At 8th of June, one of the world most popular tournament EURO 2012 kicked off. This year's EURO is hosted by two countries, Poland and Ukraine. Only top 16 countries of Europe can participate in this tournament. The winner of this EURO 2012 will be automatically qualified for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil.
The group table of EURO 2012 was as follows:
In Group A:
- Czech Republic*
- Greece*
- Russia
- Poland
- Germany*
- Portugal*
- Denmark
- Netherlands
- Spain*
- Italy*
- Croatia
- Republic of Ireland
- England*
- France*
- Ukraine
- Sweden
QUARTER-FINALS:
Very first quarter-final was between Portugal VS Czech Republic on 21st June at Warsaw Stadium. In which Portugal beat Czech Republic by 1 goal to nil, where Portugal star player Ronaldo scored at 79th minute for the Portuguese side.
In the second quarter-final between Germany against Greece which was kicked off on 22nd June at Gdansk, Germany came out victorious as they beat Greece by 4 goals to 2 where Lahm, Khedira, Klose and Reus scored for the German side where as Samaras and Salpingidis scored for Greece.
Third quarter-final was between Spain and France which was held in Donetsk on 23rd of June.In that game Spain were able to beat France by 2 goals to nil in which Xabi Alosno scored both goals for Spain.
And the Final quarter-final was between England and Italy on 24th of June at Kiev. In that game the whole 90 minutes plus 30 minutes of additional time were not enough to separate the both sides at a result it went on to penalty shoot-out where Italy beat England by 4 to 2 where Ashley Young and Cole missed the penalty for England. For Italy, Montolivo missed the peanlty.
By these all games, Portugal, Germany, Spain and Italy reached to Semi-finals.
SEMI-FINALS:
First semi-final game was between Portugal and Spain, where Spain beat Portugal in the Penalty shoot-out by 4 goals to 2. This game was held at Donetsk on 27th of June. In that game the score was 0-0 till the full time plus 30 additional minutes. For Portugal, Pepe and Nani scored in penalty kick whereas Moutinho and Bruno Alves missed the shoot-out. And for Spain, Iniesta, Pique, Ramos and Fabregas scored where Xabi Alonso missed the penalty.
Second and the final semifinal was between Germany VS Italy. This game was held at Warsaw on 28th of June where Italy beat Germany by 2 goals to 1. In that game, Balotelli scored both goals for Italy in the first half whereas for German side, Mesut Ozil scored the only goal in penalty which was awarded because of the hand ball by Italian defender in the D-Box area.
FINAL:
After the result of both semi-finals, it was fixed that Italy and Spain will be meeting at the final of EURO 2012. These side have already met in the group stage where it was finished 1-1 draw. Both team have very well record till the semi-final of this tournament.
HAVE YOUR SAY!!!
WHO WILL WIN THE EURO 2012?
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