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 […]
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Rooney back with a bang
UKRAINE 0, ENGLAND 1 Wayne Rooney created positive headlines on his long-awaited return to action as he steered England into the quarter finals of Euro 2012. The striker, back after a two-match international ban, made up for lost time scoring the matchwinning goal against hosts Ukraine in his first appearance in the tournament. Most importantly, […]
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 […]
England finally beat Swedish hoodoo
ENGLAND 3, SWEDEN 2 It was a game made all the more exciting by a litany of mistakes on both sides but England finally put their decades long hoodoo against Sweden behind them with a nail biting win in Kiev after Theo Walcott came on to rescue them from a losing position. Olaf Mellberg thought […]
Solid start for England
It finished a well deserved 1-1 for England against France in the opening match of their group in Euro 2012. Manchester-based players were heavily involved in the first half of the England v France match. James Milner could have opened the scoring after running onto a through ball by Ashley Young. He was forced wide […]