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Euro 2012 - the odds are up!

fraser drew — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:01:19 -0500

Spain were immediately installed as favourites for Euro 2012 folliwing their 1-0 victory over Germany in the Euro 2008 final. The team that Aragones built are 6/1 to repeat the feat in four years time. England are 11/1. There are…

Uefa 2008 - game that changed European football

Arthur King — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:14:50 -0500

This was the moment that Real Madrid and Holland’s Wesley Sneijder finished off the perfect team goal that had flashed from a goal line clearance at one end to the Italian net at the other in less than 15 seconds…

Euro 2008 - winners homecoming

fraser drew — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:05:55 -0500

All the Spanish papers carried the story of the homecoming on page one. El Mundo pictured the open top bus and dozens of Spanish flags in the Paseo de la Castellana.The paper notes that the players dedicated the triumph to the…

Euro 2008 final aftermath - 69 year old gets the bumps

Arthur King — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:47:05 -0500

He dedicated the victory to his team. They dediated the victory to him. Luis Aragones built a special bond with his players. Controversial, cantankerous he may seem from the outside but a patriot in that he supported Spanish football and…

Euro 2008 - the defining moment, that Torres goal

fraser drew — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:06:10 -0500

The quick feet of Fernando Torres, the sprawl of Jans Lehmann, the balls hurtling to the net and Euro 2008 came to a heroic, climax. Spain 1. Germany 0. Euro 2008 was won by this moment of brilliance and quite…

Euro 2008 final - high fives for Spain

fraser drew — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:03:27 -0500

Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna: Iker Casillas celebrates with Carlos Marchena at the final whistle of Uefa 2008 after 30 years of promise Spain final;ly deliver in style and grace their neat triangles of quick passing. Holay. Holay. Holay

Euro 2008 final - Torres, king of Europe

fraser drew — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:58:11 -0500

Fernando Torres caps a fantastic tournament with the Cup on his head - the cup was redesigned this year to make it bigger, two kilos heavier and be more competition for the Jules Rimet worlcd trophy. On my head Fernando,…

Euro 2008 Final all the odds

fraser drew — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:09:23 -0500

Has Spain’s time finally arrived? A superb second half performance against Russia has given Luis Aragones’ men a shot at the European Championship final where they meet Germany, who have had an eventful tournament and a history of winning such finals.…

As Fabrigated in Spain - Cesc unpicks Russian lock out

fraser drew — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:02:22 -0500

Cesc Fabregas came on as a substitute for David Villa last night and almst singlehandedly undid Russia with his movement, flicks, passes and overall display of a pocket general that outshone the pre-match hype surrounding Andrei Arshavin. Fabregas as he did in the…

Euro 2008 semi final odds

fraser drew — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:38:02 -0500

It is the tightest of calls in the betting for the Euro 2008 semi final tonight between Spain and Russia, with Spain slightly ahead as favourites. Spain are 2.20 to win in normal time, 9.00 to win in extra time and…

German cheesecake

fraser drew — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:30:37 -0500

St Jakob Park - this delighted but unidentified piece of German cheesecake is apparently the girlfriend of German left back Philipp Lahm caught in one of his better moments last night as he smashed home a give and go chance…

Turkey v Germany - last stand for the men in white

fraser drew — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:26:19 -0500

Something changed in the runes of European football last night at the St Jakob-Park stadium in Basel. Turkey’s Mehmet Aurelio hides his face after the Germans bushwacked a late winner and a path to the Euro 2008 final on Sunday. But Turkey…

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Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Bet on the Golden boot Euro 2008

Bet on the Golden boot Euro 2008

fraser drew — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:25:13 -0500

The odds are narrowing - two games to go, possibly two lots of extra time, possibly two lots of penalty shoot outs. Who will be Euro 2008 top goalscorer? This is how they line up in the betting:

David Villa 11/20

Lukas…

Euro 2008 semi finals - Spain v Russia

fraser drew — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:17:12 -0500

Spain v Russia will be a battle of styles and perhaps energy. The flamboyant free flowing Russians have won through with the high octane, lung bursting fast football reminiscent of the many great Dutch teams and also the South Korean…

Euro 2008 sem finals - Germany v Turkey

fraser drew — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:00:55 -0500

A large tract of north London - probably epicentred around Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium and circling around Dalston and Stoke Newington which will be drawing a deep breath of hope tonight that Turkey could beat Germany. And quite a few Englishmen will be…

Portugese men of war

fraser drew — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:23:49 -0500

This picture of Portugese gumption against the Turks caught our eye. On the left is Chelsea’s £16million right back Jose Boswinga, saluting and clutching his valuables (in fact it was the star man’s only appearance in Euro 2008 photographs, so…

Euro 2008 odds

fraser drew — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:43:35 -0500

I have left the odds on the winners up from last week(scroll down right hand column), so you can all kick yourselves for not betting then. It is 4/1 the field now, but you can still get 11/1 on Turkey…

Uefa looks to expand to 24 countries

fraser drew — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:15:42 -0500

It seems the bright boys at Uefa have realized that European could be about to split in half with the explosion of countries and talent emerging from the former Soviet bloc and a la Gordon Brown have set up a…

Andrei Arshavin - double AAs

fraser drew — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:08:32 -0500

The enduring image of the weekend Euro 2008 quarterfinals was Italian and Spanish midfielders looking up desperately to see where their teammates were. The night before Andrei Arshavin had shown them how. For Russia’s second goal he sprinted down the touchline…

Turkey v Croatia - riots in Bosnia

fraser drew — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:40:17 -0500

It all got a bit much in Bosnia after Turkey’s last gasp reprieve against Croatia. Allah was smiling and the Turks driven on by a belief instilled probably four years ago by their rival neighbours Greece triumph just upset all…

Two fat ladies - the Steve Maclaren bet

fraser drew — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:17:41 -0500

The two fat ladies bet: Steve Maclaren’s threadbare reputation as an international manager could require some re-stitching if England’s conquerors Croatia and Russia progress as they might to the finals. The unlikely sounding proposition of a few months ago has rather…

Portugese defence goes walkabout

fraser drew — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:02:44 -0500

We’re behind you. The Portuguese defence goes missing for Mirosalav Klose to nod in Germany’s second goal in Basel last night. More questions than answers, not least why an ostensibly solid defence in the Premiership with only a swapping of John…

That save - Euro 2008 best keepers

fraser drew — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:48:15 -0500

Of all the moments so far in Euro 2008 this was surely the one that will stay in the mind longest. The phenomenal Gianluigi Buffon’s save from Adrian Mutu for Italy against Romania which with hindsight ensured the Italians went forward to a…

Goodnight Vienna

fraser drew — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:25:57 -0500

An empty food mall in Vienna shows that Euro 2008 outside of the stadiums has really just been a virtual TV event. Uefa has sucked all ther money out of the economy and local vendors like these guys are having…

Bye bye Viking girls

fraser drew — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:54:02 -0500

Your footballers were crap, but you were great. See you down at Ikea xx

Night Russian football caught fire

fraser drew — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:50:27 -0500

Harking back to the dark months of the winter against England, Russia looked interesting but naive. Last night they demolished the old men of Sweden and Gus Hiddink’s team had the speed and flair that marked them out as an…

Beautful fan

fraser drew — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:37:51 -0500

While we are on the subject of gratuitous photography, this Swedish fan caught our eye. Double click on her and she blows up to full screen!