Euro 2000 Finals - Results & Fixtures - Portugal vs England

12 Jun 2000


Portugal	3 - 2	England
	(HT: 2 - 2)

Game Details
Venue Philips Stadium, Eindhoven	Attendance 30000
Referee Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Game Events
#	Date	Player	Event	Period	Mins	H/A
1	12 Jun 2000	Paul Scholes	Goal	First Half	3	A
2	12 Jun 2000	Steven Mcmanaman	Goal	First Half	18	A
3	12 Jun 2000	Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo	Goal	First Half	22	H
4	12 Jun 2000	Joao Manuel Vieira Pinto	Goal	First Half	37	H
5	12 Jun 2000	Paul Ince	Yellow Card	First Half	44	A
6	12 Jun 2000	Michael Owen	Player Out	Second Half	1	A
7	12 Jun 2000	Emile Heskey	Substitute In	Second Half	1	A
8	12 Jun 2000	Steven Mcmanaman	Player Out	Second Half	13	A
9	12 Jun 2000	Dennis Wise	Substitute In	Second Half	13	A
10	12 Jun 2000	Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro	Goal	Second Half	14	H
11	12 Jun 2000	Joao Manuel Vieira Pinto	Player Out	Second Half	31	H
12	12 Jun 2000	Sergio Paulo Merceneiro Da Conceicao	Substitute In	Second Half	31	H
13	12 Jun 2000	Tony Adams	Player Out	Second Half	37	A
14	12 Jun 2000	Martin Keown	Substitute In	Second Half	37	A
15	12 Jun 2000	Rui Manuel Cesar Costa	Player Out	Second Half	40	H
16	12 Jun 2000	Roberto Luis Gaspar Deus Severo	Substitute In	Second Half	40	H
17	12 Jun 2000	Vitor Manuel Martins Baia	Yellow Card	Second Half	45	H
18	12 Jun 2000	Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro	Player Out	Second Half	45	H
19	12 Jun 2000	Nuno Fernando Goncalves Rocha	Substitute In	Second Half	45	H

Match report and video clips (no longer available due to copyright infringement) from the game's action

A dazzling Portugal came from two goals down to beat England 3-2 in the best game so far at Euro 2000. England went two goals up in 18 minutes through Paul Scholes and Steve McManaman, both from David Beckham crosses, but a Portuguese side inspired by midfielders Luis Figo and Rui Costa fought back brilliantly. Figo pulled one back with a superb long range shot in the 22nd minute and Joao Pinto equalised with a diving header for the best goal of the match in the 37th. Nuno Gomes scored the winner in the 59th minute to put Portugal on top of Group A. England's last defeat at a major tournament after leading by two goals was at the 1970 World Cup finals when West Germany beat them 3-2 after extra time.
Portugal	England
- 1.2 MB - 2.3 MB - 2.5 MB Figo (22') (1-2). He collected the ball midway in the England half, advanced unchallenged and let loose with a fine shot from 25 metres which gave Seaman no chance.	- 1.2 MB - 2.4 MB - 2.5 MB Scholes (3') (0-1). A David Beckham's pinpoint cross was headed home by him.
- 1.3 MB - 2.5 MB - 2.5 MB Joao Pinto (37') (2-2). Brilliant diving header at the near post by him following an excellent Rui Costa cross.	- 1.4 MB - 2.8 MB - 2.8 MB McManaman (18') (0-2). Another fine cross from Beckham, set up by Owen, found McManaman unmarked and he swept the ball home on the half volley from eight metres out.
- 1.5 MB - 3.0 MB - 3.3 MB Nuno Gomes (59') (3-2). A Rui Costa cross found Nuno Gomes in the penalty area. He evaded Adams's challenge to beat Seaman and put Portugal ahead for the first time.

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