Date: 15-06-2004
Stage: first round
Place: OPORTO
Running time: 102 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: ***
Notes: VanNistelrooy,Davids,Stam, Ballack,Kahn,Lahm
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 19:45
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 48,197
Meteo: Clear, warm, 24 °C
GERMANY
Oliver Kahn (c)
Frank Baumann
Arne Friedrich
Philipp Lahm
Jens Nowotny
Christian Wörns
Michael Ballack
Torsten Frings
Dietmar Hamann
Bernd Schneider
Kevin Kurányi
Coach: Rudi Völler (GER)
12′ Kevin Kurányi
90′ Michael Ballack
68′ ↓Bernd Schneider ↑Bastian Schweinsteiger
79′ ↓Torsten Frings ↑Fabian Ernst
85′ ↓Kevin Kurányi ↑Fredi Bobic
NETHERLANDS
Edwin van der Sar
Wilfred Bouma
Johnny Heitinga
Jaap Stam
Phillip Cocu (c)
Edgar Davids
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Andy van der Meyde
Rafael van der Vaart
Bolo Zenden
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Coach: Dick Advocaat (NED)
29′ Phillip Cocu
73′ Jaap Stam
46′ ↓Bolo Zenden ↑Marc Overmars
46′ ↓Edgar Davids ↑Wesley Sneijder
74′ ↓Johnny Heitinga ↑Pierre van Hooijdonk
Referee: Anders Frisk (SWE)
Goals:
30′ Torsten Frings GER
82′ Ruud van Nistelrooy NED
Match overview
Germany struck first when Torsten Frings’ curling free-kick bounced straight in off the far post, but Ruud van Nistelrooy’s athletic finish eight minutes from time earned the Netherlands a deserved draw. Both sides created openings, Oliver Kahn and Edwin van der Sar producing key saves to keep the heavyweight Group D contest level.
Trivia
Frings’ goal was Germany’s first direct free-kick strike at a major finals since 1994, while 19-year-old Bastian Schweinsteiger made his senior-tournament debut. Van Nistelrooy’s equaliser preserved the Dutch record of avoiding defeat against Germany in every European Championship encounter since 1988.
