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Surprise! Hakan Sukur wasn’t in Turkish squad 2008-05-12 14:50:39 What a revelation! What people suspected in our blog it was confirmed. Turkey coach Fatih Terim has named a provisional 26-man squad for the EURO 2008 and the striker Hakan Sukur wasn´t there. The historical Top Scorer of Turkey National Team has been played eight matches during the qualifying and participated in the EURO´s 1996 and 2000 and the World Cup in 2002 when Turkey was third, but Teri Read more:Surprise
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Maniche won´t be in Switzerland 2008-05-12 14:48:10 Here we have the Portuguese squad named by Felipe Scolari few minutes ago. Maniche who represents Inter Milan, is not included.Goalkeepers: Quim (Benfica), Ricardo (Real Betis), Rui Patricio (Sporting). Defenders: Bruno Alves (FC Porto), Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart), Jorge Ribeiro (Boavista), Bosingwa (FC Porto), Pepe (Real Madrid CF), Miguel (Valencia CF), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea FC), Ricardo C Read more:Switzerland
The tournament starts today 2008-05-12 09:49:18 Interesting idea. For those fanatics who cannot wait until June 7th, we can say that EURO 2008 begins today. Why? Because tonight, Felipe Scolari will name the squad, 23 players who will be in Austria - Switzerland to play the EURO 2008 with the main idea to improve the performance realized four years ago, when Portugal arrived to the final match.Maisfutebol will follow the Brazilian trainer nomi
Zenit is the new UEFA champion; six players in the Russia team 2008-05-14 17:12:51 Russia's football coach Guus Hiddink has named a provisional squad of 25 players for the Euro 2008. He included six players from Zenit Saint Petersburg making good use of the great moment of the team that defeated Glasgow Rangers in Manchester.In the other hand the surprise was that Dynamo Moscow striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov has been left out.Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Ma Read more:champion
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Mutu, Chivu and Marica lead provisional Romania Squad 2008-05-14 10:51:58 Romania coach Victor Piturca has named 26 players who have chances to be part of the most difficult group of EURO 2008. They will play vs. France, Italy and Netherlands. Before the tournament the tricolorii will face the Montenegro Football National Team.The 26 Romanians:Goalkeepers: Bogdan Lobont (Dinamo Bucharest), Danut Coman (Rapid Bucharest), Marius Popa (Politehnica Timisoara).Defenders: Cr Read more:Squad
Switzerland´s Kobi Kuhn named provisional Euro 2008 squad 2008-05-14 09:41:38 Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (VfL Wolfsburg), Pascal Zuberbuhler (Neuchatel Xamax FC), Fabio Coltorti (Real Racing Club Santander).Defenders: Philipp Degen (BV Borussia Dortmund), Johan Djourou (Arsenal FC), Mario Eggimann (Karlsruher SC), Stephane Grichting (AJ Auxerre), Stephan Lichtsteiner (LOSC Lille Metropole), Ludovic Magnin (VfB Stuttgart), Patrick Müller (Olympique Lyonnais), Philippe Sen Read more:Switzerland
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Henrik Larsson is welcome back to be the Ibrahimovich partner 2008-05-14 00:33:49 Squads are coming and the surprises too. The 36-year-old forward Henrik Larsson was called by the Swedish coach, Lars Lagerback to play in the EURO 2008.Henrik had said goodbye to the Sweden National Team when the 2006 World Cup finished, but the player that is representing Helsingborgs IF reply "yes" to the Lagerback call.Many injuries during these weeks and the decision to have more experience i
23 names for Croatia 2008-05-13 15:51:11 Slaven Bilic named the official squad for the EURO 2008, resigning Eduardo Da Silva:Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Vedran Runje (Lens) y Mario Galinovic (Panathinaikos). Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Manchester City), Dario Simic (AC Milan), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Dario Knezevic (Livorno), Hrvoje Vejic (Tom Tomsk). Midfielders: Danijel Pranji Read more:Croatia
Petr Cech is the captain; Pavel Nedved out 2008-05-15 09:26:17 Juventus midfielder Pavel Nedved was not included by the coach Karel Bruckner in the 23-member Czech national team for the EURO 2008. Also Brueckner announced that the captain will be Petr Cech or Tomas Ujfalusi. Tomas Rosicky, injured, was discarded few weeks before.Before the tournament the Czech team will face Lithuania (next monday) and Scotland (on May 30th) both in Prague and during the EUR
Aragones confirmed the squad of 23 players without Bojan Krkic and Raul 2008-05-17 10:21:01 Luis Aragones confirmed the 23 players who will be in EURO 2008 representing the Spanish National Team that will be playing in the Group D against Russia, Sweden and Greece .The main absences are Bojan Krkic (FC Barcelona), tired, and Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid). Aragones preferred Zaragoza’s Sergio Garcia. It is hard to believe that Bojan, who is only 17 years old, has resigned the National Te
Marco Van Basten updated the squad: he called Khalid Boulahrouz 2008-05-17 00:42:17 You know, it is time to reorganize the teams, just as puzzles. Now it is Netherlands time because the original list from Marco
Van Basten has changed. The coach decided to cut Ajax defender Urby Emanuelson, AZ Alkmaar's Kew Jaliens, Valencia midfielder Hedwiges Maduro and PSV Eindhoven striker Danny Koevermans.Also Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan) said goodbye, so he must be replaced by Khalid
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What a shock! Marko Marin called by Joachim Low. Timo Hildebrand not. 2008-05-16 14:43:42 Marko Marin, who was born in Bosnia Herzegovina, admitted he was shocked by the inclusion in the Germany Squad for the EURO 2008.But who is Marko Marin? Although he played In the U-21 team last year, this midfielder who is 19 years old didn’t play any cap with the “A” squad. By the way his performances in the Second Bundesliga with Borussia Monchengladbach attracted Timo Hildebrand to be ca
Domenech named Bafetimbi Gomis and Trezeguet is left out of EURO 2008 2008-05-18 14:45:57 The French coach Raymond Domenech presented a list with 30 players selected for the EURO 2008. Eight of the thirty footballers represent Lyon, consecrated French champion this weekend.The trainer omitted the French-Argentinean David Trezeguet
. “His” place is being taken by Bafetimbi Gomis, the Saint Etienne forward who today is pretended by Sevilla and Newcastle United, and with 14 goals was t Read more:named
Klaas Jan Huntelaar: more goals for Netherlands 2008-05-20 17:14:15 It is clear that Ruud van Nistelrooy will not have all the Holland responsibility in this EURO 2008. Although the Real Madrid player is living a great moment, he will be very well accompanied in the penalty area.Klaas Jan Huntelaar is the main forward of Ajax. He made 37 goals in 39 matches during the season 2007-2008, 33 of them in the Dutch league. But the Huntinator goals are not limited to Aj Read more:Netherlands
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Inter Milan key would like to enjoy the EURO 2008 2008-05-20 12:53:22 Zlatan Ibrahimovic was not experiencing a good moment. His team, Inter
, was questioned after being eliminated of the UEFA Champions League and his injury left out him of the fields by seven weeks. The team missed him too much and underwent the Championship until the point to have to wait the last Date to shout champion because AS Roma discounted five points.But yesterday the Swedish star entered t Read more:Zlatan
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Antonio Cassano election left out Filippo Inzaghi of Italian Euro 2008 squad 2008-05-20 12:53:04 Roberto Donadoni presented 24 players whom will be training with the Italy National Team until May 28th, day that he will have to leave one of them because only 23 must travel to EURO 2008.The maximum newness was the entrance of the forward Antonio
Cassano and the exclusion of Filippo Inzaghi, which was the second Italian
Top Scorer in EURO 2008 qualifying and made 10 goals in the last 7 matches
Greece defeated Cyprus and Otto Rehhagel announced the EURO 2008 squad 2008-05-22 11:13:47 In Patras, defending champion Greece
got their Euro 2008 preparations off to a good start with a 2-0 friendly victory against Cyprus
.Greece dominated the game in front of 22,000 fans.18-year-old talent Sotiris Ninis was the best player and scored the opening goal in the fifth minute. Kostas Katsouranis scored the second in the 60th minute from a penalty shot. Coach Otto Rehhagel gave six under-21
Hakan Balta scores for the Turkey victory 2008-05-22 10:51:17 At Bielefeld, Germany, 2002 World Cup semifinalists Turkey
beat Slovakia 1-0 to give themselves a timely boost ahead of the Euro 2008. A goal by defender Hakan Balta in the second-half was enough to see the Turks to victory but their performance satisfied veteran coach Fatih Terim, who said he had not had six first choice players available to him including star forward Nihat Kahveci.Defensively t Read more:scores
Russia takes advantage of Pogrebnyak great moment and mangled Kazakhstan 2008-05-23 15:36:52 In the EURO 2008 preparation, today Russia
increased its confidence and defeated Kazakhstan
6-0 in Moscow thinking about Spain, Greece and Sweden, the National Teams that will take part of the Group D. Pavel Pogrebnyak scored from the penalty spot in the 27th minute at Lokomotiv stadium. Vladimir Bystrov connected on Pogrebnyak's cross into the box to make it 2-0 in the 44th. Konstantin Zyryanov s
Dirk Kuyt returned to the goal and Holland devastated Ukraine 2008-05-24 19:12:22 In its preparation for the EURO 2008, Dutch National Team defeated Ukraine
3-0. The goals arrived by the approach of Dirk Kuyt at 23 minutes, by Klaas Jan Huntelaar at 38 minutes and Ryan Babel at 18 in the second half. Kuyt had previously scored in the 2-1 defeat against Switzerland in August 2007. With a convincing performance Holland
demonstrated the powerful in Rotterdam thinking about Switze
Greece surprised by Hungary in the Koeman debut 2008-05-24 19:11:41 Greece allowed three goals in 16 minutes and Hungary
beat the EURO 2004 champion 3-2 in Budapest. This was the first match with Erwin Koeman in the Hungarian bench and Greeks last match before beginning defense of its continental crown.Greek Ioannis Amanatidis opened the match in the last occasion of the first half. But Balazs Dzsudzsak, Roland Juhasz and Krisztian Vadocz gave to return the indica Read more:Greece
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Alexander Frei follows in gust of wind, and Switzerland defeated Slovakia 2008-05-24 16:43:09 Switzerland, preparing for the EURO 2008, continues in the good footpath because the national team beat Slovakia (66th in the FIFA Ranking) 2 - 0 in Lugano. The goals arrived in a burst of 8 minutes. Behrami scored in the 11th minute of the second time opening the match while Alexander
Frei closed the match in the 18th minute.Captain Frei is now just one international goal away from the record of Read more:Switzerland
Croatia did not convince but Niko Kovac beat Moldova 2008-05-24 15:59:13 In Rijeka, the local team defeated Moldova (38th in FIFA Ranking) with only a single goal thinking about EURO 2008. Croatia
n captain Niko Kovac scored the goal in the 30th minute. Coach Slaven Bilic is searching for the EURO 2008 strikers after Eduardo da Silva injury, and tried Ivic Olic and Igor Budan in the first half, and Ivan Klasnic and Nikola Kalinic after the break.The line-ups:Croatia: P
In spite of Nihat Kahveci great goal, Uruguay defeated Turkey 2008-05-25 22:31:00 In a friendly match played in Bochum, Germany, as part of the preparation for the EURO 2008 Uruguay
defeated Turkey
3-2 . In a match that we had the opportunity to watched, Turks and Uruguayan faced after more than 20 years in which Real Murcia´s goalkeeper Héctor Fabian Carini played his 70th international match.Arda Turan opened the match for Turkey at moments at which Kazim Kazim played in g
Samir Nasri technique and Gomis goals gave French victory 2008-05-27 17:33:48 In Grenoble, France defeated Ecuador 2-0 searching the best team for the EURO 2008.The French
victory arrived thanks to two amazing goals from Bafetimbi Gomis responding Raymond Domenech expectations. The first goal was a shot from outside of the penalty area, and the second one was made by a volley shot hit without letting bounce after a delicious pass from Nicolas Anelka. This match was the fir
Jan Koller is on fire and Czech Republic beats Lithuania 2008-05-27 17:19:15 After some matches whom we saw more surprises than good football, CzechRepublic
beat Lithuania
2-0 in Prague.Czech Republic
showed superiority in almost all the game, even though when the match already was 2-0. Despite Tomas Rosicky absense for the whole EURO 2008, tonight it might win by more goals.Koller is 35 years old and scored 53 goals (!) in 86 matches representing the National Team. His a
Ballack played, but Germany was surprised by Vitali Bulyga 2008-05-27 15:30:41 In the Fritz Walter Stadion, in Kaiserslautern; Germany
and Belarus tied 2-2 as part of the Mannschaft EURO 2008 preparation.In 20 minutes Germany was winning 2-0, due to an attractive goal made by Miroslav Klose (10 minutes) and a Vladimir Korytko auto goal after an Odonkor possession.In spite of Michael Ballack
presence, two goals from Vitali Bulyga in the second half on 16th and 43th minute ga
Radoslaw Matusiak penalty kick saved Poland of an historical defeat... And Georgiev wasn’t there! 2008-05-26 18:33:39 In Reutlingen, Germany, Poland
only drew against Macedonia 1-1. Coached by Srecko Katanec, Macedonia put itself in advantage when Goran Maznov scored in the 45th minute. At the end, lacking seven minutes, Radoslaw Matusiak turned a penalty kick in a goal to finish the match even.Macedonia FYR, all known as The Red Lions or The Red-Yellows, is 56th in FIFA ranking but they have defeated Croatia la Read more:saved
Tobias Linderoth goal allowed Swedish victory in Larsson comeback 2008-05-26 15:43:38 In another match preceding the EURO 2008, Sweden defeated Slovenia 1-0 in Goteborg. Tobias
Linderoth goal at 41 minutes sealed the victory that in the previous conversations Sweden be supposed to win by more goals against a team who is 74th in the ranking FIFA.Tobias Jan Hakan Linderoth, central midfielder inGalatasaray, scored his goal number six with the Swedish
t-shirt. 21.000 people in the Ul Read more:comeback
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