European Championships Quarter Final - Holland 1 vs 3 Russia - Full Time (After Extra Time)

Holland Starting XI
Edwin Van der Sar
Khalid Boulahrouz
Andre Ooijer
Joris Mathijsen
Giovanni Van Bronckhorst
Nigel De Jong
Orlando Engelaar
Dirk Kuyt
Rafael Van der Vaart
Wesley Sneijder
Ruud van Nistelrooy GOAL 86'

Subs: Robin Van Persie (sub 45'), John Heitinga (sub 54'), Ibrahim Afellay (sub 61')

Russia Starting XI
Igor Akinfeev
Aleksandr Anyukov
Sergei Ignashevich
Denis Kolodin
Yuri Zhirkov
Sergei Semak
Konstantin Zyryanov
Igor Semshov
Ivan Saenko
Andrei Arshavin GOAL 116'
Roman Pavluchenko (sub 115') GOAL 56'

Subs: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (sub 69'), Dmitri Torbinsky (sub 81') GOAL 112', Dmitri Sychev (sub 115')

one of the best matches of the tournament, russia really deserved the victory.
i hope italy can beat spain tomorrow , they will so laugh right now with today's result , on the other hand, Russia played football like real madrid did few years ago, one time football , very fast ticking the ball around... never seen them like this , and still such a young team

European Championship Quarter Final - Spain 0 vs 0 Italy - Full Time (After Extra Time)

Spain Starting XI
Iker Casillas
Carlos Marchena
Carles Puyol
Andrés Iniesta (sub 59')
David Villa
Xavi Hernández (sub 60')
Fernando Torres (sub 85')
Joan Capdevila
Sergio Ramos
Marcos Senna
David Silva

Subs: Santi Cazorla (sub 59'), Cesc Fàbregas (sub 60'), Daniel Güiza (sub 85')

Italy Starting XI
Gianluigi Buffon
Christian Panucci
Fabio Grosso
Giorgio Chiellini
Luca Toni
Daniele De Rossi
Massimo Ambrosini
Antonio Cassano (sub 75')
Gianluca Zambrotta
Simone Perrotta (sub 58')
Alberto Aquilani (sub 108')

Subs: Mauro Camoranesi (sub 58'), Antonio Di Natale (sub 75'), Alessandro Del Piero (sub 108')

Penalties:
Spain: David Villa SCORES, Santi Cazorla SCORES, Marcos Senna SCORES, Daniel Guiza MISSES, Cesc Fabregas SCORES
Italy: Fabio Grosso SCORES, Daniele De Rossi MISSES, Mauro Camoranesi SCORES, Antonio Di Natale MISSES

Spain Win 4-2 on Penalties

This tournament so far hasnt stopped amazing me, and in a way im quite glad that the English arent there cause I probably wouldnt of enjoyed this tournament as much as I have so far

Scott
Didn't England turn down Hiddink in favour of McClaren?

I think he openly said that he wouldnt come to us, but if we did turn him down then the FA cocked up quite badly

Scott

European Championship Semi Final - Germany 3 vs 2 Turkey - Full Time




my heart's still beating with 180bpm

Germany didn't play very well, but in the end they reached the final in a very thrilling game and with a last minute goal
but my respect goes to turkey, they played an amazing tournament and would have deserved to win in this semifinal!!

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Spain deserved to win as they were the much better team in the final and the most consistently good team throughout the tournament. Spain controlled the game, created a lot of chances and should have won by more than they did, but they neutralised Germany who hardly had any chances.

Overall, it's been a very enjoyable tournament with lots of attacking football and great games.