Date: 17-06-2004
Stage: first round
Place: LEIRIA
Running time: 96 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : spanish/french/italian/german
My rating: ***
Notes: Henry,Desailly,Zidane,Trezeguet, Tudor,Rapaic,Prso,Kovac
MATCH SUMMARY
Thursday, 17 June 2004, 19:45
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
Attendance: 29,160
Meteo: Mild, clear, 22 °C
FRANCE
Fabien Barthez
Marcel Desailly (c)
William Gallas
Mikaël Silvestre
Lilian Thuram
Olivier Dacourt
Patrick Vieira
Zinédine Zidane
Thierry Henry
David Trézéguet
Sylvain Wiltord
Coach: Jacques Santini (FRA)
32′ Patrick Vieira
60′ Olivier Dacourt
70′ ↓Sylvain Wiltord ↑Robert Pirés
78′ ↓Olivier Dacourt ↑Benoît Pedretti
81′ ↓William Gallas ↑Willy Sagnol
CROATIA
Tomislav Butina
Robert Kovac
Dario Simic (c)
Josip Simunic
Igor Tudor
Niko Kovac
Milan Rapaic
Giovanni Rosso
Nenad Bjelica
Dado Prso
Tomislav Šokota
Coach: Otto Baric (CRO)
39′ Igor Tudor
61′ Giovanni Rosso
64′ Robert Kovac
78′ Jerko Leko
68′ ↓Nenad Bjelica ↑Jerko Leko
73′ ↓Tomislav Sokota ↑Ivica Olic
87′ ↓Milan Rapaic ↑Ivica Mornar
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (DEN)
Goals:
22′ Igor Tudor (own goal) FRA
48′ Milan Rapaic (p) CRO
52′ Dado Prso CRO
64′ David Trézéguet FRA
Match overview
Holders France looked comfortable after an Igor Tudor own goal, yet Croatia roared back early in the second half, Milan Rapaić scoring from the spot before Dado Pršo’s thunderous volley completed the turnaround. David Trézéguet soon pounced on a defensive error to rescue a point in a pulsating Group B duel.
Trivia
France conceded their first Euro penalty since 1984; both spot-kicks involved left-back Mikaël Silvestre. Croatia have drawn every competitive match against Les Bleus despite leading at some stage in each encounter.
