crossbar. Berger also missed a chance and in the 34th minute Germany almost took the lead when a volley from Kuntz beat Kouba but was cleared by Rada. With four minutes of the half remaining, Ziege passed to Kuntz but Kouba came out of his goal to cut out the opportunity. Kuka then won the ball from Eilts but Köpke saved. Just before the interval, Eilts was injured while tackling Němec and was carried off the pitch on a stretcher, and the half ended goalless. Marco Bode came on for Germany at the start of the second half to replace Eilts. In the 50th minute, Scholl passed to Strunz whose shot from outside the Czech Republic penalty area was too high. Kuka then passed to Berger whose shot took a deflection off Sammer and was easily gathered by Köpke. In the 58th minute, the Czech Republic were awarded a penalty. Sammer's lofted pass was headed clear by Nedvěd and was collected by Kuka; he passed it to Poborský who was brought down by Sammer, and although the initial contact took place outside the Germany box, the referee awarded the spot kick which Berger scored with a shot that went under Köpke. Ten minutes later, Germany made their second substitution of the game with Scholl being replaced by Oliver Bierhoff, and within five minutes he scored. Ziege sent in a curling free kick from the right and Bierhoff headed a low ball past Kouba from around . Klinsmann's late shot was blocked by Rada before Köpke dived full-length to keep out a strike from Šmicer, who had replaced Poborský moments earlier, and full-time ended 1–1, sending the match into extra time: the golden goal rule applied such that the first team to score in the additional period would immediately win the game. Berger had the first chance to score but his shot early in the first period of extra time went outside the near post. In the 95th minute, Klinsmann passed to Bierhoff who had his back to goal and was being closely marked by Kadlec: the German striker turned and struck the ball which took a deflection off Michal Horňák and passed through Kouba's hands, into the Czech Republic goal. After confirming with the linesman that Kuntz was not offside, the referee blew to indicate the end of the match with Germany winning 2–1 and securing their third European Championship