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Entries for February, 2008

Cristiano Ronaldo wants to be a Euro Star

Cristiano Ronaldo wants to take his stunning club form for Manchester United into this summer’s European Championship.

“I want to play at Euro 2008 as well as I have been playing in the Premier League,” he said.
“I will be well-prepared for the Championships. I believe that with my motivation level things will go well.”

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A fight between Aragones and Raul?

During a press conference on Tuesday, Luis Aragones denied the speculation regarding a ill-feeling between him and Real Madrid captain Raul Gonzales but he avoided to answer whether he would include him in his squad for Euro 2008.

Among with Raul, they reiterated there is no bad feeling between the paid and the speculation among the [...]

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All European Championship matches in the Outlook calendar

In his Weblog andib.com Andreas Breu has provided a really useful file. After the draw in Lucerne, Andreas went to the trouble of entering all the Euro 2008TM match dates in his Outlook calendar. To save other football fans from having to do the same thing, Andreas has made this file and the import [...]

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UEFA EURO 2008 Stadiums: Stade de Geneve

Stade de Geneve was officially opened in 2003, after about three years of construction. It has a capacity of 32,000 seats and it is the home ground for Servette FC, one of Switzerland’s football teams. Stade de Geneve will host three group matches of Group A during the EURO 2008 Championship.

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UEFA EURO 2008 Stadiums: Stade de Suisse

Stade de Suisse is located in Bern and is the home ground of BSC Young Boys. Stade de Suisse is also Switzerland’s second biggest all-seater stadium.
The history of Stade de Suisse begins another stadium: Wankdorf Stadium was demolished in 2001 and on its grounds there was built Stade de Suisse. This one had already hosted [...]

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UEFA EURO 2008 Stadiums: St. Jakob-Park

St. Jakob-Park, or “Joggeli”, is the stadium where FC Basel play. Having a capacity of about 42,500 seats, the stadium is now being renovated for the matches of the Euro 2008 so that it would fit more seats at the time. The sides of the stadium are divided as the four blocks of the stadium [...]

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Donadoni Leaves Door Open

Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has refused to close the door on Alessandro Del Piero’s international career despite leaving him out of the squad for Wednesday’s international friendly against Portugal in Zurich.
 
The Juventus veteran was overlooked as Donadoni instead selected 25-year-old Marco Borriello, Serie A’s leading scorer this season with 12 goals in 18 games [...]

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Pires Resigned To Missing Euro 2008

Villarreal winger Robert Pires believes he has played his last game for France after once again being left out of Raymond Domenech’s squad. The former Arsenal man has not been called on by Domenech since publicly criticising the France boss after Euro 2004.
But many thought the 34-year-old’s form this season would see him recalled into [...]

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