FC Internazionale Milano took the outright Serie A lead by two points in spectacular style with a 4-0 victory at AS Roma after Udinese Calcio drew 2-2 with US Lecce and S.S. Lazio lost 3-1 at Bologna FC to lose ground.
SSC Napoli’s 2-1 win against Juventus on Saturday had taken them a point above Inter, [...]
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 [...]
Holland coach Marco van Basten will establish in the “next few days” whether Arsenal striker Robin van Persie will be fit to face Italy in their first Euro 2008 game on Monday.
Van Persie has been out for several weeks with a thigh problem but returned to training this week.
“Robin trained for the first time in [...]
Djibril Cisse has again missed out on a major tournament for France after being left out of Raymond Domenech’s 23-man squad for Euro 2008 in favour of St Etienne striker Bafetimbi Gomis.Marseille forward Cisse, who missed the 2006 World Cup after breaking his leg in a warm-up game, has been omitted despite the fact 22-year-old [...]
Roma midfielder Simone Perrotta could miss Euro 2008 due to a calf injury sustained in Saturday’s Coppa Italia final.The 30-year-old limped away from his side’s 2-1 triumph over Internazionale and it is feared the injury is more serious than just cramp, which was the initial diagnosis.He will undergo further tests at the national team’s training [...]
Goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand has accused Germany boss Joachim Low of a lack of respect after missing out on a place in his preliminary squad for Euro 2008.
The Valencia stopper was a surprise exclusion from the 26-man party as Low opted for Jens Lehmann, Hannover’s Robert Enke and uncapped Bayer Leverkusen youngster Rene Adler as his [...]
Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra admits his Champions League celebrations were muted last night as he turns his attention to France’s Euro 2008 preparations. Evra played the entire 120 minutes of last night’s penalty shoot-out victory over Chelsea in Moscow and insists Sir Alex Ferguson’s side are worthy winners.
“I can’t believe it. It’s unbelievable,” he [...]
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni faces tough decisions ahead of Tuesday’s Euro 2008 squad announcement, according to striker Luca Toni. Donadoni will unveil his squad for the tournament in Austria and Switzerland with the biggest decision being whether veteran forwards Alessandro Del Piero and Filippo Inzaghi will be recalled to the side.
Juventus star Del Piero, 33, [...]
Gomis scored six goals in the last eight games of St Etienne’s Ligue 1 campaign to force his way into the reckoning ahead of Trezeguet, who has been just as free-scoring for Juventus this season.
Other notable decisions by Domenech see Francois Clerc beat Arsenal’s Sagna to a right-back spot and Jerome Rothen miss out on [...]
Midfielder Maniche feels he has been betrayed by Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari after being left out of the Euro 2008 squad. Maniche, who is on loan at Internazionale from Atletico Madrid, claims he was told by Scolari that he would feature in the squad and was “heartbroken” to find his name had been omitted.
“In [...]
