penaltı özürlü ingilterenin çeyrek finalde ispanyayı penaltılarla elemesi şuana kadar penaltılara kalan maçlardaki tek galibiyetidir,
geriye kalan 5 maçta hep elenen taraf ingiltere olmuştu.
(euro96 da yarıfinalde almanyaya 6-5,euro 2004 de portekize gene 6-5,1990 dünya kupasında almanyaya 4-3,1998 dünya kupasında arjantine 4-3,2006 dünya kupasında gene portekize 3-1 elenmişler.
2004 elemelernde beckhamda istanbuldaki son maçta penaltıyı dışarı atmıştı.bu sene şampiyonlar ligi finalinde iki ingiliz takımı vardı.artık bir tanesi penaltılarla kazansın canım).
yardımcı hakemler: pierre ufrasi (fra), jacques mas (fra)
4. hakem: alain sars (fra)
spain: andoni zubizarreta (gk) (c), alberto belsué, rafael alkorta (dk. 72 juan manuel lópez), abelardo, fernando hierro, sergi barjuán, kiko, javier manjarín (dk. 46 alfonso pérez), guillermo amor, julio salinas (dk. 46 josé luis caminero), miguel nadal
yedekler: josé emilio amavisca, julen guerrero, juan antonio pizzi, donato, santiago cañizares(gk), jorge otero, luis enrique, josé francisco molina(gk)
teknik direktör: javier clemente lázaro (esp)
england: david seaman (gk), gary neville, stuart pearce, tony adams (c), gareth southgate, david platt, paul gascoigne, alan shearer, teddy sheringham (dk. 109 et nick barmby), darren anderton (dk. 109 et steve stone), steve mcmanaman (dk. 109 et robbie fowler)
yedekler: tim flowers (gk), sol campbell, les ferdinand, phil neville, ian walker (gk)
teknik direktör: terry venables (eng)
sarı kartlar: dk. 1 abelardo, dk. 40 alberto belsué, dk. 50 alfonso pérez (spain) dk. 47 gary neville (england)
hosts england first team into last four published: monday 6 october 2003, 11.08cet
goalkeeper david seaman and left-back stuart pearce were the penalty shoot-out heroes as the hosts squeezed into the semi-finals.
on the crest of a wave after their memorable 4-1 against the netherlands, hosts england beat spain 4-2 on penalties to move into the semi-finals.
terry venables' side had produced a truly thrilling display in their final group game and now had an ever more enthusiastic nation behind them. their momentum was checked by a well-organised spanish side, however, with only the spot-kick heroics of stuart pearce and david seaman enough to take them past javier clemente's charges and into the last four.
no one had played a more pivotal role in england's resurgent tournament than alan shearer, and spain were all too aware of the threat posed by the burly, yet mobile striker. immediately gifted little room in which to work, shearer made a rare escape into space on four minutes but his fierce shot was well stopped by andoni zubizarreta.
spain swiftly gained a foothold, however, twice denied by an offside flag before carving open the england defence just before half-time; javier manjarín was clean through but hesitated long enough for seaman to advance and block with his legs.
such a moment of laxness appeared to prompt england to tighten up after the interval, with steve mcmanaman and paul gascoigne finally starting to work the openings denied to them earlier on. indeed it was gascoigne who fashioned the best opportunity of the game on 73 minutes when he chipped to the far post for shearer, who somehow turned over from close range.
extra time was required and the golden goal was in play for the first time – one goal was all that was needed. it was not forthcoming, though, and euro '96 had its first penalty shoot-out.
england edged in front when fernando hierro struck the bar with spain's first attempt and were 2-1 ahead by the time pearce stepped up. the lionhearted left-back, who had missed in england's shoot-out loss to germany in the fifa world cup semi-finals six years earlier, dispatched emphatically and celebrated with gusto. his team-mates followed suit before seaman stopped miguel nadal to cement his country's progress.
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