UEFA Euro 2000 Final

UEFA Euro 2000 Final

Match programme cover
Event UEFA Euro 2000
France Italy
France Italy
2 1
After golden goal extra time
Date 2 July 2000
Venue Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Man of the Match Francesco Totti (Italy)[1][2]
Referee Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Attendance 48,200
Weather Mostly cloudy
19 °C (66 °F)[3]

The final of UEFA Euro 2000 was a football match played on 2 July 2000 at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 2000. France won the match, defeating Italy 2–1.

Marco Delvecchio gave Italy the lead in the 55th minute and they held on until the final minute of injury time, when Sylvain Wiltord crashed a low drive past Italian keeper Francesco Toldo to take the game into extra time.[4] France won the game just before half-time in extra-time when Robert Pirès cut the ball back for David Trezeguet to fire the golden goal and win the tournament for France.[5][6]

Route to the final

France Round Italy
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
 Denmark 3–0 Match 1  Turkey 2–1
 Czech Republic 2–1 Match 2  Belgium 2–0
 Netherlands 2–3 Match 3  Sweden 2–1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 330072+59
 France 320174+36
 Czech Republic 31023303
 Denmark 300308−80
 Final standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 330062+49
 Turkey 311132+14
 Belgium 310225–33
 Sweden 301224–21
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
 Spain 2–1 Quarter-finals  Romania 2–0
 Portugal 2–1 (aet) Semi-finals  Netherlands 0–0 (aet) (3–1 pen.)

Match

Details

2 July 2000
20:00 CEST
France  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Italy
Wiltord  90+3'
Trezeguet  103' 		Report Delvecchio  55'
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 48,200
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
France
Italy
GK 16Fabien Barthez
RB 15Lilian Thuram  58'
CB 8 Marcel Desailly
CB 5 Laurent Blanc
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu  86'
CM 4 Patrick Vieira
CM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)
RW 6 Youri Djorkaeff  76'
AM 10Zinedine Zidane
LW 12Thierry Henry
CF 21Christophe Dugarry  58'
Substitutions:
FW 13Sylvain Wiltord  58'
FW 20David Trezeguet  76'
MF 11Robert Pirès  86'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre
GK 12Francesco Toldo
CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro  42'
CB 13Alessandro Nesta
CB 15Mark Iuliano
RWB 11Gianluca Pessotto
LWB 3 Paolo Maldini (c)
CM 4 Demetrio Albertini
CM 14Luigi Di Biagio  31'  66'
AM 18Stefano Fiore  53'
SS 20Francesco Totti  90'
CF 21Marco Delvecchio  86'
Substitutions:
FW 10Alessandro Del Piero  53'
MF 16Massimo Ambrosini  66'
FW 19Vincenzo Montella  86'
Manager:
Dino Zoff

Man of the Match:
Francesco Totti (Italy)[1][2]

Assistant referees:
Leif Lindberg (Sweden)
Jens Larsen (Denmark)
Fourth official:
José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Match rules

Statistics

UEFA Euro 2000 Final
Line-up of the teams.
Italian supporters during the final.
Overall[7]
Statistic France Italy
Goals scored 2 1
Total shots 19 10
Shots on target 12 3
Ball possession 48% 52%
Corner kicks 7 4
Fouls committed 18 29
Offsides 6 7
Yellow cards 1 3
Red cards 0 0

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "UEFA Euro 2000 tournament summary". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Francesco Totti - UEFA.com profile". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EHRD/2000/7/2/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA
  4. ↑ "France 2 Italy 1". BBC Sport. 2 July 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Trezeguet strikes gold for France". UEFA.com. 2 July 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "France 2 - 1 Italy". Guardian UK. 2 July 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Match statistics". Euro 2000 official website. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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