Posted May 31, 20241 yr To whet your appetite for the upcoming Euros I will be counting down my Top 20 Euro matches of all time in my view. I have included from England 1996. I hope you enjoy the countdown, :) I did something similar when it is the World Cup: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=258109
May 31, 20241 yr ❤️ love these!! Ireland vs England in Euro 88 better be up there!! Fav one I remember watching was England be Germany 1996 and England vs Portugal 2004!
June 3, 20241 yr Author 20th- Sweden 2-3 England (Poland & Ukraine 2012) [Group Stage] 9GS4LoIkc7E Sweden Isaksson Granqvist (Lustig 66') Mellberg Jonas Olsson Martin Olsson Larsson Svensson Kallstrom Elm (Wilhelmsson 81') Ibrahimovic Elmander (Rosbenberg 79') England: Hart Johnson Terry Lescott Cole Milner (Walcott 61') Gerrard Parker Young Welbeck (Oxlade-Chamberlain 90') Carroll Goals: Carroll 23' 0-1 Johnson OG 49' 1-1 Mellberg 59' 2-1 Walcott 64' 2-2 Welbeck 78' 2-3 At 20. We have England's victory against Sweden at the group stages. It was the first time that England beat Sweden in a competitive fixture. For England they would go on and reach the quarter-finals and lose to Italy on penalties sound familiar?
June 3, 20241 yr Author 19th- Portugal 0-1 Greece (Portugal 2004) [Final] f-jHkt96fqE Portugal: Ricardo Miguel (Ferreira 43') Andrade Carvalho Valente Maniche Costinha (Rui Costa 60') Ronaldo Deco Figo Pauleta (Gomes 74') Greece: Nikopolidis Seitaridis Kapsis Dellas Fyssas Katsouranis Zagorakis Basinas Charisteas Giannakopoulos (Venetidis 76') Vryzas (Papadopoulos 81') Goals: Charisteas 57' 0-1 At 19, it is possibly the greatest Euro upset where it was an Greek tragedy for Portugal at their home tournament where they lost again to Greece this time in the Euro 2004 final in the first match of Euro 2004, Greece would beat Portugal 2-1. Greece were 150/1 at the beginning of the tournament to win the Euros. I know this may not be the best match in this countdown but I remember it well for it being one of the great football shocks.
June 3, 20241 yr Author 18th- England 2-1 Denmark (After ET) (Pan-European 2020) [semi-Final] 6DWzBKO1Jkw England Pickford Walker Stones Maguire Shaw Phillips Rice (Henderson 95') Saka (Grealish 69') (Trippier 106') Mount (Foden 95') Sterling Kane Denmark: Schmeichel Christensen (Andersen 79') Kjaer Vestergaard (Wind 105') Stryger Larsen (Wass 67') Maehle Hojbjerg Delaney (Jensen 88') Braithwaite Dolberg (Norgaard 67') Damsgaard (Poulsen 67') Goals: Damsgaard 30' 0-1 Kjaer OG 39' 1-1 Kane 104' 2-1 At 18. It is England's semi-final win against Denmark at Euro 2020.
June 3, 20241 yr Author 17th- Spain 4-0 Italy (Poland & Ukraine 2012) [Final] Y0vaYeFZ5Vg Spain: Casillas Arbeloa Pique Ramos Alba Busquets Xavi Xabi Alonso Fabregas (Torres 75') David Silva (Pedro 59') Iniesta (Mata 87') Italy: Buffon Abate Barzagli Bonucci Chiellini (Balzaretti 21') Pirlo Marchisio Montolivo (Motta 57') De Rossi Balotelli Cassano (Di Natale 46') Goals: Silva 14' 1-0 Alba 41' 2-0 Torres 84' 3-0 Mata 88' 4-0 At 17, it is the Euro 2012 final which saw Spain defend their title by beating Italy in the final.
June 3, 20241 yr Author 16th- England 1-2 Iceland (France 2016) [Last 16] 3ju8pL1P9ww England: Hart Walker Cahill Smalling Rose Alli Dier (Wilshere 46') Rooney (Rashford 87') Sturridge Kane Sterling (Vardy 60') Iceland: Halldorsson Saevarsson Arnason Sigurosson Skulason Guomundsson Sigurosson Gunnarsson Bjarnason Sigporsson (Bjarnason 77') Boovarsson (Traustason 89') Goals: Rooney 4' pen 1-0 Sigurosson 6' 1-1 Sigporsson 1-2 At #16, it is one of England's worst performances that I have seen, why I have got it in this countdown is because it is particularly memorable for me as my Dad was probably in the only one in my county who went for Iceland to win and for both teams to score at 25/1. I can remember him willing England not to score.
June 3, 20241 yr It does make you remember how good a job Southgate has done since picking up that absolute shambles of a team in 2016 to only lose on penalties in the final of the very next Euros. That was the game that all but ended Joe Hart's career.
June 3, 20241 yr Yeh that’s what I always try and remind you guys of when yous complain about Southgate, he’s been brilliant considering where yous were under Roy! Love looking at the old team sheets of these matches!
June 4, 20241 yr Author 15th- England 2-3 Portugal (Belgium & Netherlands 2000) [Group Stage] f-TDsjAdv0I England: Seaman Gary Neville Adams (Keown 82') Campbell Phil Neville Beckham Scholes Ince McManaman (Wise 59') Shearer Owen (Heskey 46') Portugal: Baia Costa Vidigal Couto Figo Pinto (Conceicao 75') Rui Costa (Beto 85') Dimas Xavier Bento Gomes (Capucho 90') Goals: Scholes 3' 1-0 McManaman 18' 2-0 Figo 22' 2-1 Joao Pinto 37' 2-2 Nuno Gomes 59' 2-3 At #15, it is this group stage between Portugal and England this saw England throw away a two-goal lead and Portugal came back during the first half to level, England had been 2-0 up after 18 minutes, Portugal would score the winner in the 59th minute thanks to Nuno Gomes. For England, they would be knocked out in the group stages thanks to a 89th minute penalty conceded by Phil Neville against Romania where they would lose 3-2. As for Portugal, they would reach the semi-finals where they would lose to France, which you may see in this countdown later on.
June 4, 20241 yr Author 14th- Yugoslavia 3-3 Slovenia (Belgium & Netherlands 2000) [Group Stage] dvhQQeyH4zc Yugoslavia: Kralj Dudic Dukic Mihajlovic Nad Stankovic (Stojkovic 36') Jugovic Jokanovic Drulovic Mijatovic (Kezman 82') Kovacevic (Milosevic 52') Slovenia: Dabanovic Milnovic Galic Milanic Novak Ceh Pavlin (Pavlovic 74') Karic (Osterc 78') Zahovic Rudonja Udovic (Acimovic 64') Goals: Zahovic 23' 0-1 Pavlin 52' 0-2 Zahovic 57' 0-3 Milosevic 67' 1-3 Drulovic 70' 2-3 Milosevic 73' 3-3 At #14, it is this Euro 2000 group stage between debutants Slovenia and Yugoslavia. For Slovenia it was a dream start after 57 minutes they went 3-0 up, after an hour Yugoslavia were down to 10 men and 3-0 down, however they completed quite an remarkable comeback by scoring three goals in 13 minutes to level this game. As you will see later on, it wouldn't be the first time in Euro 2000 that Yugoslavia would appear in an thrilling group stage match. For Slovenia they would exit at the group stages after losing 2-1 to Spain and drawing against Norway 0-0.
June 4, 20241 yr Author 13th- Wales 3-1 Belgium (France 2016) [Quarter-Finals] ACj9F3czmMYp Wales: Hennessey Chester Williams Davies Ledley (King 78') Allen Ramsey (Collins 90') Taylor Gunter Robson-Kanu (Vokes 80') Bale Belgium: Courtois Meunier Alderweireld Denayer Jordan Lukaku (Mertens 75') Nainggolan Witsel Carrasco (Fellaini 46') De Bruyne Hazard Lukaku (Batshuayi 83') Goals: Nainnggolan 13' 0-1 Williams 31' 1-1 Robson-Kanu 55' 2-1 Vokes 86' 3-1 At #13, it is probably the greatest night in Welsh football history with Wales beating one of the tournament favourites Belgium and their 'Golden Generation'. For Wales they would lose in the semi-finals to tournament winners Portugal 2-0.
June 4, 20241 yr Author What about retro matches ? That's an idea whenever I have done these best matches at a major football tournament, I have normally have covered the tournaments that I have watched since I was alive. If you would like to see do something similar with retro matches in the near future, I'll be happy to do so, :)
June 4, 20241 yr Author 12th- France 2-1 Portugal [After Golden Goal] (Belgium & Netherlands 2000) [semi-Final] k9Yf3t9BCi0 France: Barthez Thuram Desailly Blanc Lizarazu Vieira Deschamps Petit (Pires 87') Zidane Anelka (Wiltord 72') Henry (Trezeguet 105') Portgual: Baia Xavier Couto Jorge Costa Dimas (Rui Jorge 91') Costinha Vidigal (Bento 61') Conceicao Rui Costa (Joao Pinto 78') Figo Nuno Gomes Goals: Nuno Gomes 19' 0-1 Henry 51' 1-1 Zidane 117 pen 2-1 At #12, it is this Euro 2000 semi-final match between France and Portugal which was a repeat of their 1984 semi-final.
June 4, 20241 yr Author 11th- Netherlands 2-3 Czech Republic (Portugal 2004) [Group Stage] TEFrQxpcoBw Netherlands: van der Sar Heitinga Stam Bouma Van Bronckhorst Cocu Seedorf (van der Voort 86') Davids van der Meyde (Reiziger 79') Robben (Bosvelt 58') van Nistelrooy Czech Republic: Cech Grygera (Smicer 25') Jiranek Ufalusi Jankulovski Poborsky Rosicky Galasek (Heinz 62') Nedved Koller (Rozehnal 75') Baros Goals: Bouma 4' 1-0 van Nistelrooy 19' 2-0 Koller 23' 2-1 Baros 71' 2-2 Smicer 88' 2-3 At #11, it is this Euro 2004 group stage match between Netherlands and Czech Republic.
June 4, 20241 yr Author 10th- Netherlands 3-2 Ukraine (Pan-European 2020) [Group Stage] odejb87oAEs Netherlands: Stekelenburg Timber (Veltman 88') de Brij Blind (Ake 64') Dumfries van Aanholt (Wijindal 64') de Roon Wijnaldum Nigel de Jong Weghorst (Luuk de Jong 88') Depay (Malen 91') Ukraine: Buschchan Karavayev Zabarnyi Matviyenko Mykolenko Zinchenko Sydorchuk Malinovskyi Yarmolenko Zubkov (Marlos 13') (Shaparenko 64') Yaremchuk Goals: Wijnaldum 52' 1-0 Weghorst 59' 2-0 Yarmolenko 75' 2-1 Yaremchuk 79' 2-2 Dumfries 85' 3-2 At #10, it is this Euro 2020 group stage match between the Netherlands and Ukraine.
June 5, 20241 yr Author 9th- England 2-0 Scotland (England 1996) [Group Stage] tuzKpwmdZrA England: Seaman Neviile Adams Pearce (Redknapp 46') [Campbell 85'] Southgate Ince (Stone 80') Anderton Gascoigne McManaman Sheringham Shearer Scotland: Goram Calderwood Hendry Boyd McKimmie McKinlay (Burley 82') McCall McAllister Collins Durie (Jess 87') Spencer (McCoist 67') Goals: Shearer 53' 0-1 Gacoigne 79' 0-2 At #9, it is this group stage match from Euro 96 between the oldest international fixture between Scotland and England. When I was 2, I went to Mallorca with my parents during when Euro 96, I was told that my Dad wanted to go and see Spain vs England at the pub but he didn't go as there was a massive fight at the end of the match. This game is particularly memorable for Gascoigne's goal and his famous 'dentist chair' celebration. And also for Scotland's penalty miss where Uri Geller claimed he moved the ball before Gary McAllister took the penalty. It was a year where a particular song called 'Three Lions' came out and would go on and become a England football anthem where will probably re-enter the charts every major tournament that England are in. For England it didn't 'come home' in the end where they lost to Germany on penalties, the current England manager missed his penalty.
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