UEFA Euro 2008 knockout phase

The knockout phase of UEFA Euro 2008 began with the quarter-finals on 19 June 2008, and was completed on 29 June 2008 with the final at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna.

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Format

The knockout phase was different from that of past tournaments. Teams in groups A and B were separated from teams in groups C and D until the final. This increased the chance of a group fixture being replayed in the knockout phase, and rendered a final between two teams drawn in the same half of the tournament impossible. The reason for the format change this year was to equalise the rest periods during the knockout phase.[1] Also, in another major change, for the first time in a European Championship, only two venues (St. Jakob-Park, Basel and Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna) were used for the seven matches in the knockout phase of the tournament.[1] As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

Another new rule forgave all single yellow cards received up to and including the quarter-finals. However, players that were booked both in group tournament and quarter-finals missed semi-finals through suspension, but could play in the final. It was thus not possible to be suspended for the final without a red card.

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A  Portugal  Turkey
B  Croatia  Germany
C  Netherlands  Italy
D  Spain  Russia

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 June – Basel
 
 
 Portugal2
 
25 June – Basel
 
 Germany3
 
 Germany3
 
20 June – Vienna
 
 Turkey2
 
 Croatia1 (1)
 
29 June – Vienna
 
 Turkey (p)1 (3)
 
 Germany0
 
21 June – Basel
 
 Spain1
 
 Netherlands1
 
26 June – Vienna
 
 Russia (a.e.t.)3
 
 Russia0
 
22 June – Vienna
 
 Spain3
 
 Spain (p)0 (4)
 
 
 Italy0 (2)
 

Quarter-finals

The first quarter-final saw Group A winners Portugal take on Germany, who finished as runners-up of Group B. Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the opener half-way through the first half, before Miroslav Klose doubled their lead four minutes later. Portugal pulled one back five minutes before half-time, but Germany restored their two-goal lead on the hour mark. Portugal now needed two goals to take the game to extra time; Hélder Postiga pulled one back, but Germany were able to hang on to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time since 1996.

The second quarter-final was between Croatia and Turkey, and was a less high scoring affair. No goals were scored in normal time, and it took 29 minutes of extra time before Ivan Klasnić put Croatia into the lead. However, two minutes into injury time at the end of extra time Turkey was awarded a free kick. Controversially referee Roberto Rosetti did not allow the Croatian coach to put on a substitute, after Turkey was awarded the free kick, which would have allowed for the Croatian defence to better settle. A long free kick from Turkey goalkeeper Rüştü Reçber found Semih Şentürk on the edge of the area; the striker turned and hit a shot into the top corner of the net to take the game to a penalty shootout. Croatia went first, but only managed to score one of their four penalties, while Turkey scored all three of theirs to win 3–1.

The Group C winners, the Netherlands, who had won all three of their group games, took on Group D runners-up Russia in quarter-final 3. The Netherlands' players wore black armbands in sympathy for the death of Anissa, Khalid Boulahrouz's premature baby daughter. Russia took the lead through Roman Pavlyuchenko just before the hour mark. Ruud van Nistelrooy equalised in the 86th minute. In the 90th minute, Ľuboš Micheľ sent the Russian defender Denis Kolodin off the field for his second yellow card, but reversed his decision. The reversal was based on a linesman's (mistaken) observation that the ball was out of play before the tackle.[2] Eugen Strigel, head of the German referee committee, later judged the reversal against regulations as well as based on a mistaken premise.[3] The Russians played on with 11 players and with two quick-fire goals in the last eight minutes of extra time from Dmitri Torbinski and Andrei Arshavin secured a remarkable win.

The final quarter-final pitted Spain against Italy. With such big names on show, fans might have expected an exciting match. However, in 120 minutes of football, neither team managed to produce a goal, sending the game to penalties. Spain went first and scored three of their first four penalties, Gianluigi Buffon saving the other from Dani Güiza, while Iker Casillas saved two of Italy's four penalties. This left Cesc Fàbregas having to score to send Spain through. He converted, meaning that Spain had won their first competitive match against Italy since the 1920 Summer Olympics and that Spain had qualified for the semi-finals for the first time since 1984.

Portugal vs Germany
Portugal 2–3 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 39,374[4]
Portugal[5]
Germany[5]
GK1Ricardo
RB4José Bosingwa
CB15Pepe 60'
CB16Ricardo Carvalho
LB2Paulo Ferreira
CM8Petit 26' 73'
CM10João Moutinho 31'
RW7Cristiano Ronaldo
AM20Deco
LW11Simão
CF21Nuno Gomes (c) 67'
Substitutions:
MF6Raul Meireles 31'
MF19Nani 67'
FW23Hélder Postiga 90' 73'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari
GK1Jens Lehmann
RB3Arne Friedrich 48'
CB17Per Mertesacker
CB21Christoph Metzelder
LB16Philipp Lahm 49'
CM6Simon Rolfes
CM13Michael Ballack (c)
RW7Bastian Schweinsteiger 83'
LW15Thomas Hitzlsperger 73'
CF11Miroslav Klose 89'
CF20Lukas Podolski
Substitutions:
MF18Tim Borowski 73'
DF4Clemens Fritz 83'
DF2Marcell Jansen 89'
Manager:
Hans-Dieter Flick[note 1]

Man of the Match:
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)[4]

Assistant referees:
Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)
Henrik Andrén (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Croatia vs Turkey
Croatia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Turkey
 Report
Penalties
 1–3
Attendance: 51,428[6]
Croatia[7]
Turkey[7]
GK1Stipe Pletikosa
RB5Vedran Ćorluka
CB4Robert Kovač
CB3Josip Šimunić
LB22Danijel Pranjić
CM14Luka Modrić
CM10Niko Kovač (c)
RW11Darijo Srna
LW7Ivan Rakitić
SS19Niko Kranjčar 65'
CF18Ivica Olić 97'
Substitutions:
FW21Mladen Petrić 65'
FW17Ivan Klasnić 97'
Manager:
Slaven Bilić
GK1Rüştü Reçber
RB22Hamit Altıntop
CB4Gökhan Zan
CB15Emre Aşık 107'
LB3Hakan Balta
DM6Mehmet Topal 76'
RM20Sabri Sarıoğlu
CM17Tuncay 27'
LM14Arda Turan 49'
CF18Colin Kazim-Richards 61'
CF8Nihat Kahveci (c) 117'
Substitutions:
DF16Uğur Boral 89' 61'
FW9Semih Şentürk 76'
FW10Gökdeniz Karadeniz 117'
Manager:
Fatih Terim

Man of the Match:
Hamit Altıntop (Turkey)[6]

Assistant referees:
Alessandro Griselli (Italy)
Paolo Calcagno (Italy)
Fourth official:
Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Netherlands vs Russia
Netherlands 1–3 (a.e.t.) Russia
 Report
Attendance: 38,374[8]
Netherlands[9]
Russia[9]
GK1Edwin van der Sar (c)
RB21Khalid Boulahrouz 50' 54'
CB2André Ooijer
CB4Joris Mathijsen
LB5Giovanni van Bronckhorst
CM17Nigel de Jong
CM8Orlando Engelaar 62'
RW18Dirk Kuyt 46'
AM23Rafael van der Vaart 60'
LW10Wesley Sneijder
CF9Ruud van Nistelrooy
Substitutions:
FW7Robin van Persie 55' 46'
DF3John Heitinga 54'
MF20Ibrahim Afellay 62'
Manager:
Marco van Basten
GK1Igor Akinfeev
RB22Aleksandr Anyukov
CB4Sergei Ignashevich
CB8Denis Kolodin 71'
LB18Yuri Zhirkov 103'
DM11Sergei Semak (c)
RM17Konstantin Zyryanov
CM20Igor Semshov 69'
LM9Ivan Saenko 81'
SS10Andrei Arshavin
CF19Roman Pavlyuchenko 115'
Substitutions:
MF15Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 69'
MF7Dmitri Torbinski 111' 81'
FW21Dmitri Sychev 115'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

Man of the Match:
Andrei Arshavin (Russia)[8]

Assistant referees:
Roman Slyško (Slovakia)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Spain vs Italy
See also: Italy–Spain football rivalry
Spain 0–0 (a.e.t.) Italy
Report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 51,178[10]
Spain[11]
Italy[11]
GK1Iker Casillas (c)
RB15Sergio Ramos
CB4Carlos Marchena
CB5Carles Puyol
LB11Joan Capdevila
RM6Andrés Iniesta 11' 59'
CM19Marcos Senna
CM8Xavi 60'
LM21David Silva
CF7David Villa 72'
CF9Fernando Torres 85'
Substitutions:
MF12Santi Cazorla 113' 59'
MF10Cesc Fàbregas 60'
FW17Dani Güiza 85'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés
GK1Gianluigi Buffon (c)
RB19Gianluca Zambrotta
CB2Christian Panucci
CB4Giorgio Chiellini
LB3Fabio Grosso
RM22Alberto Aquilani 108'
CM10Daniele De Rossi
LM13Massimo Ambrosini 31'
AM20Simone Perrotta 58'
CF9Luca Toni
CF18Antonio Cassano 75'
Substitutions:
MF16Mauro Camoranesi 58'
FW11Antonio Di Natale 75'
FW7Alessandro Del Piero 108'
Manager:
Roberto Donadoni

Man of the Match:
Iker Casillas (Spain)[10]

Assistant referees:
Carsten Kadach (Germany)
Volker Wezel (Germany)
Fourth official:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Semi-finals

The first semi-final saw Group B runner-up and three-time champions Germany face Group A runner-up and first time semi-finalists Turkey. Turkey scored first as Uğur Boral converted a rebound from the crossbar. Schweinsteiger and Germany equalised four minutes later. In the 79th minute Klose headed Germany into the lead with his second goal of the tournament. Turkey managed to get back seven minutes later when Semih flicked the ball past Lehmann. The match was headed for extra time when defender Philipp Lahm in the 90th minute scored the final goal and sent Germany into their sixth European Championship final. The TV broadcast of the match experienced technical difficulties caused by severe thunderstorms in Vienna, Austria, from where the television broadcast was transmitted. Television pictures in several countries were interrupted on three occasions, including at the time of Klose and Semih's goals. The entire match was recorded and distributed to all countries.

The second semi-final was a replay of the opening match of Group D, Spain in their first semi-final since 1984 faced Russia who had not been in a semi-final since 1988 as the Soviet Union. The first half was scoreless, but five minutes into the second half Xavi opened the scoring. Güiza replaced Torres in the 69th minute and four minutes later he had scored the second goal for Spain. David Silva rounded up the scoring with Spain's third of the night, sending Spain into their third European Championship final.

Germany vs Turkey
Germany 3–2 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 39,374[12]
Germany[13]
Turkey[13]
GK1Jens Lehmann
RB3Arne Friedrich
CB17Per Mertesacker
CB21Christoph Metzelder
LB16Philipp Lahm
CM15Thomas Hitzlsperger
CM6Simon Rolfes 46'
RW7Bastian Schweinsteiger
AM13Michael Ballack (c)
LW20Lukas Podolski
CF11Miroslav Klose 90+2'
Substitutions:
MF8Torsten Frings 46'
DF2Marcell Jansen 90+2'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
GK1Rüştü Reçber (c)
RB20Sabri Sarıoğlu 90+4'
CB6Mehmet Topal
CB4Gökhan Zan
LB3Hakan Balta
DM7Mehmet Aurélio
RM18Colin Kazim-Richards 90+2'
CM22Hamit Altıntop
CM19Ayhan Akman 81'
LM16Uğur Boral 84'
CF9Semih Şentürk 53'
Substitutions:
FW21Mevlüt Erdinç 81'
MF10Gökdeniz Karadeniz 84'
MF11Tümer Metin 90+2'
Manager:
Fatih Terim

Man of the Match:
Philipp Lahm (Germany)[12]

Assistant referees:
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)
Stéphane Cuhat (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Russia vs Spain
Russia 0–3 Spain
Report
Attendance: 51,428[14]
Russia[15]
Spain[15]
GK1Igor Akinfeev
RB22Aleksandr Anyukov
CB2Vasili Berezutski
CB4Sergei Ignashevich
LB18Yuri Zhirkov 56'
DM11Sergei Semak (c)
RM17Konstantin Zyryanov
CM20Igor Semshov 56'
LM9Ivan Saenko 57'
SS10Andrei Arshavin
CF19Roman Pavlyuchenko
Substitutions:
MF15Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 60' 56'
FW21Dmitri Sychev 57'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink
GK1Iker Casillas (c)
RB15Sergio Ramos
CB4Carlos Marchena
CB5Carles Puyol
LB11Joan Capdevila
RM6Andrés Iniesta
CM19Marcos Senna
CM8Xavi 69'
LM21David Silva
CF7David Villa 34'
CF9Fernando Torres 69'
Substitutions:
MF10Cesc Fàbregas 34'
MF14Xabi Alonso 69'
FW17Dani Güiza 69'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
Andrés Iniesta (Spain)[14]

Assistant referees:
Peter Hermans (Belgium)
Alex Verstraeten (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Final
Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Final

The final match was played between Germany and Spain on 29 June 2008 at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna, Austria. Spain won the match 1–0, the winning goal scored by Fernando Torres.

Germany 0–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 51,428[16]
Germany[17]
Spain[17]
GK1Jens Lehmann
RB3Arne Friedrich
CB17Per Mertesacker
CB21Christoph Metzelder
LB16Philipp Lahm 46'
CM8Torsten Frings
CM15Thomas Hitzlsperger 58'
RW7Bastian Schweinsteiger
AM13Michael Ballack (c) 43'
LW20Lukas Podolski
CF11Miroslav Klose 79'
Substitutions:
DF2Marcell Jansen 46'
FW22Kevin Kurányi 88' 58'
FW9Mario Gómez 79'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
GK1Iker Casillas (c) 43'
RB15Sergio Ramos
CB4Carlos Marchena
CB5Carles Puyol
LB11Joan Capdevila
DM19Marcos Senna
RM6Andrés Iniesta
CM8Xavi
CM10Cesc Fàbregas 63'
LM21David Silva 66'
CF9Fernando Torres 74' 78'
Substitutions:
MF14Xabi Alonso 63'
MF12Santi Cazorla 66'
FW17Dani Güiza 78'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
Fernando Torres (Spain)[18]

Assistant referees:[19]
Alessandro Griselli (Italy)
Paolo Calcagno (Italy)
Fourth official:
Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Notes
  1. Due to the one-match suspension of German head coach Joachim Löw, assistant coach Hans-Dieter Flick took his place on the bench.

References
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