The One With The Greek Tragedy 

France 0
Greece 1 : (Charisteas 65')
( MoM : Charisteas)

What a poor poor performance by the Cup holder.. We (my sis, (Mrs+baby) and I) woke up in the middle of the night only to watch France defeated by the Greeks.. they really missed Vieira in the middle.. Dacourt and Trezeguet were far below the par.. created some chances but none really threaten Nikopolidis.. Greece however, in their same old tactical mode against Portugal and Spain, nearly got their first goal when Katsouranis connected with inswinging free-kick from Karagounis, cleared by Barthez before whole ball crossed the line.. France got few chances after second half started but Henry surely need more practice with his header.. with an hour gone, Lizarazu missed time his challenge, Zarogakis broke free down the right, unchalleged by Silvestre, crossed the ball into the middle, unmarked Charisteas with a powerful header sent the French speechless.. Coach Santini made three desperate changes, bringing in Saha, Wiltord and Rothen to replace Trezeguet, Dacourt and Pires but it was a little too late.. Greece made a history, marched into Semi Finals and sent Zidane n Co back home..

Other result;

Netherlands 0 : (penalty - van Nistelrooy, Heitinga, Reiziger, Makaay, Robben ; missed - Cocu)
Sweden 0 : (penalty - Kallstrom, Larsson, Ljungberg, Wilhelmsson ; missed - Ibrahimovic, Mellberg)

Netherlands won on penalty 5-4
(MoM : van Nistelrooy)