Tag: National Football Teams

  • Euro 2012 Posters For All 16 Nations

    A day before Euro 2012 kicks off with Poland and Greece followed by Russia and the Czech Republic, and ESPN decided to kick into promotional overdrive, releasing 16 awesome poster of all 16 nations participating in the Euro, with better or worse tag lines for each team.

  • Euro 2012 – Group D Preview

    A semi group of death, if Sweden were six years ago and England had a side people believed in. France look like the talented bunch, this time without any social problems; England look like a mess, no matter how you look at it; Sweden put their hopes on Zlatan Ibrahimovic; Ukraine hope home advantage still means something.

  • Euro 2012 – Group C Preview

    In a different time, this might have been a group of death as well. But in the Euro 2012, Spain seem to be clear favorites while Italy hope that a change of style will erase the embarrassment of the World Cup failure; Croatia are better than their recent results suggest; Ireland rely on team spirit […]

  • Euro 2012 – Group B Preview

    A group of death, like every big tournament needs. The Dutch were part of something similar four years ago, making it in flying colors, just like their qualifying campaign; Germany are the favorites of many to win Euro 2012, but Joachim Low’s squad is far from perfect; Portugal have only Ronaldo to base their hopes on while Denmark will try and shock everyone once again.

  • Euro 2012 – Group A Preview

    Group A, consisting of Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and Russia is probably the hardest to predict in the Euro 2012 group stage. Poland relying on their ‘German’ players with a coach known to experiment and surprise; Greece who will probably bore and depress everyone again; the Czech Republic who seem to be impressing no one heading into the tournament; Russia, with an attacking style but with plenty of egos Dick Advocaat needs to handle.

  • All 16 Squads for Euro 2012

    With 10 days to go, the Euro 2012 squads have been announced. Both hosts (Poland, Ukraine) seem to be underdogs in their respective groups; Germany head into the tournament as the favorites, hoping the rumors about the champions, Spain, are true. We’ve got our group of death (Group B – Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark) while the English and Italians prepare for another colossal failure.

  • All 32 Jerseys for Euro 2012

    Euro 2012 will kick off in less than two months, as Poland, the co-hosts, will play against Greece at the National Stadium in Warsaw on June 8. The tournament will end 23 days later in Kiev, with the Olympic Stadium holding the Final. It’s not yet time to discuss previews and favorites, but for fashion, kits, uniforms and jerseys it’s always a good time.

  • Euro 2012 Favorites – Early Edition

    Spain are the World and European champions, with infinite quality in their midfield, mostly based on Barcelona and the Xavi-Iniesta duo. Both Germany and the Netherlands should make it out of the “group of death”, and are the most serious challenge in the Spaniards way for the Euro 2012 title.

  • Best Euro Nations Since 1992

    Germany have won the Euro once during the past 20 years, but are the only nation to reach the final three times, joined by past European Champions France, Spain, Greece and Denmark to the list of the top 10 most succesful nations in the last five UEFA European Championships.

  • Euro 2012 Group Stage Draw

    The Euro 2012 group stage draw gave us one Group of Death (Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and Denmark), a decent draw for the champions (Spain in group C with Italy, Ireland and Croatia), a bad draw for one host (Ukraine with England and France) while a decent one for the other (Poland with Russia, Czech Republic and Greece).