Overmars, Davids, Cocu and Zenden formed the midfield supporting the front two of Bergkamp and Kluivert.Both France and Holland had won their first two group stage matches so the final group stage match would determine who would finish first and second in the group.
Unfortunately, his earlier miss must have weighed on his mind because his weak effort was easily dealt with Toldo.
Denmark could have pulled one back after van der Sar brought down Ebbe Sand inside the box in the 80th minute, but Michael Schjønberg missed from the penalty spot. The teams of other republics were inducted as fully new members. Having emerged from the group of death unscathed, Frank Rijkaard’s men added Vujadin Boškov’s experienced side to a list of victims that already included Denmark, Czech Republic and world champions France. Just after three minutes, Bergkamp spotted a surging run from Philip Cocu and delivered a superb ball but Cocu’s final effort saw the ball fly over the bar. For those who lucked out and never got to witness this match, consider yourselves lucky.
Yugoslavia will be probably the oldest team at Euro 2000.
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Italy also brought on Gianluca Pessotto and Francesco Totti off the bench to help deal with Oranje attacks.
Kluivert scored a hat trick and Overmars scored a brace.
Neither side could end it with a golden goal so penalties would decide the outcome.Following on from FC Emmen's surprise signing of Simon Tibbling ...Two years after losing to Brazil in the Semi-Finals of the 1998 World Cup, the Oranje were back in the UEFA European Championship. Kluivert took Holland’s third penalty and he blasted his penalty to the right side of the goal, freezing Toldo in the process. Surprisingly, the lone holdover from Euro 88, Aron Winter, also made it on the team.Italians went first, with Luigi Di Baggio, the man who missed the decisive penalty against France in World Cup 1998, to take the first penalty. This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE. Boudewijn Zenden would also feature for the Oranje after getting his debut in 1998 World Cup. Football: Jan Breydelstadion - Bruges Belgium 21.06.2000, UEFA Euro 2000 tournament, group stage (group C), Yugoslavia vs Spain 3:4 ---- Savo Milosevic Soccer - Euro 2000 Qualifier - Group 8 - Yugoslavia … This was their second consecutive elimination in a World Cup at the hands of Brazil. In possibly the greatest tournament of the modern era, this bizarre and thrilling Group C encounter really took the proverbial biscuit. Thus, France were now World Cup and European champions. It was like reliving Bergkamp’s Argentina winner but fortunately, van der Sar made a superb stop to keep the game scoreless.