BIG Louis Scolari has axed Milan and ex Chelsea midfielder Maniche from his 23-man squad, although the Internazionale player’s brother Jorge Ribeiro is included after starring in the Boavista defence all season. .
Maniche was one of the stars of Euro 2004,…
Poland are rated 27 in the world by FIFA. But even though many of their players are not well known, they have been getting good results for some time: They finished top of their group and beat Portugal 2-1 at home.
This…
Croatia are rated 11 in the world by FIFA. In the World Cup 98 they finished an unexpected third, but failed dismally in 2006 with two draws against Japan and Australia. But they have always been strong qualifiers as England discovered…
Only rated fifth in the world by FIFA but the team everyone will fear, who as ever seem to be running into form with seven wins in eight outings including a 4-0 trouncing of Switzerland. Despite their record in the…
GROUP B
AUSTRIA:
The Wonderteam is on paper the weakest team of the competition, rated 101 in the world by FIFA. Apart from Belgium in 2000, all the host countries have always reached at least the semi-finals but Austria is very likely…
Euro 2008-05-07
History
The first tournament was held in France in 1960. From 17 countries that entered, it was an eastern block monopoly in the final, a theme that would dominate the early decades of the tournament The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1. Neither…
Group A: Analysis
Much of the attention has been focused on Group C as the potential group of Death for someone, but this is a finely balanced group and any team not coming out of the starting blocks quickly could find…
Switzerland are ranked 46 in the world by FIFA. On paper the co-hiosts are the weakest team in their group. But they are improving. They lost out to France and England at the group stage in 2004 and made the last…
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