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England 2–3 Romania: EURO 2000, 20 June 2000

England and Romania finished 2–3 in the EURO 2000 on 20 June 2000. The match was played in the group stage – final tournament in Charleroi.

2000-06-20 International Charleroi
Source-checked report card · FootballMatch: England 2–3 Romania

2000-06-20 · Charleroi

Event date:

The match

England and Romania finished 2–3 in the EURO 2000 on 20 June 2000. The match was played in the group stage – final tournament in Charleroi.

Romania won the match by 1 goal.

Goals and key incidents

Cristian Chivu scored in minute 22 (Romania). Alan Shearer scored a penalty in minute 41 (England). Michael Owen scored in minute 45 (England).

Dorinel Munteanu scored in minute 48 (Romania). Ioan Ganea scored a penalty in minute 89 (Romania).

Competition and tie context

The fixture was played in Group A of the group stage – final tournament. The match result belongs to this stage of the competition.

Venue and attendance

The UEFA match record identifies the venue as Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi.

The recorded attendance was 30,000 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

England came into this fixture after a England 1–0 Germany result on 17 June 2000 in the same competition campaign.

Romania came into this fixture after a Romania 0–1 Portugal result on 17 June 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Italy 2–0 Romania on 24 June 2000.

Sources

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