Day 9

Greece 1-0 Russia

Greece have progressed from Group A, eliminating the highly-fancied Russian's with a 1-0 win in Warsaw. Their captain, Giorgos Karagounis, was equalling the most caps for the Greek national team, and celebrated by scoring the winning goal on the stroke of half time.

Russia, who only needed a draw to seal qualification, had dominated the early periods of the match, yet were wasteful in front of goal. Striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov, whose form had been criticised throughout the tournament, was again wayward, missing several chances to put the Russian's ahead.

Karagounis then made him pay on 45 minutes. The Russian defence switched off for just a moment, and a slight mix-up allowed the 35-year-old to race through on goal before drilling the ball past the keeper. It was a fantastic finish and had the Greek's in raptures going into half time.

After the interval, Greece began to sit back and absorb the Russian pressure, however they went close to scoring a second on the counter attack.

Giorgos Tzavellas saw his free kick crash against the post, before Karagounis had a stonewall penalty turned down by the Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson.

Russia continued to pile on the pressure, and in the dying minutes of stoppage time joint-top scorer Alan Dzagoev glanced a header narrowly wide of the far post.

Russia may have had 31 shots to Greece's 7, but it just wasn't meant to be, as Greece celebrated qualifying for the Quarter Final's for the first time since they won the competition in 2004.

Czech Rep 1-0 Poland

The Czech Republic have pulled off the impossible, qualifying for the Quarter Final's on top of Group A. Despite being favourite's to finish bottom of the group, a tag further enforced by their 1-4 loss on the opening day, the Czech's managed to see off host nation Poland, ending their dreams in the process. Petr Jiracek scored the crucial goal midway through the second half which won the match for his nation.

Poland knew that only a win against the Czech's in Wroclow would put them through to the Quarter Final's, and it was no surprise that they came out of the blocks firing.

Their two big guns at the tournament, Robert Lewandowski and Jakub Blaszsykowski, both went close in the first half, as no Polish players managed to find the target.

As the Czech's continued to frustrate the home side, they begun to swing the momentum in their favour.

Polish keeper Przemyslaw Tyton was forced into a fantastic reflex save, before Jiracek struck the decisive blow.

Milan Baros played in the winger, who cut inside his marker before rolling the ball past the keeper and into the back of the net. It was the cool finish which his opponent's had lacked throughout the match, and resulted in the Czech's progressing from Group A.

The final whistle drew contrasting emotions; the sheer joy on the faces of the Czech Republic players to the heartbreak of those in the stands.

Despite their opening day thrashing, and still have a negative goal difference at the completion of the group stages, Czech Republic's victory meant they qualified on top of Group A.

Czech Rep 6 (-1)

Greece 4 (0)

Russia 4 (+2)

Poland 2 (-1)