Greece in Ecstasy

Sports | July 5, 2004, Monday // 00:00
Greece in Ecstasy Ecstatic Greece fans in Bayswater after the final whistle. Photo by bbc.com

Greece is having the biggest party the nation has ever seen after the triumph of its team in the European football championship Sunday night.

Street celebrations in Athens began right after captain Theodoros Zagorakis lifted the cup.

Reports speak of rivers of fans streaming towards the city centre, drowning it in a sea of blue and white flags, clogging roads and squares. Ecstatic fans popped the corks on champagne bottles, groups of people danced on the backs of motorbikes or shook the cars.

Similar scenes of ecstasy unfolded in other cities throughout the nation.

"It's the best passport for the Olympics," Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said in Lisbon. Karamanlis had led around 6,000 Greek fans to Portugal to watch the final.

Greece pulled off arguably the biggest shock at a major football championship as a goal by Angelos Charisteas gave them victory over host Portugal.

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