The finals are here with Germany taking on Spain.The Germany Turkey game was full of goals but Germany came out on top at the end with a 3-2 win.Spain beat Russia with Fabregas showing off some great football with his sweet passes and play making.Hopefully he gets a start in the final because he truly changed the game when he came on in the second half for the injured David Villa.
Tonight’s the big semifinal game as Germany take on Turkey.Most of the Turkish stars are out with injuries and suspension but they do seem to have the determination to go all the way.The Germans who beat Portugal seem to have regained their form and are sure to go all out to reach the finals where they will play either Spain or Russia.
Spain beat Italy in a penalty shoot out this morning sending them into the semifinals.Spain had some great chances throughout the game and deservedly won the penalty shoot out with Spain keeper Iker Casillas making some magnificent saves.
No football tonight but the semifinals start tomorrow and here is the schedule.
Germany VS Turkey
Russia VS Spain
The Germans are likely candidates for the finals but Turkey have caused upsets all the way and they have the determination and fighting spirit to go all the way.The first Russia and Spain played in the group stages Spain won 4-1 so lets see if history is about to repeat itself when they play again in the Semifinals of Euro 2008.
This morning the Dutch mercenary Guus Hiddink saw his Russian side beat the in form Holland 3-1 after extra time.The Dutch played quite poorly and paid for their poorness.Russian Andrei Arshavin had a fantastic game and scored a goal as well.
Tonight its the last match of the quarter finals as Spain play the world cup winners Italy.Italy were lucky to even qualify for the quarter finals so lets see if lucks on their side again tonight…
Hey everyone,sorry for the late update…had a 5 a side game yesterday and spent today looking for good food around KL.Anyways 2 teams have reached the next stage of the competition.Germany showed their class and finished of Portugal 3-2 and Bastian Schweinsteiger scored a wonder goal as well.Turkey and Croatia played a dull and boring game up til the last 2 minutes of extra time.Croatia scored first then Turkey came right back on the 121 st minute taking the game to penalties which Turkey won after Croatia missed 3 shots.The Turkish goalie Rüştü Reçber was absolutely amazing last night.
Tonight the two Dutch coaches take on each other as Holland play Russia which is sure to be a cracker of a game….
Some Arsenal news for you,according to 2 rubbish newspaper in Spain called Marca and El Mundo Adebayor has put in a transfer request and wants to leave Arsenal.It also stated that he is about to join Barcalona and Arsenal have started looking for a replacement with Roque Santa Cruz in mind.Hmm well i think this sounds like absolute shite cause even if we did eventually lose Adebayor we could do better than Roque Santa Cruz.I mean what the fuck?Roque Santa Cruz….come on he’s a decent player but there are loads of other better players around.Lets bring in Huntelaar or Podolski or even David Villa instead.Is it just me or is Arsenal falling apart…Are we becoming push overs?Here’s a list of this seasons raid casualties:-
Flamini-Left for AC Milan
Hleb-Wanted by Barcelona and AC Milan
Adebayor-Wanted by Barcelona ,AC Milan and Inter Milan
Van Persie-Wanted by Inter Milan
Clichy-Wanted by AS Roma and Juventus
This is a sad state of affairs….
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Sweden failed to qualify after losing 2-0 to Russia.Guus Hiddink’s Russian team fought hard with Arshavin coming back into the squad and making a big difference.Spain beat Greece 2-1 with Dela Red playing some amazing football.Tonight its the start of the quarterfinals.
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Thursday 19 June 2008
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Friday 20 June 2008
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Saturday 21 June 2008
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Sunday 22 June 2008
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Italy booked a place in the next round by beating France 2-0 and as Romania lost 2-0 to Holland.Its sad really that Romania didnt qualify after all their hard work,the Italians will be happy since they qualified even after some terrible performances from their aging side.Tonight Spain play Greece and Sweden play Russia.
Firefox 3 is out!!!So make sure you get it.Stop supporting Internet Explorer and Microsoft…And my what a lovely site mozilla has now…Great job guys
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Got kinda bored of the format i was using to talk about the Euro games previously.So ive decided to take it more casually and kick it.So far Portugal and Turkey from Group A and Croatia and Germany from Group B have qualified for the next round.Turkey showed determination to come back from 2-0 to will 2-3 against the Czech Republic and Germany relied on a super freekick from Micheal Ballack to beat Austria 1-0 and qualify.Tonight the members of the Group of Death kick off with Holland vs Romania and Italy vs France.Holland have already qualified and appear to be favorites to win the competition.
Some Arsenal news for today as well.Afew days ago Arsenal made their first signing of the season,the 17 year old Welsh wonderkid Aaron Ramsey.Ramsey who was being chased by Everton,Man united and Arsenal was said to be joining Man United when all of a sudden he decided to join the Gunners instead.Well good on ya soon!Welcome to the club…
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Day 5
Croatia(2) Vs Germany(1)
Croatia comfortably beat a lack lustered German side to edge closer to the next stage.The German side were hot favorites to win the competition.
Key Players
Ivica Olić-A Croatian striker with lots of determination and spirit but never enough goals.He scored yesterday and its truly remarkable when he scores.
Stipe Pletikosa-The Croatian goal keeper made some wonderful saves yesterday to help his contry to the second round.
Austria(1) Vs Poland(1)
The game that ended a stalemate but could have been all entirely different if Austria didnt miss the amount of chances they had on goal.
Key Players
Ivica Vastic-Came on as a sub in the game and scored a penalty
Artur Boruc-The Polish goal keeper who made some wonder saves and undoubtedly earned himself the man of the match last night.
Roger Guerreiro-Brazilian born Polish striker who showed how samba is like in Poland.Definitely a player to watch out for in the future.
Tonight the group of death play with Romania taking on Italy and France taking on Holland.Its gonna be an exciting display of football tonight so dont miss out on it.
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Day 3
Romania(0) Vs France(0)
A dull and boring game where France played absolutely terrible.Credit to Romania who played some excellent holding football
Key Players
Franck Ribery-Played some great passes and made some awesome forward runs that caused Romania alot of trouble.
Team Romania-The dark horses of the group kept frustrating France all the way and it will be interesting to see them in their next few games.
Netherlands(3) Vs Italy(0)
Hands down the best game of the tournament so far with Holland playing some wonderful short pass counter attacking football.An old and tired Italian side could not cope with youthfulness and hunger of the Dutch.
Key Players
Wesley Sneijder-Scored a wonder goal and played some magnificent football all around.
Alessandro Del Piero-Came on late and had some good chances.Should get a start in the next game hopefully.
Day 4
Spain(4) Vs Russia(1)
Spain totally dominated the game and demolished Russia.The Russians do deserve credit for their passion and determination to fight.We will definitely see Spain in the latter stages of the competition.
Key Players
David Villa-Hat-trick Hero Villa showed his first class finishing and will be a big contender for the Golden Boot.
Roman Pavlyuchenko-Russia’s goal scorer was a livewire the entire match and got his reward with a great goal in the 86th minute..
Sweden(2) Vs Greece(0)
The holders Greece were soundly beaten by an old and experienced Sweden side.Greece played some horrible football and its time they change their tactics that mainly consists of passing the ball around in defense for atleast 3-5 minutes before shooting off a high ball to a striker which always seems to miss the pass.
Key Players
Henrik Larsson-The iconic Swede was recalled to the squad for the tournament and was an integral part of the team.
Fredrik Ljungberg-Former Arsenal winger and my favorite player had a great match proving that he still has the pace creativity to do wonders
Zlatan Ibrahimovic-Scored a wonderful goal and had some good attempts throughout the game.Oh yes and his goal was his first in 3 years….suprising!!!
Day 5
Portugal(3) Vs Czech Republic(1)
Portugal qualified for the second round after finishing off Czech Republic.
Key Players
Cristiano Ronaldo-Scored a goal and then set up two more.Had a great match yesterday and will have many more to come in the next round.
Switzerland(1) Vs Turkey(2)
Hosts Switzerland are out of the tournament after their side lost to Turkey who got a late winner from Arda Turan.
Tonight Croatia take on Germany and hosts Austria play Poland.
