Date: 19-06-2004
Stage: first round
Place: AVEIRO
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: *****
Notes: Nedved, Baros, Koller, Van Nistelrooy
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 19 June 2004, 19:45
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
Attendance: 29,935
Meteo: Clear, mild, 21 °C
CZECH REPUBLIC
Petr Čech
Zdeněk Grygera
Marek Jankulovski
Martin Jiránek
Tomáš Ujfaluši
Tomáš Galásek
Pavel Nedvěd (c)
Karel Poborský
Tomáš Rosický
Milan Baroš
Jan Koller
Coach: Karel Brückner (CZE)
55′ Tomáš Galásek
25′ ↓Zdeněk Grygera ↑Vladimír Smicer
62′ ↓Tomáš Galásek ↑Marek Heinz
75′ ↓Jan Koller ↑David Rozehnal
NETHERLANDS
Edwin van der Sar
Wilfred Bouma
Johnny Heitinga
Jaap Stam
Phillip Cocu (c)
Edgar Davids
Arjen Robben
Clarence Seedorf
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Andy van der Meyde
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Coach: Dick Advocaat (NED)
9′ Clarence Seedorf
26′ Johnny Heitinga
75′ Johnny Heitinga
75′ Johnny Heitinga
60′ ↓Arjen Robben ↑Paul Bosvelt
79′ ↓Andy van der Meyde ↑Michael Reiziger
85′ ↓Clarence Seedorf ↑Rafael van der Vaart
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (ESP)
Goals:
4′ Wilfred Bouma NED
19′ Ruud Van Nistelrooy NED
23′ Jan Koller CZE
71′ Milan Baroš CZE
88′ Vladimír Smicer CZE
Match overview
Trailing 2-0 inside twenty minutes, the Czechs refused to buckle. Jan Koller’s swift riposte revived them, Milan Baroš thundered the equaliser and, after Johnny Heitinga’s dismissal, substitute Vladimír Smicer swept in Pavel Nedvěd’s cross to complete a famous turnaround that guaranteed quarter-final qualification.
Trivia
The contest is still rated by UEFA as one of the best matches in Euro history. Nedvěd created nine chances-no player has bettered that in a single Euro game since detailed data collection began in 1980.
