Date: 18-06-2004
Stage: first round
Place: OPORTO
Running time: 101 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Cassano,Pirlo,DelPiero,Vieri, Larsson,Ljungberg,Ibrahimovic
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 18 June 2004, 19:45
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 44,926
Meteo: Clear, mild, 22 °C
ITALY
Gianluigi Buffon
Fabio Cannavaro (c)
Alessandro Nesta
Christian Panucci
Gianluca Zambrotta
Gennaro Gattuso
Simone Perrotta
Antonio Cassano
Alessandro Del Piero
Andrea Pirlo
Christian Vieri
Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni (ITA)
39′ Gennaro Gattuso
46′ Fabio Cannavaro
58′ Gianluca Zambrotta
70′ ↓Antonio Cassano ↑Stefano Fiore
76′ ↓Gennaro Gattuso ↑Giuseppe Favalli
82′ ↓Alessandro Del Piero ↑Mauro Camoranesi
SWEDEN
Andreas Isaksson
Erik Edman
Andreas Jakobsson
Olof Mellberg (c)
Tobias Linderoth
Freddie Ljungberg
Mikael Nilsson
Anders Svensson
Christian Wilhelmsson
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Henrik Larsson
Coach: Lars Lagerbäck (SWE)
54′ Erik Edman
75′ Tobias Linderoth
55′ ↓Anders Svensson ↑Kim Källström
65′ ↓Christian Wilhelmsson ↑Mattias Jonson
76′ ↓Erik Edman ↑Marcus Allbäck
Referee: Urs Meier (SUI)
Goals:
37′ Antonio Cassano ITA
85′ Zlatan Ibrahimović SWE
Match overview
Italy’s inventive first-half display finally told when Antonio Cassano glanced in Christian Panucci’s cross. The Azzurri then retreated and Sweden’s pressure culminated in Zlatan Ibrahimović’s audacious late overhead flick, preserving the Blågult’s Group C lead and leaving Italy’s fate hanging on the final match-day.
Trivia
Ibrahimović became the first Swede to score in three successive internationals at Euro level. Cassano’s goal was Italy’s 100th in European Championship history, but his withdrawal on 70 minutes was widely criticised by Italian media.
