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…
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…
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…
The two first games of the Group C have just taken place but we are now sure that this Death group will be one of the kind and that rather unexpectedly Italy and France might be the victims. In fact,…
One reason the Germans are Euro 2008 favourites is the draw. In terms of text book predictions, the top half of the draw is considerably lighter weight than the bottom half.
Germany could reach the final having only played one of the…
Historically the opening game of a tournament can be a nervy heavy affair with neither side fully warmed up, both cautiously believing that a draw is better than a defeat and the champagne football can wait a bit while they…
Mathieu Flamini’s drive in Arsenal’s midfield has not been enough to keep in him the French Euro 2008 team. Flamini has been left out of Raymond Domenech’s 23-man squad, along with Djibril Cissé, who has once again missed out on a…
At last the decades long secret of German football success is revealed at Palma de Mallorca…when they go training they don’t play football at all. They play basketball. Now why didn’t Sven think of that? Doubtless Fabio Capello has taken…
What a team the English Premier League could put out in Euro 2008?
Chelsea’s Petr Cech in goal (don’t worry if he gets injured again, the likes of Edwin van der Sar or Pepe Reina can step in), and in front…
If a lot of very famous players will miss the Euro 2008, numerous young talented players will and are very likely to star during the competition. Most of them are linked to moves in the biggest European clubs or already…
From Chris Turner
Thousands of Manchester United and Chelsea fans flock eastwards this week as Moscow hosts the biggest game in European club football; The UEFA Champions League final. Firstly, as we all know, it’s the first time two English clubs…
The aging controversial sage of Spanish football Luis Aragonés has a certain way with words.
“I’m the one, for better or worse, who has to choose and I have chosen.”
“It’s not a question of how many goals a player has scored…
France coach Raymond Domenech has dropped Juventus striker David Trezeguet in favour of Saint-Etienne striker Bafétimbi Gomis who has scored16 league goals this season.
In all there are seven Premiership players in the 30 man squad training at the high altitude ski resort of…
RUSSIA:
Russia are rated 25th in the world by FIFA.
They are far from being favorites but other teams will be wary of them after they knocked England out with that 2-1 victory in Moscow. And Zenith St Petersburg victory in the Uefa…
SPAIN:
Spain are rated 4th in the world by FIFA.
The ranking shows that Spain are a really good team, but for years and years they have stacked up wins in friendlies and not performed on the big stages. Only in February they…
On Saturday June 7 , the thirteenth edition of the European championship opens in Austria and Switzerland.
It was originally called the European Cup of Nations, created in 1960 by Henri Delaunay. Only four countries competed in the first tournament
The trophy…
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