In the 2004 Euro Cup tournament Greece surprised everyone when their workmanlike and well-coached team made it all the way to the finals and managed to defeat the host nation Portugal to win the whole shebang. Their uniforms for 2004 were mostly an afterthought. They were almost a straight-off-the-rack job with a Greek flag and some numbers slapped on. Click to continue reading...

There was a time when Celtic played Real Madrid, Juventus or even Notts Forest back in the old European Cup. I know I was at all the home games. Two games home and away and winners go through. Tense, exciting stuff.

Now like others we play Manchester United, Barcelona and co every year, in a Group stage, devised so the top teams can get through every year and get more money to buy more players to do it all again the next year. Click to continue reading...

David Beckham admits he would relish the chance to return to Real Madrid sometime in the future to work with the club's youngsters.
"I would like to return to Spain some day and to Real Madrid. To work with the kids or something similar at Madrid would be an honour for me," said Beckham. Click to continue reading...

"El Niño" is Fernando Torres' nickname. In this cartoon, the stunned German says, "I thought it would be easy, like taking candy from a kid."

Torres (has to be him, he's the only blondie on the Spanish team) responds, "Idiot! Don't you know the Fury is ageless?" as he carts away the Euro Cup. Click to continue reading...

Image details: Germany v Spain - UEFA EURO 2008 Final served by picapp.com Spain has just clenched a win against the German power-horse in the 2008 Euro Cup final 1-0! Torres made the first and only goal in the game for Spain, but that's not's to say that Germany didn't have any scoring chances. There were [. Click to continue reading...

Image details: UEFA EURO2008 Final Draw served by picapp.com There is no reason to miss the 2008 Euro Cup match between Spain and Germany. Here in Canada you can catch it on TSN at 2pm et/11am pt. Or, if for some unfortunate reason you miss the match, you can watch the encore at 7pm et/4pm pt. To [.. Click to continue reading...

Image details: Euro 2008 - Public Viewing Spain v Russia served by picapp.com Tensions are mounting in the run for the 2008 Euro Cup match this Sunday! June 29. Germany is seeing a record fourth consecutive Euro Cup win, while Spain fights to stay alive. Spain might have been the underdogs this year but they have [. Click to continue reading...

Image: http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm214/TSCMSN/west_bromwich.jpg Euro Cup has been in the... Click to continue reading...

My Predictions -0 Euro Cup Chaos-1 I've never been a big soccer fan. I only got involved with... Click to continue reading...

The "biscuits" are only Scandinavian. The miracle of bern repeats itself, but this time it is Italian and not German, like in the 1954 World Cup. Italy gets rid of the Portuguese nightmare and advances to the second round. Italy was great against France and while they beat the French team coached by Domenech 2-0, something they have not done in regular time since the 1978 World Cup, The Netherlands beat Romania 2-0, allowing us to advance to the quarterfinals that will be played on Sunday, the 22nd, in Vienna, against Spain. Click to continue reading...

The score was 1-1 in Zurich. A good Italy, that is not able to beat Romania despite dominating the field. Lobont, the Romanian goalkeeper, was able to save just about everything and in the final minutes Buffon was able to black a penalty kick by Mutu after a foul that only the referee saw, the same referee that in the first half had annulled a regular goal to Luca Toni. Click to continue reading...

A Spanish fan celebrates during a Group D game against Russia June 10, 2008. Spain took the victory over Russia 4-1 during the 2008 Euro Cup in Austria. Images courtesy of newscom. Technorati Tags: russia,spain,2008_euro_cup Share This Click to continue reading...

Action shot of Turkish goalkeeper Demirel duking it out with the Swiss team during the 2008 Euro Cup, June 11, 2008. Switzerland and Turkey have been playing for a spot at the top of the Group A standings. Despite the heavy rain Turkey managed to sneak in two goals to take the victory 2-1. Image [. Click to continue reading...

Two weeks to Euro 2008. Let the insanity begin.

With the nations participating in the tournament having already named their provisional squads, they will complete those teams by the middle of next week at the latest.

Some surprises.

Italy named 24 players so they have one to cut. Click to continue reading...