Silver Goal Sends Greeks to Finals

Sports | July 2, 2004, Friday // 00:00
Silver Goal Sends Greeks to Finals Greek squad celebrate after Dallas' silver goal sent them to the EURO 2004 finals to meet host Portugal on Sunday. Photo by AFP.

The Greek team will play at a revanche match against Portugal at the EURO 2004 finals on Sunday.

At the last breath of first 15-minute extra time at Porto's Dragao Stadium, Traianos Dellas scored a brilliant head goal after taking the left corner from his teammate Tsiartas.

Admired for the German-style discipline and subtle tactics, the coach Otto Rehhagel's marvels have written their names in football history making through to the final stage of EURO 2004.

Having never won a game at a finals tournament before coming to Portugal, Otto Rehhagel's Greece will be playing the hosts in the final.

Nobody expected Greece to make it to this stage of the tournament, but Otto Rehhagel's men have proved to be dangerous rivals.

The Czech team of Karl Brueckner has lived through an agony for they did have several chances to win the game, but it was the resilient, relentless Greeks who have won through.

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