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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The welcome awning is up, but there are no fans at Klaganfurt, Austria. The local council has had to resort to giving out 6,000 vouchers worth €5 each to try and drum up business in the deserted fan zones between…
The Sunday paper pundits have written off England but it is an interesting with hindsight to reflect on whether Wayne Rooney et al could have made an impact at Euro 2008.
If they had been drawn in group A then Portugal…
French coach Raymond Domenech is certainly more disappointed than he showed it after the draw against Romania. He is also wondering which changes he should make in the line-up to improve the level of the French team and to beat…
Portugal’s star Cristiano Ronaldo and Czech Republic’s goalkeeper Petr Cech will meet again this afternoon with this time a qualification for the quarter finals at stake for the winner. Chelsea goalkeeper and Manchester midfield have already met three times this…
A lot of strikers have already starred for their first game in the Euro 2008. But paradoxically, the ones who were expected to score did not and others starred instead of them. We were expecting Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez…
French players may claim that there are nothing to worry about concerning the future of the French team in the Euro 2008 and their qualification for the quarters finals, the fact remains that a lot of people and not only French…
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