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HUNGARY 3 - 2 GREECE 2008-05-25 06:27:50 Hungary 3-2 GreeceErwin Koeman celebrated his debut at the helm of the Hungarian national squad by handing Greece their first defeat since last August.
Second-half comebackThe Dutch coach saw his side play with greater vigour than their opponents in Budapest to turn the match around after they had fallen behind just before the interval to [...]
GOKHAN INJURIED AND LEAVE TURKEY PROVISIONAL SQUAD 2008-05-25 06:24:42 Turkey right-back Gökhan Gönül has been removed from their provisional UEFA EURO 2008™ squad due to a bruised second-metatarsal bone in his right foot.
Four-week restTurkey coach Fatih Terim announced the decision together with national team doctors Bülent Bayraktar and Cengiz Dinç. “Scans have showed that Gökhan should be rested for at least four weeks [...]
NETHERLANDS 3 - 0 UKRAINE 2008-05-25 06:22:14 Netherlands 3-0 UkraineThe Netherlands continued their build-up to UEFA EURO 2008™ with a comfortable 3-0 victory against Ukraine at the De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam thanks to goals from Dirk Kuyt, Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Ryan Babel.
Experimental teamDutch coach Marco van Basten, who still has to trim his squad from 26 to 23 players, [...]
CROATIA 1 - 0 MOLDOVA IN EURO 2008 WARMUP GAME 2008-05-24 15:28:29 Niko Kovac capped a first-half flurry with a goal in the 30th minute, and Croatia withstood a late rush by Moldova for a 1-0 victory Saturday in the team’s first of two preparation matches for the European Championship.
Kovac’s header off a cross from Ivan Rakitic followed a period in which Igor Budan, Ivica Olic and [...] Read more:MOLDOVA
SWITZERLAND 2 - 0 SLOVAKIA IN EURO 2008 WARMUP GAME 2008-05-24 15:27:11 Switzerland enjoyed a 2-0 friendly win over Slovakia on Saturday, just two weeks before the Euro 2008 championships, which they are co-hosting, get underway.
Midfielder Valon Behrami opened the scoring in the 56th minute before he then turned provider seven minutes later setting up the second goal for veteran striker Alex Frei.
Captain Frei is [...]
HENRY TO RETIRE FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL AFTER EURO 2008 2008-05-24 13:23:30 France striker Thierry Henry has admitted that the prospect of retiring from international soccer after next month’s Euro 2008 tournament has crossed his mind.
“I have thought about retiring after Euro 2008,” Henry told French sports daily L’Equipe in an interview published on Friday. “I’m not going to say I’m not thinking about it. [...]
AUSTRIA 4 - 1 CUBA 2008-05-24 13:17:26 Austria beats Cuba 4-1 in Euro 2008 warmup game in empty stadium
The unofficial match consisted of three periods of 35 minutes each without spectators or press attending.
Sanel Kuljic’s header gave Austria the lead after 11 minutes, before Jaime Colome leveled the score for Cuba on a free kick nine minutes later.
A penalty kick by Rene [...]
ROMANIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION REJECTS EURO 2008 BONUS OFFER 2008-05-24 13:03:56 The Romanian Soccer Federation (FRF) has rejected an offer from Steaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali to give the national team bonuses of up to 5.5 million euros ($8.65 million) if they are successful at Euro 2008.
“We don’t need any bonus from Becali, who could invest his money to improve Steaua’s performance or help [...] Read more:ROMANIAN
RIBERY AND THE EURO 2008 TROPHY 2008-05-24 11:05:22 Franck Ribery has a plan if France wins the European Championship. He wants to keep the trophy.
“I won’t do a lap of honour, I will take it home with me,” the 25-year-old winger joked Friday.
Ribery goes into Euro 2008 after an impressive first season with Bayern Munich that saw him score 18 goals [...]
SWEDEN 1 - 0 SLOVENIA IN EURO 2008 WARMUP GAME 2008-05-26 19:09:57 Sweden 1-0 SloveniaTobias Linderoth scored the only goal as Sweden continued their build-up to UEFA EURO 2008™ with a narrow victory against Slovenia.
Rare strikeThe goal was only the second for the midfielder in 74 international appearances and capped a dramatic return to competitive football after six months without action at Galatasaray AS. The 29-year-old [...]
HICKERSBERGER HOPES THAT AUSTRIA WOULD BE A SURPRISE 2008-05-26 18:58:28 It is not easy supporting Austria at the moment. After a run of one win in ten games, Josef Hickersberger’s side finally seemed to have turned the corner when they raced into a 3-0 lead against the Netherlands on 26 March. What a false dawn that turned out to be. The Oranje regrouped, hit [...]
ONE FOR ENGLAND FANS 2008-05-26 18:55:09 Here’s a post for all England fans who will be switching their TV off for two weeks, or will have to resort to watching Big Brother on Channel 4 (although some people have said that watching BB is enough to make any person switch off their TV for good). Most readers might be able to [...]
GOLDEN BALL - BALLON D’OR - THE PRE EURO 2008 CANDIDATES 2008-05-26 18:44:51 France Football’s European Footballer of the Year award is defunct with the contest thrown open to players at clubs beyond European shores. As such, it’s now best to just call it the Golden Ball or Ballon D’Or. Semantics aside, it’s still the most significant personal honour a player can win. It has history, it has [...]
BLASZCZYKOWSKI BLOW FOR POLAND 2008-05-26 18:38:43 Poland’s preparations for Euro 2008 have been hit by an injury to midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski.
The right-winger is now doubtful to feature in Poland’s remaining warm-up matches ahead of next month’s tournament in Austria and Switzerland after he strained a thigh muscle in a friendly 1-0 win over Swiss second division side FC Schaffhausen.
But early [...]
PEPE SAYS PORTUGAL HAVE STRONG POSSIBILITIES TO WIN EURO 2008 2008-05-26 18:34:38 Defender wants Ronaldo to join him at Real Madrid
Portugal’s Brazilian born central defender Pepe is in little doubt as to his team’s chances of success in the upcoming tournament in Austria and Switzerland. “Portugal have strong possibilities to win Euro 2008,” said the Real Madrid centre-back. Speaking at the training camp in Viseu, [...]
WILL HOOLIGANS SPOIL EURO 2008? 2008-05-26 18:31:28 That is the question that some of the nation’s media has been asking following a spate of violence at several games. Those responsible for Euro 2008 insist they are up to the job and extra manpower and security checks will reduce the risk of any trouble.
Swiss police are less than a fortnight away from a [...]
LUCA MODRIC - CROATIA - EURO 2008 2008-05-26 18:27:59 The midfielder, who can also double as a second striker, is regarded as one of the finest and promising young talents in the world at the moment.
In 2007 he was voted Player of the Year in the Croatian League for Dynamo Zagreb. Despite this, the playmaker was still relatively unknown until he played [...]
FABIO CANNAVARO - ITALY - EURO 2008 2008-05-26 18:25:16 The 34 year-old World Cup-winner is still seen as one of the finest defenders in the game.
He proved this in the 2006 World Cup when he was probably the best player of the whole tournament.
Cannavaro, who stands only 5′9″ tall, was named FIFA World Player of the Year thanks to his performances for [...]
LUCA TONI - ITALY - EURO 2008 2008-05-26 18:22:35 The 31 year-old Italian seems to be in the form of his life, both for club and country.
First, he fired Bayern Munich to a league and cup double, scoring 24 goals in 31 appearances to finish as the league’s top scorer and another 10 goals in nine appearances in the cup.
Although not prolific [...]
ALEKSANDR PAVLENKO AND OLEG IVANOV MISSING EURO 2008. RUSSIA’S FINAL SQUAD FOR EUROS 2008-05-28 04:16:23 Midfielders Aleksandr Pavlenko and Oleg Ivanov have missed the cut after coach Guus Hiddink named his final 23-man Russia squad for UEFA EURO 2008™.
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‘No complaints’ FC Spartak Moskva’s Pavlenko and FC Krylya Sovetov Samara’s Ivanov have [...]
KHALID BOULAHROUZ STAYS HOME! FINAL SQUAD FOR NETHERLANDS FOR EURO 2008 2008-05-28 04:13:06 Netherlands coach Marco van Basten has settled on his final 23 players for UEFA EURO 2008™ with Khalid Boulahrouz the last player to be omitted from the 30-man provisional squad.
Disrupted season The 26-year-old Sevilla FC defender was called up last week due to fitness concerns surrounding fellow defenders André Ooijer and [...]
POLAND 1 - 0 ALBANIA IN EURO 2008 WARMUP GAME 2008-05-28 02:52:10 Poland 1-0 Albania An early goal by Maciej Żurawski was sufficient for Poland to gain a narrow victory against Albania in Reutlingen as they continued their preparations for UEFA EURO 2008™.
Early opener Żurawski wasted no time in giving his side the lead, striking in the [...]
CZECH REPUBLIC 2 - 0 LITHUANIA IN EURO 2008 WARMUP GAME 2008-05-28 02:49:08 Czech Republic 2-0 Lithuania Jan Koller scored in either half as the Czech Republic kicked-off their UEFA EURO 2008™ preparations with a win.
Koller double The tall striker struck six minutes before the break to cap a dominant first-half display from the Czechs at SK Slavia Praha’s [...]
AUSTRIA 1 - 1 NIGERIA IN EURO 2008 WARMUP GAME 2008-05-28 02:47:44 Austria 1-1 Nigeria The UEFA EURO 2008™ co-hosts failed to build on an early goal in Graz and had to settle for a draw in their penultimate friendly.
Early opener Josef Hickersberger fielded a starting XI that is unlikely to be the one that lines up against [...]
HELGE PAYER OUT, RAMAZAN OZCAN IN AUSTRIA’S SQUAD FOR EURO 2008 2008-05-28 02:46:32 Austria goalkeeper Helge Payer has been ruled out of UEFA EURO 2008™ and replaced in the squad by Ramazan Özcan because he urgently needs an operation for a stomach condition.
Shock diagnosis The 28-year-old from Bundesliga champions SK Rapid Wien was coach Josef Hickerberger’s likely tournament No1 until being diagnosed with partially [...]
FRANCE 2 - 0 ECUADOR 2008-05-28 02:44:04 France 2-0 Ecuador Bafétimbi Gomis pressed his claims for a place in France’s final UEFA EURO 2008™ squad by scoring twice on his debut.
Decision time With coach Raymond Domenech set to reveal on Wednesday which players from his provisional 30-man squad will miss out on a place [...]
GERMANY 2 - 2 BELARUS IN EURO 2008 WARMUP GAME 2008-05-28 02:29:18 Germany 2-2 Belarus Joachim Löw’s side let a two-goal lead slip in their penultimate friendly before UEFA EURO 2008™ in Kaiserslautern.
Belarus comeback Two early German goals had suggested a resounding win was on the cards but poor defending allowed the visitors to earn a draw. Miroslav [...]
ZURICH BIDS FOR PERFECT PITCH ON LETZIGRUND STADIUM 2008-05-27 03:47:57 A new pitch has been laid at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich to ensure an optimum playing surface when the arena hosts three UEFA EURO 2008™ games.
Well usedWith both local clubs, Grasshopper-Club and FC Zürich, sharing the stadium, the pitch had been used heavily during the Swiss Super League season, and it [...]
POLAND 1 - 1 MACEDONIA IN EURO 2008 WARMUP GAME 2008-05-27 03:44:04 Poland 1-1 F.Y.R. MacedoniaA late Radosław Matusiak penalty saw Poland snatch a 1-1 draw against F.Y.R. Macedonia in the first of their three pre-UEFA EURO 2008™ friendlies.Fringe optionsWith coach Leo Beenhakker testing out his fringe options with a view to choosing his final 23-man squad for the finals, Poland went behind just before half-time as [...]
ENGLAND 2 - 0 USA 2008-05-29 05:35:25 Alex Welby: “When will anyone work out that England overachieved with Sven in charge and lapsed back to their normal level immediately under McClaren?” he asks. “Even if Capello gets the best out of this lot, they will only ever reach the quarter-finals of tournaments before being knocked out on pens.”
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