HIGHLIGHTS-Soccer-Euro-Switzerland v Czech Republic
BASEL, June 7 (Reuters) - Highlights of the opening Euro 2008 match between Switzerland and Czech Republic in Group A on Saturday.
0 KICK OFF - Czech Republic kick off
3 ACTION - Switzerland captain Alex Frei fires a right-foot shot wide of the post from 25 metres
14 ACTION - Czech midfielder David Jarolim's cross from the right is headed towards his own goal by Swiss defender Ludovic Magnin forcing Diego Benaglio to make a sharp one-handed save
21 ACTION - Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech diverts a close-range Frei effort with his left foot after Switzerland lob the ball over the defence
36 ACTION - Frei's powerful long-range shot is beaten away by Cech straight into the path of Marco Streller but the tall Swiss striker is offside
42 ACTION - Frei limps off the pitch clearly distressed after being fouled by Czech defender Zdenek Grygera and is led away in tears with an ice pack on his heavily bandaged knee
HALFTIME - SWITZERLAND 0 CZECH REPUBLIC 0
46 SUBSTITUTION - Switzerland's Hakan Yakin replaces injured striker Frei with Magnin taking over as captain
49 ACTION - Magnin fires in a curling cross-shot that Cech grabs at the second attempt
50 ACTION - Yakin makes a quick impression by curling a freekick just over the bar having been tripped by Tomas Galasek
56 SUBSTITUTION - Czechs bring on Vaclav Sverkos to replace the unusually ineffective Jan Koller up front
59 YELLOW CARD - Magnin becomes the first player booked at Euro 2008 after fouling midfielder Libor Sionko
66 ACTION - Yakin misses the best chance of the match when he puts a free header wide of the post from eight metres after a dangerous cross from the right by Stephan Lichtsteiner
70 GOAL - SWITZERLAND 0 CZECH REPUBLIC 1. Substitute Sverkos puts the Czechs in front with a right-foot shot from just inside the area after being put clear by a header over the static Swiss defence
75 SUBSTITUTION - Switzerland bring on winger Johan Vonlanthen for defender Lichtsteiner as they search for an equaliser Continued...




