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Everyone expected massacres in the “Group of Death” B, but it turned out that in the end it was suicide that occurred instead of massacre. The Netherlands self destructed with Portugal packing them 2 – 1 on the earliest available ...

They said that it was all cut-and-dry in Group A. But what “they” didn’t know was that UEFA’s upside down rules would play spoilsport. Russia who started their campaign with a scintillating 4 – 1 win against the Czech Republic ...

After the Danish heartbreak in the Group of Death B came the much bigger “Battle of Europe”, one of the most eagerly awaited games of the tournament, when neighbors and traditional rivals with a long history of Football between them ...

The highest scoring game of the tournament so far was also among the most exciting of the lot so far, with Portugal scraping past Denmark 3 – 2. There could not have been more of a discrepancy between the first ...

And what a game it was! Political or not, the meeting of Poland and Russia in the Group A fixture at Warsaw was in all sense a Footballing extravaganza (minus heaps of goals) with fast paced action, heart-stopping moments, frustration, ...

The “first round” of the league phase of Euro 2012 to decide the new European Champions is over, with all teams having played one group match each. The results have thrown all predictions off-track, with only one team, Germany, having ...

I had mentioned in an earlier post on my blog that Group D of the Euro 2012 is the “Anything-Could-Happen_Group”. And boy, did that come true! Yesterday we saw two matches being played out which drastically reaffirmed that this group ...

This was the best game in this tournament so far. Reigning champions Spain and former champions Italy held each other to a draw with a goal apiece to gain a point each in Group C. The game was fast, abrasive, ...

The European Championships (EURO 2012) seem to have consumed their first victim of hype yesterday, which was the Netherlands ending up on the losing side 0 – 1 in the game against Denmark. It always has been Dutch providence since ...