Date: 14-06-2004
Stage: first round
Place: GUIMARAES
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: **
Notes: Totti,Buffon,DelPiero,Vieri,Cannavaro, Tomasson,Jorgensen
MATCH SUMMARY
Monday, 14 June 2004, 17:00
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Attendance: 29,595
Meteo: Partly cloudy, warm, 24°C
ITALY
Gianluigi Buffon
Fabio Cannavaro (c)
Alessandro Nesta
Christian Panucci
Gianluca Zambrotta
Mauro Camoranesi
Simone Perrotta
Cristiano Zanetti
Alessandro Del Piero
Francesco Totti
Christian Vieri
Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni (ITA)
62′ Fabio Cannavaro
70′ Antonio Cassano
81′ Gennaro Gattuso
90′ Francesco Totti
57′ ↓Cristiano Zanetti ↑Gennaro Gattuso
64′ ↓Alessandro Del Piero ↑Antonio Cassano
68′ ↓Mauro Camoranesi ↑Stefano Fiore
DENMARK
Thomas Sørensen
Thomas Helveg
René Henriksen (c)
Niclas Jensen
Martin Laursen
Daniel Jensen
Martin Jørgensen
Christian Poulsen
Dennis Rommedahl
Ebbe Sand
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Coach: Morten Olsen (DEN)
29′ Jon Dahl Tomasson
67′ Thomas Helveg
69′ ↓Ebbe Sand ↑Claus Jensen
72′ ↓Martin Jørgensen ↑Kenneth Perez
76′ ↓Christian Poulsen ↑Brian Priske
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP)
Goals:
none
Match overview
Outstanding goalkeeping from Sørensen and Buffon preserved parity as Italy improved after the break but failed to convert a series of Zambrotta-inspired chances. Denmark’s pace on the flanks worried the Azzurri, yet Olsen’s side also lacked cutting edge.
Trivia
This was Italy’s first scoreless draw in a Euro finals; Christian Poulsen’s running total of 12.6 km topped all Group C players on match-day 1.
