UEFA EURO 2000 (champions - France)
EURO 2000, co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, ended at Rotterdam's Feijenoord Stadium on 2 July 2000 with France beating Italy 2-1 on a golden goal. Italy led through Marco Delvecchio until Sylvain Wiltord equalised in added time, and David Trezeguet won it 13 minutes into extra time - France the first team to win the European Championship as reigning world champions.
Why this wins its question: Retellings compress this final into "Trezeguet's golden goal". UEFA's own pages separate the two moments that actually decided it - Wiltord's equaliser in added time at the end of normal time, then his assist for Trezeguet 13 minutes into extra time - and record that UEFA gave Man of the Match to Totti, on the losing side, which almost nothing carries. The Lemerre EURO-and-AFCON double is checkable here rather than folklore.
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France beat Italy 2-1 on a golden goal in the EURO 2000 final at Rotterdam's Feijenoord Stadium on 2 July 2000, becoming the first team to win the European Championship as reigning world champions.
Marco Delvecchio volleyed Italy ahead on 55 minutes, Francesco Totti's back-heel having released Gianluca Pessotto down the right for a cross that eluded Marcel Desailly. Sylvain Wiltord, on for Christophe Dugarry in the 58th minute, broke free on the left in added time at the end of normal time to send a low drive past Francesco Toldo; then, 13 minutes into extra time, he pulled the ball back for David Trezeguet - a 76th-minute substitute for Youri Djorkaeff - to strike the golden goal first time into the roof of the net.
UEFA named Francesco Totti, of the beaten side, Man of the Match. The referee was Anders Frisk of Sweden; France were coached by Roger Lemerre and captained by Didier Deschamps, who lifted the Henri Delaunay Cup, and Italy were coached by Dino Zoff and captained by Paolo Maldini.
Belgium and the Netherlands co-hosted the tournament from 10 June to 2 July 2000, providing four venues each, with 16 teams at the finals and 49 UEFA members in qualifying. Zinedine Zidane was Player of the Tournament, and Patrick Kluivert and Savo Milosevic shared the scoring lead on five goals each.
Roger Lemerre had been Aime Jacquet's assistant when France won the 1998 World Cup and became the first France coach to win a major tournament on foreign soil, the country's previous titles having come at home. He completed a unique continental double in 2004 by winning the Africa Cup of Nations with Tunisia.