Archive for Euro 2012
Teams await Euro 16 draw
For the first time the hosts are also part of the draw as this helps them with competitive matches but with points to play for.
France will host the 2016 European championships that will also see Gibraltar enter a qualifying draw for the first time.
Here are the qualifying pots for the Euro 2016 draw:
Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Bosnia-Hercegovina
Pot 2 : Ukraine, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Ireland
Pot 3 : Serbia, Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Norway, Slovakia, Romania, Austria, Poland
Pot 4: Montenegro, Armenia, Scotland, Finland, Latvia, Wales, Bulgaria, Estonia, Belarus
Pot 5 : Iceland, Northern Ireland, Albania, Lithuania, Moldova, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Cyprus
Pot 6 : Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands, Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar
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Spain tops scoring chart
Going into the final they were two goals behind Germany but scoring four goals in the final made sure they jumped the 2008 runner-up.
In total 76 goals were scored and here is table showing the goals scored starting with the lowest:
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 |
| Ukraine | 2 |
| Poland | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| France | 3 |
| Denmark | 4 |
| Czech | 4 |
| Croatia | 4 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| Russia | 5 |
| Greece | 5 |
| England | 5 |
| Portugal | 6 |
| Italy | 6 |
| Germany | 10 |
| Spain | 12 |
Total Goals Scored : 76
Only Italy managed to score a goal against Spain and that was in the first group game.
Below is a table showing the number of goals conceded by each team:
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
| Spain | 1 |
| Russia | 3 |
| Poland | 3 |
| England | 3 |
| Croatia | 3 |
| Ukraine | 4 |
| Portugal | 4 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| France | 5 |
| Denmark | 5 |
| Germany | 6 |
| Czech | 6 |
| Italy | 7 |
| Greece | 7 |
| Ireland | 9 |
Total Goals Conceded : 76
Spain wins Euro 2012
This is Spain's third title and they become the first team to successfully defend its title.
The champions conceded only one goal in the whole and ironically this came against Italy in the group stages.
Here is the Euro 2012 summary:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 31 | |
| Home wins | 13 | 41.9 |
| Away wins | 11 | 35.5 |
| Drawn | 7 | 22.6 |
| Goalless draws | 2 | 6.5 |
| Goals | 76 | |
| Goals/game | 2.5 | |
| First half goals | 32 | 42.1 |
| Second half goals | 44 | 57.9 |
| Home team goals | 44 | 57.9 |
| Away team goals | 32 | 42.1 |
For a bit of trivia here is a league table that puts all the matches played at Euro 2012 in a single table assuming results at full time(no penalty shootout results):
| Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 14 |
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| Portugal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Italy | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| England | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Czech | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Greece | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| France | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 |
Italy to meet Spain in final
Italy beat Euro 2008 finalists Germany 2-1 in the semis to set a date against Group C rival Portugal.
Spain beat Portugal 4-2 after a goalless 120 minutes on penalties to reach the final.
The Euro 2012 semis produced 3 goals.
2 goals were scored in the first half whilst 1 were scored after half-time.
Here is the Euro 2012 summary so far:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 30 | |
| Home wins | 12 | 40.0 |
| Away wins | 11 | 36.7 |
| Drawn | 7 | 23.3 |
| Goalless draws | 2 | 6.7 |
| Goals | 72 | |
| Goals/game | 2.4 | |
| First half goals | 30 | 41.7 |
| Second half goals | 42 | 58.3 |
| Home team goals | 40 | 55.6 |
| Away team goals | 32 | 44.4 |
Italy advances after shoot-out
Italy won the penalty shoot-out 4-2 and will now face Germany in the semis.
The result means England leave the tournament without losing in open play.
The Euro 2012 quarter-finals produced 9 goals .
2 goals were scored in the first half whilst 7 were scored after half-time.
Here is the Euro 2012 summary so far:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 28 | |
| Home wins | 12 | 42.9 |
| Away wins | 10 | 35.7 |
| Drawn | 6 | 21.4 |
| Goalless draws | 1 | 3.6 |
| Goals | 69 | |
| Goals/game | 2.5 | |
| First half goals | 28 | 40.6 |
| Second half goals | 41 | 59.4 |
| Home team goals | 39 | 56.5 |
| Away team goals | 30 | 43.5 |
* Home team refers to team named first.
Defensive show: England vs Italy
This is the only quarter-final matches that features both who go into the match undefeated.
England finished its group with two wins over Ukraine and Sweden and a draw against France.
Italy started with a draw against Spain which was followed by another draw against Croatia before a win over Ireland.
Italy hasn't conceded more than one goal in a match but England did that against Sweden.
Here is some stats for the two teams in the group stages:
| Stat | Stat | |
|---|---|---|
| Team | England | Italy |
| Played | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 7 | 5 |
| Drawn | 1 | 2 |
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Lost | 0 | 0 |
| Goal difference | 2 | 2 |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 1 |
| Failed to score | 0 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 5 | 4 |
| Goals conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Biggest win | Sweden 2 - 3 England England 1 - 0 Ukraine | Italy 2 - 0 Ireland |
| Biggest loss | No loss | No loss |
| Scored 3 or more | 1 | 0 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Scored 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
Showdown: Spain vs France
Spain have so far not lost a match but they only dropped points in a draw against Italy in their opening match.
France on other hand lost their last group match against Sweden but still managed to qualify second from the group after a draw against England and a win over Ukraine.
Here is some of the stats for the two teams going into this match.
| Category | Stat | Stat |
|---|---|---|
| Team | Spain | France |
| Played | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 7 | 4 |
| Drawn | 1 | 1 |
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Lost | 0 | 1 |
| Goal difference | 5 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 2 | 1 |
| Failed to score | 0 | 1 |
| Goals scored | 6 | 3 |
| Goals conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Ave. goals scored | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Biggest win | Spain 4 - 0 Ireland | Ukraine 0 - 2 France |
| Biggest loss | No loss | Sweden 2 - 0 France |
| Scored 3 or more | 1 | 0 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Scored 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
Crunch time: Germany vs Greece
Germany finished the group phase with nine points and finished with four.
Greece won one, drew one and lost one and finished second because of a better head-to-head record over Russia.
Germany lost in the Euro 2008 final and will be hoping to go one step further should they navigate past Greece.
The winner in this match will meet either England or Italy.
Here is some stats for the two teams so far:
| Category | Stat | Stat |
|---|---|---|
| Team | Germany | Greece |
| Played | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 9 | 4 |
| Drawn | 0 | 1 |
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Lost | 0 | 1 |
| Goal difference | 3 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 1 |
| Failed to score | 0 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 5 | 3 |
| Goals conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.7 | 1.0 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Biggest win | Germany 1 - 0 Portugal Netherlands 1 - 2 Germany Denmark 1 - 2 Germany | Greece 1 - 0 Russia |
| Biggest loss | No loss | Greece 1 - 2 Czech |
| Scored 3 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Scored 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
Spain tops the scoring charts
The most popular number of goals scored at the group phase is five with five teams scoring five goals.
Of those five, Russia and Sweden could not qualify to the quarter-finals.
Interestingly Greece and France scored three goals only but had enough points and head to head advantage to reach the knockout stage.
Ireland could only muster one goal and below is the table showing all the goals by each team:
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 |
| Ukraine | 2 |
| Poland | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Greece | 3 |
| France | 3 |
| Italy | 4 |
| Denmark | 4 |
| Czech | 4 |
| Croatia | 4 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| Russia | 5 |
| Portugal | 5 |
| Germany | 5 |
| England | 5 |
| Spain | 6 |
Total Goals Scored : 60
Germany's perfect record
Spain and England each won two and drew the other one to finish with seven points.
On the other side of the table, Ireland and Netherlands finished their tournaments pointless.
Here is table that shows all the teams' points in one overall table and separates the teams using goal difference:
| Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Czech | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 |
England and France deny co-host Ukraine
6 goals were scored in the first half whilst 8 were scored after half-time.
Both Poland and Ukraine did not qualify for the quarter-finals despite the home support.
England won Group D after beating Ukraine 1-nil whilst Sweden got their first victory beating France 2-nil.
England will now meet Italy whilst France will meet defending champions Spain.
Here is the Euro 2012 summary so far:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 24 | |
| Home wins | 10 | 41.7 |
| Away wins | 9 | 37.5 |
| Drawn | 5 | 20.8 |
| Goalless draws | 0 | 0.0 |
| Goals | 60 | |
| Goals/game | 2.5 | |
| First half goals | 26 | 43.3 |
| Second half goals | 34 | 56.7 |
| Home team goals | 33 | 55.0 |
| Away team goals | 27 | 45.0 |
Spain, Italy advance in Group C
The defending champions left it late to score the goal that meant they finished top of Group C.
Italy also advanced after overcoming Ireland 2-nil. Ireland were already out of the competition for a quarter-final place after losing the first two matches.
Spain will meet the runners from Group D whilst Italy will face the winners of that group.
Here is a table showing the number of goals conceded by each team so far:
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
| Spain | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Ukraine | 3 |
| Russia | 3 |
| Poland | 3 |
| Greece | 3 |
| England | 3 |
| Croatia | 3 |
| Portugal | 4 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Denmark | 5 |
| Czech | 5 |
| Ireland | 9 |
Total Goals Conceded : 57
So Ireland has had the worst defence conceding nine goals in three matches.
Portugal knocks out the Dutch
The Netherlands needed to win by at least a two goal margin but in the end the 2010 World Cup have left the tournament winless.
The Germans top Group B and will play Greece in the quarter finals whilst the Czech Republic will play Portugal.
Here is a table showing the goal margins at full time so far:
| Goal Margin | Frequency | Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5 | 25.0 |
| 1 | 11 | 55.0 |
| 2 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 3 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 4 | 1 | 5.0 |
The table below shows the goal margins at half-time:
| Goal Margin | Frequency | Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 8 | 40.0 |
| 1 | 9 | 45.0 |
| 2 | 3 | 15.0 |
So no team has led by more than two goals going into the half time break.
Ireland, Sweden exit Euro 2012
Both Ireland and Sweden are winless in groups where the currently in second have four points.
11 goals were scored in the first half whilst 15 were scored after half-time.
Here is the Euro 2012 goals summary so far :
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 16 | |
| Home wins | 4 | 25.0 |
| Away wins | 7 | 43.8 |
| Drawn | 5 | 31.3 |
| Goalless draws | 0 | 0.0 |
| Goals | 46 | |
| Goals/game | 2.9 | |
| First half goals | 20 | 43.5 |
| Second half goals | 26 | 56.5 |
| Home team goals | 23 | 50.0 |
| Away team goals | 23 | 50.0 |
Euro 2012 round 1 goals review
9 goals were scored in the first half whilst 11 were scored after half-time.
The first match of the second round of group games will see Greece play the Czech Republic in a match the Czech cannot afford to lose.
Here is the summary after eight matches:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 8 | |
| Home wins | 3 | 37.5 |
| Away wins | 2 | 25.0 |
| Drawn | 3 | 37.5 |
| Goalless draws | 0 | 0.0 |
| Goals | 20 | |
| Goals/game | 2.5 | |
| First half goals | 9 | 45.0 |
| Second half goals | 11 | 55.0 |
| Home team goals | 11 | 55.0 |
| Away team goals | 9 | 45.0 |
Home teams refers to the first named teams.
Euro 2012 kicks off
The second match of the tournament will see Russia play the Czech Republic.
This is the last Euro tournament that will feature 16 teams with the next edition in France going to feature 24 teams.
The Netherlands will kick off Group B with its match against Denmark and the second match in that group will feature Germany against Portugal.
Group C will start with a blockbuster match with the last two champions clashing as Spain take on Italy.
The Republic mark their return to the tournament when they play Croatia.
In Group D, France will face England before co-hosts Ukraine meet Sweden.
Capello resigns from England job
This follows the stripping of John Terry as England manager on Monday.
Capello took England to the 2010 South African World Cup and was scheduled to take England to the 2012 Euro being hosted by Poland and Ukraine.
His resignation leaves England with less than five months to pick up a new manager to take the team to the summer tournament.
Spain grouped with Italy at Euro 2012
This is one of the toughest groups in the tournament with current champions meeting the team they deposed from the throne Italy.
Ireland and Croatia both came through the qualifiers and will have nothing to lose and therefore they will cause a lot of problems for Spain and Italy.
Another tough looking group is Group B. Group B brings Holland, Portugal, Denmark and Germany together.
These tough groups will bring a lot of interest to the tournament and click here for some of the sites that will be following this tournament closely.
Here is the full draw:
Group A : Poland, Greece, Russia, Czech Republic
Group B : Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Portugal
Group C : Spain, Italy, Ireland, Croatia
Group D : Ukraine, England, France, England
Croatia to meet Turkey in Euro 2012 playoffs
Croatia had finished second behind Greece in their group whilst Turkey finished behind Germany.
The Republic of Ireland will face off with Estonia whilst Portugal will have to navigate past Bosnia.
The fourth playoff will see the Czech Republic meet Montenegro.
The matches will be played in November.
Germany, Italy, Spain reach Euro 2012
Germany were the first team to qualify when they beat Austria 6-2 last Friday.
Italy and current champions Spain have now sealed their places at the tournament after wins against Slovenia and Liechtenstein respectively.
Poland and Ukraine are joint hosts of the 2012 edition of the tournament.
Just like Euro 2008,
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