BBC Euro 2004 Opening Game (Portugal v Greece)

[@MarlonAnthony]

Love the irony of Peter Schmeichel overseeing proceedings having shocked the world in 1992 with outsiders Denmark. Before the first kick of Euro 2004, He has no idea Greece are about to repeat the same drama....

[@uromi-owuopukeme6081]

Yet cristiano Political rats say cristiano played with inferor team mates to messi's team mates in International football,😂😂😂😂🤣🤣,the biggest lie on the internet today .

[@keithwellerlounge74]

@@uromi-owuopukeme6081Yeh Messi played with mostly dosghit teammates after 2006.

[@ASuwan22]

Portugal looks like a beautiful country, would love to visit one day!

[@Pycanco]

Great memory. I'm from Portugal and my city, Aveiro, hosted two matches (I was in the stadium for the amazing Netherlands-Czech Rep. 2-3). It's not far from Porto, by the way. I remember the atmosphere, the simpler life and this great Euro Championship. Back in the day I was sad for the final result, but I enjoyed those 3 weeks. Great times. Btw, today I'm happy Greece won it, because they deserved it and that fact gave a little bit more off magic to the Euro'2004. Also funny to see these guys talking a lot about Portugal and basically mocking the greeks. That's funny af, really. I miss those times. Thanks for the upload.

[@onlyweatherlol93]

Portugal 100% blew a massive opportunity. Many of the elite sides faltered, and you would think Portugal learned lessons from the opening match against Greece. Conceded a very soft goal to lose the final. None of the big hitters turned up in the final.

[@Pycanco]

@@onlyweatherlol93 Yes. And that's why it was magic. I think it was fully deserved and I really miss those times. A great EURO.

[@mrjones29]

Porto looking beautifully sunny in 2004. Brings back lovely memories and honestly compared to now, simpler times not knowing if the air is just going to kill you going outside. Good upload despite the horrible hissy mono sound soundtrack.

[@droppinfuckinloads4238]

Best Tourney of my Lifetime ♥️

[@ay613]

Gary Lineker is a good presenter certainly been a voice of my childhood alongside John Motson.

[@Constantine_IA]

And Greece won that day and the fuckin'tournament !

[@applemask]

Quick word on the Greeks, any chance whatsoever?

[@harryantino]

Applemask can’t see them doing much myself

[@droppinfuckinloads4238]

CHARISTEAS

[@shaunthomas9393]

overrated for me

[@jmoney8580]

Deffo the best euros of the modern era imo

[@richardos23GR]

Lineker on Greeks: "I mean last time Greece qualified for a major tournament, I think they beat Persia" :) :) :)

[@ramuelcruzada3207]

Lol. I don't think Troy has a football team...

[@mikeeyles9635]

Still can’t believe Greece won it. Was in the Algarve from the quarters onwards and the Portuguese thought they had it in the bag I think after they beat Holland in the semis! Pity as I reckon there would have been free drinks galore had they won it 🙈

[@br3menPT]

It was precisely like you said...At the very start we just wanted to host a nice championship and have a decent result. but after winning The Netherlands we thought we gonna win that shit for sure..And we were so disappointed . I only watched the highlights of the 2004 final after we won in 2016 I got trauma lol

[@JW-zr4ju]

I miss Alan Hansen. He is a good pundit.

[@TheUnknownNumber9]

Xaxaxa we beat Persians and took the trophy too, how's bout that Gary? 🙊🦧🐒

[@tomfletcher8242]

i was in manchester when this happened on bbc radio

[@immaculatethought]

Any chance you have the post game mate? Or any other footage from this tournament at all??

[@ThatBritishSnep]

Can't see Greece going far in this tournament, anyone else think the same?

[@creynolds094]

Saturday 12th June 2004

[@YMY_1999]

The world did not know what 19 year old Cristiano Ronaldo was about to do in this tournament. It really was his tournie. If Portugal won he would have had the golden ball

[@keithwellerlounge74]

He was only one of the star players in a very talented Portugal side, which benefited from some dodgy refereeing decisions.

[@thefan974]

Tbh cr7 had already made an impact in his first season at utd so he wasn't completely under the radar going into the euros but looking back portugal was such a stacked squad in 2004 it was hard for him to get a mention whilst being benched.

[@vatti4602]

England titles is soon, they and France have the capable to produce some amazing black mixed talented players and that is an advantage, probably in this decade England win something important

[@dodo_nothebird1994]

England and France don't produce anything like that. Their ex-colonies do.

[@diehard21000]

Why is that a advantage, you don't get extra goals for producing bame team, black, white, yellow, as long as there English and producing the goods that is all that matters

[@uromi-owuopukeme6081]

The biggest lie in internet history,is that cristiano Ronaldo played with inferor team mates to messi's International team mates or any team mates in history, funny how they never name ,names and tell us who exactly was inferor to which argentina player ,🔥😅🤣.

[@thefan974]

U do know most of the names in this portugal lineup had retired after the 2006 wc right. Undoubtedly the golden generation was great and cr7 was a big part of this team as well. But for the vast majority of cr7's international career the Portuguese squad was very weak. Lionel messi has always had talented players with him for Argentina. And they've bailed him out in most major tournaments.

[@uromi-owuopukeme6081]

@@thefan974 which portuguese team was weak after the 2006 world cup ?????? Do you think the world did not have televisions at home or you think the world was watching badminton??. Nani , quresma, simiao sabrosa weak ??????, deco weak ?????, veloso weak???? Raul Morales of Liverpool and chelsea weak ????, Bruno Alves weak ???? Or is Fabio contraeo that's weak ??? . That's the fact Cristi 190 penalty is built on one big massive lie . When this I is sold penaldians never names .

[@thefan974]

@uromi-owuopukeme6081 Deco and simao barely played any games for Portugal after 2008, Quaresma was never a consistently good player nor did he play many games for Portugal until 2016. Coentrao didnt play for portugal regularly either. It's embarrassing that ur even mentioning Miereles and Alves as world class players. In fact ur just proving my point. And lastly nani was decent but he was never a great player. He would occasionally score goals but overall wasn't a prolific goalscorer or consistent playmaker.

[@uromi-owuopukeme6081]

@@thefan974 oookkkk you just dropped your opinion on who you think is world class or not ??? 1) Raul mierales went to Liverpool was embarrassing and humiliating Steven Gerrard with his world class performances ,until somebody got jerlous sold him to chelsea, AND CHELSEA WON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IMMEDIATELY, with some great performances from him , 2) I hope you not some of those EPL brain washed kids who think goals and assist equals world class ? 3) quresma played with Nani in euro 2008 immediately after and the 2006 world cup were portugal was in the semi finals, at euro 2008 it was still a quater or semi finals. THEY were also there from 2008, 2010, 2012, . 4) now let's practicalize your flase theory , tell us how banega is better than deco ??? Or how how otamendi is better than Pepe ???, or how Gago and mascherano is better than having , Thiago of atlectico Madrid then , manichie of Chelsea, costinia of Porto , or how having maxi Rodriguez 🤣😅 and lavezzi and di Maria,is better than having ,Nani, quresma, simiao sabrosa,Figo and cocessciao. Let me let you in on a secrets the pundits will never tell you , Messi before di Maria in 2010 had 2 other generational talents , they were requleme and Pablo aimar, 👈 they never allowed Messi play with both of them before from 2005 to 2010 the other so called generational talents your talking about ,WERE ALL CENTRE FORWARDS AND DEFENSIVE PLAYERS.😆😅. Cristiana 190 penalty was sold on a mountain of lies to non footballing Nations,and non footballing kids . They are the only ones to sell this lie. Messi also had 8 different coaches , with idiots like maradona, Perkerman, Sampioli,so please don't go round in public telling people Gonzalo higuain 😆 is better than the entire portuguese national team, people who assume your a hockey fan or a Bollywood fan.

[@thefan974]

@uromi-owuopukeme6081 Mate rather than Wikipedia-ing footballers it might do u some good to actually watch some football coz ur having a laugh if ur suggesting that while Lionel Messi had tevez,higuain,Aguero,Di Maria cr7's supporting cast was better with miereles or Quaresma. Aside from the fact these guys weren't even regular players for Portugal, they barely did anything at club level worth mentioning so instead ur trying to flip it on its head an say well look miereles was at Chelsea for 1 season, tiago was at atletico so they must have been good 😂. Even if we were to go with ur nonsense Lionel messi didn't score any goals in the 2010 wc, 2011 copa,2015 copa, 2019 copa yet the likes of aguero higuain tevez and Di Maria scored plenty and bailed him out on several occasions. No one was doing thus for cr7 with Portugal. For a solid 11 years he was doing things on his own.

[@rohithraman6488]

Hmmmmm, wonder how Greece will do 😂

[@suanyfabianaguilar]

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