вик услугиSource: UEFA Euro 2020 via Facebook Last summer, Portugal shocked the world in the European Championship final as Eder, a relatively unknown quantity on the international stage, scored an injury-time winner to shock host nation France. If truth be told, it wasn’t a memorable tournament – it certainly wasn’t as exciting or entertaining as Euro 2012, held across both Ukraine and Poland. Spain were the dominant force in international football back then, having won both Euro 2008 and a first World Cup crown in 2010. Therefore, it wasn’t exactly […]
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The Poland-Ukraine World Cup qualifying game at the National Stadium in Warsaw provided an opportunity for both nations to celebrate the legacy of Euro 2012 through anti-racism and pro-diversity activities organized by the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association. Thousands of fans and hundreds of journalists received Polish and Ukrainian-language leaflets with information about anti-racist activities run by ‘NEVER AGAIN’ and the FARE network. An anti-discrimination manifesto was read out on the stadium tannoy shortly before kick-off and a video reminding of the Euro 2012 ‘Respect Diversity’ message was shown on the big […]
Facts and figures ahead of the Euro 2012 group match between the Czech Republic and Poland at the Stadion Miejski in Wroclaw. Czech Republic have won 13 and lost just six of 23 internationals against Poland (including games played as the former Czechoslovakia). Poland’s six wins against the Czechs have come in their last six games on home turf against them. The Czechs seem to have a leg-up on Poland, since a draw would most likely get them through as well, but Poland is also playing on their home turf, […]
Co-hosts are hoping Borussia Dortmund’s Lukasz Piszczek, Jakub Blaszczykowski and Robert Lewandowsk can reproduce their club success on the international stage It is a paradox of football that the hosts of a tournament can enjoy a low profile. Attention will, of course, soar when Poland take the field against Greece in the opening match of Euro 2012, but Franciszek Smuda’s side can be pleased that they have only provided meagre information for their opponents. The same can be said of the co-hosts Ukraine, yet it is Poland who could be […]
Peter Schmeichel, Davor Suker, or Predrag Mijatović – among others those footballers will be ambassadors of Carlsberg Man of the Match Award given to the best player at the end of eve-ry match at European Championships. That means that they or other football legends will be present during the tournament in Wrocław for at least three times. A EURO legend, invited by the UEFA President Michel Platini, will be present at every match throughout the championships. He will decide which player will be recognized as the best footballer of the […]
In opinion of Lorenzo Bernardi, Italians and Spaniards are the main favorites of European football championships. “It won’t be easy, but I think that my compatriots will be playing with Spaniards twice – in the group and after that … in the final match,” he said. Italians play in Group C (Gdańsk, Poznań) together with Croatia and Ireland. Bernardi is go-ing to watch the matches on TV and thinks that many Italian fans will come to see the tour-nament live. „I hope, that they will visit not only Poland, but […]
Bookmakers’ tips are inseparable element of every great sports event. Many people conform to them by nominating the tournament favorite and acting in accordance with the famous sentence: “the bookie always wins.” Others treat it as an opportunity to become rich: they bet on their favorites or look for “dark horses” of the tournament. So let’s check what the chances of individual national teams look like according to 6 renowned bookmakers: William Hill, Unibet, Expekt, Paddy Power and Bet-at-Home. All of them tip unanimously the Spaniards, the present world and […]
The stakes and expectations are higher for Poland as co-host of Euro 2012. For the Polish team, this will be their second European Championship campaign after a poor outing at the 2008 tournament. They finished last in the Group in their debut tournament. Our reporter, who was in Poland recently, looks at Poland’s chances for Euro 2012. That’s the question on the minds of millions of Polish fans who are hoping to cheer their team on at this year’s European Championships. Defender Jakub Wawrzyniak admits that his team are not […]
Fernando Santos claims that at Euro he would have the best defense from all teams participating in the tournament. The ill-considered statement of „Hellas” head coach has already caused a lot of confusion below the Acropolis. Fernando Santos blurted out that during Euro he would have at his disposal the best defense from all teams taking part in the tournament. Pictures with his silhouette immediately appeared on all colorful covers of the country’s largest magazines. Even the Greeks, who are considered to be excessively optimistic, didn’t believe in the declarations […]
The favorites of the coming European football championships are Spaniards and Germans. The title’s defenders, who defeated the Germans four years ago, have a chance of about 34 per cent to win the whole tournament; that results from the analyze of bookmakers betting predictions Euro 2012 winner. Poland’s odds to be winner are much smaller, but as a compensation, our team can really count on advance to the next stage. Betting on Poland can bring you a fortune, because in case of White-and-Red victory, for every PLN bet on that […]