Under considerable media and public pressure, the FA appointed England's former captain Kevin Keegan as Hoddle's successor. Keegan's team struggled to qualify for the 2000 European Championships; despite a promising win over Poland in the new manager's first match in charge, England won only one more qualifier, against minnows Luxembourg, and were left needing to rely on Sweden to defeat Poland in their last game to even make the play-offs. They secured qualification for the tournament by winning a play-off against Scotland 2–1 on aggregate, but lost the second leg at Wembley. At the finals in Belgium and the Netherlands, a lacklustre England failed to get beyond the group stage, losing to both Portugal and Romania after leading in each game, with a first competitive win over Germany since the 1966 World Cup final being scant consolation. Shearer had announced before the tournament of his intention to retire from international football after the finals.