EURO 2008 Blog

Finally it has begun and the first match brought the first goal: Sverkoš (Czech Republic) scores after the Swiss defense fails to manage the ball in the 71st minute. This match confirmed the statistics which showed that the organizing team usually looses the first match, Switzerland following this way Portugal which lost in 2004 against Greece in the first game.

Swiss lineup:

1. Diego Benaglio, 3. Ludovic Magnin, 5. Stephan Lichtsteiner, 4. Philippe Senderos, 20. Patrick Müller, 16. Tranquillo Barnetta, 15. Gelson Fernandes, 8. Gökhan Inler, 19. Valon Behrami, 11. Marco Streller, 9. Alexander Frei

Substitutes: 21. Eldin Jakupovic, 17. Christoph Spycher, 13. Stéphane Grichting, 23. Philipp Degen, 10. Hakan Yakin, 7. Ricardo Cabanas, 14. Daniel Gygax, 22. Johan Vonlanthen

Coach: Jakob Kuhn

Substitutions:

45′ Yakin replaces Frei

75′ Johan Vonlanthen replaces Lichtsteiner

83′ Derdiyok replaces Behrami

Yellow cards:

Magnin (60), Barnetta(90)

Czech lineup:

1. Petr Cech, 2. Zdenek Grygera, 21. Tomáš Ujfaluši, 22. David Rozehnal, 6. Marek Jankulovsky, 14. David Jarolím, 4. Tomáš Galásek, 20. Jaroslav Plašil, 3. Jan Polák, 9. Jan Koller, 7. Libor Sionko

Substitutes: 16. Jaromir Blazek, 13. Michal Kadlek, 18. Tomáš Sivok, 10. Václav Sverkoš, 8. Martin Fenin, 11. Stanislav Vlcek, 15. Milan Baroš

Coach: Karel Bruckner

Substitutions:

56′ Sverkoš replaces Koller

83′ Vlcek replaces Sionko

87′ Kovac replaces Jarolim

Yellow cards:

none

Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Capacity: 42500
Spectators: 42000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Assistants: Alessandro Griselli, Paolo Calcagno
Substitute Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

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