UEFA Euro 2008 knockout phase

The knockout phase of the 2008 UEFA European Championships 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.

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]

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.

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
19 June – Basel        
  Portugal  2
25 June – Basel
  Germany  3  
  Germany  3
20 June – Vienna
      Turkey  2  
  Croatia  1 (1)
29 June – Vienna
  Turkey (p)  1 (3)  
  Germany  0
21 June – Basel    
    Spain  1
  Netherlands  1
26 June – Vienna
  Russia (aet)  3  
  Russia  0
22 June – Vienna
      Spain  3  
  Spain (p)  0 (4)
  Italy  0 (2)  
 

All times local (UTC+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.[2] 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

19 June 2008 (2008-06-19)
20:45
Portugal  2–3  Germany
Nuno Gomes  40'
Postiga  87'
Report Schweinsteiger  22'
Klose  26'
Ballack  61'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 39,374[3]
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
Portugal[4]
Germany[4]
GK 1 Ricardo
RB 4 José Bosingwa
CB 15Pepe  60'
CB 16Ricardo Carvalho
LB 2 Paulo Ferreira
CM 8 Petit  26'  73'
CM 10João Moutinho  31'
RW 7 Cristiano Ronaldo
AM 20Deco
LW 11Simão
CF 21Nuno Gomes (c)  67'
Substitutions:
MF 6 Raul Meireles  31'
MF 19Nani  67'
FW 23Hélder Postiga  90'  73'
Manager:
Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari
GK 1 Jens Lehmann
RB 3 Arne Friedrich  48'
CB 17Per Mertesacker
CB 21Christoph Metzelder
LB 16Philipp Lahm  49'
CM 6 Simon Rolfes
CM 13Michael Ballack (c)
RW 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger  83'
LW 15Thomas Hitzlsperger  73'
CF 11Miroslav Klose  89'
CF 20Lukas Podolski
Substitutions:
MF 18Tim Borowski  73'
DF 4 Clemens Fritz  83'
DF 2 Marcell Jansen  89'
Manager:
Hans-Dieter Flick[5]

Man of the Match:
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)[3]

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

Croatia vs Turkey

20 June 2008 (2008-06-20)
20:45
Croatia  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Turkey
Klasnić  119' Report Semih  120+2'
  Penalties  
Modrić
Srna
Rakitić
Petrić
1–3 Arda
Semih
Hamit Altıntop
Croatia[7]
Turkey[7]
GK 1 Stipe Pletikosa
RB 5 Vedran Ćorluka
CB 4 Robert Kovač
CB 3 Josip Šimunić
LB 22Danijel Pranjić
CM 14Luka Modrić
CM 10Niko Kovač (c)
RW 11Darijo Srna
LW 7 Ivan Rakitić
SS 19Niko Kranjčar  65'
CF 18Ivica Olić  97'
Substitutions:
FW 21Mladen Petrić  65'
FW 17Ivan Klasnić  97'
Manager:
Slaven Bilić
GK 1 Rüştü Reçber
RB 22Hamit Altıntop
CB 4 Gökhan Zan
CB 15Emre Aşık  107'
LB 3 Hakan Balta
DM 6 Mehmet Topal  76'
RM 20Sabri Sarıoğlu
CM 17Tuncay Şanlı  27'
LM 14Arda Turan  49'
CF 18Colin Kazim-Richards  61'
CF 8 Nihat Kahveci (c)  117'
Substitutions:
DF 16Uğur Boral  89'  61'
FW 9 Semih Şentürk  76'
FW 10Gökdeniz 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

21 June 2008 (2008-06-21)
20:45
Netherlands  1–3 (a.e.t.)  Russia
Van Nistelrooy  86' Report Pavlyuchenko  56'
Torbinski  112'
Arshavin  116'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 38,374[8]
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Netherlands[9]
Russia[9]
GK 1 Edwin van der Sar (c)
RB 21Khalid Boulahrouz  50'  54'
CB 2 André Ooijer
CB 4 Joris Mathijsen
LB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst
CM 17Nigel de Jong
CM 8 Orlando Engelaar  62'
RW 18Dirk Kuyt  46'
AM 23Rafael van der Vaart  60'
LW 10Wesley Sneijder
CF 9 Ruud van Nistelrooy
Substitutions:
FW 7 Robin van Persie  55'  46'
DF 3 John Heitinga  54'
MF 20Ibrahim Afellay  62'
Manager:
Marco van Basten
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev
RB 22Aleksandr Anyukov
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
CB 8 Denis Kolodin  71'
LB 18Yuri Zhirkov  103'
DM 11Sergei Semak (c)
RM 17Konstantin Zyryanov
CM 20Igor Semshov  69'
LM 9 Ivan Saenko  81'
SS 10Andrei Arshavin
CF 19Roman Pavlyuchenko  115'
Substitutions:
MF 15Diniyar Bilyaletdinov  69'
MF 7 Dmitri Torbinski  111'  81'
FW 21Dmitri Sychev  115'
Manager:
Netherlands 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

22 June 2008 (2008-06-22)
20:45
Spain  0–0  Italy
Report
  Penalties  
Villa
Cazorla
Senna
Güiza
Fàbregas
4–2 Grosso
De Rossi
Camoranesi
Di Natale
Spain[11]
Italy[11]
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15Sergio Ramos
CB 4 Carlos Marchena
CB 5 Carles Puyol
LB 11Joan Capdevila
RM 6 Andrés Iniesta  11'  59'
CM 19Marcos Senna
CM 8 Xavi  60'
LM 21David Silva
CF 7 David Villa  72'
CF 9 Fernando Torres  85'
Substitutions:
MF 12Santi Cazorla  113'  59'
MF 10Cesc Fàbregas  60'
FW 17Dani Güiza  85'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c)
RB 19Gianluca Zambrotta
CB 2 Christian Panucci
CB 4 Giorgio Chiellini
LB 3 Fabio Grosso
RM 22Alberto Aquilani  108'
CM 10Daniele De Rossi
LM 13Massimo Ambrosini  31'
AM 20Simone Perrotta  58'
CF 9 Luca Toni
CF 18Antonio Cassano  75'
Substitutions:
MF 16Mauro Camoranesi  58'
FW 11Antonio Di Natale  75'
FW 7 Alessandro 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 massive electrical storms 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

25 June 2008 (2008-06-25)
20:45
Germany  3–2  Turkey
Schweinsteiger  26'
Klose  79'
Lahm  90'
Report U. Boral  22'
Semih  86'
Germany[13]
Turkey[13]
GK 1 Jens Lehmann
RB 3 Arne Friedrich
CB 17Per Mertesacker
CB 21Christoph Metzelder
LB 16Philipp Lahm
CM 15Thomas Hitzlsperger
CM 6 Simon Rolfes  46'
RW 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger
AM 13Michael Ballack (c)
LW 20Lukas Podolski
CF 11Miroslav Klose  90+2'
Substitutions:
MF 8Torsten Frings  46'
DF 2Marcell Jansen  90+2'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
GK 1 Rüştü Reçber (c)
RB 20Sabri Sarıoğlu  90+4'
CB 6 Mehmet Topal
CB 4 Gökhan Zan
LB 3 Hakan Balta
DM 7 Mehmet Aurélio
RM 18Colin Kazim-Richards  90+2'
CM 22Hamit Altıntop
CM 19Ayhan Akman  81'
LM 16Uğur Boral  84'
CF 9 Semih Şentürk  53'
Substitutions:
FW 21Mevlüt Erdinç  81'
MF 10Gökdeniz Karadeniz  84'
MF 11Tümer 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

26 June 2008 (2008-06-26)
20:45
Russia  0–3  Spain
Report Xavi  50'
Güiza  73'
Silva  82'
Russia[15]
Spain[15]
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev
RB 22Aleksandr Anyukov
CB 2 Vasili Berezutski
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB 18Yuri Zhirkov  56'
DM 11Sergei Semak (c)
RM 17Konstantin Zyryanov
CM 20Igor Semshov  56'
LM 9 Ivan Saenko  57'
SS 10Andrei Arshavin
CF 19Roman Pavlyuchenko
Substitutions:
MF 15Diniyar Bilyaletdinov  60'  56'
FW 21Dmitri Sychev  57'
Manager:
Netherlands Guus Hiddink
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15Sergio Ramos
CB 4 Carlos Marchena
CB 5 Carles Puyol
LB 11Joan Capdevila
RM 6 Andrés Iniesta
CM 19Marcos Senna
CM 8 Xavi  69'
LM 21David Silva
CF 7 David Villa  34'
CF 9 Fernando Torres  69'
Substitutions:
MF 10Cesc Fàbregas  34'
MF 14Xabi Alonso  69'
FW 17Dani 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.

29 June 2008 (2008-06-29)
20:45
Germany  0–1  Spain
Report Torres  33'
Germany[17]
Spain[17]
GK 1 Jens Lehmann
RB 3 Arne Friedrich
CB 17Per Mertesacker
CB 21Christoph Metzelder
LB 16Philipp Lahm  46'
CM 8 Torsten Frings
CM 15Thomas Hitzlsperger  58'
RW 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger
AM 13Michael Ballack (c)  43'
LW 20Lukas Podolski
CF 11Miroslav Klose  79'
Substitutions:
DF 2 Marcell Jansen  46'
FW 22Kevin Kurányi  88'  58'
FW 9 Mario Gómez  79'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)  43'
RB 15Sergio Ramos
CB 4 Carlos Marchena
CB 5 Carles Puyol
LB 11Joan Capdevila
DM 19Marcos Senna
RM 6 Andrés Iniesta
CM 8 Xavi
CM 10Cesc Fàbregas  63'
LM 21David Silva  66'
CF 9 Fernando Torres  74'  78'
Substitutions:
MF 14Xabi Alonso  63'
MF 12Santi Cazorla  66'
FW 17Dani Güiza  78'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
Fernando Torres (Spain)[16]

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

References

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  2. The reversal was based on a linesman's (mistaken) observation that the ball was out of play before the tackle . Eugen Strigel, head of the German referee committee, later judged the reversal against regulations as well as based on a mistaken premise
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  5. Due to the one-match suspension of German head coach Joachim Löw, assistant coach Hans-Dieter Flick took his place on the bench.
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