Mike Martin reflects on the atrocious abuse afforded to Sol Campbell by Tottenham supporters, observes the demise of Poland’s grand Euro 2012 plans and ogles at Barcelona’s brilliant demolition of Atletico Madrid.
Mike Martin on Uefa’s mass changes, Hull’s attacking victory over Arsenal, England’s right-side and the rebirth of failed Liverpool forward Florent Sinama-Pongolle.
Matthew Day reflects on Uefa’s decision to expand the Euros from 16 to 24 nations, the hopeless rebranding of the Uefa Cup and why Michel Platini is so keen to keep Poland and Ukraine as hosts of Euro 2012.
Tim Wigmore offers a final reflection on an epic three weeks in Austria and Switzerland as Spain emerged as champions, Turkey stole the hearts of all and Russia proved their weight.
Mike Martin reviews a memorable tournament in Switzerland and Austria.
Every team has now played one match at the 2008 UEFA European Championships but what can we deduce from the opening eight games?
It has been a somewhat predictable and unsurprising opening two days to the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland, with all four of the favourites for their games picking up maximum points. In fact, the ‘underdogs’ haven’t even scored a single goal between them although, as ever, the statistics don’t quite tell the entire story.
Germany improved to 12-0-4 against their border rivals Poland and took the early lead over Croatia in Group B with an impressive 2-0 win. Chase Haislip reports.