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Published: Mon, 30 June 2008, 09:24, also tagged: europe, sport, football, germany, final, vienna, soccer, spain, uefa, european cup, henri delaunay trophy
Spain has won Euro 2008 after beating Germany 1 – 0 in the final. The goal came from Fernando Torres and was undoubtedly a great goal.
Germany, like on so many occasions in this tournament looked average. Spain dominated play as they have done so many times this tournament and their tactics of stylish passing football has earned them the European Cup after a wait of 44 years.
My prediction for the final has proven once again to be wrong, like so many times in this tournament. Congratulations to the Spaniards, their victory is well deserved.
Published: Sat, 28 June 2008, 07:00, also tagged: europe, sport, football, germany, final, vienna, soccer, russia, spain, turkey, austria, uefa, european cup, андрей аршавин, andrei arshavin
The Euro 2008 football tournament is finally wrapping up with the final to be played in Vienna this Sunday.
Spain comfortably beat a disappointing Russia, a team which promised so much but just simply didn’t deliver. Russian team play and energy was non-existent in comparison to their previous two matches against the Netherlands and Sweden. One key reason I believe is because their man of the moment, Andrei Arshavin, wasn’t really involved in the game. On previous matches he was orchestrating the Russian play, this time he was silent.
Spain hasn’t won a major football honour since 1964 when they won the European Cup. Amazingly, this is even further back than England’s victory in the 1966 World Cup.
Published: Mon, 23 June 2008, 17:51, also tagged: sport, football, italy, germany, soccer, russia, netherlands, spain, portugal, penalties, oranje, андрей аршавин, andrei arshavin, gus hiddink
Gus Hiddink's impressive Russian team produced the upset of the tournament by beating a strong Netherlands side 3 goals to 1. The Dutch were simply outplayed in every area of the game and the Russians on fire. Great team effort, the Russian players didn't appear to tire, and Andrei Arshavin's talent was something to behold.
For the Oranje it must be a bitter pill to swallow after brushing aside two teams that reached the FIFA World Cup final in 2006. I honestly can't take anything away from Russia's performance, they were the better team.
The Spain, Italy quarter final promised a lot, but delivered next to nothing. Italy must bare most of the criticism for a poor using defence minded tactics. I wonder if it was actually their plan to play for penalties, which means the Spanish victory in the penalty shoot-out is all the sweeter.
Published: Thu, 19 June 2008, 16:20, also tagged: europe, sport, football, germany, soccer, portugal, michael ballack, miroslav klose, bastian schweinsteiger, helder postiga, nuno gomes
The first team through to the semi-final stage of Euro 2008 is Germany after beating Portugal 3 goals to 2 in a dramatic game.
The match was close, but for me Germany edged it with a deserved win. I was rooting for Germany and to say the last 5 minutes were tense would be a huge understatement!
Defensively both teams looked very average. Germany showed weaknesses in the left back position with Philipp Lahm continually providing space for the Portuguese to work in. Portugal however was simply unable to handle set pieces which provided the source for 2 of Germany’s 3 goals, you could say this was because of the height advantage of the Germans, but honestly it just looked like poor defending.
Published: Wed, 18 June 2008, 16:32, also tagged: europe, sport, football, italy, germany, soccer, russia, netherlands, spain, turkey, portugal, croatia, uefa
We’ve reached the quarter final stage of the tournament with Portugal, Germany, Croatia, Turkey, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and Italy left from the 16 teams.
Here are my predictions: