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SEMI-FINAL TWO
Venue: Dragao, Porto
Date/time: Thurs, 1 July, 1945 BST
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
BBC coverage: Highlights on Match of the Day (2335 BST).
TEAM NEWS
Czech defender Rene Bolf has trained after recovering from a knock but Martin Jiranek is expected to miss the semi-final with a groin injury.
Zdenek Grygera is expected to replace right-back Jiranek, who could be fit again if his side reach the final.
Greece will be at full strength with Stelios Giannakopoulos now fully fit and Zisis Vryzas back after a ban.
Vryzas is set to replace Demis Nikolaidis while Angelos Basinans is likely to make way for Giannakopoulos.
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Probable Czech Republic team: Cech, Grygera, Ujfalusi, Bolf, Jankulovski, Poborsky, Galasek, Rosicky, Nedved, Koller, Baros.
Probable Greece team: Nikopolidis, Seitaridis, Dellas, Kapsis, Fyssas, Giannakopoulos, Karagounis, Zagorakis, Katsouranis, Charisteas, Vryzas.
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MATCH STATS
Head-to-heads
Greece have played the Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia six times before.
The Czechs clearly have the upper hand with five wins and a draw.
Greece have scored just two goals in these six matches. The Czech Republic have scored 11.
The only previous competitive encounter dates back to Euro 1980 when Czechoslovakia beat Greece 3-1 in the group phase.
Anthimos Kapsis, father of Greek regular Mikhalis Kapsis, played the full 90 minutes in that game on 14 June 1980.
The last confrontation dates back to 17 April 2002 when a friendly in Ioannina ended in a 0-0 draw.
In his eighth match in charge Otto Rehhagel fielded 13 players who are in the Euro 2004 squad.
In his fourth match as Czech coach Karel Brückner fielded 12 players who are in the current squad.
Striker ¿tìpán Vachou¿ek made his international debut for the Czech Republic in that match.
Player facts - Greece
No Greek players are suspended for this match.
Giorgios Karagounis and Theodoros Zagorakis will be suspended for the final if booked. Karagounis was suspended for the third group match after receiving two yellow cards in the first two matches of the tournament.
Zisis Vrysas will win his 50th cap for Greece if he plays.
Midfielder Theo Zagorakis (AEK Athens) who hasn't scored a single international goal, is the second most capped Greek player ever with 93 caps. Only Efstratios Apostolakis, who won 95 caps between 1986 and 1998, played more for Greece.
Themistoklis Nikolaidis is the most productive player in the Greek squad with 17 goals in 54 matches, but he is yet to score in this tournament.
Goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, defenders Traianos Dellas, Mikhalis Kapsis and Giorgos Seitaridis and midfielder Theodoros Zagorakis are the five players who have not missed a single minute of Euro 2004.
Player facts - Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has no players suspended for this match.
Marek Jankulovski, Tomás Ujfalusi and Pavel Nedved will be suspended for the final if they receive a yellow card in the semis.
Pavel Nedved (Juventus) missed the Champions League 2002/2003 final due to suspension.
Jan Koller's goal against Denmark took him into his country's all-time top scorers top three. He is now on 29 goals and needs two goals to equal second on the list Zdenek Nehoda. Antonin Puc is top of the list with 34 goals.
Karel Poborský (98 caps) could become the first Czech player ever to reach a century of caps at Euro 2004 provided his nation reaches the final and he plays in both matches.
Poborský recorded two assists in the quarter-final match. He now has six all-time European Championship assists, more than any other player.
If he plays, Poborský will equal the competition record for most European Championship matches which is currently held by Lilian Thuram and Zinedine Zidane who have played 14 matches. He will break the record if he plays the final.
The Czechs have already used all but one of their 23 players. Third choice goalkeeper Antonín Kinský is the only player without playing time.
Karel Poborský has played the most (291 minutes) for Czech Republic at Euro 2004. Tomás Galásek is the only Czech player who started in all four games.
Milan Baros has now scored in all four matches at Euro 2004, just one match short of Michel Platini's record for scoring in most consecutive matches.
Baros' two goals against Denmark have brought his total in this tournament to five making him the new top scorer. On the all time list of European Championship top scorers he has now moved into fourth position.
Baros has scored 21 goals in 29 international matches for average of 0.72 goals per match. No other Euro 2004 player has a higher average.
The record for scoring in most consecutive European Championship matches stands at five and was set by Michel Platini in 1984.
Baros has also scored in the last six Czech internationals.
SEMI-FINAL TWO
Venue: Dragao, Porto
Date/time: Thurs, 1 July, 1945 BST
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
BBC coverage: Highlights on Match of the Day (2335 BST).
TEAM NEWS
Czech defender Rene Bolf has trained after recovering from a knock but Martin Jiranek is expected to miss the semi-final with a groin injury.
Zdenek Grygera is expected to replace right-back Jiranek, who could be fit again if his side reach the final.
Greece will be at full strength with Stelios Giannakopoulos now fully fit and Zisis Vryzas back after a ban.
Vryzas is set to replace Demis Nikolaidis while Angelos Basinans is likely to make way for Giannakopoulos.
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Probable Czech Republic team: Cech, Grygera, Ujfalusi, Bolf, Jankulovski, Poborsky, Galasek, Rosicky, Nedved, Koller, Baros.
Probable Greece team: Nikopolidis, Seitaridis, Dellas, Kapsis, Fyssas, Giannakopoulos, Karagounis, Zagorakis, Katsouranis, Charisteas, Vryzas.
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MATCH STATS
Head-to-heads
Greece have played the Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia six times before.
The Czechs clearly have the upper hand with five wins and a draw.
Greece have scored just two goals in these six matches. The Czech Republic have scored 11.
The only previous competitive encounter dates back to Euro 1980 when Czechoslovakia beat Greece 3-1 in the group phase.
Anthimos Kapsis, father of Greek regular Mikhalis Kapsis, played the full 90 minutes in that game on 14 June 1980.
The last confrontation dates back to 17 April 2002 when a friendly in Ioannina ended in a 0-0 draw.
In his eighth match in charge Otto Rehhagel fielded 13 players who are in the Euro 2004 squad.
In his fourth match as Czech coach Karel Brückner fielded 12 players who are in the current squad.
Striker ¿tìpán Vachou¿ek made his international debut for the Czech Republic in that match.
Player facts - Greece
No Greek players are suspended for this match.
Giorgios Karagounis and Theodoros Zagorakis will be suspended for the final if booked. Karagounis was suspended for the third group match after receiving two yellow cards in the first two matches of the tournament.
Zisis Vrysas will win his 50th cap for Greece if he plays.
Midfielder Theo Zagorakis (AEK Athens) who hasn't scored a single international goal, is the second most capped Greek player ever with 93 caps. Only Efstratios Apostolakis, who won 95 caps between 1986 and 1998, played more for Greece.
Themistoklis Nikolaidis is the most productive player in the Greek squad with 17 goals in 54 matches, but he is yet to score in this tournament.
Goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, defenders Traianos Dellas, Mikhalis Kapsis and Giorgos Seitaridis and midfielder Theodoros Zagorakis are the five players who have not missed a single minute of Euro 2004.
Player facts - Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has no players suspended for this match.
Marek Jankulovski, Tomás Ujfalusi and Pavel Nedved will be suspended for the final if they receive a yellow card in the semis.
Pavel Nedved (Juventus) missed the Champions League 2002/2003 final due to suspension.
Jan Koller's goal against Denmark took him into his country's all-time top scorers top three. He is now on 29 goals and needs two goals to equal second on the list Zdenek Nehoda. Antonin Puc is top of the list with 34 goals.
Karel Poborský (98 caps) could become the first Czech player ever to reach a century of caps at Euro 2004 provided his nation reaches the final and he plays in both matches.
Poborský recorded two assists in the quarter-final match. He now has six all-time European Championship assists, more than any other player.
If he plays, Poborský will equal the competition record for most European Championship matches which is currently held by Lilian Thuram and Zinedine Zidane who have played 14 matches. He will break the record if he plays the final.
The Czechs have already used all but one of their 23 players. Third choice goalkeeper Antonín Kinský is the only player without playing time.
Karel Poborský has played the most (291 minutes) for Czech Republic at Euro 2004. Tomás Galásek is the only Czech player who started in all four games.
Milan Baros has now scored in all four matches at Euro 2004, just one match short of Michel Platini's record for scoring in most consecutive matches.
Baros' two goals against Denmark have brought his total in this tournament to five making him the new top scorer. On the all time list of European Championship top scorers he has now moved into fourth position.
Baros has scored 21 goals in 29 international matches for average of 0.72 goals per match. No other Euro 2004 player has a higher average.
The record for scoring in most consecutive European Championship matches stands at five and was set by Michel Platini in 1984.
Baros has also scored in the last six Czech internationals.