England exited Euro 2012 on penalties after misses by Ashley Young and Ashley Cole allowed the Italians to deservedly progress to a semi-final against Germany. Roy Hodgson’s side were unchanged from their winning game against Ukraine and had a good spell early in the first half of this contest but fatigue set in and the […]
Germany Semi waiting for England or Italy
Germany booked their place in the Euro 2012 Semis with a comfortable 4-2 win over Greece despite being pegged back to 1-1 early in the second half after former Manchester City striker Giorgios Samaras levelled the game. German coach Joachim Loew saw fit to rest several players in the expectation that the Greeks would be […]
England incentive to top Group D
Under-par Spain left it late to score and top group C but Jesus Navas finished off a hard working Croatia side who had their chances to take a shock lead and perhaps even condemn Spain to an ignominious exit as Italy beat the Republic of Ireland, who had Keith Andrews sent off, 2-0 in the […]
Dutch crash out of Euro 2012 after defeat by Portugal
PORTUGAL 2, HOLLAND 1 The “Group of Death” claimed a surprise victim tonight as Holland were dumped out of Euro 2012 having been beaten by Germany, Denmark and now Portugal. Former United striker Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal overhauled an early Dutch goal by Rafael Van der Vaart to sink a poor Holland side […]
UEFA open disciplinary proceedings against Croatia for racist chanting
UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against the Croatian Football Federation for racist chanting, firework throwing and display of racist banners in the crowd during their match against Italy on Thursday. A statement issued by UEFA read: “Uefa has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Croatian Football Federation for the setting-off and throwing of fireworks, and the […]