Date: 20-06-2004
Stage: first round
Place: FARO
Running time: 99 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : greek/english/spanish/italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Alenichev,Vryzas,Zagorakis
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 20 June 2004, 19:45
Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé
Attendance: 24,347
Meteo: Clear, 24°C
RUSSIA
Viacheslav Malafeev
Alexander Anyukov
Alexey Bugayev
Vadim Evseev
Roman Sharonov
Dmitri Alenichev (c)
Rolan Gusev
Andrey Karyaka
Vladislav Radimov
Dmitry Bulykin
Dmitri Kirichenko
Coach: Georgiy Yartsev (RUS)
15′ Roman Sharonov
28′ Alexander Anyukov
39′ Andrey Karyaka
65′ Dmitri Alenichev
71′ Vladislav Radimov
88′ Viacheslav Malafeev
46′ ↓Dmitry Bulykin ↑Dmitry Sychev
56′ ↓Roman Sharonov ↑Dmitri Sennikov
GREECE
Antonis Nikopolidis
Traianos Dellas
Mihalis Kapsis
Giorgos Seitaridis
Stelios Venetidis
Angelos Basinas
Konstantinos Katsouranis
Theodoros Zagorakis (c)
Angelos Charisteas
Dimitrios Papadopoulos
Zisis Vryzas
Coach: Otto Rehhagel (GRE)
45′ Giorgos Seitaridis
86′ Traianos Dellas
42′ ↓Angelos Basinas ↑Vassilios Tsiartas
69′ ↓Dimitrios Papadopoulos ↑Demis Nikolaidis
89′ ↓Stelios Venetidis ↑Panagiotis Fyssas
Referee: Gilles Veissière (FRA)
Goals:
2′ Dmitri Kirichenko RUS
17′ Dmitry Bulykin RUS
43′ Zisis Vryzas GRE
Match overview
Already eliminated, Russia struck twice inside 17 minutes, Kirichenko netting the tournament’s fastest goal after just 68 seconds. Greece halved the deficit through Vryzas but could not find an equaliser. Despite defeat, Rehhagel’s side squeezed into the quarter-finals on head-to-head record, a pivotal step on their improbable road to the title.
Trivia
Dmitri Kirichenko’s opener remains the quickest goal in European Championship history. Russia became the only team to beat eventual champions Greece at Euro 2004, and did so with a starting XI averaging just 25 years, their youngest in the competition’s finals.
