West Germany 1-2 Netherlands
(Matthäus 55; Koeman 74, Van Basten 88)
1988 semi-finals, Hamburg

In a dramatic end to this semi-final, the Netherlands rallied after falling behind to Lothar Matthäus’s second-half penalty.

They did so thanks to goals by Ronald Koeman, also from a spot kick, and the irrepressible Marco van Basten, two minutes from time, to stun hosts West Germany and take the Oranje into a European Championship final for the first time. The Netherlands had at last beaten West Germany for the first time in 32 years, vengeance for the 1974 FIFA World Cup final.

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Other EURO fixtures on 21 June
1964 final: Spain 2-1 USSR
1980 third-place play-off: Czechoslovakia 1-1 Italy, Czechs won 9-8 on pens
1992 semi-finals: Sweden 2-3 Germany
2000 group stage: Yugoslavia 3-4 Spain
2000 group stage: Slovenia 0-0 Norway
2000 group stage: Denmark 0-2 Czech Republic
2000 group stage: France 2-3 Netherlands
2004 group stage: Croatia 2-4 England
2004 group stage: Switzerland 1-3 France
2008 quarter-finals: Netherlands 1-3 Russia (aet)
2012 quarter-finals: Czech Republic 0-1 Portugal


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