Date: 12-06-2004
Stage: first round
Place: OPORTO
Running time: 104 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080i 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : italian/english/spanish/portuguese
My rating: ***
Notes: Figo, Rui Costa
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 12 June 2004, 17:00
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 48,761
Meteo: Clear, warm, 25°C
PORTUGAL
Ricardo
Fernando Couto
Jorge Andrade
Paulo Ferreira
Rui Jorge
Costinha
Maniche
Rui Costa
Simão
Luís Figo
Pauleta
Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari (BRA)
29′ Costinha
57′ Pauleta
46′ ↓Simão ↑Cristiano Ronaldo
46′ ↓Rui Costa ↑Deco
66′ ↓Costinha ↑Nuno Gomes
GREECE
Antonis Nikopolidis
Traianos Dellas
Mihalis Kapsis
Giorgos Seitaridis
Angelos Basinas
Panagiotis Fyssas
Stelios Giannakopoulos
Giorgios Karagounis
Theo Zagorakis
Angelos Charisteas
Zisis Vryzas
Coach: Otto Rehhagel (GER)
39′ Giorgios Karagounis
75′ Giorgos Seitaridis
46′ ↓Giorgios Karagounis ↑Konstantinos Katsouranis
68′ ↓Stelios Giannakopoulos ↑Demis Nikolaidis
74′ ↓Angelos Charisteas ↑Vassilis Lakis
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (ITA)
Goals:
7′ Giorgios Karagounis GRE
51′ Angelos Basinas GRE
90′ Cristiano Ronaldo POR
Match overview
The tournament’s curtain-raiser produced a shock as disciplined Greece pressed Portugal into errors, Karagounis punishing one inside seven minutes and Basinas doubling the lead from the spot after half-time. Scolari’s triple-substitution sparked late pressure and Ronaldo’s header gave hope, yet the hosts slumped to Euro history’s first opening-match defeat for a home nation.
Trivia
At 19 years 128 days Ronaldo became Portugal’s youngest scorer at a European Championship; five weeks later he was joined at Manchester United by Greek right-back Seitaridis, the man he had fouled for the decisive penalty.
