Spain. If they don't score more than one goal they can actually keep the ball away for the rest of the time. Having said that, I think they will score 2 goals when they need to through a mixture of a half-fit Villa, Torres, Soldado, Fabregas and Silva. This is easily the best placed european team to win 3 titles in a row since Germany 72-76; who I think they will go one step further than.
i think germany will win [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnG-gmrTivI"]Germany Euro 2012 promo - YouTube[/ame]
is everyone in agreement that the semis will be germany v spain , holland v another? with the obvious favourite being the winner of the germany spain match?
i havent checked the lineup recently but my ko rounds was based on italy coming second in spains group and holland coming top in theirs. and no, im not a spain fanboy, they have hot chicks but thats as far as my bias goes.
also, germany have done amazingly well recently to get to where they are, they are hot shit and deserve respect. but other than the premis that a winning team is not a hungry team, spain have every cup of significance at the moment in club and world football and have regularly held them for a few years now. germany are trying to dethone the winners and till they do this, if they do this, they are second best
In late 2011, Ukraine issued a commemorative coin in gold, silver and nickel silver for Euro 2012. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/news/newsid=1737681.html Quantity is very limited. During the week of sales in the National Bank circulation was completely sold out. Who are interested in buying commemorative coins for Euro-2012 write on mail: mavrodiua@gmail.com
I'm surprised by the amount of people writing off spain already, Germany has a great team (Holland too). But the thing is that Spain has the best midfield/attack combo by far, what can you do against a team that's playing with Xavi/Busquets/Iniesta/Fabregas/Alonso/Silva/Villa??? yes they can all start the game at the same time if they play with 3 at the back and with Cesc playing the false 9 role, Or they can maybe drop Alonso if they want to play with 4 defenders. If Villa's not fully fit yet, you can replace him with Soldado or Llorente or Negredo (Torres should stay away from the team imo). And this team still has players like Carzola,Mata,Navas,Alcantara (Maybe),etc... on the bench. Offcourse it's always possible that they might have an off day in one their matches that might end up being very costly for them, but other than that, i don't see any team beating them. I know i won't bet my money against them. Spain is clear favourite for me, followed by Germany then Holland
Yeah but what about the lost match against switzerland in 2010? And then the game against Paraguay? Was Spain better? No they should've lost Paraguay had the penalty! And then 1:4 against Argentina and 0:1 against England recently. So maybe they ARE beatable or they are just arrogant assholes who only play really hard when they have too. Everything else is just irrelevant for them...and a team like that european champion AGAIN. Yeah ******** off No they won't win I can smell and feel it! In other words I will personally cut off my dick if they win again
Walter Sobchak: ********ing Germans. Nothing changes. ********ing Nazis. Donny: They were Nazis, Dude? Walter Sobchak: Oh, come on Donny, they were threatening castration! Are we gonna split hairs here?
Germany or Spain Spain because of the names, the worlds greatest midfield, fantastic finishers up top Germany because they are Germany
If Portugal wins the Euro, all over the news people will hear of mass suicides all over the world. Amazing the hate this team gets, Pepe, Coentrao, Nani, Ronaldo and a pretty good player in Meireles, all the sudden they put on a Portugal jersey and everyone thinks they suck. The odds are they won't win, but if they do I would be more excited to see everyone cry and make excuses, rather than just the pride of finally lifting a trophy.
One of the biggest surprises would be Portugal. Even more surprising would be Greece ^^ But that really can't happen. Most teams can beat Portugal during a championship!
I don't really mind who wins Euro 2012 but If I had to pick a team it would have to be Germany. They are on great form and they have some fantastic young players + you always know they will do well in tournaments
cant see past germany, think it is timed ideally for them and the age profile of the team. Got this official guide download, 148pages in total, an interesting read; Part 1; http://sharecash.org/download.php?file=2619450 Part 2; http://sharecash.org/download.php?file=2619529
What about this midfield/attack combo: Schweinsteiger, Khedira/Kroos, Oezil, Mueller, Reus/Goetze/Podolski, Gomez/Klose? And Holland has the best forwards of all teams (van Persie, Huntelaar), and Snejder, de Jong and van Bommel in midfield.
The Germann midfield/attack combo is solid but it's not as strong as the spanish individually and collectively on a good day -Busquets = Schweinsteinger (but i can understand the argument about Schweinteinger being the better player by some) > De Jong -Alonso > Khedira/Kroos > Van Bommel -Xavi > Oezil = Sneidjer -Iniesta & Cesc > Müeller -Silva > Reus/Goetze/Podolski -RVP > Villa > Klose > Gomez = Huntelaar in my opinion