UEFA EURO2012 - Live Match Discussions

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The countdown has began...finally its on!

After almost two month with circket, the football fever starts as the football fans around the world are readying themselves to cheer for their favourite teams.

On Friday June 8, 2012 the most prestigious international soccer tournament outside the World Cup will begin with Poland and the Ukraine serving as co-hosts.

In the next upcoming three weeks, 16 nations will battle each other for the European crown. Spain is the reigning European (and World Cup) champions and is among the top three favourites to walk away with the victory in this championship, along with Germany and the Netherlands. There are still several other teams that should not be underestimated and they can go far, if not the very top like Greece did 8 years back😛.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdeJiEn75Ug[/YOUTUBE]

Official Euro 2012 song by Oceana - Endless Summer

Edited by Aahaana - 07 June 2012 at 8:19pm

Intro of the each host cities and stadion the games will be played on:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDAxmJdZVEg&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]

Here is the groupstage:

Group A
Poland -OUT of Euro 2012
Greece - Qualifized to Quarterfinal
Russia -OUT of Euro 2012
Czech Republic - Qualifized to Quarterfinal

Group B
Netherlands -OUT of Euro 2012
Denmark -OUT of Euro 2012
Germany -Qualifized to Quarterfinal

Portugal -Qualifized to Quarterfinal

Group C
Spain
Italy
Ireland
Croatia

Who will win Euro 2012 and why?

Who will win Euro Cup's Gold Boot?

Who will be the most over-hyped player this year ?

How underrated are some of the teams?

Who's the most popular team?

Will the Underdogs shine at Euro 2012?

Which country will be this tournaments biggest dissapointment?

Will there be a match fixing scandal?

and

predict the two teams that will make to the knock out stage from each group!!!

Date	Venue	Details		Time
Fri 8th June	Warsaw	Poland v Greece		18.00
Fri 8th June	Wroclaw	Russia v Czech Republic		20.45
Sat 9th June	Kharkiv	Netherlands v Denmark		18.00
Sat 9th June	Lviv	Germany v Portugal		20.45
Sun 10th June	Gdansk	Spain v Italy		18.00
Sun 10th June	Poznan	Rep of Ireland v Croatia		21.45
Mon 11th June	Donetsk	France v England		18.00
Mon 11th June	Kiev	Ukraine v Sweden		20.45
Tue 12th June	Wroclaw	Greece v Czech Republic		18.00
Tue 12th June	Warsaw	Poland v Russia		20.45
Wed 13th June	Lviv	Denmark v Portugal		18.00
Wed 13th June	Kharkiv	Netherlands v Germany		20.45
Thu 14th June	Poznan	Italy v Croatia		18.00
Thu 14th June	Gdansk	Spain v Rep of Ireland		20.45
Fri 15th June	Kiev	Sweden v England		18.00
Fri 15th June	Donetsk	Ukraine v France		20.45
Sat 16th June	Wroclaw	Czech Republic v Poland		20.45
Sat 16th June	Warsaw	Greece v Russia		20.45
Sun 17th June	Kharkiv	Portugal v Netherlands		20.45
Sun 17th June	Lviv	Denmark v Germany		20.45
Mon 18th June	Gdansk	Croatia v Spain		20.45
Mon 18th June	Poznan	Italy v Rep of Ireland		20.45
Tue 19th June	Donetsk	England v Ukraine		20.45
Tue 19th June	Kiev	Sweden v France		20.45

Thu 21st June	A - Warsaw	Czech Republic v 2nd Group B	20.45
Fri 22nd June	B - Gdansk	1st Group B v Greece	20.45
Sat 23rd June	C - Donetsk	1st Group C v 2nd Group D	20.45
Sun 24th June	D - Kiev	1st Group D v 2nd Group C	20.45

Euro 2012 Semi Final Timetable / Schedule / Fixtures

Wed 27th June	Donetsk	Winner A v Winner C	20.45
Thu 28th June	Warsaw	Winner B v Winner D	20.45

Euro 2012 Final

Sun 1st July

Kiev

20.45

Credit:

Logo - Shareen ( Creazy Creative)

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Netherlands (4-2-3-1): Stekelenburg; Van der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Willems; De Jong, Van Bommel; Robben, Sneijder, Afellay; Van Persie

Germany (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Boateng, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm; Schweinsteiger, Khedira; Muller, Ozil, Podolski; Gomez

Afellay start .. yeah!!

awesome played by denmark

MATCH PREVIEW

One of the biggest rivalries in world football; an international-style Manchester United versus Liverpool, or Real Madrid versus Barcelona - it's hard not to heap hype on this tantalising Group B clash.

This fixture drew gasps when the draw was made in December, but a shock opening loss for Netherlands against Denmark means it is now vitally important: it's virtually do-or-die for the Dutch.

The 2010 World Cup finalists and top scorers in qualifying for Euro 2012 cling onto the cliff edge by their fingertips. That bizarrely blunt showing against Morten Olsen's Danes - when 28 goal attempts all went begging and one wondered if usually-sublime Robin van Persie had a twin brother playing in his place - could cost them dearly. And the Arsenal hitman: will he be replaced by Bundesliga top scorer Klaas-Jan Huntelaar?

Either way, if Denmark avoid defeat against Portugal, Bert van Marwijk's men take to the pitch knowing a win is the only result to realistically keep them afloat. A defeat will send the Dutch out unless Portugal win.

All this pressure, and it's against Germany: a nation who denied Total Football its crowning glory in the 1974 World Cup final, a result that sparked this enduring conflict, and who have now won 12 competitive games on the spin. Joachim Loew's side did not sparkle in beating Cristiano Ronaldo & Co. Still - they did the job. Both sides boast world-class attacking talent but it's the Dutch, however, who must now ape their enemy in being cold and clinical… and delivering the all-important result.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Germany and the Netherlands meet for a record-equalling fifth time at European Championships; only Germany and the Czechs (before and after 'velvet divorce' with Slovakia) can match that.
• The last time they met was a friendly in November in Hamburg, Germany beating a weakened Dutch side 3-0 - the Oranje's heaviest defeat since a 4-1 loss against England at Euro 1996.
• These countries have met 38 times (Netherlands winning 10 times, Germany winning 14). The Dutch have only played Belgium more, and the Germans have only played Switzerland more.
• Netherland (37) and Germany (34) were the top two goal-scoring nations in Euro 2012 qualifying.

Netherlands

• The last time the Dutch failed to progress from the group stage of a European Championships was in 1980, when their exit involved a defeat by West Germany. They did not qualify in 1984.
• They have won just three of their past eight games (losing against Sweden, Germany, Bulgaria & Denmark).
• Despite those four defeats in eight games, the Dutch have not lost back-to-back since 1995.
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's 12-goal haul in qualifying was one short of the overall individual record.
• At 18 years & 71 days old, PSV Eindhoven left-back Jetro Willems became the youngest-ever player to feature in a European Championships when he started against Denmark on Saturday.

Germany

• The team that beat Portugal was the youngest-ever starting XI Germany has fielded at a Euros.
• Match-winning goal-scorer Mario Gomez (who bagged 12 goals in this season's Champions League for runners-up Bayern Munich) had just eight touches in the first half against Portugal.
• Germany conceded fewer fouls than any other side in qualifying for Euro 2012.
• They have scored in their past 17 games. Their last blank was a goalless draw vs Sweden in November 2010.

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Substitute Silvestre Varela's late thunderbolt boosted Portugal's hopes of reaching the Euro 2012 last-eight.

A brace from Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner looked set to leave Paulo Bento's men facing an uphill task to advance from Group B.

Pepe's thumping near-post header put Portugal ahead, before Helder Postiga smashed in a close-range volley.

Denmark, knowing victory would put them on the brink of a quarter-final place, fought back with two Bendtner headers.