Co-hosts Austria were given a Euro 2008 lifeline when Ivica Vastic scored a stoppage-time penalty against Poland. English referee Howard Webb ruled that Mariusz Lewandowski hauled down Sebastian Proedl and substitute Vastic slammed the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
BBC Sport Interactive pick their favourite goals from the European Championship archives. This video is not available outside UK in bbc website. You can watch it here, from any part of the world, even...
Four years are gone since the last European Football Championship Euro 2004 in Portugal and the big surprise of the Greek victory. This was the last of many highlights the Championship carries with.