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 [...]