World Cup Blog - Euro 2008 Championships

Oranje in the Finals again!!

Jan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

No people, it's still 24 days to go. You didn't oversleep. You haven't missed a thing.

This is about the Under17s. The third time (!) in four years (!) that Alfred Stuivenberg and his team reaches the end game. And the opponent, again, is Germany.

And the players that won the title [read more]

Blanc Completes Provisional Squad - Kaboul's out injured - Remy's injured, but still in - 26 has to get trimmed to 23

jeff — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

With Kaboul out injured, Blanc's provisional squad has 11 players from abroad and 15 players from clubs in France.

Defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa of Montpellier, who was tipped for a call up earlier this week in the comments of this site, has received his first call up, but he has to be [read more]

Johan Cruyff's ideal starting eleven

Jan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Good people, we have only 24 days to go until our lads can start their official campaign for that nice starter (the main meal will be served in 2014 in Brazil, remember?)...

And today or tomorrow ( depending on where you are) Bert will send a number of players home to [read more]

EURO 2012 Squad Announced

Paulo — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Paulo Bento has named his 23 man squad for Euro 2012:

Goalkeepers: Rui Patrício (Sporting), Beto (Cluj), Eduardo (Benfica)

Defenders: Pepe (Real Madrid), Bruno Alves (Zenit St. Petersburg), Fábio Coentrão (Real Madrid), João Pereira (Sporting Lisbon), Ricardo Costa (Valencia), Rolando (FC Porto), Miguel Lopes (SC Braga)

Midfielders: Carlos Martins (Granada), João Moutinho (FC [read more]

26 Preliminary Names Announced

nick — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

As Euro 2012 draws closer, Dick Advocaat has announced his preliminary squad for the tournament. Running down a list of 26 names, most of the seasoned players who participated in the qualifying campaign are included except for Bilyaletdinov and Bystrov. Their omissions seemed likely since they did not have good [read more]

Memories of Euro 1996....

Jan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Davids: "Is De Boer's arse really that wide?"

27 days to go my friends!!! Let's warm up :-)....

After Hollands WC1994 disappointment (only Advocaat was happy), Guus took over. He wasn't Golden Gus or God back then. He had to prove himself, and although he would shine in 1998, 2002 and 2006 [read more]

Who will Santos pick?

nick — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hello all Greek fans. With Euro 2012 just over a month away and a full preliminary squad due to be released in the next week, it might be interesting to take a look at the players Santos has at his disposal. This is particularly interesting since he has a large [read more]

Blanc's midfield moan a comment on the backups

jeff — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Blanc: "I almost have my list of 23. My final hesitation concerns a long-term problem - the midfield is suffering from a lack of leadership and a lack of players with international experience. There are players who have the potential to be in the France team - but players who [read more]

Alexander Buttner, Vitesse's confident left back

Jan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Vitesse is on its way back to the Dutch (sub)top, under the management and guidance of John van den Brom. And 22 year old Alexander Buttner, a product of the Ajax youth development, is one of the key players in that new team. He had his wanderings in the team, [read more]

Blanc's Preliminary Call Up Part 1 - Players Abroad

jeff — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

So Blanc has named part of his preliminary (provisional) squad: the ones who don't play in France (according to Reuters): 12 players total.

Defenders
1. Gael Clichy (Manchester City)
2. Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
3. Younes Kaboul (Tottenham Hotspur)
4. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
5. Philippe Mexes (AC Milan)
6. Adil Rami (Valencia)

Midfielders
7. Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United)

Attacking [read more]