EURO 2012

…Roy Hodgson.
“He is well respected. His biggest strength will be his honesty. Whatever he says on TV he would be prepared to say to a player’s face in the changing room.”
England have been drawn in Group D for the finals, where they will face France, Sweden and co-hosts Ukraine, while their path to the latter stages appears to be tough.
In the last eight, if they qualify, they will take on either the winners or the runners-up from Group C, which features holders Spain, Italy, Croatia and the …

… and six days later with Belgium in London’s Wembley.

During the tournament, Roy Hodgson’s protégées will be accommodated in Cracow.

At the group stage, they will be playing in Group D. On June 11, they will measure their strength with France in Donetsk, on June 15, with Sweden in Kiev and four days later with Ukraine – again in Donetsk.

Portugal Euro 2012 Squad

Goalkeepers – Green (West Ham), Hart (Man City) Ruddy (Norwich).

Defenders – Baines (Everton), Cahill (Chelsea),…

…said the coach Hamren announcing the Sweden’s lineup.

Sweden will play in group D and starts Euro 2012 on June 11, playing with Ukraine. On June 15, the team will measure its strength with England and four days later with France. All matches at this stage of championships will take place in Kiev.

Sweden’s squad lacks among others John Guidetti (Manchester City) who has health problems, Michael Almebaeck (Club Brugge), Oscar Wendt (Moenchengladbach), Marcus Olsson (Blackburn Rovers) …

…Last year showed that we can play with strong opponents,” said Smuda, who took over as coach in late 2009 from Leo Beenhakker after Poland’s failed World Cup qualifying campaign. ” OK, so we didn’t win, but we were good to watch. Against Germany, France and Portugal we fought as equals despite the fact that we don’t have a team that has played with that lineup at a tournament and hasn’t played against those sorts of opponents.

”That’s why I’m optimistic and why Poles are optimistic.”…

… Roy Hodgson should hand Liverpool team-mate Andy Carroll a place in his squad for this summer’s European Championships.

Hodgson will unveil his preliminary squad for the championships next Wednesday and has something of an attacking headache ahead of the opening game against France, which England are 13/8 to win with bet365.
Wayne Rooney is banned for the first two games and Carroll is one of a number of players hoping to stake a claim for a place up front. The Liverpool striker has been …

…. In this ranking, the Irish should be theoretically the whipping boys.

The Ukrainian national team, which is co-hosting the championships, has been far less lucky in the group draw than Poles. In Group D they are playing against England, France and Sweden, respectively. The best chance to make it to the quarterfinals the bookies give of course to the English. Close behind them are the French. The Tricolores have seriously rejuvenated their team, what can result in two ways: they can either…

… get out of the group,” Hodgson said.
“One is tempted to say, because it’s England, that success is only reaching the latter stages, or even the only success is winning, but I’d like people to cut us a bit of slack.”
England face France, Sweden and Ukraine in Group D in Poland and Ukraine, beginning their campaign against the French on 11th June in Donetsk.
They then take on Sweden four days later in Kiev and round off their group campaign against co-hosts Ukraine back in Donetsk on 19th June…

…locations where matches are to be held. A really poor communication with Donetsk also impacts the very moderate number of fans willing to go there to watch the match.

On June 11, England is playing in Donetsk their group opener with France. The passionate English fans that normally should have already bought all tickets available for them have purchased only half of the 7,000 entrance tickets available for them so far.

- Concerning Ukraine, the results are really good, explained Correia….

…Consequently, Beckenbauer believes Germany are capable of ending Spain’s reign as European champions in Poland and Ukraine later this year.

“The Spanish are still hungry and it should be a final between Germany and Spain – but then we win,” he said.

“But there are certainly a few teams that can win it: Netherlands, Italy, France, Portugal and England.”

Germany, who finished as runners-up to Spain in Euro 2008, have been drawn in the same group as the Netherlands, Portugal and Denmark.

… his Sweden team is not mentioned as the main candidate to win the title of Europe’s champion, by a happy coincidence, Ibrahimović can become the top scorer. In Italian league he has been recently showing an excellent effectiveness …..

Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid)

Another Real Madrid footballer in our rating and another serious candidate for the title of the best scorer. Within the “Royal” team Benzema is not as brilliant as Ronaldo, but nevertheless, nobody can deny that he is …