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Euro 2008 Player Profile: Andrei Arshavin

By: Chris | May 14th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

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Name: Andrei Arshavin
Team: Russia
Group: D; Sweden, Spain, Greece.
Caps (Goals): 33 (10) as of May 14, 2008
DOB: May 29, 1981 (27 years old)
Position: Attacking Mid/Second striker
Club Team: Zenit St. Petersburg

It seems only fitting to feature the man who set up what was ultimately the winning goal in today’s UEFA Cup victory for Zenit St. Petersburg.

Arshavin is easily one of the best players currently not playing in Western Europe - along with Zenit teammate Anatoliy Tymoschuk. It seems like he should have, or should be soon, making his way to one of the Big 3 leagues or the Bundesliga, but apparently he’s got a good thing going in St. Petersburg. Andrei grew up in the city, made his way in Zenit’s youth system, won a couple RPL Player of the Year awards and has now helped bring Russian Premier League and UEFA Cup titles to the club in the last year. And along the way he was named captain of the Russian National Team by The Human Knockout Rounds Ticket, Guus Hiddink.
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Russia Looks to Russia for Its Euro Team

By: Laurie | May 14th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

russia11.thumbnail.jpgIt’s a strategy that worked well for Egypt in the African Cup of Nations: Choose the majority of your players from a few clubs in your home country, then hope that their experience playing in the same league will help your team overcome the power of the high-paid superstars on other squads.
Egypt ended ... [read]


10 Reasons Why America Should Watch Euro 2008

By: Daryl | May 14th, 2008 | 5 Comments »

10 Reasons Americans Should Watch Euro 2008Euro 2008 will be the first European Championships ever broadcast in the United States, which makes it a big deal. So if you’re American and sitting on he fence about watching this fine tournament, or if you’re in need of convincing arguments to get a friend or family ... [read]


Nedved Inks Extension, Indicative of an Impending Czech Return?

By: Chris | May 14th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

gallery5.thumbnail.jpgLast summer’s “will he or won’t he” was nipped in the bud rather quickly this year, as Pavel Nedved today signed on for another year with Juventus with one fixture still on the schedule. So that brings him to the end of the 2008-09 season and now puts off the retirement talk for good. ... [read]


ESPN Ad Campaign Shows US Audiences What Euros are all About

By: Laurie | May 14th, 2008 | 12 Comments »

This is part of ESPN’s newest ad campaign, aimed at American audiences. There are five spots at present: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and Greece. And even though I’m highly offended that there is no French spot at the moment, I still like what they’ve done.
My favorite? The Italians, above. (Shh. Don’t tell ... [read]


Euro 2008 Team Profile: France

By: Laurie | May 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

france-euros.thumbnail.jpgGroup: C; Italy, Netherlands, Romania. Also known as the Group O’Death.
Nickname: Les Bleus (the Blues)
Jersey: Red (Away); Blue (Home)
FIFA World Ranking (April 2008): 7

Coach: The France coach is the ever-controversial Raymond Domenech. He loves the theater. He loves astrology. He has said, publicly, that he won’t put Scorpios ... [read]


Euro 2008 Player Profile: Carles Puyol

By: Laurie | May 13th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Puyol Player ProfileName: Carles Puyol i Saforcada (sometimes incorrectly spelled Carlos)
Team: Spain
Group: D; Sweden, Russia, Greece.
Caps (Goals): 58 (1) as of May 11, 2008
DOB: April 13, 1978 (30 years old)
Position: Central Defender
Club Team: Barcelona
Facing Carles Puyol on defense has to be a lot like facing a pitbull. An agile pitbull. It’s difficult ... [read]


Clarence Seedorf Pulls Out of Euro 2008: Selfish or Selfless?

By: Daryl | May 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Seedorf Pulls Out of Euro 2008While most players are desparate to be involved in Euro 2008 (see Gonzalez, Raul and Del Piero, Alessandro) Clarence Seedorf can take it or leave it. Apparently the Milan midfielder called Marco van Basten yesterday to tell the Dutch coach that he doesn’t want to be involved in Euro ... [read]


Henrik Larsson in Sweden Squad for Euro 2008

By: Daryl | May 13th, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Henrik Larsson back for Euro 2008Here’s a shock for you. Henrik Larsson is in Sweden’s 23 man squad for Euro 2008.
The 36 year old striker has already retired from international football twice. Once in 2002 and again in 2006. It’s been two years since he wore the Swedish Blågult. And after that brief (impressive) ... [read]


Big Phil Releases Portugal Squad

By: Chris | May 13th, 2008 | 8 Comments »

_40280767_maniche300.thumbnail.jpgIt’s about that time, with each of the Euro 2008 squads slowly being announced, often coinciding with the end of the domestic seasons. Portugal finished up their domestic season yesterday - Porto won it sometime back in January, or something - and thus Luiz Felipe Scolari has taken today to make and break some ... [read]


Classic Euro Moments: Netherland Beats the USSR, 1988

By: Laurie | May 13th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

van-basten-gullit.thumbnail.jpgJourney back with me to 1988. Ronald Reagan was in the White House, and the country we now know as “Russia” was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR.)
And footballing shorts were very, very…short.
The Euro tournament itself was a little different from today’s as well. Only eight ... [read]


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France Team Euros Barometer: Who's Rising, Falling?

Team: France
By: Laurie | May 15th, 2008 | 4 Comments

There's an article over on Foot Mercato that lists current form for the potential France players. Curious to see what you think about individual players. Agree? Disagree? The Barometer Rising: Franck Ribéry, Patrice Evra, Gaël Clichy, Grégory Coupet, Thierry Henry, Philippe Méxès, Rio Antonio Mavuba, Mathieu Flamini, Patrick Vieira, Sebastien Frey; Stable: William Gallas, Eric Abidal, Bakary Sagna, ... [read]

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UEFA Cup for Dick Advocaat

Team: Netherlands
By: Jan | May 15th, 2008 | 0 Comments

dick_advocaat.thumbnail.jpg I've got to be honest with you... I'm not a big Dick fan. I mean...I am not a big fan of Dick... I think he is a bit of a...eh...a wannabe Dick, you know? Ok, he was interesting as a player. He was successful in his younger days with SVV (who??). And he did win ... [read]

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Cup Finals Galore

Team: Croatia
By: Mario | May 14th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Besides the Russian flavored UEFA cup final, the second leg of Croatian Cup final was also played today, albeit with much more discretion and a lot less overall quality involved. cup1As Dinamo went into the match with a 3:0 advantage, it was pretty much a routine 90 minutes of football. "Enriched" of course by ... [read]

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EK2000, Rijkaard was soooo close...

Team: Netherlands
By: Jan | May 14th, 2008 | 1 Comments

kluivert.thumbnail.jpg Real Madrid lured success coach Guus Hiddink away from Oranje. He managed the team in the EC1996 and the WC1998, in the latter tournament Oranje impressed again. Hosting the EC2000 meant no qualification matches were necessary and Hiddink's assistant Frank Rijkaard was pushed to the fore, with his current Barca sidekick Neeskens on assisting ... [read]

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Bilic Gets Some Competition

Team: Croatia
By: Mario | May 14th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Rather than his footballing, this time our coach gets a rival in his guitar playing skills. With Bilic flying high with his "Fiery Madness", a hip-hop group based in Zapresic also decided to give a shot in recording a song that our supporters might embrace as an official anthem of Croatia's EURO conquest. Let's hear it for Connect & Zapresic ... [read]

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Schneider to miss EUROs.

Team: Germany
By: angela | May 14th, 2008 | 3 Comments

On May 2, 2008 Joachim Löw made a phone call to Bernd Schneider. The conversation was about Bernd's back injury and his ability to play in the Euro's. Schneider had an operation on his spinal disc on April 25th in Hannover. The two had a lengthy conversation about the tough decision they were facing - will ... [read]

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Russia 25 man squad announced, Kerzhakov out

Team: Russia
By: ivan | May 14th, 2008 | 1 Comments

Kerzhakov Guus Hiddink named 25 man squad for Euro 2008. Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit St Petersburg), Vladimir Gaboulov (Amkar Perm) Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Alexei Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Vasily Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg), Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow), Renat Yanbaev (Lokomotiv Moscow) Midfielders: ... [read]

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Czech Republic NT squad named without Rosický and Nedvěd

Team: Czech Republic
By: Méd'a | May 14th, 2008 | 0 Comments

ČMFS logo sorry to cut this entry short, but will get back to you later with my personal thoughts... Goalkeepers: Petr Čech (Chelsea FC) Jaromír Blažek (1. FC Nürnberg) Daniel Zítka (RSC Anderlecht) Defenders: Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan) David Rozehnal (S.S. Lazio) Tomáš Ujfaluši (ACF Fiorentina) Zdeněk Pospěch (FC København) Zdeněk Grygera (Juventus) Michal Kadlec (AC Sparta Praha) Tomáš Sivok (AC Sparta Praha) Radoslav Kováč (FC Spartak Moskva) Midfielders: Tomáš ... [read]

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Polish League: Season 2007/2008. My review.

Team: Poland
By: tomasz | May 14th, 2008 | 3 Comments

orange-ekstraklasa.thumbnail.jpgYesterday's final of the Polish Cup (Legia Warsaw defeated Wisla Krakow on penalties) marked the end of the club season in Poland. For all the interested I provide the yearly stats and my opinions on particular players as well. Enjoy. To start with, the league table: 1 Wisła Krakow 30 games 77 points 68-18 goal ... [read]

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WAG Wednesday: Maniche Likes Them Conservative

Team: Portugal
By: Greg | May 14th, 2008 | 1 Comments

Since he's probably dealing with a little bit of heartache and feeling somewhat dumbfounded at the fact that he wasn't selected for the Euro this summer, at least Maniche can take comfort in the fact that he has an, um... er... interesting pair of mountains to look at while he's home, instead of in the Alps... [read]


 


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