EURO 2012 DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW FACTS


The Czech Republic have played out 3 penalty shoot-outs in the Euro Finals and have won all 3.
They have scored all 20 penalties which were taken and missed NONE.
1976 FINAL: WON 5-3
1980 THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF: WON 9-8
1996 SEMI FINALS : WON 6-5

There have been 8 hat-tricks in the European Championships Finals.
1) Dieter Müller: 1976 semi-finals, Yugoslavia 2-4 West Germany (aet)
2) Klaus Allofs: 1980 group stage, West Germany 3-2 Netherlands
3) Michel Platini: 1984 group stage, France 5-0 Belgium
4) Michel Platini: 1984 group stage, France 3-2 Yugoslavia
5) Marco van Basten: 1988 group stage, England 1-3 Netherlands
6) Sérgio Conceição: 2000 group stage, Portugal 3-0 Germany
7) Patrick Kluivert: 2000 quarter-finals, Netherlands 6-1 Yugoslavia
8) David Villa: 2008 group stage, Spain 4-1 Russia

There has also been some very quick goals
1) 1min 07sec – Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia 2-1 Greece, 20/06/2004) 
2) 2min 07sec – Sergei Aleinikov (England 1-3 Soviet Union, 18/06/1988) 
3) 2min 14sec – Alan Shearer (Germany 1-1 (5-6 pens) England, 26/06/1996) 
4) 2min 25sec – Michael Owen (Portugal 2-2 (5-6 pens) England, 24/06/2004) 
5) 2min 27sec – Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria 1-0 Romania, 13/06/1996) 

The highest number of goals in one match is 9.
1960 semi-finals: France 4-5 Yugoslavia


OH!! and 1 more fact: ENGLAND HAVE NEVER WON THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS