VOA- Greece has completed perhaps the biggest surprise in football (soccer) history, winning the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal.
Angelos Charisteas headed the only goal Sunday as Greece claimed the European Championship with a 1-0 victory over host Portugal. The Greeks had never won a game at a major championship before this tournament. But Greece beat Portugal twice, ousted defending champion France (1-0) in the quarterfinals and then beat the favored Czech Republic (1-0) in the semifinals.
German coach Otto Rehhagel becomes the first to lead a different national team to the European title. Portuguese coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who guided Brazil to its fifth World Cup in 2002, failed to become the first man to win the world and European titles with two different teams.