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Euro 2012 Focus: Germany vs Italy

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jun 27 2012 12:44
Euro 2012 Focus: Germany vs Italy Joint favourites Germany face England's conquerors Italy in the second semi-final of Euro 2012 on Thursday night, with Löw’s side having been heavily backed since the tournament began having won all of their games so far. In comparison, Italy have only actually won once in normal time of ...
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Euro 2012 Focus: Quarter-Final Best XI

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Jun 25 2012 12:58
Euro 2012 Focus: Quarter-Final Best XI Drawing ever closer to its conclusion, Euro 2012 has been whittled down to the last 4 teams after the quarter-finals went to plan for the Portuguese, Germans, Spaniards and Italians. The four matches threw up very few surprises, with all the favourites progressing and the England-Italy match unsurpr...
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Euro 2012 Focus: England vs Italy - Drawing Comparisons

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Jun 22 2012 16:34
Euro 2012 Focus: England vs Italy - Drawing Comparisons With the quarter-finals having been decided, and Portugal already progressing to the final four at the expense of the Czech Republic, most have tipped England's tie with Italy as potentially the tightest of the lot. With that in mind we take a closer a look at where the game could be won and lost an...
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Euro 2012 Focus: Player Stats Leaderboards

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Jun 21 2012 15:03
Euro 2012 Focus: Player Stats Leaderboards With the first of the Euro 2012 quarter-finals to kick-off later tonight we thought we'd take the opportunity, having named our team of the group stages yesterday, to share a stats pack of player leaderboards over the first three matches.We start with shots at goal, where a certain Cristiano Ronaldo...
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Euro 2012 Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Group Stages

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jun 20 2012 12:06
Euro 2012 Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Group Stages With the group stages now over and the quarter-finalists known, this day break from football gives us a perfect chance to analyse the best players at the tournament so far. Here we will give you a rundown of our best XI over the three group matches according to WhoScored ratings and explain just why...
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Euro 2012 Focus: Surprise Packages

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jun 19 2012 17:29
Euro 2012 Focus: Surprise Packages Euro 2012 has been a pleasant surprise thus far, with not all of those who were tipped to star at the tournament stealing the limelight. Up until the game with the Netherlands Cristiano Ronaldo had under-performed by his standards and Robin van Persie, along with the entire Dutch squad, hasn't had i...
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Euro 2012 Focus: Missed Opportunities

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Jun 18 2012 17:06
Euro 2012 Focus: Missed Opportunities With the group stages soon coming to a close what lessons can be learned by the teams to have crashed out of the Euros so far? Well in the simplest possible form, and as if it needed to be said, taking your chances is imperative.The shock departures in Group A and B have seen Russia and the Netherla...
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Euro 2012 Focus: A Headed Start

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Jun 15 2012 15:09
Euro 2012 Focus: A Headed Start It's fair to say that thus far Euro 2012 has not disappointed on the pitch, with England's battling display against France perhaps forcing the least entertaining game of the tournament so far. Up to now there have been no goalless draws and 39 goals scored over 14 games, equating to an impressive av...
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Euro 2012 Focus: Netherlands vs Germany

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jun 13 2012 14:49
Euro 2012 Focus: Netherlands vs Germany Tonight's massive game between the Netherlands and Germany hardly needed extra intensity but given the fact that the latter could dump Holland out of the tournament prematurely, it should be a real thriller. There is certainly no love lost between the two great European footballing nations and while...
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Euro 2012: Fixture One WhoScored XI & Stats

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jun 12 2012 13:14
Euro 2012: Fixture One WhoScored XI & Stats So, the first round of Euro 2012 group fixtures have come and gone in a flash, with a number of sides and individuals in decidedly higher spirits than others. Three players have already put their names in the running for the Golden Boot with opening game braces and the likes of Denmark and Russia im...
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