Watch Euro football on your PC

• Author: Admin
• Filed under: Euro 2008
• Date: Jun 3,2008

The official UEFA website for the UEFA European Championship, Euro2008.com has launched its pay-per-view video service for the final tournament. Michel Platini opened the UEFA Euro 2008 International Broadcast Centre in Austria and talked about the key role television has in promoting the sport.

The on-demand video service it is available on video.uefa.com and will start broadcasting on 7th of June with the first Euro match, Switzerland vs. Czech Republic.

There are several premium options starting at 1.99 euros per each match. The video service will be live even after the Euro 2008 is finished, broadcasting Champions League, UEFA Cup and many other events organised by UEFA. Among other interesting packages are the Euro2008 Pass at 19.99 euros or the Annual Pass at 39.99 euros. Check the video.uefa.com website for more details.

David Farrelly, the head of content at UEFA Media Technologies said about the new service: “”We are in a unique position to offer fans on the web the best quality product that usually only TV can offer, as we benefit from mobility, immediacy and additional distribution channels. We think our offering will be appreciated by the fans of UEFA EURO 2008™ in Europe and beyond.”

Spain

• Author: Admin
• Filed under: Euro 2008
• Date: Jun 3,2008

Spain finished top of their qualifying group ahead of Sweden, Northern Ireland and Denmark. This is one of the teams that developed so much in the last few years and I see them having some great matches at Euro 2008.

They will play in Group D against Greece, Sweden and Russia and normally they should be favourites for the first place.

Here is the full spanish squad:

1 Iker Casillas
2 Raul Albiol
3 Fernando Navarro
4 Carlos Marchena
5 Carles Puyol
6 Andres Iniesta
7 David Villa
8 Xavi Hernandez
9 Fernando Torres
10 Cesc Fabregas
11 Joan Capdevila
12 Santi Cazorla
13 Andres Palop
14 Xabi Alonso
15 Sergio Ramos
16 Sergio Garcia
17 Daniel Guiza
18 Alvaro Arbeloa
19 Marcos Senna
20 Juanito Gutierrez
21 David Silva
22 Ruben De La Red
23 Pepe Reina
Coach: Luis Aragones

Romania

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• Filed under: Euro 2008
• Date: Jun 3,2008

Romania won their qualifying group with a fine display, 3 points ahead of Netherlands and 4 points ahead of Bulgaria.

Unlucky for them, Romania will meet Netherlands again, France and Italy in what is it called “The Group of Death”. They will need to display an excellent performance in order to win matches and go to quarterfinals.

The full romanian squad:

1 Bogdan Lobont
2 Cosmin Contra
3 Razvan Rat
4 Gabriel Tamas
5 Cristian Chivu
6 Mirel Radoi
7 Florentin Petre
8 Paul Codrea
9 Ciprian Marica
10 Adrian Mutu
11 R?zvan Cocis
12 Marius Popa
13 Cristian Sapunaru
14 Sorin Ghionea
15 Dorin Goian
16 Banel Nicolita
17 Cosmin Moti
18 Marius Niculae
19 Adrian Cristea
20 Nicolae Dica
21 Daniel Niculae
22 Stefan Radu
23 Eduard Stancioiu
Coach: Victor Piturca

Poland

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• Filed under: Euro 2008
• Date: Jun 3,2008

Poland finished top of their qualifying group ahead Portugal and they have improved a lot. However their last friendly matches were a bit of disappointment.

At Euro, Poland plays in Group B alongside Austria, Croatia and Germany and they will need to display some excellent performances in order to have a chance to go to the quarterfinals.

Here is the full polish squad:

1 Artur Boruc
2 Mariusz Jop
3 Jakub Wawrzyniak
4 Pawel Gola?ski
5 Dariusz Dudka
6 Jacek B?k
7 Euzebiusz Smolarek
8 Jacek Krzynówek
9 Maciej ?urawski
10 ?ukasz Gargu?a
11 Marek Saganowski
12 Tomasz Kuszczak
13 Marcin Wasilewski
14 Micha? ?ew?akow
15 Micha? Pazdan
16 Jakub B?aszczykowski
17 Wojciech ?obodzi?ski
18 Mariusz Lewandowski
19 Rafa? Murawski
20 Roger Guerreiro
21 Tomasz Zahorski
22 ?ukasz Fabia?ski
23 Adam Kokoszka
Coach: Leo Beenhakker

Turkey

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• Filed under: Euro 2008
• Date: Jun 3,2008

Turkey had a rather modest qualifying campaign finishing on the second place in Group C, 7 points behind Greece and only 1 point ahead Norway.

They will play in Group A, against Switzerland, Czech Republic and Portugal and honestly I think they’ll have to show us some better footbal than in qualifyings in order to go through.

Here is the full turkish squad:

1 Rü?tü Reçber
2 Servet Çetin
3 Hakan Balta
4 Gökhan Zan
5 Emre Belözo?lu
6 Mehmet Topal
7 Mehmet Aurélio
8 Nihat Kahveci
9 Semih ?entürk
10 Gökdeniz Karadeniz
11 Tümer Metin
12 Tolga Zengin
13 Emre Güngör
14 Arda Turan
15 Emre A??k
16 U?ur Boral
17 Tuncay ?anl?
18 Kaz?m Kaz?m
19 Ayhan Akman
20 Sabri Sar?o?lu
21 Mevlüt Erdinç
22 Hamit Alt?ntop
23 Volkan Demirel
Coach: Fatih Terim

Russia

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• Filed under: Euro 2008
• Date: Jun 3,2008

The russians were lucky, very lucky to qualify for Euro. After their dissapointing match in Israel when they’ve lost. They should thank Croatia for beating England at Wembley this way securing the second place for Russia.

They are part of Group D together with the ex euro winners Greece, Sweden and Spain. A though group for the russians but this way they will have to prove the quality of their young squad.

Here is the full russian squad for Euro:

1 Igor Akinfeev
2 Vasili Berezutski
3 Renat Yanbaev
4 Sergei Ignashevich
5 Aleksei Berezutski
6 Roman Adamov
7 Dmitri Torbinskiy
8 Denis Kolodin
9 Ivan Saenko
10 Andrei Arshavin
11 Sergei Semak
12 Vladimir Gabulov
13 Pavel Pogrebnyak
14 Roman Shirokov
15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
16 Vyacheslav Malafeev
17 Konstantin Zyrianov
18 Yuri Zhirkov
19 Roman Pavlyuchenko
20 Igor Semshov
21 Dmitri Sychev
22 Aleksandr Anyukov
23 Vladimir Bystrov
Coach: Guus Hiddink

France

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• Filed under: Euro 2008
• Date: Jun 3,2008

France finished second their qualifying group 3 points behind Italy and 2 points ahead Scotland. I wouldn’t say they had a great qualifying campaign being quite lucky to be at Euro.

Still France is a football super power and they have their chances to go through the group of death where they will have to play against Italy, Holland and Romania.

Here is the full french squad. Please note that Patrick Vieira might be replaced with Flamini if the french skipper won’t be able to come back from injury.

1 Steve Mandanda
2 Jean-Alain Boumsong
3 Eric Abidal
4 Patrick Vieira
5 William Gallas
6 Claude Makelele
7 Florent Malouda
8 Nicolas Anelka
9 Karim Benzema
10 Sidney Govou
11 Samir Nasri
12 Thierry Henry
13 Patrice Evra
14 François Clerc
15 Lilian Thuram
16 Sébastien Frey
17 Sébastien Squillaci
18 Bafétimbi Gomis
19 Willy Sagnol
20 Jérémy Toulalan
21 Lassana Diarra
22 Franck Ribéry
23 Grégory Coupet
Coach: Raymond Domenech