5th June 2004: International Friendly
Highlights of England's friendly against Iceland - Sven's last chance to assess his squad before they kick off their Euro 2004 campaign in Lisbon.
Match of the Day
In August 2003, it is announced that the BBC has won back the right to show Premiership highlights from 2004, for three years.
113 episodes · First aired 2003-08-10
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Highlights of England's friendly against Iceland - Sven's last chance to assess his squad before they kick off their Euro 2004 campaign in Lisbon.
The 2004 European championship opens with what promises to be a close-fought Group A game at the Dragao stadium, Porto, between the tournament hosts and success-starved visitors Greece.
The European championship continues with coverage of the second Group A game, from the Estadio Algarve, Faro-Loule.
The opening match in Group B comes from Leiria as Jakob Kuhn 's Swiss team play Croatia. This is a crucial game for both teams with their next two ties being against group favourites England and France. Switzerland will look to playmaker Hakan Yakin for inspiration, while Rangers new signing Dado Prso should lead the Croatian attack.
The best of the action from England's crunch Group B clash against European championship holders France. Sven-Goran Eriksson's men will be hoping for a dream start to their campaign by beating the French in Lisbon, but a draw will be more than satisfactory against a team that possesses the combined skills of Thierry Henry, Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira.
The best of the action from today's Group C encounters between Denmark and Italy and Sweden and Bulgaria.
One of the most highly anticipated clashes of the tournament, between two giants of world football, kicks off at the Dragao stadium in Porto.
Re-runs of both opening encounters in Group D, in which Germany took on the Netherlands and the Czech Republic tussled with surprise qualifiers Latvia.
Coverage of this Group A clash from the Bessa stadium in Porto. Greece and Spain were in the same qualifying group, with Spain poised as favourites to top the table. However, in a reversal of expectations, Greece ended up winners while Spain only secured their place via a play-off against Norway.
Ray Stubbs presents highlights of the Group A encounter between Portugal and Russia, plus the best of the action from Spain v Greece.
England's Group B rivals compete in their second pool match with live coverage from the Dr Magalhaes Pessoa stadium in Leiria.
Another chance to see full coverage of England's second Group B match against Switzerland in Coimbra. Anything less than full points will be a disappointment for Sven-Goran Eriksson's men, but will the likes of Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney fire in the desired goals?
Two teams who have never met before in a major tournament clash in this Group C encounter taking place at the breathtaking Braga Municipal stadium in the north of Portugal.
The best of the action from today's Group C encounter between Italy and Sweden. The Azzurri lost to France in the final in 2000 and will be focused on going all the way this year. But could the return from international retirement of Swedish striker Henrik Larsson throw a spanner in the works? Plus highlights of Denmark v Bulgaria.
A keen contest should be on the cards as the European championship enters its second week with live coverage of this Group D game, from Aveiro Municipal. There will also be action from Latvia's clash with Germany in Porto.
Spain v Portugal or Russia v Greece. At Lisbon's 52,000-seater Jose Alvalade stadium, hosts Portugal face Spain - a local derby that pits Real Madrid stars Luis Figo and Raul against each other. In the other scheduled match, Russia face Greece in Faro-Loule's Estadio Algarve. The Russians had the job of beating Wales in a play-off before reaching the finals, while the Greek's topped their qualifying group ahead of Spain. Dmitri Sychev - regarded as Russia's answer to Michael Owen - will be the man the Greeks need to watch.
With their first two pool matches gone, will Sven-Goran Eriksson's men still have it all to play for in their bid to qualify for the quarter-finals as they take on Croatia in Lisbon's Estadio da Luz? Includes highlights from Coimbra of the other Group B game between Switzerland and France.
The best of the action from today's final Group C matches in which Italy took on Bulgaria and Denmark played Sweden.
Ray Stubbs presents highlights of the final games in Group D, as Germany took on the Czech Republic, and the Netherlands played Latvia.
Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B. England could well be in action tonight at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon as the first quarter-final match gets underway. Portugal and Spain will be favourites to reach this stage from Group A as will England and France in Group B.