Netherlands 2-3 Czech Republic
(Bouma 4, Van Nistelrooy 19; Koller 23, Baroš 71, Šmicer 88)
2004 group match, Aveiro
In one of the crucial thrilling encounters within the competitors’s historical past, the Czech Republic got here from 2-Zero all the way down to clinch victory with two minutes remaining, Vladimír Šmicer hitting the winner after John Heitinga had been despatched off for the Netherlands.
Dick Advocaat’s facet have been in management after Wilfred Bouma and Ruud van Nistelrooy put them two objectives to the great inside 20 minutes. Yet in an open match Jan Koller replied swiftly and, after Milan Baroš’s 71st-minute equaliser and Heitin…