UEFA European Football Championship - History

Evra (France) is adjudged to be in an offside position.

Toni (Italy) misses the target.
Toni just can't score this tournament. This time Coupet tips his effort onto the post.

Panucci (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Toulalan (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Ambrosini (Italy).

Zambrotta (Italy) misses the target.
The energetic Zambrotta powers down the right flank and cuts inside. He tries his luck with his lft foot but his effort flies well over.

De Rossi (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Toulalan (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Toni (Italy).

Toulalan (France) takes the free-kick.

Camoranesi (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Benzema (France).

Benzema (France) takes the free-kick.

Grosso (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Henry (France).

Toulalan (France) takes the free-kick.

Aquilani (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Boumsong (France).

Coupet (France) makes a save.

Cassano (Italy) has an effort on goal.
Cassano tries a cheeky lofted long shot but Coupet gets back to cover in time.

De Rossi (Italy) delivers the corner.

Camoranesi (Italy) misses the target.
Cassano feeds a lovely ball to Camoranesi, who turns inside Clerc on the right but his shot is blocked.

Henry (France) is booked.
Henry is booked for a sliding tackle on Zambrotta.

Henry (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Zambrotta (Italy).

Panucci (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Toni (Italy) is adjudged to be in an offside position.

Aquilani (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Makelele (France).

Toulalan (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Cassano (Italy).

Aquilani (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Aquilani (in) - Gattuso (out) (Italy)
Gattuso gets a roar from the Azzurri supporters as he thumps his chest on his way off the field. He is replaced by Alberto Aquilani of AS Roma, who takes his UEFA European championship bow.

Makelele (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Ambrosini (Italy).

Toulalan (France) takes the corner.

Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
Benzema curls a shot from the edge of the area towards the far corner of the net only for Buffon to somehow turn it wide. Great save with his right hand.

Benzema (France) has an effort on goal.

De Rossi (Italy) takes the corner.

Toni (Italy) has a shot blocked.
Toni meets a cross at the near post but Boumsong blocks his attempt.

De Rossi (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Boumsong (France) is cautioned by the referee.
Toni is fouled on the halfway line as Italy try to launch a counterattack. Boumsong is booked.

Boumsong (France) is penalised for a foul on Toni (Italy).

Grosso (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Clerc (France) is penalised for a foul on Cassano (Italy).

Camoranesi (Italy) is penalised for a foul on Makelele (France).

Boumsong (France) takes the free-kick.

Toni (Italy) is penalised for a foul on Evra (France).

Toulalan (France) has a shot blocked.

Toulalan (France) takes the free-kick.

Grosso (Italy) is penalised for a foul on Govou (France).

Makelele (France) takes the free-kick.

Camoranesi (Italy) is penalised for a foul on Evra (France).

Chiellini (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Govou (France) is penalised for a foul on Chiellini (Italy).

De Rossi (Italy) scores from an indirect free-kick
De Rossi hits a low free-kick from all of 30 metres, which clips the foot of the unfortunate Henry in the wall, changes direction and swerves past the helpless Coupet. It's 2-0 to Italy.

Clerc (France) is penalised for a foul on Cassano (Italy).

Henry (France) is penalised for a foul on Zambrotta (Italy).

Boumsong (France) is penalised for a foul on Toni (Italy).

Toulalan (France) has a shot blocked.

Boumsong (France) takes the free-kick.

Gattuso (Italy) is shown a yellow card.
Gattuso goes in hard on Makelele and is also booked for his trouble. Like Pirlo he will miss the next game should Italy get that far.

Gattuso (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Makelele (France).

Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
Toni finds space in the area to meet Zambrotta's cross but again fails to direct his shot goalwards.

Henry (France) has an effort on goal.

Zambrotta (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Benzema (France).

Buffon (Italy) makes a save.

Henry (France) has an effort on goal.

De Rossi (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Govou (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Pirlo (Italy).

Benzema (France) misses the target.
Great wing-play by Toulalan, who delivers a centre to Henry. The FC Barcelona striker's attempt is blocked but the ball breaks for Benzema whose volley on the edge of the area just clears the bar.

Zambrotta (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Henry (France).

Cassano (Italy) has a shot blocked.
Cassano cuts in from the left but his long-range attempt is closed down by Boumsong.

De Rossi (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Govou (France) is shown a yellow card.
Cassano is again fouled, this time by Govou, who becomes the latest player to receive a yellow card.

Govou (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Cassano (Italy).

Grosso (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Govou (France).

The second half begins.

The referee blows for half-time.

Makelele (France) takes the free-kick.

Chiellini (Italy) is shown a yellow card.
Chiellini joins Pirlo in the notebook after mis-timing his challenge and catching Henry on the ankle.

Chiellini (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Henry (France).

Toni (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Boumsong (France).

Toulalan (France) takes the free-kick.

Pirlo (Italy) is shown a yellow card.
Pirlo scythes down Benzema and will miss the next match if Italy go through after picking up a booking for his challenge.

Pirlo (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Benzema (France).

Coupet (France) makes a save.

Grosso (Italy) hits the post on free-kick.
Grosso bends the free-kick left-footed around the wall and Coupet touches it onto the foot of the far post.

Toulalan (France) is penalised for a foul on De Rossi (Italy).

Toulalan (France) takes the free-kick.

De Rossi (Italy) is penalised for a foul on Toulalan (France).

Makelele (France) takes the free-kick.
Great skills by De Rossi, who conjures a free-kick on the edge of the area to the right.

Cassano (Italy) is penalised for a foul on Evra (France).

Cassano (Italy) is flagged for offside.

Benzema (France) misses the target.
Benzema's free-kick rebounds off the wall and he sends his second attempt high and wide.

Benzema (France) has a shot blocked.

Gattuso (Italy) is penalised for a foul on Henry (France).

Henry (France) misses the target.
Toulalan plays a slide-rule pass to Henry, who beats Cheillini for pace, but, forced wide and left, send his angled drive just wide of Buffon's far post.

De Rossi (Italy) is penalised for a foul on Govou (France).

Clerc (France) takes the free-kick.

Grosso (Italy) is penalised for a foul on Govou (France).

Toni (Italy) misses the target.
Yet another chance for Toni and yet another miss. Perrotta plays the deftest of flicks and Toni's attempt, from 14 metres, bobbles wide.

Toni (Italy) misses the target.
Pirlo clips a delightful ball into the area to Toni but he miscues a first-time volley over the bar.

Toni (Italy) misses the target.
Cassano crosses from the let and Toni fashions an extraordinary back-flick which goes just wide.

De Rossi (Italy) misses the target.
Italy are piling forward and the ball drops for De Rossi who hits a piledriver just over the bar.

Boumsong (France) is penalised for a foul on Toni (Italy).

Boumsong (in) - Nasri (out) (France)
He's only been on the pitch 16 minutes but Nasri is replaced by Boumsong as Domench acts to replace Abidal.

Pirlo (Italy) scores from the penalty spot.
Pirlo keeps his cool and fires it high into the top left-hand corner.

Abidal (France) is shown the red card.
Toni controls a long ball superbly in the area and Abidal is adjudged to have brought him down in the area. He is dismissed and it's a penalty.

Toni (Italy) was fouled in the penalty area by Abidal (France)

De Rossi (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Nasri (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Perrotta (Italy).

Clerc (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Toni (Italy).

Toni (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Makelele (France).

Govou (France) misses the target.
France come forward and Govou is found in space on the left. He has Henry free in the middle but Govou ignores him and shoots right-footed well wide.

Pirlo (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Evra (France) is booked.
Evra catches Cassano late and is booked for his sliding challenge.

Evra (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Cassano (Italy).

Panucci (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Evra (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Toni (Italy).

Benzema (France) misses the target.
Benzema cuts in from the left and hits a low shot from 20 metres, a metre wide of Buffon's near post.

Abidal (France) takes the free-kick.

Perrotta (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Abidal (France).

Evra (France) takes the free-kick.

Cassano (Italy) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Evra (France).

Zambrotta (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Benzema (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Panucci (Italy).

Coupet (France) makes a save.
Panucci meets a corner from the left and powers it goalwards, where Claude Makelele is well placed on the post to clear the ball off the line. That was almost Panucci's second goal of the tournament.

Panucci (Italy) has an effort on goal.

Pirlo (Italy) delivers the corner.

Pirlo (Italy) takes the free-kick.

Ribéry (France) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Zambrotta (Italy).
Ribéry lands awkwardly on his left ankle when trying to tackle Zambrotta and it looks like a serious injury. He is having to come off and Olympique de Marseille starlet Samir Nasri replaces him.

Henry (France) is adjudged to be in an offside position.

Ribéry (France) misses the target.
Gattuso is caught in possession and Ribéry cuts in from the left, but his wild shot goes so wide it goes out for a throw-in.

Toni (Italy) misses the target.
Abidal fails to deal with an up and under and Toni is clean through. He takes his shot early, though, and drags it wide when he had more time on his hands.

Ribéry (France) delivers the corner.

Ribéry (France) delivers the corner.

Ribéry (France) misses the target.
France surge forward and Ribéry lets fly from 20 metres. Zambrotta blocks the shot

The match is under way.