European Championship 1988 · Men

West Germany 1988

Italy of Vicini arrives to Europeans with a trunk full of hope. The team appears strong, the C.T. relies on the Under 21 vice-sampling group of Europe two years earlier with the grafting of some highly experienced players. On 10 June, the debut was at the Rheinstadion in Dusseldorf against Germany. It looks like an announced draw, and in fact the meeting lights up at 52' on Mancini's blue advantage, to turn off four minutes later on Brehme's tie. Then nothing happens until the triple final whistle of the English referee Hackett.

The second game is played at the Frankfurt waldstadion against Spain. He decides a goal of Vialli a quarter of an hour from the end. With Denmark in Cologne, the semi-final entrance is at stake, and the blues do not fail the appointment, even if you have to wait on 67' to go ahead with Altobelli while 2-0 arrives at 87' with De Agostini.But in Stuttgart against U.R.S.S. we are never in match: the war machine of Lobanoviskji stretolae Italy, showing superior tactics.

Kill the one-two of Litovchenko and Protasov between 60' and 62', and blues are third. Equally with Germany, eliminated from Holland. In the final, the tulips fold the Russians with a goal of Gullit and a ballistic masterpiece by Van Basten, who manages to score from virtually impossible position.

The 1988 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 88) final tournament was held in West Germany. It was the steadfast European Football Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 10 June and 25-06-1988. At the time, only eight countries could dispute the final tournament. Seven countries had to qualify for the final stage. West Germany qualified automatically as hosts of the event. The holders, France, failed to qualify. The tournament eventually crowned Netherlands as European champions for the first, and so far only time.

Euro 88 was a rare incidence of a major football tournament being completed without a single player being heard off or any knockout matches going into extra time or penalties.

Italy 1988
C.T. Azeglio Near

• Portieri / Goalkeepers: Marco Landucci, Stefano Tacconi , Walter Zenga
• Defenders / Defenders: Franco Baresi, Giuseppe BergomiRoberto Cravero, Luigi De Agostini, Ciro Ferrara, Riccardo Ferri, Paolo Maldini
• Midfielders / Midfielders Carlo Ancelotti, Ferdinando De Napoli, Roberto Donadoni, Luca Fusi, Giuseppe Giannini, Francesco Romano
• Attacks / Forwards: Alessandro Altobelli, Roberto Mancini, Ruggiero Rizzitelli, Gianluca Vialli

The UEFA, for this edition of the European Football Association, authorised twenty players to be present for each national team qualified for the final stage.

First round  

Group A

Group B

Semi-Finals

Final final

Dates

Match

Score

25 June

Holland Holland

USSR

2-0

Goal scorers

5 goals

• Marco van Basten -Holland

2 goals

• Rudi Völler -West Germany
• Oleg Protasov -USSR

1 goal

• Michael Laudrup -Denmark
• Flemming Povlsen -Denmark
• Tony Adams -England
• Bryan Robson -England
• Andreas Brehme -West Germany
• Jürgen Klinsmann -West Germany
• Lothar Matthäus -West Germany
• Olaf Thon -West Germany
• Alessandro Altobelli-Italy
• Luigi De Agostini -Italy
• Roberto Mancini -Italy
• Gianluca Vialli -Italy
• Ruud Gullit -Holland
• Wim Kieft -Holland
• Ronald Koeman -Holland
• Ray Houghton -Rep of Ireland
• Ronnie Whelan -Rep of Ireland
• Sergei Aleinikov -USSR
• Gennadi Litovtchenko -USSR
• Alexei Mikhailichenko -USSR
• Victor Pasulko -USSR
• Vassili Rats -USSR
• Emilio Butragueño -Spain
• Rafael Gordillo -Spain
• Míchel -Spain