EURO 2012

… 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 Republic of Ireland.

…of the old continent. In 1988, after the victory, a draw and a defeat it was eliminated from the tournament already after the group stage.

Ireland, 19 in FIFA rankings, had to accept in the qualifying games the superiority of Russia, and after ten meetings, having collected 21 points, qualified…given to the Croats, but the Irish have the heart to fight, and certainly will not want to play the role of the whipping boys.

Ireland Euro 2012 Squad
The Euro 2012 Ireland squad is not yet known.

Bosnia, Herzegovina and Hungary will be competitors of Ireland national team in the final period of preparations for the European Championships, which from June 8 to July 1 will be held in Poland and Ukraine.

The Ireland national team will play with Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 26 at Aviva Stadium in … Stadium in Gdynia. They will arrive to Poland on June 5.

During the European Championships Ireland will play in Group C with Croatia and Italy (10 and 18 June in Poznan)…

…: Spain – Italy (PGE Arena Gdansk, Gdansk, 17:00)
Group C: Republic of Ireland – Croatia (Municipal Stadium Poznan, Poznan, 19:45)

Monday, June 11
Group D: France…C: Italy – Croatia (Municipal Stadium Poznan, 17:00)
Group C: Spain – Republic of Ireland (PGE Arena Gdansk, Gdansk, 19:45)

Friday, June 15
Group D: Sweden – …Croatia – Spain (PGE Arena Gdansk, Gdansk, 19:45)
Group C: Italy – Republic of Ireland (Municipal Stadium Poznan, Poznan, 19:45)

Tuesday, June 19
Group D: England – …

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You can get to the stadium by trams number 1, 6, 13 and 15 and buses number A, 50, 63, 91 and 116

Matches at the stadium

Ireland – Croatia (June 10, 20:45 Polish time)
Italy – Croatia (June 14, 18:00 Polish time)
Italy – Ireland (June 18, 20:45 Polish time)

Distances to other UEFA EURO 2012 stadium

Wroclaw – 175km
Gdansk – 305km
Warsaw – 320km
Lviv – 700km
Kyiv – 1,140km
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France head coach Philippe Saint-Andre has named the same squad that featured in the 17-17 draw with Ireland for this weekend’s Six Nations clash with England.

Les Bleus’ Grand Slam hopes were ended at the Stade Francais by an Irish side … for the clash against England, who are 5/2 with bet365 to win in Paris.
Saint-Andre said of his side’s draw with Ireland: “Bizarrely, it was only a draw but it was our best performance since the start of the Six Nations. Statistics showed that we dominated …

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Croatia
41.00
51.00
40.00
41.00
41.00
40.00

Poland
51.00
51.00
60.00
67.00
51.00
40.00

Czech Republic
51.00
51.00
60.00
51.00
51.00
65.00

Sweden
51.00
67.00
65.00
67.00
67.00
65.00

Greece
67.00
67.00
75.00
67.00
81.00
65.00

Republic of Ireland
81.00
81.00
100.00
81.00
81.00
80.00

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… the defence made up of the Barca and the Royal players. Albiol, Pique, Ramos, Arbeloa and Puyol will ensure the least number of the lost goals.

The current World and European Champions in the group stage will play with the teams of Italy, Croatia and Ireland. All matches will be played on the filed of PGE Arena in Gdańsk. All the Spanish fans and the players are counting on the final event at least. Falling out of the competition at an earlier stage will be a very big surprise unless we are…

…. The best scorer was Antonio Cassano with the score of six goals.

In the group phase of the main event it will not be so easy. Italy will play its meeting in Gdańsk and Poznań and their rivals will be the current European Champions: Spain, Ireland and Croatia.

After winning the World Cup in 2006, the Azurrich team did not perform so well. At the last Euro they just reached the quarterfinals and at the World Cup in South Africa they dropped out just after the matches in the group. The …

…, it will be fourth start in the European Championship.

They will play in Group A and will face Greece, the Czech Republic and our representation of Poland. Dick Advocat’s team won in the qualifying rounds in a quite easy group with, inter alia, Ireland, Armenia and Slovakia, scoring 23 points in ten games. In addition to a set-back and a loss at home with the team from Slovakia, the Russians were playing well, winning seven matches and drawing two.

The team leader for several years has …