Every team has now played one game at the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal, and here the Press Association looks at the memorable characters and moments from the opening round of matches.

GAME OF THE ROUND: ENGLAND v FRANCE

The tournament's biggest match so far and its best. England took the lead seven minutes before half-time through Frank Lampard and their plan to frustrate France and hit them on the break almost reached its perfect conclusion when Wayne Rooney was tripped by Mikael Silvestre in the box. However, David Beckham's penalty miss proved decisive and with the 90 minutes of normal time elapsed, Zinedine Zidane curled in a free-kick to make it 1-1. That was bad enough for England but seconds later a suicidal backpass from Steven Gerrard let in Thierry Henry, who was tripped by David James. Zidane made no mistake from the spot to break English hearts.

SAVE OF THE ROUND: THOMAS SORENSEN

The Denmark and Aston Villa goalkeeper kept Italy at bay as his side drew 0-0 in Guimaraes. The highlight was a one-handed save to deny a powerful Alessandro del Piero shot from point-blank range. The ball ran loose to Francesco Totti, and his effort was clawed away by Sorensen, who had barely got back to his feet after the first effort. Honourable mentions too to France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez for his game-turning penalty save against England and Italy's Gianluigi Buffon, who kept out a good low strike from Jon Dahl Tomasson at full stretch.

GOAL OF THE ROUND: HENRIK LARSSON

One of the best headed goals you will ever see. Another intricate but ultimately fruitless Bulgarian attack broke down and Sweden burst forward quickly through Arsenal's Freddie Ljungberg. He spread the ball left to full-back Erik Edman, whose cross was met by a diving Larsson to leave Bulgaria goalkeeper Zdravko Zdravkov with no chance. How glad Sweden's fans must have been that Larsson's young son Jordan had persuaded his dad to come out of international retirement, and all the more so when he scored his second and Sweden's third a minute later.

BLUNDER OF THE ROUND: HESKEY/GERRARD

A joint award for the two ill-considered moments that lost England three points, then one point, against France. Heskey, who had come on for the tiring Wayne Rooney, made a clumsy challenge from behind on Claude Makelele with two defenders well placed to block his progress. Zinedine Zidane curled in the free-kick to make it 1-1. The Birmingham striker was then unable to keep possession in France's half but Gerrard seemed to have cut out the danger. However, he can surely not have looked as he played the ball back to David James in goal and Thierry Henry got to it first and was brought down by James for a penalty. Zidane, again, kept his cool to seal a win for France.

FOUL OF THE ROUND: FRANCESCO TOTTI

An ugly challenge by Italy's pin-up boy. Denmark winger Dennis Rommedahl played a weak pass back to central defender Rene Henriksen in the centre circle. The Panathinaikos man got to the ball first to clear but Totti followed through late and high, leaving Laursen in a heap and earning a yellow card which could easily have been a red.

MANAGER OF THE ROUND: OTTO REHHAGEL

The German coach of Greece followed up his side's qualifying victory over Spain in Zaragoza by beating hosts Portugal 2-1 in the opening game to cause the shock of the tournament thus far. Rehhagel, a Bundesliga title winner with Werder Bremen and Kaiserslautern, seemed furious whenever the cameras cut to him but he afforded himself a smile as his side celebrated their first-ever victory in the final stages of a major international tournament.

PLAYER OF THE ROUND: ZINEDINE ZIDANE

'Zizou', like the rest of his France team-mates, was finding it tough going to break down England's resolute defence and with 90 minutes gone the holders seemed to kick off with a defeat. However, when Emile Heskey bundled over Claude Makelele just outside the box, Zidane did not shirk his responsibility and whipped a free-kick over the wall and past a stationary David James. When England proceeded to collapse and concede a penalty, the Real Madrid star stepped up again and coolly slotted it home to secure an incredible 2-1 win.

REF'S RICKET: MIKE RILEY

The man who will not be on Bolton manager Sam Allardyce's Christmas list after some bizarre decisions in the Carling Cup final made the first real howler of the finals when he awarded Sweden a penalty for a foul on Freddie Ljungberg by Bulgaria's Georgi Ivanov which took place outside the box. There were no great protests from the eastern Europeans, probably because they were already 3-0 down at the time.