EURO 2021

Paolo Bento announced on Monday evening during a press conference in Obidos Portugal’s European football championships roster consisting of 23 players. The lineup does not significantly differ from that nominated by the coach to take part at the match with Poland in February. Just as before the match in the National Stadium in Warsaw, the team lacks the injured striker Danny and the defenders Ricardo Carvalho and Bosingwa, who were excluded from the team last year after a conflict with the coach. The footballers nominated by Bento are mostly foreign […]

With teams hard in training, and managers constantly refining their tactics, the buzz around Euro 2012 is getting bigger and bigger. With just over three weeks until the kick off of Euro 2012 (June 8th), those of you lucky enough to be visiting Poland and Ukraine for the matches are probably thinking of nothing else. For those that haven’t managed to get any tickets to the live games, however, help is at hand from those nice folk at talkSPORT Radio and talkSPORT.co.uk. Both online and on-air, talkSPORT will be providing […]

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. […]

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, […]

The representation of Portugal, the seventh in the FIFA ranking, will compete for the title of the European Champion in football for the sixth time. In 2004, as the hosts of the tournament they recorded their best score in this event. They reached the final where they couldn’t cope with the Greece. Paulo Bento team barely qualified for the main event until the playoffs where they won by beating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the two-legged tie up to 6:2. The Portuguese play alternately in the group, a draw 4-4 with […]

The Olsen Gang, as the representation of Denmark is nicknamed in football, will play the European Championship for the eighth time. Danes did not participate at the last event, at which they used to play continuously since 1984, even winning it in 1992 with a sensational defeat of the Germans. The Danes unexpectedly won in their elimination group, leaving the Portuguese and the Norwegians behind. In eight games they scored 19 points and were defeated only once. The star of the Morten Olsen’s team, who has been the coach of […]

Numerous sites in Poland and Ukraine begin to display the symbol of Inclusive Zones contributing to a friendly multi-cultural atmosphere at EURO 2012. Schools, NGOs, local authorities, cultural institutions, community centres, sports clubs as well as businesses, shops and pubs have all been invited to join the initiative. The Inclusive Zones initiative is a part of the multi-faceted ‘RESPECT Diversity – Football Unites’ project in frames of the official UEFA EURO 2012 Social Responsibility programme. The project is delivered on behalf of the FARE network by by its long-established regional […]

UEFA approved the schedule of UEFA Euro 2012 in Minsk, Belarus on October 4, 2010. Below you can find information about all the Euro 2012 schedule, dates of matches, fixtures, results. All times are in BST. Local time in Poland is in UTC+1 so local kick-off times in Poland are 18:00 and 20:45. Local time in Ukraine is one hour ahead in UTC+2, so local kick-off in Ukraine are 19:00 and 21:45. In Poland, Wroclaw and Poznan will host three group stage matches, while Gdansk will stage three group stage […]

After the Euro 2012 group draw the bookies changed the bets on winning the event. Now they give better chance to the Polish footballers that face matches against Greece, Russia and Czech Republic, rather than to the unfortunate Danes. The fate put that team together with Holland, Germany and Portugal. If the protégés of Franciszek Smuda reach for European football championship, the London Bookmakers will pay 41 PLN for every one PLN bet on the white-and-reds. The same amount is offered to those who will bet on the victory of […]

The number of hotels and hostels in Poland is limited, so fans, during the Euro 2012, will live, among others, at student hostels and private houses. It’s not the end of options. A very interesting offer for football fans is prepared by one of the global sponsors of the tournament – Carlsberg, which will open a modern camps. We heard about plans for creation of such sites in October from Rafał Rosiejak, the national coordinator for the accommodation from the PL 2012 company. “I have to say something about the […]