UEFA European Football Championship - History

Ďurica (Slovakia) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Koumas (Wales).

Ďurica (Slovakia) is adjudged to be in an offside position.

Kozák (Slovakia) delivers the corner.

Čontofalský (Slovakia) makes a save.

Čontofalský (Slovakia) makes a save.

Bellamy (Wales) has an effort on goal.

Hološko (Slovakia) is adjudged to be in an offside position.

Davies (Wales) delivers the corner.

Čontofalský (Slovakia) makes a save.

Bellamy (Wales) has an effort on goal.

Krajčík (Slovakia) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Bale (Wales).

Čontofalský (Slovakia) makes a save.

Koumas (Wales) has an effort on goal.

(Wales) makes a save.

Hodúr (Slovakia) has an effort on goal.

M. Petráš (Slovakia) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Davies (Wales).

Davies (Wales) delivers the corner.

Davies (Wales) is penalised for a foul on Ďurica (Slovakia).

Parry (Wales) misses the target.

Ledley (Wales) takes the corner.

Vittek (Slovakia) scores!
The visitors put the match beyond Wales surely now as Robert Vittek makes it 5-1. Finding himself unmarked in the middle of the penalty area, he scores from four metres after latching onto a left-wing cross from Švento. The goal lines Wales up for their worst ever home defeat in a competitive game.

Vittek (Slovakia) is flagged for offside.

Davies (Wales) is penalised for a foul on Ďurica (Slovakia).

Robinson (Wales) takes the corner.

Davies (Wales) takes the corner.

Kozák (Slovakia) misses the target.

Čontofalský (Slovakia) makes a save.

Čontofalský (Slovakia) makes a save.

Davies (Wales) has an effort on goal.

Kozák (Slovakia) takes the corner.

Karhan (Slovakia) scores!
Ján Kozák plays a corner short for Slovakia to Miroslav Karhan and he celebrates winning his 82nd cap with a stunning goal, curling the ball away from and over Jones into the top corner from the right corner of the penalty area. It is his second goal of the EURO 2008™ campaign after finding the net in the 6-1 defeat of Cyprus last month, and puts Slovakia on their way to a second victory in Group D.

Kozák (Slovakia) takes the corner.

Vittek (Slovakia) is flagged for offside.

Koumas (Wales) has a shot blocked.

The second half begins.

The referee blows for half-time.

Bellamy (Wales) misses the target.

Davies (Wales) misses the target.

Karhan (Slovakia) is penalised for a foul on Bellamy (Wales).

Kozák (Slovakia) misses the target.

Kozák (Slovakia) takes the corner.

Koumas (Wales) misses the target.

Kratochvíl (Slovakia) is penalised for a foul on Bellamy (Wales).

Mintál (Slovakia) scores!
A high bouncing ball evades the Welsh defence and falls to Mintál, ten metres outside the penalty box. He takes the ball onto his right foot and hits a low powerful shot which fizzes past Jones at his near-post. The midfielder's second of the game, and his tenth international goal, it restores Slovakia's two-goal advantage once more.

Bale (Wales) scores!
Wales youngster Gareth Bale brings the hosts straight back into the match with a fantastic left-foot curling free-kick into the top corner of the net. It is the 17-year-old's first goal for his country and could prove to be a vital one.

Varga (Slovakia) is penalised for a foul on Koumas (Wales).

Mintál (Slovakia) scores!
Jones makes a terrible error on his 50th appearance for Wales - rushing out to clear the ball he gives it straight to Marek Mintál. The midfielder still has a lot to do but curls the ball brilliantly into the empty net from just outside the left side of the box.

Bellamy (Wales) is flagged for offside.

Davies (Wales) is penalised for a foul on Ďurica (Slovakia).

Davies (Wales) misses the target.

P. Petráš (Slovakia) is penalised for a foul on Earnshaw (Wales).

Karhan (Slovakia) misses the target.

Koumas (Wales) is penalised for a foul on P. Petráš (Slovakia).

Koumas (Wales) is penalised for a foul on Švento (Slovakia).

Davies (Wales) takes the corner.

Koumas (Wales) takes the corner.

Davies (Wales) is penalised for a foul on M. Petráš (Slovakia).

Earnshaw (Wales) is flagged for offside.

Čontofalský (Slovakia) makes a save.

Earnshaw (Wales) has an effort on goal.

Švento (Slovakia) scores!
Robert Vittek races onto a ball down the left wing for Slovakia and gets to the by-line. He puts over a cross which goes across the face of goal and Dušan Švento is there to score from an acute angle and beat goalkeeper Paul Jones at his near post.

Earnshaw (Wales) is flagged for offside.

Bellamy (Wales) is flagged for offside.

Duffy (Wales) is penalised for a foul on Mintál (Slovakia).

Davies (Wales) takes the corner.

Davies (Wales) takes the corner.

Davies (Wales) is penalised for a foul on Ďurica (Slovakia).

Bellamy (Wales) is flagged for offside.

P. Petráš (Slovakia) is penalised for a foul on Earnshaw (Wales).

The match is under way.