Switzerland 0 – 1 Czech Republic Highlights
1-0 Vaclav Sverkos scores the winning goal for the Czech Republic.
The Czech Republic have won the opening match of the EURO 2008. It was a narrow 1-0 obtained with Vaclav Sverkos 70th minute goal.
Switzerland was the more active side during this game and from my point of view they deserved at least a draw. Czech Republic offered a rather poor representation that allowed the host nation to dominate the match.
Alexander Frei, Switzerland’s captain was injured in the 43rd minute and might miss all the other matches.
Watch the most important events from the St. Jakob Park in the next embedded videos.
Switzerland 0 – 1 (0 – 0) Czech Republic
70′ [0 - 1] V. Sverkos
Stats:
shots on target : 5 – 1
shots off target : 7 – 1
possession (%) : 55 – 45
corner kicks : 6 – 3
offsides : 2 – 2
fouls : 18 – 21
yellow cards : 3 – 0
red cards : 0 – 0
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Attendance: 42,000
The national anthems for both countries.
First Half Highlights
Frei misses and important chance for the home side.
Alexander Frei has a dangerous shot for Switzerland in the 36th minute, bounced by Cech.
