
Ivica Vastic's last-gasp penalty kept Austria in contention to reach the UEFA EURO 2008™ quarter-finals, salvaging a draw against a Poland side who had looked set to take three points thanks to Roger Guerreiro's first-half goal and some inspired goalkeeping from Artur Boruc.
Late drama
Boruc made four crucial interventions to frustrate a vibrant Austria before Roger was in the right place to tap in on the half-hour and give Poland the lead. Austria were staring a second successive 1-0 defeat in the face but, three minutes into added time, Marcin Wasilewski pulled Sebastian Prödl's shirt and substitute Vastic became the oldest player to score in a UEFA European Championship, finally beating Boruc from the spot. These teams now have one point apiece, two fewer than Germany who are Austria's final opponents on Monday, when Group B winners Croatia are the opposition for Poland.
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Austria | |
| 21 | Jürgen Macho |
| 3 | Martin Stranzl |
| 4 | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| 6 | René Aufhauser |
| 8 | Christoph Leitgeb |
| 9 | Roland Linz |
| 10 | Andreas Ivanschitz |
| 11 | Ümit Korkmaz |
| 14 | György Garics |
| 15 | Sebastian Prödl |
| 20 | Martin Harnik |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 | Alexander Manninger |
| 23 | Ramazan Özcan |
| 2 | Joachim Standfest |
| 5 | Christian Fuchs |
| 7 | Ivica Vastic |
| 12 | Ronald Gercaliu |
| 13 | Markus Katzer |
| 16 | Jürgen Patocka |
| 17 | Martin Hiden |
| 18 | Roman Kienast |
| 19 | Jürgen Säumel |
| 22 | Erwin Hoffer |
| Coach: Josef Hickersberger | |
Poland | |
| 1 | Artur Boruc |
| 2 | Mariusz Jop |
| 5 | Dariusz Dudka |
| 6 | Jacek Bąk |
| 7 | Euzebiusz Smolarek |
| 8 | Jacek Krzynówek |
| 11 | Marek Saganowski |
| 13 | Marcin Wasilewski |
| 14 | Michał Żewłakow |
| 18 | Mariusz Lewandowski |
| 20 | Roger Guerreiro |
| Substitutes | |
| 12 | Wojciech Kowalewski |
| 22 | Łukasz Fabiański |
| 3 | Jakub Wawrzyniak |
| 4 | Paweł Golański |
| 10 | Łukasz Garguła |
| 15 | Michał Pazdan |
| 17 | Wojciech Łobodziński |
| 19 | Rafał Murawski |
| 21 | Tomasz Zahorski |
| 23 | Adam Kokoszka |
| Coach: Leo Beenhakker | |
| Austria | Poland | |
| 1 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 2 | Yellow card | 3 |
| 0 | Red card | 0 |
| 4 | Shots on goal | 7 |
| 6 | Shots wide | 4 |
| 13 | Fouls committed | 25 |
| 9 | Corners | 8 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 28' 48'' | Ball. Poss. (time) | 26' 3'' |
| 52% | Ball. Poss. (%) | 48% |
| 08/06/2008 | - | Croatia | 0 - 1 |
| 16/06/2008 | - | Germany | 0 - 1 |
| 08/06/2008 | - | Germany | 0 - 2 |
| 16/06/2008 | - | Croatia | 0 - 1 |
| Croatia | - | Germany | 2 - 1 |