Finally... the last group of the tournament!!!
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I am bored... my wrists hurt... and... I want an Ice Cream (>_<)
Group D -> England, France, Ukraine and Sweden
England -> is one of the best European teams. Don’t even know where to start from. In the Euro cup England hasn’t been very lucky as it has only reached the 3rd place of the tournament in 1968 and 1996. The English league is the strongest in Europe and has produced legendary names such as Peter Shilton, Sir Robert “Bobby” Charlton, Robert “Bobby” Moore, Bryan Robson, Gary Lineker, Jimmy Greaves, Tom Finney, Vivian Woodward, Willian “Billy” Wright, Sir Stanley Matthews, Duncan Edwards, Roger Byrne, Gordon Banks, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, Colin Bell, Allan Clarke, Norman Hunter, Allan Ball, Kenny Sansom, Terence “Terry” Butcher and Glenn Hoddle amongst many more; but you cannot ignore the 90’s generation with players like Alan Shearer, David Seaman, Gary Neville, Tony Adams, David Platt, Paul Gascoigne, Edward “Teddy” Sheringham, Jamie Redknapp, Steve McManaman, Phil Neville, Sol Campbell, David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Michael Owen, Frank Lampard, Jamie Carragher, Owen Hargreaves and Joe Cole. This year the team wasn’t very promising barely passing the qualifying rounds with a poor performance of 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. This year’s team is the third youngest and although it has a few heavy names that are included in the roster most players have very few caps in their resume. Steven Gerrard and John Terry will try to carry England to a victory alongside with Joe Hart, Robert Green, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott, Phil Jagielka, Theo Walcott, Ashley Young, James Milner, Stuart Downing, Jermain Defoe and Wayne Roonie. On the UEFA European Football Championship listing England has 113 points with 63 wins, 31 draws and 19 losses.
France -> has won the Euro cup twice in its history at 1984 and 2000. Other noticeable positions are two fourth places in 1960 and 1996. I don’t like the French so I really haven’t followed the team or the home league very much. All the knowledge I have about the team is after 1996 and that is mostly in her style of play which is offensive with a good middle but vulnerable defense. Actually the only know to me player beyond that time is Michel Plaitini. Other players that are known throughout the football world include Lilian Thuram, Thierry Henry, Marcel Desailly, Zinedine Zidane, Patrick Vieira, Didier Deschamps, Lizasazu, David Trezeguet, Emmanuelle Petit and Youri Djorkaeff. At the qualifying rounds they passed with 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss which does not say much for the team that was crowned world champion in 1998. On the UEFA European Football Championship listing France has 130 points with 73 wins, 33 draws and 24 losses.
Ukraine -> is one of the youngest teams in the tournament only founded in the 90’s (1991 to be specific). Not much to say since having only seen very few games played of this team in the last decade. Hopefully as a host country she will put up a good show and won’t be easily thrown out of the preliminary rounds. As one of the two host countries Ukraine passed by default the qualification rounds. On the UEFA European Football Championship listing Ukraine has 42 points with 16 wins, 13 draws and 13 losses.
Sweden -> made it through the qualifying rounds with 8 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses which makes her the best team in her group so far. The farthest Sweden has ever been in the Euro Cup was a fourt place in the semi-finals of 1992. She has reached better in the FIFA world cup and Olympic games but not the Euro Cup. The current roster has some formidable players that play in other European league teams other than the Swedish League; most noticeable are Andreas Isaksson, Olof Mellberg, Michael Lusting, Anders Svensson, Kim Kallstrom, Christian Whilhelmsson, Sebastian Larsson, Johan Elmander, Marcus Rosenberg and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. On the UEFA European Football Championship listing Sweden has 106 points with 52 wins, 25 draws and 29 losses.
The matches for Group D are:
11 June France – England 19:00 (CET +01:00)
11 June Ukraine – Sweden 21:45 (CET +01:00)
15 June Ukraine – France 19:00 (CET +01:00)
15 June Sweden – England 21:45 (CET +01:00)
19 June England – Ukraine 21:45 (CET +01:00)
19 June Sweden – France 21:45 (CET +01:00)
Tough to say who will pass but my guess is Sweden and England... At least I hope so!! XDDD
I know I am not biased at all... but countries I don’t like I don’t really follow!!! So, I guess that’s it...
Getting ready for opening game!!! ^^