In Group D of the European Football Championship 2008 , the reigning European champions disappointed Greece, who this time could not win a single point with their defensive tactics. The Spaniards qualified as group winners ahead of the Russians, who secured a place in the quarter-finals in a direct duel against the Swedes with a 2-0 win.
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Spain Spain
3
3
0
0
00 8: 300
+5
0 9
2.
Russia Russia
3
2
0
1
00 4: 400
± 0
0 6th
3.
Sweden Sweden
3
1
0
2
00 3: 400
−1
0 3
4th
Greece Greece
3
0
0
3
00 1: 500
−4
0 0
Spain - Russia 4: 1 (2: 0)
Spain
Russia
Lineup
Spain
Russia
Iker Casillas - Sergio Ramos , Carlos Marchena , Carles Puyol , Joan Capdevila - David Silva (77th Xabi Alonso ), Marcos Senna , Xavi , Andrés Iniesta (63rd Santi Cazorla ) - David Villa , Fernando Torres (54th Cesc Fàbregas ) coach : Luis Aragonés (C)
Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Roman Shirokov , Denis Kolodin , Yuri Shirkov - Dmitri Sychev (46. Vladimir Bystrov , 70. Roman Adamov ), Konstantin Zyryanov , Sergei Semak , Igor Semshov (58. Dmitri Torbinski ) Dinijar Bilyaletdinov - Roman Pavlyuchenko coach : Guus Hiddink (C)
1: 0 Villa (20th) 2: 0 Villa (44th) 3: 0 Villa (75th) 4: 1 Fàbregas (90th + 1 ')
3: 1 Pavlyuchenko (86th)
Player of the Match: David Villa (Spain)
Greece - Sweden 0: 2 (0: 0)
Greece
Sweden
Lineup
Greece
Sweden
Antonios Nikopolidis - Georgios Seitaridis , Sotirios Kyrgiakos , Paraskevas Antzas , Traianos Dellas (70th Ioannis Amanatidis ), Vasilis Torosidis - Angelos Charisteas , Angelos Basinas , Kostas Katsouranis , Giorgos Karagounis - Theofanis Gekas (46. Georgios Samaras ) Coach: Otto Rehhagel (C)
Andreas Isaksson - Niclas Alexandersson (74th Fredrik Stoor ), Olof Mellberg , Petter Hansson , Mikael Nilsson - Anders Svensson - Christian Wilhelmsson (78th Markus Rosenberg ), Freddie Ljungberg - Daniel Andersson - Zlatan Ibrahimović (71st Johan Elmander ), Henrik Larsson Trainer: Lars Lagerbäck (C)
0: 1 Ibrahimović (67.) 0: 2 Hansson (72.)
Angelos Charisteas (1st), Georgios Seitaridis (51st), Vassilios Torosidis (61st)
Player of the Match: Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)
Sweden - Spain 1: 2 (1: 1)
Sweden
Spain
Lineup
Sweden
Spain
Andreas Isaksson - Fredrik Stoor , Olof Mellberg , Petter Hansson , Mikael Nilsson - Johan Elmander (79th Sebastian Larsson ), Daniel Andersson , Anders Svensson , Freddie Ljungberg - Henrik Larsson (87th Kim Källström ), Zlatan Ibrahimović (46th Markus Rosenberg ) Trainer: Lars Lagerbäck (C)
Iker Casillas - Sergio Ramos , Carlos Marchena , Carles Puyol (24th Raúl Albiol ), Joan Capdevila - Andrés Iniesta (59th Santi Cazorla ), Marcos Senna , Xavi (59th Cesc Fàbregas ), David Silva - David Villa , Fernando Torres coach : Luis Aragonés (C)
1: 1 Ibrahimović (34th)
0: 1 Torres (15th) 1: 2 Villa (90th + 2 ')
Anders Svensson (55.)
Carlos Marchena (53rd)
Player of the Match: David Villa (Spain)
Greece - Russia 0: 1 (0: 1)
Greece
Russia
Lineup
Greece
Russia
Antonios Nikopolidis - Georgios Seitaridis (40. George Karagounis ), Traianos Dellas , Sotirios Kyrgiakos , Vasilios Torosidis - Kostas Katsouranis , Angelos Basinas , Christos Patsatzoglou - Charisteas , Nikos Liberopoulos (61. Theofanis Gekas ), Ioannis Amanatidis (80. Stelios Giannakopoulos ) Trainer: Otto Rehhagel (C)
Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Denis Kolodin , Sergei Ignashevich , Yuri Shirkov (87. Vasily Berezutsky ) - Sergei Semak - Dmitri Torbinski , Konstantin Zyryanov , Igor Semshov , Dinijar Bilyaletdinov (70 Ivan Saenko ) - Roman Pavlyuchenko Coach: Guus Hiddink (C)
0: 1 Syrjanow (33.)
Giorgos Karagounis (42nd), Nikos Liberopoulos (58th)
Ivan Sajenko (77th), Dmitri Torbinski (84th)
Player of the Match: Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia)
Greece - Spain 1: 2 (1: 0)
Greece
Spain
Lineup
Greece
Spain
Antonios Nikopolidis - Loukas Vyntra , Sotirios Kyrgiakos (62. Paraskevas Antzas ), Traianos Dellas , Nikolaos Spyropoulos - Angelos Basinas , Kostas Katsouranis - Dimitrios Salpingidis (86. Stelios Giannakopoulos ), Giorgos Karagounis (74 Alexandros Tziolis ), Ioannis Amanatidis - Charisteas Trainer: Otto Rehhagel (C)
Pepe Reina - Álvaro Arbeloa , Raúl Albiol , Juanito , Fernando Navarro - Rubén de la Red , Xabi Alonso - Sergio García , Cesc Fàbregas , Andrés Iniesta (58th Santi Cazorla ) - Daniel Güiza Trainer: Luis Aragonés (C)
1-0 Charisteas (42nd)
1: 1 de la Red (61.) 1: 2 Güiza (88.)
Giorgos Karagounis (34th), Angelos Basinas (72nd), Loukas Vyntra (90th + 1 ')
Daniel Güiza (41.), Álvaro Arbeloa (45.)
Player of the Match: Xabi Alonso (Spain)
Russia - Sweden 2: 0 (1: 0)
Russia
Sweden
Lineup
Russia
Sweden
Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Sergei Ignashevich , Denis Kolodin , Yuri Shirkov - Sergei Semak - Konstantin Zyryanov , Igor Semshov , Dinijar Bilyaletdinov (66 Ivan Saenko ) - Roman Pavlyuchenko (90. Vladimir Bystrov ), Andrei Arshavin Coach: Guus Hiddink (C)
Andreas Isaksson - Fredrik Stoor , Olof Mellberg , Petter Hansson , Mikael Nilsson (79th Marcus Allbäck ) - Johan Elmander , Daniel Andersson (56th Kim Källström ), Anders Svensson , Freddie Ljungberg - Henrik Larsson , Zlatan Ibrahimović Trainer: Lars Lagerbäck (C)
1-0 Pavlyuchenko (24th) 2-0 Arshavin (50th)
Sergei Semak (57th), Andrei Arshavin (65th), Denis Kolodin (76th)
Andreas Isaksson (10th), Johan Elmander (49th)
Player of the Match: Andrei Arshavin (Russia)
Footnotes
↑ a b c d e f The man of the game (English officially Carlsberg Man of the Match Award ) was chosen in an internet vote on euro2008.uefa.com .
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