June 7th 11:50am US/Eastern Time (5:50pm Central European Time)
St. Jakob-Park, Basel - Group A
Result: Switzerland 0 - Czech Republic 1
Czech Republic substitute Vaclav Sverkos crashed the party for co-hosts Switzerland by scoring the only goal of the EURO 2008™....
Sverkos struck after 71 minutes to defeat a home side already deflated by a knee injury to forward Alexander Frei. The closest the Swiss came to rescuing a Group A point was a late Johan Vonlanthen shot off the underside of the crossbar.
Sverkos is the top Czech league's leading scorer this season with 15 goals. He returned to his former club Banik Ostrava last year after four years with Borussia Moenchengladbach in the German Bundesliga.
