Date: 02-07-2000
Stage: final
Place: ROTTERDAM
Running time: 121 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : english/french/spanish/italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Zidane,Henry,Trezeguet,Del Piero
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 2 July 2000, 20:00
Stadion de Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 48,200
Meteo: Clear, 17 °C
FRANCE
Fabien Barthez
Laurent Blanc
Marcel Desailly
Bixente Lizarazu
Lilian Thuram
Didier Deschamps (c)
Youri Djorkaeff
Patrick Vieira
Zinédine Zidane
Christophe Dugarry
Thierry Henry
Coach: Roger Lemerre (FRA)
58′ Lilian Thuram
58′ ↓Christophe Dugarry ↑Sylvain Wiltord
76′ ↓Youri Djorkaeff ↑David Trézéguet
86′ ↓Bixente Lizarazu ↑Robert Pirés
ITALY
Francesco Toldo
Fabio Cannavaro
Mark Iuliano
Paolo Maldini (c)
Alessandro Nesta
Demetrio Albertini
Luigi Di Biagio
Stefano Fiore
Gianluca Pessotto
Marco Delvecchio
Francesco Totti
Coach: Dino Zoff (ITA)
31′ Luigi Di Biagio
42′ Fabio Cannavaro
90′ Francesco Totti
53′ ↓Stefano Fiore ↑Alessandro Del Piero
66′ ↓Luigi Di Biagio ↑Massimo Ambrosini
86′ ↓Marco Delvecchio ↑Vincenzo Montella
Referee: Anders Frisk (SWE)
Goals:
56′ Marco Delvecchio ITA
90′ Sylvain Wiltord FRA
103′ David Trézéguet (g.g.) FRA
Match overview
Italy were seconds from glory after Delvecchio’s close-range volley, but substitute Wiltord squeezed in an equaliser deep into stoppage time. Extra-time barely settled before Pirés’ darting run teed up Trézéguet, whose explosive left-footed finish delivered the golden goal and crowned France as simultaneous world and European champions.
Trivia
France became the first nation to hold the World Cup and European Championship simultaneously. Trézéguet’s winner was the last golden goal in a major men’s final, while Dino Zoff resigned as Italy coach within 48 hours, citing political criticism of his tactics.
