Three-time FIFA World Player of the Year Zinédine Zidane gave 20 children a day to remember on Sunday when he joined in a small-sided game at one of Vienna’s UEFA EURO 2008™ Fan Zones.
Zidane, who turns 36 tomorrow, was at the adidas football park on the Heldenplatz in the centre of the Austrian capital, where [...]
Scolari’s men departed this summer’s tournament at the quarter-final stage as they were beaten 3-2 by Germany in Basel.The Brazilian is set to fill the vacant managerial position at Chelsea on 1st July, a revelation that was announced during Euro 2008.But Scolari is refusing to blame the proclamation, instead admitting that his side’s defensive mistakes [...]
Much more positive against Italy, Romania should adopt a similar game plan tonight, knowing victory will book a place in the quarter-finals. As part of the plan, Adrian Mutu, vowing to make up for his penalty miss, will probably start from the left again, endeavouring to support Ciprian Marica.
Already qualified, the Dutch, meanwhile, can let [...]
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni insists his bags are not packed ahead of the Euro 2008 crunch game against France.In a repeat of the 2006 World Cup final, Italy and France meet in Zurich on Tuesday night with one team guaranteed to be exiting the tournament. The world champions must beat France, and hope Romania fail [...]
Co-hosts Switzerland brought the curtain down on their UEFA EURO 2008 campaign with stirring performance at St. Jakob Park, signing off with a victory thanks to a pair of second-half goals from Hakan Yakin.
Though it was not enough to take them off the bottom of Group A, the victory restored pride in a side that [...]
The Group C draw had seemed cruel for Marco van Basten’s side, lining them up against world champions Italy, France and Romania, but last night’s victory in Berne – combined with the earlier 3-0 success against the Azzurri – sent the Dutch into the last eight in quick time. It also earned plaudits from the [...]
With France’s starting XI enjoying a rest after their meeting with Romania the night before, a 45-minute practice match was organised between the remainder of the squad and an Under-18 side taken from local clubs Neuchâtel Xamax FC and FC Fribourg. Fans and journalists attending training feared for the youthful Swiss team as the imposing [...]
Romania made a promising start to their UEFA EURO 2008™ campaign, holding one of the tournament favourites, France, to a goalless draw at the Letzigrund Stadion in Group C.
Victor Piţurcă’s side, appearing in their first major finals for eight years, restricted Les Bleus to a handful of half-chances as the two-time European champions struggled to [...]
The FC Internazionale Milano defender was a callow youth making his way in the national team when Romania last reached the finals of a major tournament, UEFA EURO 2000™. Eight years later Chivu the man cannot hide his excitement at the prospect of helping his country back into the limelight. “It’s always a great honour [...]
Losers on the opening day four years ago, Portugal made a sure-footed start to UEFA EURO 2008™ as second-half strikes from Pepe and substitute Raul Meireles secured all three points against Turkey at the Stade de Genève.
It was a deserved victory for Luiz Felipe Scolari’s men who also rattled the woodwork twice through Nuno Gomes. [...]
