Italy 0 - Denmark 0

Giovanni Trappatoni promised an attacking Italy. And actually he was right. In this game, Italy were trying to attack. Unfortunately, the Italians didn't count on Thomas Sorensen, the Danish goalie. He and Gianluigi Buffon were the men who prevented the audience seeing any goals. Some fantastic saves from both of them and the match ended 0-0. Italy could've done better, Denmark deserved better, but in the end no goals.

Sweden 5 - Bulgaria 0

Henrik Larsson retired from international football. But on the way to Euro2004, 100,000 Swedes signed a petition wanting him back in the national team. His son plead as well. Unable to ignore these 100,001 voices, he returned to the national team and forms a menacing attack with Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The score line doesn't do justice as the Bulgarians were able to create chances and play some football. But they weren't able to make goals. The Swedes on the other hand were able to make goals. Larsson scored two, Ibrahimovic scored one and setting one up, Ljungberg tapped one in and Allback made it 5.

From the beginning I felt that the Swedes have the ability to go far, maybe even the semis. And looking at this performance, they will go far. Especially with Zlatan Ibrahimovic there. Yes I'm biased. The boy plays for Ajax Amsterdam!