Date: 23-06-1996
Stage: 1/4 final
Place: MANCHESTER
Running time: 107 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/german/ italian/russian/spanish/croatian
My rating: ***
Notes: Sammer,Klinsmann,Moeller, Suker,Boban,Vlaovic
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 23 June 1996, 15:00
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 43,412
Meteo: Light showers, 16 °C
GERMANY
Andreas Köpke
Markus Babbel
Thomas Helmer
Stefan Reuter
Dieter Eilts
Andreas Möller
Matthias Sammer
Mehmet Scholl
Christian Ziege
Fredi Bobic
Jürgen Klinsmann (c)
Coach: Berti Vogts (GER)
5′ Matthias Sammer
7′ Jürgen Klinsmann
38′ ↓Jürgen Klinsmann ↑Steffen Freund
46′ ↓Fredi Bobic ↑Stefan Kuntz
87′ ↓Mehmet Scholl ↑Thomas Häßler
CROATIA
Dražen Ladić
Slaven Bilić
Nikola Jerkan
Igor Štimac
Aljoša Asanović
Zvonimir Boban (c)
Robert Jarni
Nikola Jurčević
Mario Stanić
Davor Šuker
Goran Vlaović
Coach: Miroslav Blažević (CRO)
57′ Igor Štimac
77′ ↓Nikola Jurčević ↑Mladen Mladenović
Referee: Leif Sundell (SWE)
Goals:
21′ Jürgen Klinsmann (p) GER
51′ Davor Šuker CRO
59′ Matthias Sammer GER
Match overview
Klinsmann’s penalty and Sammer’s surge restored Germany’s lead after Šuker’s silky equaliser, yet the turning point proved Štimac’s red card at 1-1. With a man advantage, Vogts’ side managed the game expertly and advanced to a sixth European semi-final despite late Croatian pressure.
Trivia
Sammer became the first libero to score in consecutive Euro matches and would claim that season’s Ballon d’Or. Germany have still never lost a competitive match in which Klinsmann both scored and completed ninety minutes.
