EURO 2012

…biggest success was a bronze medal in 1968. In their five-team qualifying group they quite easily took the first place against Montenegro with five wins and three draws. The English like the French, lost the last few big events.

The resignation of… occur only in the last group match. This is the punishment for a brutal foul in the final qualifying match against Montenegro. In the defensive, the core person is John Terry.

The biggest problem, as usual, the English may have with positioning…

… far was the second place achieved in a debut performance in 1996.

In the qualifying group the Czechs won only thirteen points which allowed them for finishing second behind Spain, which won all of their meetings. The Czechs played in the playoffs with Montenegro beating them twice 2-0 and 1-0. The goals scored in the qualifying games were scored by Tomas Necid, Vaclav Kadlec, Jaroslav Plasil, Milan Baros and Jan Rezek. This suggests that in the representation of the Czech there is no player…

England travel to Podgorica knowing a point against Montenegro on Friday night will be enough to secure a place at next year’s European … gain the draw they need, head to the Balkans holding a six-point advantage over Montenegro, who end their Group G campaign against Switzerland next Tuesday.
Wins in their final … warned not to underestimate the Brave Falcons, having been held to a goalless draw by Montenegro at Wembley last October.
Striker Dejan Damjanovic told The Sun: “At Wembley they didn’…

…Hungary v San Marino
Moldova v Netherlands

Group F
Georgia v Malta
Greece v Latvia
Israel v Croatia (Sat.)

Group G
Wales v Bulgaria
Montenegro v Switzerland

Game to Watch: Montenegro v Switzerland

Quietly, ever so quietly, Montenegro is becoming a Cinderella of European football. Still in its infancy, it’s been rocketing up the FIFA rankings table while netting two…

… fortune, as SPI rates Ireland a 73.6 percent favorite to reach its second European Championship, first since 1988.

Czech Republic vs. Montenegro

The Czechs have split their two previous playoffs, advancing past Norway to the 2006 World Cup but falling to Belgium in 2002 World Cup playoffs. Montenegro is in its first playoff, seeking its first berth at Euros. These countries have never met, and SPI considers Czech Republic a…

Stefan Savic believes England will not find it easy when they take on Montenegro in a crucial Euro 2012 qualifier in Podgorica on Friday.

The Manchester City defender, who scored his first goal for the club when he came off the bench to head home in Saturday’s 4-0 rout of Blackburn Rovers, knows that a victory over Fabio Capello’s men would give Montenegro the chance to top the group, but they would still need to win their final fixture in Switzerland.
“It should be a good game for both…

Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard have not been included in Fabio Capello’s squad for England’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro.

England are 5/2 with bet365 to get the point they need on Friday to qualify for the finals in Poland and Ukraine next summer and head coach Capello believes they can achieve …a draw it is a big mistake, you are defending a result and it is easy then to make silly or stupid mistakes,” he told FATV.
“We need to go to win in Montenegro and not to play for a draw.”

… will have to cope without the suspended Craig Bellamy and David Vaughan after the pair picked up bookings in the victory over Montenegro.

They can be heartened, however, by the return of experienced defender James Collins and are hopeful that West Ham midfielder Jack … the illness that kept him out on Friday in order to take his place in the team.

Wales were irrepressible against Montenegro last week but it is a far bigger task that awaits them in front of a partisan crowd at Wembley.

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…s finals in Ukraine and Poland.
Their cause was helped when Gary Speed’s side, 20/1 to cause a big upset at Wembley, beat Montenegro 2-1 in Cardiff on Friday.
England have failed to win any of their last four internationals at Wembley and Capello admits he is … player for Wales,” he said. “I was at Tottenham’s game against Manchester City and he was so-so. But for Wales against Montenegro on Friday he improved a lot.
“He ran a lot and was really fast. When he receives the ball and attacks the …

Wayne Rooney will be able to play in England’s Euro 2012 game against Ukraine after having his ban cut from three to two matches.

The 26-year-old Manchester United star was shown a red card in the qualifier against Montenegro after kicking out at Miodrag Dzudovic and was later handed a three-game ban.
Rooney will sit out England’s first two group games against France and Sweden at Euro 2012, a tournament Fabio Capello’s team are 10/1 with bet365 to win while Spain are 12/5 to retain the …