Home team wins again in opening match at European championships 16 years later

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11 June, 2016
06:35

Home team wins again in opening match at European championships 16 years later

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Baku. 11 June. REPORT.AZ/ Since group tournament held in the framework of the European Championship, the hosts took part in the opening nine times.And only three of these meetings were successful for them.

The opening matches of the European Championship:

Year	City	Match	Score	Goals
1980	Rome	Czechoslovakia - Germany	0:1	Rummenigge, 57.
1984	Paris	France - Denmark	1:0	Platini, 78.
1988	Dusseldorf	Germany - Italy	1:1	Bremen, 56 - Mancini, 52.
1992	Stockholm	Sweden - France	1:1	Erickson, 24 - Papin, 59.
1996	London	England - Switzerland	1:1	Shearer, 23 - Turkyilmaz, 83.
2000	Brussels	Belgium - Sweden	2:1	Gore, 43 E.Mpenza, 46 - Mjällby 53
2004	Porto	Portugal - Greece	1:2	Cristiano Ronaldo 90 + 3 - Karagounis, 7 Basinas, 51.
2008	Basel	Switzerland - Czech Republic	0:1	Sverkosh, 71.
2012	Warsaw	Poland - Greece	1:1	Lewandowski, 17 - Salpingidis, 71.
2016	Saint-Denis	France - Romania	2:1	Giroux, 57. Payet, 89 - Stancu, 65.