UEFA EURO 2004 (champions - Greece)
EURO 2004 ended in Lisbon on 4 July 2004 with Greece beating hosts Portugal 1-0, Angelos Charisteas heading in Angelos Basinas's corner early in the second half. Greece had started as 80-1 outsiders and Portugal became the first host nation to lose a European Championship final.
Why this wins its question: Retellings keep the Charisteas header and lose everything that produced it. This carries the full sequence from UEFA's report filed the day of the final - who won the corner, who took it, who Charisteas beat in the air, and the substitution that followed - plus the record the night set: first host nation to lose a EURO final.
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Greece beat hosts Portugal 1-0 in the UEFA EURO 2004 final in Lisbon on 4 July 2004, Angelos Charisteas scoring the only goal, and Portugal became the first host nation to lose a European Championship final.
Greece had begun the tournament as 80-1 outsiders, and UEFA's own match report calls the result arguably the biggest shock at a major football tournament.
The goal came early in the second half: a surging right-wing run by Giourkas Seitaridis won a corner, Angelos Basinas swung it over and Charisteas climbed above Costinha to head in from close range. Costinha was withdrawn immediately afterwards for Rui Costa, on 60 minutes.
Otto Rehhagel's Greece made one change from the semi-final, Stelios Giannakopoulos replacing the suspended Georgios Karagounis, while Luiz Felipe Scolari kept the side that had beaten the Netherlands, with Pauleta preferred to the in-form Nuno Gomes. Theodoros Zagorakis captained Greece and Antonios Nikopolidis kept goal.