Group A results and standings :
Switzerland 0 - Czech Republic 1

Jun 7 2008

 

Czech Republic win 1-0 in Euro 2008 against Switzerland and opened the tournament at St Jakob Park.

Czech coach Karel Brueckner's decision to replace the ineffective Jan Koller after 56 minutes as it brought the Czechs three points.

Brueckner said: "It was always going to be hard against the Swiss at home. We played a tight game from the back, a very tactical game. But that could change in other games."

Czech Sverkos said: "I'm very happy and I think my team should also be happy because I think the Swiss were a little bit better than we were and we had a lot of luck."

Swiss coach Koebi Kuhn said s: "They can walk out of the stadium with their heads held high because the performance was good. The defeat was undeserved, really. We had enough chances to at least get the equaliser, if not win it."

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