UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage
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The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2004 was a single-elimination tournament involving the eight teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round, culminating in the final to decide the champions. The knockout stage began with the quarter-finals on 24 June and ended with the final on 4 July 2004 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon. Greece won the tournament with a 1–0 victory over the host nation Portugal.
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Format
Any game in the knockout stage that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes, was followed by up to 30 minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). For the first time in an international football tournament, the silver goal system was applied, whereby the team who leads the game at the half-time break during the extra time period would be declared the winner. If the scores were still level after the initial 15 minutes of extra time play would continue for a further 15 minutes. If the teams could still not be separated there would be a penalty shoot-out (five penalties each, unless one team gained an unassailable lead, but more if scores were level after the initial five) to determine who progressed to the next round. As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.
Qualified teams
Bracket
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| 24 June – Lisbon (Luz) | ||||||||||
 Portugal (p) | 2 (6) | |||||||||
| 30 June – Lisbon (Alvalade) | ||||||||||
 England | 2 (5) | |||||||||
| Portugal | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 June – Faro/Loulé | ||||||||||
 Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||
 Sweden | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 4 July – Lisbon (Luz) | ||||||||||
| Netherlands (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 June – Lisbon (Alvalade) | ||||||||||
 Greece | 1 | |||||||||
 France | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 July – Porto (Dragão) | ||||||||||
| Greece | 1 | |||||||||
| Greece (s.g.) | 1 | |||||||||
| 27 June – Porto (Dragão) | ||||||||||
 Czech Republic | 0 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||
 Denmark | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Portugal vs England
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France vs Greece
France players Zinedine Zidane and Lilian Thuram set a new record for UEFA Euro fixture appearances by playing their 14th matches each since 1996, beating the record they had held jointly with seven players.[2]
Greece had the better of the chances in the opening half of the match and came close to the opening goal after 15 minutes when a Giorgos Karagounis free kick reached Kostas Katsouranis, who was close to the France goal. His attempted tap-in from close range was blocked by France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez on the line, whilst the Greeks already started celebrating in anticipation of the goal being awarded. After 37 minutes, Barthez tipped a powerful 30-metre shot from defender Takis Fyssas over the crossbar.[2]
France's first meaningful effort on goal came to Thierry Henry after 24 minutes, with his powerful header going just wide of the Greece goal.[3]
In the second half, France showed more attacking intent, but near misses by William Gallas and Henry kept the game scoreless. Midway through the second half, Theodoros Zagorakis ran down the right, crossing to Angelos Charisteas, who scored via a powerful header.[3]
In search of an equalizer, France coach Jacques Santini brought on Sylvain Wiltord and Louis Saha for Olivier Dacourt and David Trezeguet. Saha and Henry both had shots on goal in the latter part of the second half, and Henry's header went just wide of the Greece goal with three minutes remaining.[3]
Greece held on for the victory and proceeded to face Czech Republic in the semifinals. After the match, Santini stepped down as France coach,[2] and goalscorer Angelos Charisteas labelled the victory against France as the greatest moment in Greek football.[3]
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Czech Republic vs Denmark
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Semi-finals
Portugal vs Netherlands
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Greece vs Czech Republic
Czech Republic came into the fixture on the back of four successive wins and made the brighter start, coming close to opening the scoring after only three minutes when a powerful volley by Tomáš Rosický struck the crossbar. Two minutes later, Marek Jankulovski's shot tested Greece goalkeeper Antonios Nikopolidis who parried the shot wide for a corner. Nikopolidis pulled off another fine save on 33 minutes, going full length to parry away Jankulovski's shot following Rosický's cross.[8]
Greece had their share of chances, particularly in the second half–Zisis Vryzas sent a header from Angelos Basinas' free-kick into Petr Čech's arms, and Milan Baroš made his way inside the penalty box but misfired his shot.[8]
In extra time, Traianos Dellas almost scored for Greece, but his effort was saved by Čech. With only minutes remaining of the first period of extra-time, Dellas won the game for Greece with a header from a corner, which ended up being a silver goal.[8]
With the victory, Greece proceeded to play Portugal in the final, marking the first time at a major men's football tournament that two teams who played the opening match qualified for the final. The fixture was also the first time that a European Championship match was decided by a silver goal.[8]
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Final
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