EURO 2008 Results – June 17th. Bye bye Romania and France.

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 happy, the Italians kept the tradition of beating France (I have to go against the French in football since they manage to kick Brazil’s behind everytime we face them — but I do love Paris!). Results after the jump.

Netherlands 1 – 0 Romania – tough love for the brave Romanians. Persie and Huntelaar scored for the Dutch to keep the Oranje machine running strong. The Italians also say thank you.

France 0 – 2 Italy – Maybe it was the Azzurri’s white uniform, maybe not. Italy played strong and took the opportunity they had. Pirlo scored the first on a penalty (Luca Toni’s credit there) and De Rossi took the little help of Henry’s foot to capitalize the second goal. Italy runs up to the quarters. France says arrevoir.

Related posts:

1. EURO 2008 Latest Results. Watch that quarter-final spot…
2. EURO 2008 Results – Jun 9th.
3. EURO 2008 Results, June 18th – See what’s coming.
4. Drawing Results for EURO 2008.
5. EURO 2008 Results – Jun 16th. Saved by the Ballack.