alessandro Del Piero (c) CF 9 Luca Toni Manager: Roberto Donadoni

ROMANIA: GK 1 Bogdan Lobonţ RB 2 Cosmin Contra CB 4 Gabriel Tamaş CB 15 Dorin Goian LB 3 Răzvan Raţ DM 6 Mirel Rădoi 25' RM 7 Florentin Petre CM 8 Paul Codrea LM 5 Cristian Chivu (c) SS 10 Adrian Mutu CF 21 Daniel Niculae Substitutions: MF 20 Nicolae Dică 25' Manager: Victor Piţurcă

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Geir Åge Holen Jan Petter Randen Fourth official: Ivan Bebek

[edit] Netherlands vs France

2008-06-13 20:45	Netherlands	v	France	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Berne Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach Volker Wezel Fourth official: Grzegorz Gilewski

[edit] Netherlands vs Romania

2008-06-17 20:45	Netherlands	v	Romania	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Berne

[edit] France vs Italy

2008-06-17 20:45	France	v	Italy	Letzigrund Stadion, Zürich

[edit] References

UEFA Euro 2008 stages v • d • e
Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Final
UEFA Euro 2008 general information
Qualification Seeding Squads Schedule Discipline Officials Controversies Broadcasting Sponsorship Miscellany
UEFA Euro 2008 finalists v • d • e
Group A: Czech Republic • Portugal • Switzerland • Turkey Group B: Austria • Croatia • Germany • Poland Group C: France • Italy • Netherlands • Romania Group D: Greece • Russia • Spain • Sweden