wah time for the nazionale to exact revenge for 2008!!bring on those spaniards!!!

yeah, i remember when both team play each other this year...montolivo score the opener

full fixtures.

azzurri may be the founding fathers of catenaccio but try looking at the 06' sides or zoffs side and latest cesare's sides. moved away from what youve said long ago mate.this would be a match to relish.

This post has been edited by mhyug: Dec 3 2011, 03:02 AM

aiyo...this is not Italy of pre world war era lah.. If u know Prandelli(current coach)..u must be familiar with Fiorentina style of play(beating Liverpool twice
in UCL and nearly march to quarter finals)

Italy vs Spain earlier this year

to be honest,i didn't follow the italian team after the world cup.my assessment was based on the world cup team.pardon me for my early assessment.

an early grave for Portugal..

I wish the best to Irish. May them be a surprise package for group C

not really. History showing dat the Holland always screwed up against Portugal. While Germany being Germany..they can beat
almost any team in the world.

Im not surprised if Portugal march to the next round..but below Germany of coz..Portugal also have a bad history versus Germany..esp
if Schweinsteiger playing against em

hard to say la this euro since its like just 16 teams and out of that we have big teams out numbering any small sides.thus all grps can be said tough with at least 3 big ones.

I predict Euro 2012 Final is

Greece vs Ireland

u wish

Platini would pull anything for Les Blues to go through...including Henry Hand of God v2

I expect goal fest in the group..hahahaha

Anyone collecting the Panini sticker album?

I think the top 3 favourites are

1)Spain - Obviously they have the strongest squad among all. But it's rare to see a team win 3 tournaments continuously.
2)German - They did really well in WC 2010. Very solid squad as well. With the likes of Mario Gomez, Thomas Muller, Ozil, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Khedira. Defensively they have very good and experienced players as well such as Lahm, Matt Hummels, Per Mertesacker.
3)Netherlands- Offensively they r one of the best team around. Watch out at players like Van persie, robben, Sneijder, Van der vaart, Huntelaar. But most of them are injury prone . Defensively, I think they still have much to improve.

Teams that I thought would shock others.

1)Portugal- Portugal has been dissapointing even since Figo was around, but I think this is a huge chance for CR to perform. Others stars like Pepe, Bruno Alves, Nani, Meireless, Moutinho would like to achieve sth as well.
2)France - If Blanc is able to blend things really well. France is actually a star-studded team with huge talents. Look at their defence - Sagna, Evra, Adil Rami, Mexes, Clichy, Koscielny. There's also Ribery, Nasri, Benzema, Valbuena, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Giroud, Lassana Diarra. Hopefully this team will go far.
3)Croatia- The most underrated team to me. They've got tough group games to play against Spain, Italy and Ireland. Steven Bilic's considered of of the long serving managers for a national football team. Team consist of Modric, Rakitic, Olic, Kranjcar, Srna. I expect Croatia to give Italy a huge challenge to qualify to the knockout stage aqround

Team that will be a huge dissapointment?

England - Can the caretaker pearce make a difference? Team will talents as well but i still think they are over-hyped. Sorry, no offense to fans of three lions but i think england may even have a problem qualifying into the knockout stage. France, Sweden could do better.
Italy - Sorry to italy fans out there. Ever since the WC 2006(after this tourney) I can see italy national team and italian clubs in serie a going backwards. I personally think the national team will be missing senior players like Andrea Pirlo, Cannavaro, Nesta, Gattuso and Totti.

This post has been edited by mrkenn: Apr 3 2012, 08:18 PM

England survival will really depend on thw
heroics of joe hart. If he's injured england is in deep trouble.

Italy no longer play defensively anymore. Dont think its wise given the quality of their current backline

Rooney banned for France and Sweden game.

I support Spain as they are playing good so far.

my thoughts says otherwise

when Italy won the world cup in 2006. Juventus is one of the strongest team in Serie A. After Juve were demoted...Italy downfall happen in euro08 & wc2010

i might sounds like an old record but the strong juventus team makes a strong italy team (like the WC 1982 & WC 2006). Not that meant other italian clubs
not contributed to national teams success but juve has traditionally been italy national team backbone

and out of those senior/veteran player u mention..only Pirlo are still playing with the Azzurri and he's one of the key player of the team.

Group A
Russia - Winner
Greece - Runner-Up
Poland
Czech

Group B
Portugal - Winner
Germany - Runner-Up
Netherlands
Denmark

Group C
Spain - Winner
Croatia - Runner-Up
Italy
Ireland

Group D
England - Winner
France - Runner-Up
Ukraine
Sweden

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QF 1 - Russia vs Germany
QF 2 - Portugal vs Greece
QF 3 - Spain vs France
QF 4 - Croatia vs England

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SF 1 - Germany vs Spain
SF 2 - Portugal vs England

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Final - Germany vs Portugal

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just for fun

Nah, for you all to play your prediction 1st

Scorecard