It was the end of the line for the Dutch. After a tie in regular time, a young and powerful Russia managed to score 2 in overtime sending the favorite home early.
Netherlands 1 - 3 Russia
goals by: Pavlyuchenko (Russia), Van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), Arshavin & Torbinski (Russia)

How many times do we see a last second goal in football? Not many. Today was one of these days, and Turkey managed to do miracles again. But let’s start from the beginning. I went to watch Turkey vs. Croatia on a very popular football bar here in NYC. As I found my corner spot [...]

And so it ends the Big Phil reign with the Portuguese. Not the ideal “tchau” as a weak Portugal was defeated by a booming Germany. Well deserved for the Germans, and a lot of frustration for the Lusos. Maybe that will bring C. Ronaldo’s cockiness a little bit down, maybe not. But the fact is, [...]

We are all set for the quarter finals. Today’s last 2 matches from the initial EURO 2008 phase defined who will face who.
Greece 1 - 2 Spain - A nice comeback from the Spaniards gave Greece a sour goodbye to the chance of defending the title. This proves how dynamic football is. Greece opened with [...]

Another bye-bye-time-to-go-home day at EURO 2008. Only the Netherlands was 100% qualified to the quarter finals. Romania needed at least a tie or victory to get into the next phase. Italy and France, repeating 2006 World Cup’s final, needed a victory and Romania to lose in order to qualify. And to make me a little [...]

Vital day for group B. Germany desperately needed victory in order to join Croatia in the quarter-finals. Here are today’s results:
Poland 0 - 1 Croatia - with a perfect sweep through the first phase of EURO 2008, Croatia goes to the quarter-finals confident. Poland goes home. The Croatian goal was scored by #17 Ivan Klasnić.
Austria [...]

For those who missed it, here are the latest results for the past 3 days of Euro 2008. We are now into cut-throat phase as victory becomes vital for survival in the EURO championships. My predictions are all on the Netherlands.

What’s that? Germany took a beat by Croatia?
Here are today’s shorties:
Croatia 2 - 1 Germany - The Deutsche Man were dancing along Croatia’s song. Goals by Srna and Olić for the Croatians. Podolski gave a little hope to the Germans with another goal. Croatia is now secure int eh Quarter-Finals.
Austria 1 - 1 Poland - [...]

Today’s shorties: Portugal keeps destroying. Turkey sucks at playing in the rain, luckily the 2nd half had a drier pitch.
Czech Republic 1 - 3 Portugal - Deco scored first, C. Ronaldo scored his first, gave a present to Quaresma. The Czechs put one in with Sionko.
Switzerland 1 - 2 Turkey - Yakin shook the net [...]

Today’s shorties. Is Spain going to win my heart over Netherlands?
Spain 4 - 1 Russia - Put David Villa on the pitch… and Bob’s your uncle!
Greece 0 - 2 Sweden - Hansson and Ibrahimović gave Greece a tough reality check.