The 2012 UEFA European Championship - Poland/Ukraine - The Thread!

[You Need a Thneed]

I love the big international tournaments, getting really excited here!

[NBC]

Just got back from a couple of weeks on the continent. Apparently a daughter of a cousin of mine is married to this guy: Jerko Leko.



Looks like I'll have to take more of an interest in Croatian football now.

[GirlySports]

very cool Euro 2012 schedule

http://www.marca.com/en/sports/footb...-schedule.html

[Bagor]

Group A
1. Russia
2. Poland
3. Czech
4. Greece

Group B
1. Netherlands
2. Portugal
3. Germany
4. Denmark

Group C
1. Spain
2. Croatia
3. Italy
4. Ireland

Group D
1. France
2. Sweden
3. England
4. Ukraine

QF
Portugal over Russia
Netherlands over Poland
Spain over Sweden
France over Croatia

SF
Spain over Portugal
France over Netherlands

Final

France over Spain

[PeteLFan]

The iPad app is friggin awesome.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

10 Interesting Facts about each team and its players. Link is for Italy, bottom of page has links to the rest of the teams.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...ub-ammo-864773

You evil basterd! I've been reading this crap all afternoon. Its hilarious.

And, if the English media werent bad enough I introduce; "Koi Hodgson."

Koi is a white goldfish who lives in our office in a rather fetching tank, but he's no ordinary fish. He predicts football matches.

With Paul the Octopus long gone and a host of imposters, ranging from elephants to llamas, doing the rounds, we've identified the one psychic animal that we believe can do the business (and that we can get into the lift at Mirror Towers).

He's been happily swimming away in his tank for the last 24 hours, settling in, but now it's time for him to earn his keep.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...hodgson-866528

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by PeteLFan

The iPad app is friggin awesome.

Yeah I've been using the one for iphone to read constant updates from the various camps. It includes vital injury info to completely meaningless stuff like where the fans of that team are currently partying.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

very cool Euro 2012 schedule

http://www.marca.com/en/sports/footb...-schedule.html

You can also set it for Calgary's time zone.

[troutman]

Bracket Predictor:

http://games.espn.go.com/euro-bracket-predictor/en_CA/

[troutman]

http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/story/?id=397763

No matter where you are or who you are cheering for, TSN is making sure Canadians can follow all of the action from UEFA EURO 2012. Complementing the network's UEFA EURO 2012 television broadcast schedule of all games, TSN is providing extensive digital coverage with a series of new TSN EURO 2012 companion viewing apps for mobile devices featuring exclusive UEFA content and video. TSN is also giving fans the opportunity to access live streaming of all 31 games on TSN.ca.

In addition to broadcasting all games, TSN is giving fans access to live, commercial free, HD streaming of all UEFA EURO 2012 games on TSN.ca in partnership with deltatre, of Torino, Italy. Canadian fans can purchase a tournament streaming package or purchase select games:
• Full Tournament (31 games) - $19.99
• 24-Hour access - $4.99
• Playoffs (7 games) - $9.99


WTF? You have to pay?

[flamingreen]

Let the racism begin!

The problems occurred as the players began the session by jogging a lap of the pitch only to be greeted at one end of the stadium with monkey noises and loud jeers. On the second circuit, they were even louder and it was then the players decided not to go around again. "At least now we know what we can encounter," the Holland coach, Bert van Marwijk, said with heavy cynicism. "Very atmospheric."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...d-racist-abuse

[Notorious Honey Badger]

I thought the racism was supposed to happen in the Ukraine?

[GirlySports]

will take selections right up til kickoff tomorrow.
Will post a chart tomorrow night

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by NBC

Just got back from a couple of weeks on the continent. Apparently a daughter of a cousin of mine is married to this guy: Jerko Leko.


Looks like I'll have to take more of an interest in Croatian football now.

When I first saw that I thought the name was Jerko Lerko....which I knew was too awesome to be true....At least with English phonetics.

Maybe it will be an austerity measures final 4 of Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece. They can try and sell the trophy to the Germans to prop up their banks afterwards.

[handgroen]

gonna be in the prague for their last round robin game and in amsterdam for the first quarter final game. woot! i also put a healthy sum of money on the dutch to win it all at 8.5 to 1 odds back in september of last year

[Red John]

Group A

Russia
Czech
Poland
Greece

Group B

Germany
Denmark
Holland
Portugal

Group C

Italy
Spain
Croatia
Ireland

Group D

Sweden
France
Ukraine
England

Quarters

Denmark over Russia
Germany over Czech
Italy over France
Sweden over Spain

Semifinals

Italy over Denmark
Germany over Sweden

Finals

Germany over Italy

[Mango]

Oh happy day!

[PeteLFan]

Pumped. Hup holland. Would like to see them win one.

[Notorious Honey Badger]

cant wait to see some great soccer. monday will be hard to watch england and france without the score being spoiled. media and facebook black out at work.

[Locke]

Deutschland Uber Alles!

Its here. Finally.