If you are in the mood for some classic football highlights - here's one of my favorite international games:
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EURO 2004 Portugal - England
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Damn Rui Costa's goal was spectacular
Watching Ronaldo vs Ashley Cole that game is just exhausting enough on its own.
Best penalty shootout in football history
Beckham and Rui Costa skying their penalties -> Postiga panenka -> Ricardo saves penalty without gloves -> Ricardo scores winning penalty
Postiga would have been crucified if that had been saved, still can't believe he had the balls to do that.
Beckham and Rui Costa skying their penalties -> Postiga panenka -> Ricardo saves penalty without gloves -> Ricardo scores winning penalty
Postiga would have been crucified if that had been saved, still can't believe he had the balls to do that.
England Portugal rivalry was great. Euro 2000, 2004, 2006.
To this day I'll never understand how Cole didn't even get a yellow card in that entire game. Made like 7 fouls and no yellow.
He was a truly incredible player though, don't think there's been a more complete leftback since.
BBC two are showing whole load of euro games for next month. This is on in next 7 days. Also got some classics not involving home nations. Spain Yugoslavia from 2000 is on tomorrow and the brilliant Czech-Dutch game from 2004 is on Thursday.
I think that was back in the stage of not ever booking anyone who fouled Ronaldo from referees.
Heart breaking game. Campbell’s disallowed goal in ET was hard to take as well.
Crazy how good that England lineup was - Beckham, Scholes and Rooney alone the first 3 out of the tunnel! There's a great group coming through now but they'll be hard pressed to be as good as those players were. England as a team will be much better though, the rigid 4-4-2 of the 00s and early 10s was way too stifling
Very frustrating tournament for England. Pissing away the game v France then 2 games where they were brilliant, followed by the heartbreak in that Portugal game. I always forget how late Portugal equalised in that game.
After Becks in 98, Neville in 00, this was the final nail for me for England. I wanted Ronnie to score his penalty. Everything he deserved, England deserved and Rooney deserved
I always remember Ricardo taking his gloves off for the shootout. I don't think I've seen anyone else do that.
Hargreaves-Scholes midfield, Joe Cole left and Beckham right. Rooney behind Owen. Lampard and Gerrard were fantastic players, but trying to shoehorn two attacking midfielders into central midfield ruined that Golden Generation
Wrong tournament?
I was at this game! The atmosphere in the stadium changed completely when Rooney was taken off injured.
Yeah even watching it on TV, you felt deflated especially when the replacement was Vassell. Portugal grew in confidence and could push higher up the pitch. We couldn't hold the ball up or didn't look dangerous on the attack.
I'm not sure about Lampard, but Gerrard was definitely not regarded as an attacking midfielder in 2004. He was thought of as a Keane/Vieira type rather. Wrong, obviously, but that was pretty much everyone's conception of what type of player he was.
I think it was in injury time during normal time
Funny how similar Owen's goal was to the 2002 elimination game
Yeah, didnt understand why we didnt put Lampard or Scholes behind the striker and get in an extra midfielder. Vassell basically changed everything and put us on the back foot from that moment on.
I was surprised that England equalised in extra time after going 2-1 down though.
fecking Scolari and Ricardo costs us the final while the GK that won the CL award for best GK in 2004 was not called for the NT.
Yes, and I think the way football has gone, if these players were all available now, Hargreaves and Scholes would certainly be in the team. Presumably it would be a 4-3-3 of some kind of course.
It’s a side note really but I absolutely hate videos with commentary like that. I would rather have no commentary at all than post-recorded bollocks.
Penalty spot moved
Has to be one of the worst decisions in football history to not call up Baía in favour of Ricardo. As was Ricardo Carvalho getting the same treatment later on.
Could have won 3 of the last 4 Euros...
Helps when it's a sponge masquerading as a penalty spot.
True, he basically operated as a DM around that time for England. Had an outstanding performance there against Germany in 2001 and was generally solid and defensively responsible at the Euros. To me it's the only time the England midfield looked cohesive between 1998 and 2018, and it was clearly their best tournament performance over the last 24 years. There were two issues though IMO. Firstly, the lack of back up with Phil Neville and Darius Vassell playing the majority of that quarter final which was a level well above their station in the game. And secondly the similar styles of the long-passing, direct games of Beckham, Lampard and Gerrard (and even Scholes at times before 2006). Possession was often turned over too cheaply in the haste to get forward and Portugal dominated the ball.
I always thought Ricardo was fouled in the final, was trying to get the corner but was blocked off by a greek defender IIRC. Was probably more of a foul than Sol Campbell although that is pretty much always given aswell.
Wait, it was at this tournament that he had that horrific backpass right at the end of a game that led to France's penalty, no?
fecking Postiga. I don’t think he’s had a good spell at a club other than his Porto stint (the first one). Pretty sure he flopped in about 5 different countries but there he was, doing the Paneka
The Sol Campbell one is a clear foul by Terry, if you look at Terry’s reaction after the ref calls it it’s easy to tell he’s fully aware of it.
Although I understand the controversy since you can’t really notice the foul on the first angle.
It was a horrible panenka too, if Robinson goes the other way he easily saves it.fecking Postiga. I don’t think he’s had a good spell at a club other than his Porto stint (the first one). Pretty sure he flopped in about 5 different countries but there he was, doing the Paneka
Funny thing about Postiga is that somehow he’s the best Portuguese striker of the past 15 years despite flopping everywhere he played. We’re cursed.
Yugoslavia 3-4 Spain surely has to be the greatest Euro championship game ever?
I always preferred this game, we were in peak perfomance
I remember this very well. It took my breath away watching it.
England were so so bad at this tournament. I'm hard-pressed to say which was worse from England, this or the WC 2010.
But in terms of atmosphere, and party feeling nothing beats Euro 04, there were 2 games in my hometown, Denmark-Italy and Italy-Bulgaria, I was able to attend the second one in the middle of the Italians fans.
Remember this game very well. Think we'd have won if Rooney stayed fit, Vassel never did anything for England. Smith should have been in the squad.
Campbell was cursed, just like the disallowed goal vs Argentina in 98.
Campbell was cursed, just like the disallowed goal vs Argentina in 98.
Surprised the first mention of Rooney's injury took this far down the page to come.
That was tournament defining, as he was in absolutely red hot form.
Campbell scored a regular goal (making it 2 1 with little regular time left) but it was dissalowed as a foul on the keeper. Mental decision by the ref in my opinion
Didn't he go off against France with England 1-0 up aswell?