Switzerland party crashed by Svěrkoš
by Patrick Hart from St. Jakob-Park
Czech Republic substitute Václav Svěrkoš crashed the party for co-hosts Switzerland by scoring the only goal of the UEFA EURO 2008™ curtain-raiser in Basel.
Deflated
Svěrkoš struck after 71 minutes to defeat a home side already deflated by a knee injury to forward Alexander Frei. The closest the Swiss came to rescuing a Group A point was a late Johan Vonlanthen shot off the underside of the crossbar.
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MATCH INFO
 Switzerland | |
| 1 | Diego Benaglio |
| 3 | Ludovic Magnin |
| 4 | Philippe Senderos |
| 5 | Stephan Lichtsteiner 75 |
| 8 | Gökhan Inler |
| 9 | Alexander Frei46 |
| 11 | Marco Streller |
| 15 | Gelson Fernandes |
| 16 | Tranquillo Barnetta |
| 19 | Valon Behrami84 |
| 20 | Patrick Müller |
| Substitutes | |
| 18 | Pascal Zuberbühler |
| 21 | Eldin Jakupovic |
| 2 | Johan Djourou |
| 6 | Benjamin Huggel |
| 7 | Ricardo Cabanas |
| 10 | Hakan Yakin46 |
| 12 | Eren Derdiyok84 |
| 13 | Stéphane Grichting |
| 14 | Daniel Gygax |
| 17 | Christoph Spycher |
| 22 | Johan Vonlanthen75 |
| 23 | Philipp Degen |
| Coach: Jakob Kuhn | |
 Czech Republic | |
| 1 | Petr Čech |
| 2 | Zdeněk Grygera |
| 3 | Jan Polák |
| 4 | Tomáš Galásek |
| 6 | Marek Jankulovski |
| 7 | Libor Sionko83 |
| 9 | Jan Koller56 |
| 14 | David Jarolím87 |
| 20 | Jaroslav Plašil |
| 21 | Tomáš Ujfaluši |
| 22 | David Rozehnal |
| Substitutes | |
| 16 | Jaromír Blažek |
| 23 | Daniel Zítka |
| 5 | Radoslav Kováč87 |
| 8 | Martin Fenin |
| 10 | Václav Svěrkoš56 |
| 11 | Stanislav Vlček83 |
| 13 | Michal Kadlec |
| 15 | Milan Baroš |
| 17 | Marek Matějovský |
| 18 | Tomáš Sivok |
| 19 | Rudolf Skácel |
| Coach: Karel Brückner | |
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
Team statistics
| Switzerland | Czech Republic | |
| 0 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 3 | Yellow card | 0 |
| 0 | Red card | 0 |
| 7 | Shots on goal | 4 |
| 5 | Shots wide | 2 |
| 18 | Fouls committed | 21 |
| 6 | Corners | 3 |
| 3 | Offsides | 3 |
| 37' 43'' | Ball. Poss. (time) | 30' 55'' |
| 54% | Ball. Poss. (%) | 46% |
Group A
| Teams | Pld | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
 Portugal | 3 | 2 | 6 |
 Turkey | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
- Key:
- Pld
- Matches played
- +/-
- Goal difference
- Pts
- Points
Last updated: 30/07/2008 14:25 CET
Other matches
Switzerland
| 11/06/2008 | - | Turkey | 1 - 2 |
| 15/06/2008 | - | Portugal | 2 - 0 |
Czech Republic
| 11/06/2008 | - | Portugal | 1 - 3 |
| 15/06/2008 | - | Turkey | 2 - 3 |
Other match of the day
| Portugal | - | Turkey | 2 - 0 |