EURO 2012

… Andorra. “I can feel that the first blow on the whistle in the match with Greece it is getting nearer and nearer. I fear injuries the most, because we don’t have too many players of national team format,” admitted Smuda finally.

Provisional roster for Euro 2012:

Goalkeepers: Łukasz Fabiański, Wojciech Szczęsny, Przemysław Tytoń

Defenders: Sebastian Boenisch, Kamil Glik, Marcin Kamiński, Tomasz Jodłowiec, Damien Perquis, Łukasz Piszczek, Marcin Wasilewski, Jakub Wawrzyniak, Grzegorz …

…as The Wall of China, but we can still talk about it as one of the best formation of the current Leo Beenhaker’s team.
An experience and youth, charisma and youthful imagination, … shape and age are these factors which eliminate this player from a play in Euro 2012.

Mildfieders
Formation which consists of halfbacks is next to the defensive block the most important formation in very football team. Without perpendicular footballs from midfielders or high passes in the direction of penalty…

… expansion

Also to come from the Bordeaux meeting was an announcement that as of 2016, the European championship finals would be played in an expanded format, seeing 24 teams participate instead of the current 16. The decision was reached unanimously by the 13-man committee.

The expansion would also see Euro 2016 become a 51-match tournament — rather than the current 31-match format — played over four weeks rather than the current three.

source: Deutsche Welle

… the challenge ahead.
He told Reuters: “Compared to this time last year, I feel like I have more control – I am shaping the ball a little bit better.
“I certainly have good feelings going back to Dove Mountain and I love matchplay. I have a pretty good matchplay record, but you just never know with that format.”
Donald opens his bid for glory at Dove Mountain against South Africa’s Ernie Els, with the Englishman aiming to repeat a run which ended with victory over Martin Kaymer 12 months ago.

…the two main events that I am always aiming to win,” Selby said. “Everyone sees them as the pinnacle of our sport – it would be nice to win both.”
Meanwhile, defending champion and reigning world champion John Higgins has voiced his concern that all matches up until the semi-final stages will be over a reduced 11-frame format, which he feels could lead to more upsets.
The Scot added: “You always associate the UK Championship with the best of 17. That it’s been cut to 11 is very disappointing.”

…– Kyiv and Lviv are on track. Airports are being renovated and the first inaugurations are taking place. We are confident that everything will be done in time,” he told a press conference.

Poland’s venues – Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw – will all be finished by next June, he added.

Sixteen national teams will compete in a total of 31 matches at Euro 2012. The format of four groups of four teams will be used for the last time at Euro 2012. The France 2016 edition expands to 24 teams.

… the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network. The Council of Europe, the Polish Football Association and the Polish Former Football Players’ Association have also expressed their support for the project.

-’We have prepared the toolkit in a CD format, we have drawn from the best European experiences, and adapted them for use by Polish clubs. It is supposed to be a powerful instrument in the combat against discrimination, racism and prejudice. We propose good solutions and show how to …