Date: 23-06-2012
Stage: 1/4 final
Place: DONETSK
Running time: 103 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 25fps (10)
Commentary: spanish
My rating: ***
Notes: Casillas,Xavi,Busquets,Iniesta,Fabregas, Cabaye,Malouda,Ribery,Benzema
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 23 June 2012, 20:45
Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 48,858
Meteo: Clear, 25 °C
SPAIN
Iker Casillas (c)
Alvaro Arbeloa
Gerard Piqué
Sergio Ramos
Jordi Alba
Sergio Busquets
Xabi Alonso
Xavi
Andrés Iniesta
David Silva
Cesc Fabregas
Coach: Vicente del Bosque (ESP)
66′ Jordi Alba
55′ ↓Cesc Fabregas ↑Fernando Torres
63′ ↓David Silva ↑Pedro
82′ ↓Andrés Iniesta ↑Santi Cazorla
FRANCE
Hugo Lloris (c)
Mathieu Debuchy
Laurent Koscielny
Adil Rami
Gaël Clichy
Yann M’Vila
Yohan Cabaye
Florent Malouda
Samir Nasri
Franck Ribéry
Karim Benzema
Coach: Laurent Blanc (FRA)
36′ Yohan Cabaye
84′ Mathieu Debuchy
64′ ↓Samir Nasri ↑Jérémy Ménez
79′ ↓Florent Malouda ↑Olivier Giroud
Referee: Nikola Rizzoli (ITA)
Goals:
19′ Xabi Alonso ESP
90+1′ Xabi Alonso (p) ESP
Match overview
Alonso marked his 100th cap with a headed opener and a stoppage-time penalty as Spain controlled long spells. France created little beyond Ribéry’s surges, while Casillas made routine saves to preserve another clean sheet.
Trivia
Alonso became only the second Spaniard (after Fernando Hierro) to score in a Euro quarter-final and from the spot in the same match.
