Euro 88 was a rare incidence of a major football tournament being completed without a single player being sent off, any knockout matches going into extra time or penalties and having at least one goal scored in every match.
The Netherlands won the final with a convincing victory over the USSR, a rematch on the round robin game, through a header by Ruud Gullit and a volley by Van Basten. This was the national team's first major tournament win and it restored them to the forefront of international football after almost a decade in the wilderness.
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Subscribe to this comment's feedHolland!
Holland has always had a great team, but only won one major prize which is this one. We deserved to win much more. If Cruijff wasn't threatened at the 19.. World Cup, we would've beaten Argentina in the final. And there are lots of more incidents that has kept us fom winning more prizes. But I'm sure we will get far this World Championship, we have a great team and all matches in the qualifiers are won with just one goal against, which was a penalty. Hup Holland hup!
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April 03, 2009
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