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Croatia claimed an impressive win over pre-tournament favourites Germany to take control of Group B at Euro 2008.
Darijo Srna broke the deadlock on 24 minutes when he beat Marcell Jansen to Danijel Pranjic’s cross and fired home.
Croatia were gifted a second goal on 63 minutes when Ivan Rakitic’s cross came off Lukas Podolski and rebounded [...]

Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland became the first team knocked out of the competition after they lost to Turkey.
The Swiss had taken the lead during a torrential downpour when a low cross slowed on the drenched pitch and allowed Hakan Yakin to tap in.
Yakin missed a glorious chance from the same spot and was punished later [...]

Cristiano Ronaldo scored one and set up another as Portugal beat the Czech Republic to all but guarantee their progress to the quarter-finals.
Portugal went ahead on eight minutes when Deco scrambled the ball past keeper Petr Cech at the second attempt.
But their lead was cancelled out nine minutes later when the impressive Libor Sionko headed [...]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic produced a moment of magic to put Sweden on the path to a crucial Euro 2008 victory against holders Greece in Group D.
Ibrahimovic scored his first goal for Sweden since 2005 with a stunning 25-yard strike after 67 minutes.
Petter Hansson scrambled home Sweden’s second six minutes later to end Greece’s dogged defensive resistance.
Hansson [...]

David Villa scored the first hat-trick of Euro 2008 as Spain lived up to their pre-tournament billing with a fine victory over Russia in Group D.
Russia started positively but were hit on the counter-attack, with Fernando Torres squaring for Villa to roll home.
Konstantin Zyryanov saw a shot hit the post but on the stroke of [...]

Netherlands took a firm grip on Euro 2008’s so-called “Group of Death” by winning a classic encounter with Italy.
Ruud van Nistelrooy put the Dutch ahead in controversial circumstances after 26 minutes when he scored from close range – but also from an offside position.
Wesley Sneijder swept in a second from Dirk Kuyt’s header five minutes [...]

Lacklustre France failed to score in their opening Euro 2008 game against Romania which could leave them with an uphill task to qualify from Group C.
Without influential captain Patrick Viera and main striker Thierry Henry, they created little against the hard-working but unambitious Romanians.
Franck Ribery cut a ball back for Karim Benzema to cushion an [...]

Lukas Podolski’s double ensured Germany made a winning start to their Euro 2008 campaign against Poland in Klagenfurt.
Polish-born Podolski put Germany on the path to a deserved victory when he slid home Miroslav Klose’s pass from close range after 20 minutes.
Germany were dominant, with Poland keeper Artur Boruc saving brilliantly from Germany captain Michael Ballack.
And [...]

Croatia were forced to hang on against tournament co-hosts Austria to begin their Euro 2008 campaign with a win.
They were gifted the opening goal when Rene Aufhauser clumsily felled Ivica Olic in the box and Luca Modric drilled home the resultant penalty with ease.
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Score: Portugal 2-0 Turkey
Portugal’s Euro 2008 campaign opened in impressive fashion with victory over Turkey in Geneva.
Pepe opened the scoring after 61 minutes, surging from defence to beat Turkey keeper Volkan Demirel after a slick exchange with Nuno Gomes.
Portugal deserved their win, with Cristiano Ronaldo hitting the post from a first-half free-kick and Gomes twice [...]