Euro2008: Most Memorable Moments So Far

Portugal have landed
Thousands of supporters welcomed the Portugal squad to Switzerland on their arrival at Geneva airport on 1 June, with a cavalcade of motorcycles following the team bus to their training base in Neuchatel, where an estimated 10,000 more were waiting to greet the players. EURO2008 had arrived.

Frei's tears
The image of an injured Alexander Frei in tears and out of the tournament before the half-time whistle had blown in the co-hosts' opening game summed up their campaign – no luck, little to cheer and over before it had begun. Austria at least survived until their final Group B match, though for the first time at a European Championship there was no host nation in the knockout phase.

Buffon saves
Italy were staring elimination in the face when Romania's Adrian Mutu ran up to take a penalty late in the Azzurri's second Group C game. Gianluigi Buffon, though, stuck up a hand to deflect the shot on to his boot and away to safety as Italy survived to fight another day. The brilliant Buffon would eventually be upstaged by Iker Casillas as Spain triumphed in the quarter-final shoot-out.

Oranje boom
The Netherlands fans were simply fantastic, turning first Berne then Basel orange. There were reportedly 90,000 in Basel for their quarter-final against Russia, who brought the party to an abrupt end at St. Jakob-Park. It is not just the Dutch who deserve special mention though: the Czech Republic's solid block of red, Sweden and Romania's yellow and Croatia's red-and-white hordes were just some of the supporters to leave a colourful mark on the competition.

Singing in the rain
Not even the monsoon conditions in Switzerland during the first ten days' play could dampen the excitement. Like the co-hosts, the pitch at St.