Four days of Euro2008 has gone by. All 16 teams have played their first matches. So far, the only surprise is the Netherland’s 3-0 win over the Italians. Who could’ve expected that the World Cup Champions would go down in such a way to the Netherlands.
The first round of matches have been completed. Let’s now take a look at all the Firsts of Euro2008.
- Euro2008 1st Goal: Scored by Vaclav Sverkos, Czech Republic. 71st minute in the first game of Euro2008 between Switzerland and Czech Republic.
- Euro2008 1st Player To score Two Goals: Lukas Podolski, Germany. In the match between Germany and Poland.
- Euro2008 1st Player To Score Three Goals: David Villa, Spain. In the match between Spain and Russia.
- Euro2008 1st Player To Score A Hat-Trick: David Villa, Spain. In the match between Spain and Russia.
- Euro2008 1st Defender To Score: Pepe. Portugal. In the match between Portugal and Turkey.
- Euro2008 1st Disallowed Goal: Pepe, Portugal. In the match between Portugal and Turkey.
- Euro2008 1st Match With No Goals: Romania 0 vs 0 France
- Euro2008 1st Match With One Goal: Switzerland 0 vs 1 Czech Republic
- Euro2008 1st Match With Two Goals: Portugal 2 vs 0 Turkey
- Euro2008 1st Match With Three Goals: Netherlands 3 vs 0 Italy
- Euro2008 1st Match With Five Goals: Spain 4 vs 1 Russia
- Euro2008 1st Match Where Both Teams Score: Spain vs Russia
- Euro2008 1st Team To Score Two Goals: Portugal, in the match against Turkey
- Euro2008 1st Team To Score Three Goals: Netherlands, in the match against Italy
- Euro2008 1st Team To Score Four Goals: Spain, in the match against Russia
- Euro2008 1st Team To Allow A Goal: Switzerland, in the match against Czech Republic
- Euro2008 1st Team To Allow Two Goals: Turkey, in the match against Portugal
- Euro2008 1st Team To Allow Three Goals: Italy, in the match against Netherlands
- Euro2008 1st Team To Allow Four Goals: Russia, in the match against Spain
- Euro2008 1st Penalty: Luka Modric, Croatia. In the match between Austria and Croatia.
- Euro2008 1st Big Miss: Luca Toni, Italy. In the match between Netherlands and Italy.
- Euro2008 1st Injury: Alexander Frei, Switzerland. In the opening match between Swiss and Czech Republic
- Euro2008 1st Substitution: Hakan Yakin for A.Frei, Switzerland
- Euro2008 1st Man Of The Match: Tomas Ujfalusi, Czech
- Euro2008 1st Win: Czech Republic
- Euro2008 1st Loss: Switzerland
- Euro2008 1st Draw: Romania vs France
More Euro2008 Firsts will surely occur. Sports Reviews And Updates will continue to monitor and showcase the Firsts of Euro2008. There are a few missing Firsts which I would like to also include. If you have the information, could you give me a buzz? They are 1st Yellow Cards, 1st Foul, 1st Free Kick, and 1st Corner. Of course if you do have any other firsts in mind and have the details, you could also buzz them to me.
Two things to verify – Are the Italians the first World Cup Champ to lose the opening match in Euro? Are the Greeks the first Euro Champion to lose their opening match?
[Update June 12]
Euro2008 1st Team To Be Eliminated: Switzerland, after the 1-2 loss against Turkey
[Update June 13]
Euro2008 1st Red Card: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Germany. In the match against Croatia