00:00 - Netherlands vs Soviet Union - Group 2 Matchday 1
02:42 - Ireland vs Soviet Union - Group 2 Matchday 2
06:17 - Soviet Union vs England - Group 2 Matchday 3
12:19 - Soviet Union vs Italy - Semi-final
16:27 - Soviet Union vs Netherlands - Final
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The 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in West Germany from 10 to 25 June 1988. It was the eighth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA.
In their initial group match, the Soviet Union faced the Netherlands for the first time in a competitive fixture. The game was played on 12 June 1988 at the Müngersdorfer Stadion in Cologne in front of 54,336 people.
The Soviet Union played their second group game against the Republic of Ireland at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover on 15 June 1988. Seven minutes before half-time, the Republic of Ireland took the lead: McCarthy took a long throw-in which found Whelan who volleyed it into the top corner of the Soviet Union goal from the edge of the penalty area. With 15 minutes remaining, Belanov's pass over Kevin Moran found Oleh Protasov who struck the ball past Packie Bonner's legs to equalise. Bonner made a late save from Belanov and the match ended 1–1.
In their final group match, the Soviet Union faced England on 18 June 1988 at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. After just three minutes, Sergei Aleinikov dispossessed Glenn Hoddle before running past Dave Watson in the England penalty area and striking the ball past Chris Woods, the England goalkeeper, to give the Soviet Union the lead. In the 16th minute, Tony Adams equalised with a header from a Hoddle free kick. Trevor Steven then hit the bar after heading the ball into the ground before a cross from Rats was headed into the England goal by Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko to give the Soviet Union a 2–1 lead at the interval. With 18 minutes remaining, Viktor Pasulko scored from another Rats cross to make it 3–1, which was the final score.
Ending the group stage top of the table, the Soviet Union progressed to the semi-finals where they faced Italy.[6] The match was played at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart on 22 June 1988 in front of 61,606 spectators. Around the hour mark, Oleh Kuznetsov passed to Mykhaylychenko who supplied the ball to Lytovchenko. His shot was blocked by Franco Baresi but Lytovchenko struck the rebound into the corner of the goal to give the Soviet Union the lead. Four minutes later, Oleksandr Zavarov passed to Protasov who hit a measured shot over Zenga to double the Soviet Union's lead.
The final took place at the Olympiastadion in Munich on 25 June 1988 in front of 72,308 spectators and was refereed by Michel Vautrot from France. In the 30th minute, he missed another opportunity: Zavarov passed the ball 50 yards (46 m) to Belanov, who evaded Van Tiggelen and Berry van Aerle before passing to Lytovchenko. He ran past Rijkaard but his shot was straight at Van Breukelen in the Netherlands goal. Three minutes later, the Netherlands took the lead. Dasayev conceded a corner when he punched Gullit's free kick over the crossbar and although Erwin Koeman's set piece was headed away, he passed the ball into the box, Van Basten nodded it on and Gullit scored with a header.[28] Before half-time, the ball fell to Belanov after a mix-up in the Netherlands penalty area, but his shot went over the crossbar.
Eight minutes into the second half, the Netherlands doubled their lead with what UEFA later called "perhaps the most iconic goal in UEFA European Championship history". Van Tiggelen dispossessed Lytovchenko and passed to Arnold Mühren who was making an overlapping run down the left wing. He played in a high cross to the far side of the box to Van Basten who struck the ball on the volley from a tight angle. It dipped under the crossbar to make it 2–0.
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Euro 88 Soviet Union team:
1 Rinat Dasayev (captain)
2 Volodymyr Bessonov
3 Vagiz Khidiyatullin
4 Oleg Kuznetsov
5 Anatoliy Demyanenko
6 Vasiliy Rats
7 Sergei Aleinikov
8 Gennadiy Litovchenko
9 Aleksandr Zavarov
10 Oleg Protasov
11 Igor Belanov
12 Ivan Vyshnevskyi
13 Tengiz Sulakvelidze
14 Vyacheslav Sukristov
15 Alexei Mikhailichenko
16 Viktor Chanov
17 Sergey Dmitriyev
18 Sergey Gotsmanov
19 Sergei Baltacha
20 Viktor Pasulko
Manager
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
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