yardımcı hakemler: jacques poudevigne (fra), dramane dante (mli)
4. hakem: gilles veissiere (fra)
italy: francesco toldo (gk), ciro ferrara, paolo maldini (c) (dk. 42 alessandro nesta), paolo negro, angelo di livio (dk. 64 stefano fiore), alessandro del piero, gianluca pessotto, luigi di biagio, mark iuliano (dk. 46 fabio cannavaro), massimo ambrosini, vincenzo montella
yedekler: christian abbiati (gk), francesco antonioli(gk), demetrio albertini, antonio conte, filippo inzaghi, gianluca zambrotta, francesco totti, marco delvecchio
teknik direktör: dino zoff (ita)
sweden: magnus hedman (gk), patrik andersson (c), joachim björklund, håkan mild, tomas gustafsson (dk. 75 kennet andersson), fredrik ljungberg, magnus svensson (dk. 52 niclas alexandersson), olof mellberg, johan mjällby (dk. 56 daniel andersson), yksel osmanovski, henrik larsson
yedekler: magnus kihlstedt (gk), mattias asper (gk), roland nilsson, teddy lucic, gary sundgren, jörgen pettersson, anders andersson, marcus allbäck
teknik direktör: tommy söderberg (swe)
goller: (1-0) luigi di biagio dk. 39 (1-1) henrik larsson dk. 77 (2-1) alessandro del piero dk. 88
late del piero winner sends sweden home published: monday 6 october 2003, 12.01cet
despite resting eight players the azzurri dashed sweden's uefa euro 2000 hopes thanks to alessandro del piero's late winner.
sweden gave their all in an attempt to salvage their uefa euro 2000 hopes but italy, despite resting eight regulars, proved too strong.
alessandro del piero sealed their exit in an absorbing finale set up when man-of-the-match henrik larsson cancelled out luigi di biagio's opening strike. kennet andersson fired just over but time ran out for sweden with two minutes left when del piero burst through to score with a wonderful drive into the top corner of the net.
tommy söderberg's side started positively and almost took a tenth-minute lead when johan mjallby headed fredrik ljungberg's corner past francesco toldo, only for angelo di livio to clear off the line. italy soon had another let-off as ljungberg raced clean through before shooting wide with only toldo to beat. the azzurri rearguard was wobbling as patrik andersson's header from another corner flew over.
sweden's forthright approach ran the risk of exposure to the counterattack, a threat highlighted by vincenzo montella, when he pounced on slack defending to lift his final effort over the bar. italy lacked urgency but found a breakthrough when di biagio brilliantly glanced del piero's corner in at the near post.
the azzurri continued to soak up the pressure and almost conceded when alessandro nesta was dispossessed by larsson; he teed up yksel osmanovski, who was denied by toldo. another chance slipped by on 70 minutes when larsson found kennet andersson at the far post only for toldo to block.
swedish persistence paid off six minutes later when kennet andersson threaded a ball through for larsson and the tireless celtic fc striker rounded the goalkeeper to clip in a deserved equaliser and set up for a thrilling finish. it was del piero, though, who had the final word.
milli takımımız'ın da yer aldığı b grubu'nda, çeyrek finali daha önce garantileyen italya, gruptaki son maçında isveç'i 2-1 yendi. 39. dakikada del piero'nun sol kanattan kullandığı köşe atışına ön direkte yükselen di biagio, kafayla topu ağlara gönderdi: 1-0. ilk yarı bu skorla sona erdi.
77. dakikada kennet andersson'un pasıyla ceza sahasına giren larsson, kaleciyi çalımlayıp, topu ağlara yolladı: 1-1. 88. dakikada montello'dan aldığı topla ilerleyen del piero, ceza sahasına girer girmez sert vurdu ve skoru belirledi: 2-1.
