Yep. € 10.000. The ball used on the match between Germany and Spain was auctioned by the Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung and Adidas. The money is going to Osterreichische Sportshilfe, to help the development of Athletics on the London Olympic games in 2012. Neat!

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 - [...]

It was hard to chose between this one and C. Ronaldo’s. For the bigger pressure and pitch condition today’s EURO goal goes to Turan.

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.

Seriously, amazing play and amazing goal by Sneijder. I am now definitely rooting for the Netherlands!

What a nice match! When lots of people expected an equally competitive match, what was shown today in Berne was a dominant Netherlands over a weak Italy. Van Basten’s squad was fast, skillfull and effective. Donadoni’s was slow, with a lot of bad passes and poor play choices. From Van der Sar to Nilstelrooy, the [...]

Today’s shorties.
Romania 0 - 0 France - what a boooooring match. Why was Henry not on the pitch?
Netherlands 3 - 0 Italy - Sweet match! Netherlands completely dominated an old looking Italy with goals from Nistelrooy, Sneijder and Bronckhorst.