5 interesting facts of the UEFA European Championship you may not know

#5 The beginning and ending of Euro 2004: Greece vs Portugal

Greece beat Portugal on both occasions when they met in Euro 2004

Euro 1980 saw the opening game of the tournament being the same as the final of the previous tournament. Euro 2004 witnessed another similarity involving the tournament opener.

However, this time, the tournament’s opener would go on to be the tournament decider. Hosts and tournament favorites Portugal were up against outsiders Greece in the first match of the tournament where Greece surprisingly beat Portugal 2-1.

Both eventually went on to play each other in the final and the result was the same as Greece prevailed 1-0 to win Euro 2004.