Posts Tagged ‘euro 2012’
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England vs Italy Match Report
0June 25, 2012 by Saikat Chatterjee
Final Score: England 0-0 Italy (Italy won 4-2 on Penalties)
England: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner, Gerrard, Parker, Young, Rooney, Welbeck.
Italy: Buffon, Abate, Barzagli, Bonucci, Balzaretti, Pirlo, Marchisio, De Rossi, Montolivo, Balotelli, Cassano.
England’s quarter-final jinx continued as the three lions crashed out of this year’s European championships on penalties. Italy progressed into the semi-finals of the competition on the back of an inspiring display by their senior most players, Pirlo and Buffon.
Category EURO 2012, Reports | Tags: England Italy match report, England lineup, euro 2012, Italy lineup
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England vs Italy Match Preview
2June 24, 2012 by Saikat Chatterjee
Venue - NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Kick off – 19:45 BST
Possible Line-ups
England (4-4-1-1): Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner, Gerrard, Parker, Young, Rooney, Carroll.
Italy (4-1-3-2): Buffon, Abate, Bonucci, Barzagli, Balzaretti, Marchisio, Pirlo, De Rossi, Motta, Cassano, Balotelli.
The three lions come face to face with the Azzurris in a thrilling quarter final clash in Kiev tonight. Roy Hodgson’s England will looking to put an end to their quarterfinal jinx as the Italians will hoping to put their poor track record in major tournaments off late behind them.
Category EURO 2012, Previews | Tags: england, England Italy analysis, England Italy prediction, England Italy preview, England line up, England preview, England vs Italy, euro 2012, Italy, Italy lineup, Italy preview, line up, preview, quarter final
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Sweden 2 France 0- Match report
0June 20, 2012 by Adam Gray
France surrendered their 22 match unbeaten record with a slow, disjointed performance in Kiev that will have Laurent Blanc concerned about his sides chances of going past the quarter-final stage of this tournament. France will now play Spain as they finished runners-up in Group B thanks to this defeat to a Swedish side that had already been eliminated.
Despite the French sporadically threatening in a nervy affair, the Swedes had the majority of the chances and took the lead through a superb Zlatan Ibrahimovic volley shortly after half-time, before Sebastian Larsson sealed the win in the final stages of the match. Whilst the result restored a great deal of pride to a poor tournament for Erik Hamren’s men, the French will head into Saturday’s difficult encounter with Spain facing questions over their mentality after limping through the group stage.
Category EURO 2012, Reports | Tags: Adil Rami, Alliou Diarra, Anders Svensson, Christian Wilhelmsson, Edir Bajrami, Erik Hamren, euro 2012, euro 2012 group D, France, Franck Ribery, Hugo Lloris, Jeremy Menez, Jonas Olsson, Kiev, Kim Kallstrom, Laurent Blanc, Martin Olsson, Mathieu Debuchy, Ola Toivanen, Olivier Giroud, Olof Mellberg, Phillipe Mexes, Samir Nasri, Sebastian Larsson, Spain, Sweden, Thomas Granqvist, Yann M'Villa, Yohann Cabaye, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Denmark vs Germany Match Report
0June 18, 2012 by Saikat Chatterjee
Final Score: Denmark 1-2 Germany (Podolski 19’ , Krohn-Dehli 24’, Bender 80’)
Denmark (4-2-3-1) – Andersen Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, S Poulsen, Kvist, Zimling, J Poulsen, Eriksen, Krohn-Dehli, Bendtner
Germany (4-2-3-1) – Neuer, Bender, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Muller, Ozil, Podolski, Gomez
Germany continued their brilliant form with three wins out of three as the Germans brushed a spirited Danish unit aside without much fuss. Denmark needed a comfortable victory to have any kind of chance of progression from the group of death. However, the task was a mammoth one.
Category EURO 2012, Reports | Tags: Denmark, Denmark Germany analysis, Denmark Germany line up, Denmark Germany report, Denmark Germany tactics, euro 2012, germany
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Denmark vs Germany Match Preview
0June 17, 2012 by Saikat Chatterjee
Venue: Arena Lviv, Lviv
Kick-off: 19:45 BST.
Probable Teams
Denmark (4-2-3-1) – Andersen Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, S Poulsen, Kvist, J Poulsen, Mikkelsen, Eriksen, Krohn-Dehli, Bendtner
Germany (4-2-3-1) – Neuer, Bender, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Muller, Ozil, Podolski, Gomez
Germany and Denmark will face off in a crucial Group B encounter in order to secure a safe passage through to the Quarter finals of the European championships.
The Danes will be craving for nothing short of a victory, as a defeat will mean elimination from the competition. Having won the opening game of the group against Netherlands, Denmark quashed the talks of them being the minnows of the group.
Category EURO 2012, Previews | Tags: Denmark, Denmark Germany lineup, Denmark Germany prediction, denmark preview, Denmark vs Germany, euro 2012, Germany Denmark analysis, Germany Denmark preview, germany line up, germany preview, Group b, line up
