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Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
What the Euro 2012 finalists learned from their matches this week | Marcus Christenson
Our team of writers, bloggers and fans from all over Europe dissect the action on Wednesday night, when all 16 of the Euro 2012 finalists were in action All 16 of the Euro 2012 finalists were in action on Wednesday night – including England’s group opponents France, Sweden and Ukraine – and this is what [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Euro 2012 draw: England to meet France, Sweden and Ukraine in group
• Republic of Ireland face Spain, Italy and Croatia• England’s opening game against France on 11 June• Full interactive guide to the groups, fixtures and teams England have been handed France, Sweden and the co-hosts Ukraine as group opponents after the draw for the Euro 2012 finals was made in Kiev on Friday. Fabio Capello’s [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Former World Cup hero for the Soviet Union, Valentin Ivanov, dies
• Ivanov joint top scorer at the 1962 World Cup in Chile • Part of team that won the European Championship in 1960 The former striker for the Soviet Union, Valentin Ivanov, one of the six joint-top scorers at the 1962 World Cup in Chile, has died at the age of 76 following a long [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Russia 6-0 Andorra | Euro 2012 Group B qualifier match report
Russia secured a place in at Euro 2012 with a 6-0 thrashing of Andorra in their final qualifier to finish top of Group B. Alan Dzagoyev, who scored the only goal in a pivotal 1-0 away win over Slovakia on Friday, led the way with a first-half double while Sergei Ignashevich and Roman Pavlyuchenko struck [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
How Europe’s fearsome four have eased their way through to Euro 2012 | Marcus Christenson
Holland, Germany, Spain and Italy look in supreme shape ahead of next summer’s finals The Euro 2012 finals are more than eight months away but a depressing pattern has already been established. Where England scrap, other major nations shine. Friday night will be a case in point. Fabio Capello’s side could qualify for the finals [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Russia 0-0 Republic of Ireland | Euro 2012 qualifier match report
There was a strut in the step of Giovanni Trapattoni as he left the Luzhniki Stadium and there was little doubt that Lady Luck had put it there. The Republic of Ireland manager had spent 90 minutes going through all manner of touchline agonies as Russia laid siege to his team’s goal yet, somehow, the [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Russia v Republic of Ireland – as it happened | Barry Glendenning
The Republic of Ireland rode their luck to an astonishing degree, before leaving Moscow with a point they scarcely deserved Good afternoon! With three games to go in Group B, Russia sit two points clear of the Republic of Ireland going into this afternoon’s encounter at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadion. Victory would put either side in [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Giovanni Trapattoni picks Darren O’Dea and Stephen Kelly for Ireland
• Sean St Ledger suspended and John O’Shea injured • Aiden McGeady and Kevin Doyle start despite concerns Giovanni Trapattoni has drafted Darren O’Dea and Stephen Kelly into his team for Tuesday night’s Euro 2012 meeting with Russia. The Celtic centre-back O’Dea, on loan at Leeds, replaces the suspended Sean St Ledger, while Fulham’s Kelly [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Serbia making strides under Vladimir Petrovic as they target Euro 2012 | Jonathan Wilson
Friday’s win over Northern Ireland has given the underrated coach a huge boost in Group C It may be that Vladimir Petrovic made more of an impact on Friday than he had done on any previous visit to the United Kingdom. The Serbia coach played 13 league games for Arsenal in 1982-83 and, as the [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Euro 2012: Republic of Ireland summon spirit of Paris for Russia test
• John O’Shea joins absentee list for Moscow showdown• Marco Tardelli questions whether Kevin Doyle is ‘mentally fit’ Kevin Doyle put his finger on it. The Republic of Ireland, he said, “usually do it the hard way”. Having targeted a return of four points from the international break, their failure to take more than a [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Giovanni Trapattoni confident of an Ireland win against Russia
• Italian will not change tactics for game in Moscow on Tuesday• Darren O’Dea may deputise for the suspended Sean St Ledger Giovanni Trapattoni believes the Republic of Ireland can defy their critics and history by springing an upset against Russia in Moscow on Tuesday to fire their hopes of automatic qualification for Euro 2012. [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Russia seem to be going backwards as the sun sets on ‘golden age’ | Jonathan Wilson
All is not well in the Russian national team and critics are blaming Andrey Arshavin and Dick Advocaat On Saturday, as Russia huffed and puffed their way to a goalless draw in Armenia, home fans unfurled a banner referencing an old Soviet film “Curse the day I took this job,” the caption read, alongside a [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Eastern European football review of 2010: Shakhtar Donetsk on top
Shakhtar and Zenit St Petersburg have impressed, but progress in the east has been incremental at best The year ended with a reminder of what used to be in eastern Europe, as Robert Prosinecki was appointed manager of Red Star Belgrade. It is 20 years since he was a key figure in the last eastern [...]
Posted on April 13, 2012 - by Venik
Andrey Arshavin unrepentant over Russia World Cup 2018 success
• The World Cup in Russia ‘will be perfect’• ‘It’s difficult to talk about England being beaten’ Andrey Arshavin has dismissed English media reports that have questioned whether Russia should have won the 2018 World Cup bid and promised the tournament would be “perfect”. England received only two votes last Thursday in Zurich despite Fifa [...]
