In 2004, the footballing world was turned on its head as golden generations tumbled, undone by the ordinary gifts of grit and guts
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Muttering tales of dodgy dealings, Italy slunk off defeated, while Sweden and Denmark celebrated together at Euro 2004
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE “All I feel is pride, pride, pride.” Speaking to a Guardian journalist while Athens celebrated the most incredible, unlikely, astounding victory in recent times, Maria Kokkinou…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE London. Marseille. Brussels. Portugal had been in the last four of a major tournament before. Bobby Charlton, Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane had dumped them…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE Both the Czech Republic and Denmark had fairly remarkable routes to their Euro 2004 quarter-final. The Czechs had shown their muscle during the group stages…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE In a sport that all too rarely rewards goalkeepers with the same headlines it so lavishes upon goalscorers, penalty shootouts go some of the way…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE Plenty was at stake when the Netherlands and the Czech Republic met at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro on 19 June 2004. Dick Advocaat’s Oranje had…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE One last chance. There’s always one last chance. Strategy, mind games, 10,000 man-hours of preparation: they all drop out of the equation, rendered meaningless in…
While it may not have provided revolutionary change, the golden goal created legends and left an indelible mark on a glorious era
They were labelled “boring” and derided even in victory, but Greece’s Euro 2004 triumphs stands out as one of the greatest in modern history
Despite their heartbreak, the Czech Republic class of 2004 is amongst the very best to have not lifted a major international trophy
Illustration by Federico Manasse The football world remembers Greece for its stubbornness and industry in Euro 2004. The shrewd, workmanlike effort to shut the game down, preserve a lead, bleed the clock,…