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Euro 2012 – Day 4 Summary (France vs England, Ukraine vs Sweden)
Andriy Shevchenko was undoubtedly the hero of the last day of Euro 2012 first round of matches, scoring twice in the Ukraine’s 2-1 win over Sweden, putting them at the top of Group D. England defended well enough against France to secure a 1-1 draw, giving Roy Hodgson a decent start against a much better opponent.
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Euro 2012 – Day 3 Summary (Spain vs Italy, Ireland vs Croatia)
Italy, as always, were too tough of a nugget for Spain to beat, displaying a strong defense that was good enough to draw with the usual elegant passing of the Spanish midfield (1-1). The later match provided a bit more goals due to the quality differences between Croatia and Ireland, as Mario Mandzukic became the second brace scorer in Euro 2012.
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Euro 2012 – Day 2 Summary (Netherlands – Denmark, Germany – Portugal)
Mario Gomez was the hero for Germany as they managed to pull through a very tough and physical fixture with Portugal, coming away as the 1-0 winners, while Denmark joined them as the surprise leaders in group B with Michael Krohn-Delhi delivering a stunning goal to beat the Netherlands 1-0. Joachim Low disgusted everyone by eating what he picked from his nose.
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Euro 2012 – Day 1 Summary (Poland – Greece, Russia – Czech Republic)
We couldn’t have asked for a better day to kick of Euro 2012. Poland and Greece provided us with two goals and two red cards, while Russia showed from the first moment they are the class of this group with an impressive 4-1 thrashing of the Czech Republic after a wonderful performance from Andrei Arshavin and Alan Dzagoev.
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Juventus Crush Napoli 3-0; Blow Serie A Title Race Wide Open
Juventus suddenly remembered to start scoring, beating Napoli impressively at home 3-0 with goals from Leonardo Bonucci, Arturo Vidal and Fabio Quagliarella, putting them 2 points behind AC Milan in the Serie A table and hurting Napoli’s chance of repeating their Champions League campaign next season.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Goal of the Year? Already?
Perfection. That’s all I have to say about Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s wonder goal in the 1-1 draw between AC Milan and Lecce.
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Sunday Goals From the English Premier League
A great day of English football ended, with three derbies, all ending in draws, two title contenders battling in London, another draw, and one Kenny Dalglish making his Anfield return as Liverpool manager once again.
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Amazing Freddy Guarin Goal
Watch an amazing goal from Porto’s Colombian Freddy Guarin, scoring for way way out in their win over Maritimo.
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Rodney Strasser – A Star is Born?
Rodney Strasser scored his first professional goal, giving AC Milan a late win against Cagliari and a happy start to 2011.