In the spotlight: The Liverpool star has thrived with the responsibility of the England captaincy
'To come back from a losing situation against Sweden was important. It creates something strong in the group because they have proved to themselves it is possible to win from that position.'
Vieira knows all about teamwork, maturing into one of the world's best midfielders after arriving at Arsenal in 1996.
Two years later, he travelled to the World Cup in France with a Premier League medal, an accomplished member of a squad that already boasted Zinedine Zidane, Emmanuel Petit and Didier Deschamps.
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The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments
Year | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
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2008 | Spain | Germany | Russia / Turkey |
2004 | Greece | Portugal | Netherlands / Czech Republic |
2000 | France | Italy | Netherlands / Portugal |
1996 | Germany | Czech Republic | France / England |
1992 | Denmark | Germany | Netherlands / Sweden |
1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Italy / West Germany |
1984 | France | Spain | Denmark / Portugal |
1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Czechoslovakia |
1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Netherlands |
1972 | West Germany | Soviet Union | Belgium |
1968 | Italy | Yugoslavia | England |
1964 | Spain | Soviet Union | Hungary |
1960 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia |