</line> <line count="2" minutes="Spain team: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Reina, Albiol, Fernando Navarro, Iniesta, Fabregas, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Garcia, Guiza, Arbeloa, Juanito, de la Red. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="3" minutes="Greece team: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Nikopolidis, Spiropoulos, Dellas, Basinas, Charisteas, Karagounis, Vintra, Salpingidis, Kyrgiakos, Amanatidis, Katsouranis. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="4" minutes="Fates decided: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Spain are already through as group winners, while 2004 champions Greece were eliminated after defeats in their opening two games. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="5" minutes="Have your say: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ What do you think of Luis Aragones' decision to rest so many of his star names for this fixture? Did you expect more from Euro 2004 winners Greece? Can Spain go all the way this year? Drop me a line to rob.parrish@bskyb.com or using the feedback button in the score centre and I'll publish a selection of the best. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="6" minutes="Kick-off: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Spain get us under way in Salzburg. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="7" minutes="2 - Early chance: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Cesc Fabregas gets away down the right and cuts an inviting low ball back across the penalty box, but Sergio Garcia's slight touch takes it away from team-mate Ruben de la Red, who scuffs his shot wide. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="8" minutes="5 - Poor contact: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Giorgios Karagounis swings over a free-kick which eventually reaches Traianos Dellas at the back post, but his attempted scissor kick is poorly executed and Jose Reina is not troubled. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="9" minutes="7 - Differing opinions: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Richard in North Carolina thinks Aragones is doing exactly the right thing by keeping his star men fresh for the quarter-finals, but Colin wants to see David Villa in the line-up, mainly because he has backed him to win the Golden Boot. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="10" minutes="13 - Height advantage: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Spain have conceded a few cheap free-kicks around their box, which could prove to be dangerous as it gives Greece the chance to bring their big men forward. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="11" minutes="18 - Second gear:" team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ There is a lack of urgency from both sides, which is perhaps understandable given that there is nothing for either to play for, but does not make for much of a spectacle. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="12" minutes="20 - Spain to gain: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Mikhail from Barbados is backing Spain to claim Euro 2008 glory with their talented squad, with Christian also a fan. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="13" minutes="24 - Stunning effort: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Xabi Alonso shoots from just inside his own half, having spotted Antonis Nikopolidis off his line, but his audacioous effort drifts just wide of the top corner. So close to goal of the tournament! ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="14" minutes="25 - News from Innsbruck: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Russia have taken the lead against Sweden, and are now on course to join Spain in the last eight. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="15" minutes="27 - High and wide: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ A decent move from Greece ends with Kostas Katsouranis lashing a shot from outside the box closer to the corner flag than the goal. Nice build-up, but no end product. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="16" minutes="28 - Anything you can do...: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Spain go down the other end and Daniel Guiza is just as wayward with his shot from range. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="17" minutes="30 - Curled effort: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Alonso again has Nikopolidis scrambling across his goal with a shot from the edge of the area, but the talented midfielder is just off target. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="18" minutes="34 - Booking: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Karagounis is shown a yellow card by referee Howard Webb after lunging in on Andres Iniesta. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="19" minutes="38 - Inches away: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Fabregas rolls a free-kick outside the box square to Alonso, who elects to go for precision rather than power, but his side-footed effort is just wide of the post. Nikopolidis probably had it covered anyway. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="20" minutes="39 - Great ball: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Fabregas is beginning to show his class, clipping a delightful pass from the left flank into Sergio Garcia, but his first touch is poor and the chance is snuffed out. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="21" minutes="40 - No penalty: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Iniesta exchanges passes with Sergio Garcia, before being going down as Dellas challenge. Webb waves play on, Spain are unimpressed and Guiza is booked for his protests. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="22" minutes="42 - GOAL!!!" team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Angelos Charisteas powers home a header from Karagounis' free-kick as he is given the freedom of the Spain area to leave Reina with no chance. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="23" minutes="45 - Added time: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ One additional minute will be played. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="24" minutes="45+1: Brief fracas: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Karagounis bursts forward but goes down, with Alonso smashing the ball straight into the Greek player's face from point-blank range. Alonso apologises and order is restored by Webb, before the half-time whistle sounds. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="25" minutes="Half-time thoughts: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Can Spain get themselves back into this game and continue the momentum of their opening two victories, or will Greece demonstrate their expert defence and hold out? ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="26" minutes="Captain's log: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Andrew Hoopenmeir wants to know who is skippering Spain tonight. Xabi Alonso is the man with the armband. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="27" minutes="46 - Second half: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Greece get us under way for the final 45 minutes of their Euro 2008 campaign. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="28" minutes="47 - Painful blow: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Sotiris Krygiakos turns away from a de la Red shot, which catches him flush on the back of the head. The big centre-back is felled, but is able to continue after brief treatment. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="29" minutes="49 - Innsbruck update: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Russia are now 2-0 up against Sweden, and on course for a quarter-final meeting with Holland. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="30" minutes="54 - Stunning effort: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Alonso continues his campaign to score goal of the tournament, driving in a 35-yard effort that leaves Nikopolidis grasping at thin air as it smashes against the inside of the post and bounces away to safety. Great strike! ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="31" minutes="58 - Spain change: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Iniesta, who will be in the starting XI for the quarter-final with Italy, makes way for Santi Cazorla. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="32" minutes="61 - GOAL!!!" team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ De la Red lashes Spain level with an unstoppable strike from Guiza's knock-down after Fabregas' clever ball which gave Nikopolidis absolutely no chance. Given the speed the shot was travelling, the Greece goalkeeper will probably be glad it wasn't straight at him. It would be fair to say that de la Red caught that on the sweet spot. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="33" minutes="62 - Greece switch: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Kyrgiakos makes way for Paraskevas Antzas, who has announced he will retire after this tournament. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="34" minutes="64 - Off the post: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Giannis Amanatidis plays in Charisteas on the left of the area, who rounds Reina but is forced wide with his eventual shot hitting the outside of the upright. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="35" minutes="68 - Treatment: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Charisteas is down after a clash of heads with one of his team-mates, but is able to continue after some attention from the physio. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="36" minutes="72 - Cynical: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Guiza collects a poor free-kick from Karagounis and looks to break clear, only to be halted on the half-way line by a blatant foul from Basinas, who deservedly sees yellow. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="37" minutes="73 - Just wide: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ A fortunate deflection sees Guiza break clear, but his touch takes him wide and his eventual shot is across goal and wide. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="38" minutes="74 - Greek switch: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Karagounis' game comes to an end with Alexandros Tziolis coming on in his place. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="39" minutes="75 - Off target: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ De la Red goes for power again from the edge of the box after creating some space with a neat first touch, but is well off target this time. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="40" minutes="77 - Across the face: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Sergio Garcia is played in on the right of the area and attempts to lift the ball over the advancing Nikopolidis. He beats the goalkeeper, but his shot is off target. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="41" minutes="80 - Wild and wasteful: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ A deep cross-field pass is flicked on to Amanatidis, who has more time and space than he realises as he lashes the ball into the stands when he really should have tested Reina. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="42" minutes="81 - Missed opportunity: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Alonso's delightful pass picks out Guiza in space in the area, but the forward's first touch is poor and the chance is gone. Fernando Torres and David Villa would not have been so wasteful. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="43" minutes="83 - Under it: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Fabregas' run and pass is initially missed by de la Red, before Sergio Garcia puts it into row Z. Must do better. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="44" minutes="86 - Final change: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Salpingidis makes way for Stelios Giannakopoulos. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="45" minutes="88 - GOAL!!!" team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Guiza is left completely unmarked to head home his first international goal from Sergio Garcia's cross. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="46" minutes="90 - Added time: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Three additional minutes will be played. ]]></text> <title/> </line> <line count="47" minutes="90+3: Full time: " team="0" colour=""> <text><![CDATA[ Spain need another late goal to continue their 100 per cent record, while Greece exit after three straight defeats. Italy await for Aragones' men on Sunday. That should be some game. ]]></text> <title/> </line> </root>