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Who takes the title? Who will be the top scorer? Will Wayne Rooney even play a game? How excited are you for this badboy to kick off? All Euro 2012 discussion goes right here.




 
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Poland will be fired up, it's the first game of the tourney and they have the homefield advantage. I fancy Lewandowski to get a couple of goals for them. Greece are also pretty rubbish.

Russia-CR should be a good game, I agree with you about Russia being the favorites. I believe the russians will steamroll this group and go on to the quarterfinals brimming with confidence, and then anything can happen. I still don't think they have a realistic chance of winning the cup though.
 
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For the Euro top scorer, I got to go with Van Persie. I think Di Natale is a dark horse because the current Italy squad should be attacking.

Come on 3 LIONS!! We are looking in bad shape but got hope especially if Phil Jones starts.

Looking at it unbiased I would pick Germany as winners. ANYTHING can happen though with GREECE 2004 winners.
 
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Denmark 1 - Holland 0 at half time. Pretty unbelievable that the dutch haven't scored yet. They screwed up some major chances and will have to come out guns blazing in the second half. They can still win this but it will be tough now.

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Congrats Budhi. What a great win for Denmark. Pretty lucky I'd agree, but hell, the game is about scoring. Holland couldn't get it done.

Hammerlock should be pleased aswell. Both results were great for Germany, who are all but through at this point.
 
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Great tourney so far!! I watched the Holland game with some casual fans and told them before kickoff that Denmark have no chance. Got proved very wrong and respect to Denmark and Jacobsen.

Cannot wait for Monday, Hopefully lol we can beat the frogs.
 
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Two titans in the football world are about to clash, buckle up boys! A lot of people are sleeping on Italy, they could really do damage to Spain with the patented italian defense and the mad genius Cassano is lethal on the counter. Roumors are Spain are playing with Fabregas upfront, surely as a false nine, but that's very, very interesting.

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For a fotball fan it's pure joy having Pirlo and Iniesta on the same pitch. Two of the sexiest players in all of fotball. Not at all surprised Italy are doing so well, they have a very good, balanced team. I hope Di Natale will get time today, he is such a fox in the box.

As for Spain, they haven't been as shrude in regaining possesion like they are at their best. They still have tons of quality on the pitch, and have a great chance of getting goals. Maybe Llorente in the second half?

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Well their thinking is having Cesc as a false nine, dropping down between midfield and defense, swapping places with Iniesta and Silva and confusing the italian centre backs. But that is in theory, and the italian defence just seems to focused and disiplined to get fooled by this. I agree that having a pure striker on the pitch, preferably Llorente, would be the way yo go.

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Haven't watched a EURO 2012 game yet because I haven't had much time, but I'm definitely gonna check out the France-England game tomorrow, always been a fan of France and at least this year they have a pretty good line-up and a damn fine coach. :thumbsup:
 
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Several sources claim England will be playing this line-up tonight:

Joe Hart
Glen Johnson - John Terry - Joleon Lescott - Ashley Cole
James Milner - Steven Gerrard - Scott Parker - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Ashley Young - Danny Welbeck​

Excited to see Oxlade-Chamberlain from the start. That's a brave pick from Hodgson if true. That kid is really something. Still think this England team is a step below the french, and they should be happy with a draw. If Karim Benzema till have gas in the tank after a long season in Spain, he could tear shit up tonight.

Prediction: 2-0 France.
 
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Good sources, that was exactly the lineup for the game.

It was a good result for us, but would of liked Carroll instead of Welbeck. We had no real attacking threat apart from set pieces. I think Carroll could of held the ball up and let more players join him for an attack.
The French did out play us England attacking wise and were unlucky I got to admit. Our defence is still one the best and with luck/determination, England can reach the later stages.

Great match between Ukraine-Sweden, enjoyed that match and nice to see an old legend Shevchenko display a world class performance. His second goal was incredible!!
 
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Lol went to the pub to watch the Spain match, thought Ireland with luck and determination could test Spain.

Lost that thought after the Torres goal!!
 
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HOLY SHIT WE CAME OUT OF THIS HORROR GROUP WITH NINE POINTS!!!

And to make it even better now we're going to face Greece, our newest rival. Personally I have nothing against Greek people but all the politics that are going on between us and them makes them easy to root against.

And thank you, Portugal. As you might know we lovehate Holland and they lovehate so I'm kinda sad to see them go but I'm also kinda happy. :D

I'm gonna watch Portugal v Netherlands tomorrow with some other friends who don't know what to do either since they made the games parallel.
 
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Cheering like crazy for Croatia today. Partly because I don't care about Spain, but mostly due to the fact that if Spain somehow got kicked out tonight, that would be huuge for my Germany title-bet. That's a tall order though. I think we'll most likely see a win for Spain with a 1 or 2 goal margin.
 
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