Date: 19-06-2000
Stage: first round
Place: EINDHOVEN
Running time: 111 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : italian/spanish/turkish
My rating: ***
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Monday, 19 June 2000, 20:45
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 30,000
Meteo: Clear, very warm, 31 °C
ITALY
Francesco Toldo
Ciro Ferrara
Mark Iuliano
Paolo Maldini (c)
Paolo Negro
Massimo Ambrosini
Luigi Di Biagio
Angelo Di Livio
Gianluca Pessotto
Alessandro Del Piero
Vincenzo Montella
Coach: Dino Zoff (ITA)
41′ ↓Paolo Maldini ↑Alessandro Nesta
46′ ↓Mark Iuliano ↑Fabio Cannavaro
64′ ↓Angelo Di Livio ↑Stefano Fiore
SWEDEN
Magnus Hedman
Patrik Andersson (c)
Tomas Antonelius-Gustafsson
Joachim Björklund
Olof Mellberg
Johan Mjällby
Freddie Ljungberg
Håkan Mild
Magnus Svensson
Henrik Larsson
Yksel Osmanovski
Coach: Tommy Söderberg / Lars Lagerbäck (SWE)
51′ ↓Magnus Svensson ↑Niclas Alexandersson
55′ ↓Johan Mjällby ↑Daniel Andersson
75′ ↓Tomas Antonelius-Gustafsson ↑Kennet Andersson
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (POR)
Goals:
38′ Luigi Di Biagio ITA
76′ Henrik Larsson SWE
88′ Alessandro Del Piero ITA
Match overview
Italy, already qualified, rotated heavily yet edged Sweden in an entertaining contest. Di Biagio’s deft header gave the Azzurri a deserved lead before Larsson’s solo equaliser sparked a frantic finale. Substitute Cannavaro steadied Italy and Del Piero settled matters late with a curling drive into Hedman’s top corner.
Trivia
Larsen’s equaliser briefly eliminated Turkey from the tournament until Del Piero’s strike two minutes from time. Paolo Maldini’s 41-minute cameo was his final EURO appearance; he retired from international football after the 2002 World Cup with a then-record 126 caps.
