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England and a History of Penalty Shootouts Failures
If there was anyone surprised about England losing another knockout stage affair in a big tournament after a penalty shootout, you haven’t been following the sport for the last 20 years. Since Italia ’90, when Germany went to the finals at the expense of Bobby Robson’s lads, England have made a point of finding a way to fail from the spot when the match is on the line.
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Euro 2012 – Semifinals Predictions
We nearly made it through the tournament without a 0-0 match, with a penalty shootout. But Italy took care of England and are now on their way to meet the semi-favorites Germany in a clash that always brings back memories of distant World Cups while Portugal and Spain clash in the Iberian derby, which has a Real Madrid – Barcelona feel to it, no matter how you look at it.
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Euro 2012 – England vs Italy Summary
Before the quarterfinals, this matches was labeled as the one that could be the first in Euro 2012 to end in a 0-0 and give us the dreaded penalty kicks. Italy tried to avoid them, England tried to avoid conceding, and in the end justice prevailed as Italy came through in the penalty shootout.
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Where to Watch England vs Italy Live
For those of you who’ll have problems watching the England – Italy Euro 2012 quarterfinals, we’ve come up with some links for you to watch in what might be the tightest and hardest fought of the knockout stage matches, through some online streaming sites across the web.
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Ricardo Quaresma Kicking Miguel Lopes During Portugal Training
If you look at his resume, you’ll assume that Ricard Quaresma is extremely talented, but also incredibly problematic. The latter gets truer and truer with each passing season, as the Portuguese winger showed his ugly side during training, kicking teammate Miguel Lopes.
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Euro 2012 – England vs Italy Predictions
For some reason, England are considered the slight favorites by the odd-makers before their quarterfinals match with Italy. Despite that it’s England, who have lost all their quarterfinals except for three times (1966, 1990, 1996) in big tournaments, and haven’t beaten a big time team (World Cup Champion) in a tourney since 1966.
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Euro 2012 – Spain vs France Summary
With a 4-6-0 or a 4-5-1, Spain are simply very close to impossible to beat. France barely got any opportunities to threaten Casillas’ goal or even get a long stretch of possession. Spain didn’t play no fantasy soccer, but when you midfield unit is built upon the best in the world, there’s hardly a chance of beating them unless you play a perfect game.
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Where to Watch Spain vs France Live
Probably the biggest match of the quarterfinals, with the biggest potential of giving us high quality football from both parties, as Spain take on France in what might not be as close of a game as the names suggest, but still should be quite a spectacle, even if you can only watch it on the internet instead of a TV, for whatever reason you may have.
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Euro 2012 – Spain vs France Predictions
Somehow, through the changes of time, Spain are considered as favorites against France, their Euro 2012 quarterfinals opponents. Despite never beating France in a competitive match, drawing once and losing five times. But things change, and Spain are European and World Champions. France, despite the talent, are a locker room mess.
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Euro 2012 – Germany vs Greece Summary
The Greeks rarely score more than one goal, but it wasn’t nearly enough. German, despite all of the changes to the attacking trio made by Joachim Low, were by far the superior side, winning their 15th consecutive competitive match and reaching their second straight Euro Semi Final with an impressive 4-2 win.