Date: 16-06-2000
Stage: first round
Place: BRUGGE
Running time: 97 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : italian/spanish/cech
My rating: ***
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 16 June 2000, 18:00
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 27,000
Meteo: Overcast, cool conditions, 17°C
FRANCE
Fabien Barthez
Laurent Blanc
Vincent Candela
Marcel Desailly
Lilian Thuram
Didier Deschamps (c)
Emmanuel Petit
Patrick Vieira
Zinédine Zidane
Nicolas Anelka
Thierry Henry
Coach: Roger Lemerre (FRA)
62′ Lilian Thuram
46′ ↓Emmanuel Petit ↑Youri Djorkaeff
54′ ↓Nicolas Anelka ↑Christophe Dugarry
90′ ↓Thierry Henry ↑Sylvain Wiltord
CZECH REP.
Pavel Srníček
Petr Gabriel
Karel Rada
Tomáš Repka
Radek Bejbl
Pavel Nedvěd
Jiří Němec (c)
Karel Poborský
Tomáš Rosický
Vladimír Smicer
Jan Koller
Coach: Jozef Chovanec (CZE)
14′ Petr Gabriel
67′ Jiří Němec
69′ Marek Jankulovski
46′ ↓Petr Gabriel ↑Milan Fukal
49′ ↓Radek Bejbl ↑Vratislav Lokvenc
61′ ↓Tomáš Rosický ↑Marek Jankulovski
Referee: Graham Poll (ENG)
Goals:
7′ Thierry Henry FRA
35′ Karel Poborský (p) CZE
60′ Youri Djorkaeff FRA
Match overview
France advanced to the quarter-finals with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Czech Republic in Bruges. Thierry Henry’s early strike was cancelled by Karel Poborský’s penalty, but substitute Youri Djorkaeff’s second-half winner sent the world champions through while eliminating the Euro ’96 runners-up.
Trivia
This match featured a remarkable goalmouth scramble where Henry wrestled the ball from Tomáš Řepka before setting up Djorkaeff’s decisive goal. Jan Koller came agonisingly close to equalising when his header struck the crossbar, highlighting the fine margins that decided Czech Republic’s tournament fate.
