UEFA Euro 2000 Final

UEFA Euro 2000 Final

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

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 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 France 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 Denmark 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0		Final standings	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Italy 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9 Turkey 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 Belgium 3 1 0 2 2 5 –3 3 Sweden 3 0 1 2 2 4 –2 1
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	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 48,200 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Wiltord  90+3' Trezeguet  103'	Report	Delvecchio  55'

France

Italy

GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 15 Lilian 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 10 Zinedine Zidane LW 12 Thierry Henry CF 21 Christophe Dugarry 58' Substitutions: FW 13 Sylvain Wiltord 58' FW 20 David Trezeguet 76' MF 11 Robert Pirès 86' Manager: Roger Lemerre

GK 12 Francesco Toldo CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro 42' CB 13 Alessandro Nesta CB 15 Mark Iuliano RWB 11 Gianluca Pessotto LWB 3 Paolo Maldini (c) CM 4 Demetrio Albertini CM 14 Luigi Di Biagio 31' 66' AM 18 Stefano Fiore 53' SS 20 Francesco Totti 90' CF 21 Marco Delvecchio 86' Substitutions: FW 10 Alessandro Del Piero 53' MF 16 Massimo Ambrosini 66' FW 19 Vincenzo Montella 86' Manager: Dino Zoff

Man of the Match: Francesco Totti (Italy) Assistant referees: Leif Lindberg (Sweden) Jens Larsen (Denmark) Fourth official: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions.

Overall

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

UEFA Euro 2000

Stages

Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Group E · Group F · Knockout phase · Final

General information

Bids · Matches · Statistics · Squads · Qualification