Date: 11-06-2008
Stage: first round
Place: GENEVE
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Deco, Ronaldo
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 18:00
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 29,016
Meteo: Cloudy, mild, 17°C
PORTUGAL
Ricardo
José Bosingwa
Paulo Ferreira
Pepe
Ricardo Carvalho
Deco
João Moutinho
Petit
Simão
Nuno Gomes (c)
Cristiano Ronaldo
Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari (POR)
31′ José Bosingwa
74′ ↓João Moutinho ↑Fernando Meira
79′ ↓Nuno Gomes ↑Hugo Almeida
80′ ↓Simão ↑Ricardo Quaresma
CZECH REP.
Petr Čech
Zdeněk Grygera
Marek Jankulovski
David Rozehnal
Tomáš Ujfaluši (c)
Tomáš Galásek
Marek Matějovský
Jaroslav Plašil
Jan Polák
Libor Sionko
Milan Baroš
Coach: Karel Brückner (CZE)
23′ Jan Polák
68′ ↓Marek Matějovský ↑Stanislav Vlček
73′ ↓Tomáš Galásek ↑Jan Koller
85′ ↓Jaroslav Plašil ↑David Jarolím
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)
Goals:
8′ Deco POR
17′ Libor Sionko CZE
63′ Cristiano Ronaldo POR
90′ Ricardo Quaresma POR
Match overview
Portugal topped Group A with a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic in Geneva. Deco opened the scoring before Sionko’s header levelled for the hosts. Cristiano Ronaldo regained the lead in the 63rd minute, and late on supplied Quaresma to seal victory. The result confirmed Portugal’s quarter-final berth.
Trivia
Cristiano Ronaldo finished the season with 46 goals by slipping a composed strike beyond Čech, while Deco became the first player to score in consecutive Euros for Portugal. The match’s cloudy, mild conditions in Geneva added an extra layer of drama to this decisive Group A fixture.
