In the first match in Ukraine, one of the favorites of the whole tournament will meet the strong Danish team. The Danish can seriously endanger the Oranje national team; they take the 9th position in FIFA ranking, have won their elimination group by outrivaling Portugal and at Euro, they will surely be in very good condition. Morten Olsen’s team wasn’t lucky at group draw and was placed in the group of death. The Dutch, however, will play at Euro for the highest stakes and their goal is at least advancement […]
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In the opening match at Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, the Poles will pit themselves with the national team of Greece. The balance of matches with European Champions from 2004 is surprisingly positive for our team. Poland won 10 out of 15 matches, there were two draws and three times our team left the pitch defeated. Balance of goals is 29-11 to our benefit. For the last time, we had the chance to pit ourselves with Greeks in March last year, and the match ended with a goalless draw. […]
More and more politics, less and less sports. There is a real danger that European politicians will boycott the championships in Ukraine. Will EURO 2012 be the repetition from 1980 when West Europeans countries boycotted Olympic Games in Moscow due to the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan? The president of Germany Joachim Gauck was the first to cancel his participation at matches in Ukraine within the framework of EURO 2012; after that Angela Merkel and her ministers announced boycott of the Ukrainian part of EURO. Ukrainian Foreign Office shakes fists […]
A group of Polish folk-singing grandmothers on Wednesday won the race to choose Poland’s official team anthem for the looming European championships on home soil. The 18-member group “Jarzebina” – Polish for rowanberry – swept aside established opponents including established rock and pop names, a ska band and a rapper with their upbeat ethno-tune “Koko Euro Spoko”, which translates loosely as “Clucking Cool Euro”. Poland’s football association had opened its “White and Red Hit” competition to all comers, with the list honed down to 10 ahead of a live concert […]
New head coach Roy Hodgson, whose side are 9/1 with bookmaker to win Euro 2012, has warned fans not to expect too much from England in this summer’s European Championships.
Hodgson has been charged with trying to help the Three Lions to a first-ever maj…
Franz Beckenbauer said he believes manager Joachim Loew is in charge of the best Germany squad in the nation’s football history. The Bayern Munich legend lifted the World Cup as a player in 1974 and then as a manager in 1990, but he is of the opinion that neither group had the same strength in depth as the squad Loew is leading into Euro 2012. “We have always had a high level of quality in the national team squad,” Beckenbauer told Bild am Sonntag. “But Jogi, he now has the […]
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Real Madrid) Recently, the Portuguese is experiencing ones of his best moments in his current career. He has been scoring goals in series for Real Madrid team and is one of the main candidates to win the title of the best scorer in the Spanish Primera Division. If he is also the most effective at EURO, he will be the best football player of 2012. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden, AC Milan) He is told to be past his best years, but Zlatan wants to surprise everybody during EURO. […]
Given that the betting for the winner of Euro 2012 is so competitive, it is likely that you will get a good price if you can successfully back the winner. Spain have a crop of players that are very talented and if on form, should be a good bet to register a second success at the European Championships. Germany are always going to be a huge threat and look guaranteed to make it to the last four given their impressive record in major tournaments. Spain 3.25 3.50 3.40 3.50 3.50 […]
Bets on Euro 2012 is a lot of money to both football fans and for bookmakers. During the final tournament of Euro 2012 millions of fans will follow the European Championships in football, many bookmakers will try to attract them to their fans by offering Euro 2012 free bets and bonuses on Euro 2012 and offering special promotions. Event of such high rank guarantee the participation of top teams and world-class players. Almost certain is that during Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine will play for defending Spain, Holland, Germany, […]
For Polish team Euro 2012 is the most important football tournament in history. As the tournament co-hosts with Ukraine we will host the 14 best representations of the Old Continent. This will be our second start in the European Championship, the first four years ago on the fields of Austria and Switzerland we finished in the group stage with just one point gained. Now, as before four years ago, Polish players goal is a minimum to advance from the group. The task was made easier for us by the December […]