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Group C
France, Holland, Italy and Romania make up what some people are calling the "group of death"
France
France make difficult work in qualifying. Loosing twice to Scotland they beat Italy 3-1 at the Stade de France and drew 0-0 in Milan.Thierry Henry broke Michel Platini's record of 41 goals for France in the 2-0 win against Lithuania and fears that France might need a result in Ukraine in their final game were to prove unfounded. Les Bleus finished second in the section behind Italy.
Previous Form
France are the only other country apart from three-time winners Germans to have won the competition more than once following successes in 1984 and 2000. The victory in 1984 came on home soil as hosts with Spain defeated 2-0 in the final at Parc des Princes in Paris.
The Euro 2000 final went to extra-time with Marco Delvecchio putting the Italians ahead after 55 minutes only for Sylvain Wiltord to equalise in stoppage time. France went on to win the game thanks to David Trezeguet's goal after 103 minutes.
Italy
A shaky start ot qualifying with a1-1 home draw with Lithuania in their opening tie in Naples was a shock, but the big setback was the 3-1 defeat in France in their second qualifier.Italy went on to win nine of their last ten qualifiers and finished top of the group.
Previous Form
Italy won the 1968 UEFA European Championship, defeating Yugoslavia 2-0 in a final replay after the two sides had shared a 1-1 draw at Rome's Stadio Olimpico. Italy forced a replay when Angelo Domenghini's 80th-minute goal cancelled out Dragan Dzajic's opener after 39 minutes. The tournament hosts made no mistake in the replay played two days later as first-half goals from Luigi Riva (12) and Pietro Anastasi (31) sealed a 2-0 win.
Holland
Holland qualified for Euro 2008 with a game to spare. Romania proved to be the Hollands' most serious rivals, holding them to a 0-0 draw in Rotterdam and then progressing to the finals with a 1-0 in Constanta. Holland finished second in the group and Marco Van Bastens men will not be happy to not only face Romania again but also France and Italy.
Previous Form
Holland won the competition in 1988, their only appearance in the final to date. They defeated the Soviet Union 2-0 at Munich’s Olympiastadion with goals from Ruud Gullit and current coach Marco van Basten. The Dutch have also appeared in four additional semi-finals (2004, 2000, 1992 and 1976) and one additional quarter-final (1996).
Romania
Romania topped thier group to qualify for their first finals since Euro 2000. After a 0-0 draw in Holland they embarked on a run of six straight wins, including 1-0 against Holland, and finishing with a 6-1 victory over 9 man Albania.
Previous Form
Romania topped their qualification round group for UEFA EURO 2000 with 24 points from their ten matches. They were then drwan against England, Portugal and Germany in their tournamant group. They qualified for the knockout stages by beating England 3-2 but Italy knocked them out in the quarter finals
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