UEFA Euro 2012 Points Table - Group Standings

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POINTS TABLE OF UEFA EURO 2012

Euro 2012 Goup A Standings
Teams	MP	W	D	L	GF	GD	PTS
Poland
Russia
Greece
Czech Republic

Euro 2012 Group B Standings
Teams	MP	W	D	L	GF	GD	PTS
Holland
Germany
Portugal
Denmark

Euro 2012 Group C Standings
Teams	MP	W	D	L	GF	GD	PTS
Spain
Italy
Republic of Ireland
Crotia

Euro 2012 Group D Standings
Teams	MP	W	D	L	GF	GD	PTS
England
France
Sweden
Ukraine

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SPAIN DEFEATS ECUADOR 0 - 2 IN U-20 GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GAME

Another example of early morning Football ( from a local Spanish time perspective), too early to watch locally,  that gave me good news when I checked the result this morning. The SPANISH U-20 FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM defeated 0 - 2 ECUADOR in ther Group match in Colombia where the FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP is being held. The win keeps SPAIN in top spot of the group with 6 points ( out of 2 games ) & assures their continued participation for the following phase. 

Spain u-20

Watching the highlights, it looked as if it was a tough day at the office for the Spaniards who faced a sticky & uncomfortable Ecuador that were, to say the least, frustrating for them. The Spanish team had to resort to SERGIO CANALES who has recovered from injury & came on in the second half to "open the can" & score in the 66 min. From here Ecuador was forced to open up to & attempt to find the equalizer & the spaces created allowed another substitute VAZQUEZ to score the second goal. Lastly, the red card to Ecuador which left them with 10 men did not help their cause, but that´s Football.

Overall, good victory & great result as Spain remains on course.

Details-starting 11:
Ecuador 0: Jaramillo; Pineida, Narváez, Quiñónez, Fuertes; Govea, Gaibor, Oña, Caicedo; De Jesús y Montaño.
Spain 2: Pacheco; Hugo Mallo, Bartra, Amat, Planas; Oriol, Koke, Isco, Pacheco; Tello y Rodrigo.


Goals: 0-1 (66'): Canales. 0-2 (85'): Álvaro Vázquez

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LITHUANIA 1 SPAIN 3 | EURO 2012 GROUP I QUALIFIER RESULT

SPAIN managed to win away to LITHUANIA 1 - 3 in their EURO 2012 Group I qualifier to give them another victory, consolidate the Groups Top spot & put them nearly into the Euro Finals of next year. The match went ahead after UEFA officials & the French referee decided that the turf ( without grass ) was apt to play on & safe. Correct decision as no one from both teams were injured in a game played in good spirits as there was no difficult situations for the referee. 

Xavi scores for Spain: photo-J.A.Gracia/Marca

Spanish Coach Del Bosque put the following starting 11: Casillas; Iraola, Piqué, Albiol, Arbeloa; Xabi Alonso, Javi Martínez, Xavi, Cazorla, Villa & Llorente, with At.Bilbao defender Iraola winning an International Cap & other well know stars getting a rest.

The match was played well considering the circumstances of the surface with Spain dominating & with Lithuanian goalkeeper Karcemarskas stopping the Spanish forwards. The first goal came in the 19th min via XAVI HERNANDEZ which took a slight deflection to loop over the goalie.

The second half saw Spain begin well until Valencia CF defender & Lithuanian Captain STANKEVICIUS got onto a "cracker" from 30 mts to power drive passed Iker Casillas with an unstoppable goal. This raised the confidence of the home team & they put Spain under pressure & gave them their worst 15 mins of Football. Spain reacted with substitutions giving David Silva & Juna Mata a run & it paid off.

Spain scored their second in the 70th min via an own goal from defender KIJANSKAS who could do little as Llorente was in clear shot position, then JUAN MATA finished off a nice worked play with a third for Spain in the 83rd min.

Great result for Spain & even better was the fact that no one got injured playing on a "terrible" ground, that at least held out the full 90 minutes.



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SPAIN 5 NORTHERN IRELAND 1 | EURO U -17 GROUP QUALIFIERS

The Spanish U-17 National Football Team played Northern Ireland today & won 5 – 1 in their Group qualifier for the upcoming U-17 European Championships. The Spanish Team clearly dominated & was 3 – 0 after 45 minutes. The second half saw Spanish Coach Gines take off some important players (the main name being Deulofeu) & give others a run. This did not seem to halt the Spaniards momentum as they scored two more goals, although Northern Ireland got a consolation goal.

Spanish U-17 International Deulofeu

Spain will meet England on Thursday which will be the vital match of the Group as it is more than likely that the winner here not only takes Top Group spot but puts one foot into the Euro Finals. 

Details:


5 - SPAIN : Herrero (David Gómez, min.79); Menéndez, Garrido, Sáez, Luque; Deulofeu (Moisés, min.50), Calvet, Íñiguez, Vico; Denis Suárez (Raúl de Tomás, min.74) & Iker Hernandez.


1 – NORTHERN IRELAND : Brennan; McLaughlin, Jones, Clarke, McNally; Barton, Wilson, Morgan, McElroy; Ball (McAllister, min.58) & McCartan.


GOALS:1-0, min. 19: Deulofeu; 2-0, min. 31: Denis Suárez; 3-0, min. 38: Iker Hernández; 3-1, min. 59: Morgan; 4-1, min. 68: Iker Hernández; 5-1, min. 84: Pol Calvet




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BELGIUM 1 SPAIN 3 | U-17 EURO GROUP QUALIFIERS

European Nations in the U-17 catagories are playing their qualification Group matches in order to have the right to participate in the U-17 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS coming up in Serbia.

Gerard Deulofeu star for Spain 

SPAIN defeated BELGIUM away 1 - 3 with a comeback after the home team got ahead in the 48th min mark via CALVAHLO against the grain as Spain was dominanting. The goal motivated Spain further & especially FC Barcelona star youngster GERARD DEULOFEU who set up - with a goal included - the three that Spain scored there after to help the team take the match.

Here are details:


1 - BELGIUM:  Sven Dhoest, Ibrahima Cisse, Jordan Atheba, Bernard Malanda-Adje, Marvin Ofori-Appiah, Tika Musondo, Jordy Croux (Storm, m.66), Umberto Carvalho (Praet, m.72), Didier Cabumi, Tortol Lumanza Lembi & Nicolas Ducatteeuw (Brulmans, m.54).


3 - SPAIN :Alfonso Herrero, Oscar Arroyo, Carlos Garrido, Iván Saez, Saúl Ñíguez, Raúl De Tomas (Hernández, m.55), Denis Suárez, Pablo Iñiguez (Moisés, m.50), Iker Undabarrena (Vico Villegas, m.63), Gerard Deulofeu &  Diego Caballo.


GOALS:1-0, m.48: Carvalho; 1-1, m.72: Moisés Gómez; 1-2, m.77: Deulefeu; 1-3, m.85: Vico

Spain plays Northern Ireland next Monday who lost to England 2- 3, & later England on Thursday were both will surely be battling it out for the Top Group spot



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SPAIN 2 CZECH REPUBLIC 1 | EURO 2012 GROUP I QUALIFIER MATCH RESULT

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM & current European & World Champions defeated the CZECH REPUBLIC 2 - 1 in a difficult & at times frustrating game as the visitors put Spain on the ropes for 69 mins before solving the "situation". The victory opens up a significant gap between Spain,  which now leads Group I ,  & second placed Czech Rep with a 6 point margin. 

There were two milestones tonight of worthy mention. The first was the 100th International Cap that XAVI HERNANDEZ gets onto his name & DAVID VILLA who surpassed mythical Spanish player Raul & become  the "all  time Historical goal scorer for Spain" with his two goals taking his tally to 46 goals for the Spanish National Football Team.

Plasil for Czech Republic

The Czech Republic had their ideas fairly clear from the start: DEFEND. I suppose they thought that If by doing so, they could find a counter-attack & get lucky, so be it, with defending the priority. Thus, it was so, with Spain controlling proceeding & Czech goalie Peter Cech stopping everything kicked/headed towards his goal. Then in the 28th min the Czech side attacked in a rare forward move & PLASIL tried his luck from outside the box that found the post & scored a "surprise" goal. First & only attack by the Czech side & a goal!

Obviously this motivated Spain further to attack more & the Czech team took their defending to the maximum level,  literally constructing a defensive wall.

Iniesta for Spain

The nerves set in onto the Spanish Camp & Coach del Bosque took some brave risks. He changed Xabi Alonso for Fernando Torres at the start of the second half & shortly later defender Capdevila for Cazorla. Spain continued dominanting the match entirely & smashing into the Czech Wall until finally in the 69th min Iniesta found DAVID VILLA who equalized & become the Spanish Team all-time Historical goal scorer. It was a big sigh of relief as Spain was seeing how time was flying by & the game was getting more & more complicated.

David Villa become Spain all-time goalscorer

Spain continued with their pressure as they wanted the victory & in the 73rd min Iniesta was fouled in the area & awarded a penalty. DAVID VILLA stepped up & scored the second for Spain & his 46th overall for his country.  There was a few more chances for Spain towards the end, especially one that Torres had stopped by team-mate Cech & the match finished happy for the locals.

Spain now plays Lithuania next week, after the latter defeated Poland 2 - 0 tonight in the other Group I clash.


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SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM | DEL BOSQUE GIVES LIST FOR EURO 2011 GROUP QUALIFIERS

Spanish Football National Team selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his list of Spanish Football players for the upcoming EURO 2012 Group qualification matches with the Czech Republic on the 25th of March (at home in the city Granada ) & Lithuania on the 29th of March (away at the city of Kaunas).

Spanish National Team Selector Vicente Del Bosque 

The novelty was the re-call of Athletic de Bilbao defender ANDONI IRAOLA

At Bilbao defender Iraola

Full list of Spanish Football Players:

Goalkeepers: Casillas, Reina & Valdes
Defenders: Albiol, Arbeloa, Capdevila, Iraola, Marchena, Pique & Sergio Ramos
Midfielders: Xabi Alonso, Busquets, Cazorla, Xavi, Iniesta & Javi Martínez
Forwards: David Silva, Llorente, Matas, Fernando Torres & David Villa

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