Date: 15-06-2008
Stage: first round
Place: BASEL
Running time: 110 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: **
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 15 June 2008, 20:45
St Jakob Park, Basel
Attendance: 40,000
Meteo: Partly cloudy, mild, 23°C
SWITZERLAND
Pascal Zuberbühler
Stefan Lichtsteiner
Philippe Senderos
Valon Behrami
Gelson Fernandes
Gökhan Inler
Ludovic Magnin (c)
Patrick Müller
Hakan Yakin
Johann Vonlanthen
Eren Derdiyok
Coach: Köbi Kuhn (SUI)
28′ Hakan Yakin
37′ Johann Vonlanthen
81′ Tranquillo Barnetta
90′ Gelson Fernandes
61′ ↓Johann Vonlanthen ↑Tranquillo Barnetta
85′ ↓Stefan Lichtsteiner ↑Stéphane Grichting
86′ ↓Hakan Yakin ↑Ricardo Cabanas
PORTUGAL
Ricardo
Bruno Alves
Fernando Meira (c)
Miguel
Paulo Ferreira
Pepe
Miguel Veloso
Nani
Raul Meireles
Hélder Postiga
Ricardo Quaresma
Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari (POR)
30′ Paulo Ferreira
64′ Jorge Ribeiro
78′ Fernando Meira
81′ Miguel
41′ ↓Paulo Ferreira ↑Jorge Ribeiro
70′ ↓Miguel Veloso ↑João Moutinho
74′ ↓Hélder Postiga ↑Hugo Almeida
Referee: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
Goals:
71′ Hakan Yakin SUI
83′ Hakan Yakin (penalty) SUI
Match overview
Co-hosts Switzerland ended their Euro 2008 campaign on a high with a 2-0 win over a rotated Portugal side in Basel. Hakan Yakin’s brace-including a cool penalty-sealed victory after Eren Derdiyok and Tranquillo Barnetta had crafted the openings. Despite the result, Portugal advanced as group runners-up.
Trivia
Hakan Yakin became one of Switzerland’s Euro heroes by scoring both goals in his final tournament match, while veteran coach Köbi Kuhn bowed out with a deserved victory. Portugal’s unfamiliar lineup underlined Scolari’s squad depth in a contest played under mild, partly cloudy skies.
