Iker Casillas, captain of the Spanish side, feels that he will now be primarily responsible, if his side beats Germany on Sunday in the finals of Euro 2008.
Real Madrid & Spain goalkeeper was a hero in the game against Italy, when he saved two important penalties for guiding his side past the knockout stage. He [...]

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Luis Aragones, Spanish coach, has come up with a warning for his players a day before their all important game against Germany in EURO 2008 final at Vienna. He has said that there is no room for second place in such a tournament and people tend to forget them within a short time.
Spaniards will be [...]

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It was a thorough professional performance by Aragones’ Spanish team, who came out winner yet against a strong Russian side by a 3 goal margin. All the goals came in the second half with two of them formed due to excellent crosses, Arsenal midfielder, Cesc Fabregas.
Reports suggest that Fabregas will be in the starting lineup [...]

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The fairytale run of Russian side in EURO 2008 came to an end when a confident Spain outfit thrashed them to a 3-0 win at Vienna. With goals from Xavi Hernandez, Daniel Guiza and David Silva (all coming in the second half), Luis Aragones’ men overpowered Hiddink’s troops to book a place in the Final [...]

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Spain & Barcelona midfielder, Xavi, was all praise for Hiddink’s men for their performance in the tournament so far. However, he insisted that his side is currently having the belief for winning EURO 2008.
The Russians have comeback strongly after they went down to Spain 4-1 in their opening encounter and showed that defeating England in [...]

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If anyone thought that this game would be a mismatch, they were proved wrong by a thoroughly professional Turkish side. Although Terim’s men fell short of booking a place in the finals of EURO 2008, they went down fighting. It was only after a last minute goal from Philipp Lahm that helped Germany scrap through [...]

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Germany Captain Michael Ballack said he was confident that his side will make it through to the final of the EURO 2008 before their match against a resurgent Turkish side.
Even though Turkey showed great spirits for defeating Croatia in the penalty shootout, he felt that the Germans had the ingredients for emerging out as the [...]

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The Turkish camp before their all-important semifinal against Germany
After an inspiring performance against a strong Croatian side, Turkey will be looking forward to repeat the feat against Germany, who everyone believe will take the cup home after Holland were sent packing by the Russians.
Apart from a strong attack and defense of the German side, there [...]

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No one could have expected such a turn of events, then what actually happened at the St. Jakob Park. In what was considered to be the easiest of encounters in the knockout stage, David again conquered the Goliath. An inspired Russian side under their Dutch Coach Guus Hiddink tamed Van Basten’s Netherland side 3-1, who [...]

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 It was the second quarter final of EURO 2008, where two dark horses of the tournament, Turkey & Croatia, went head-to-head. Both these teams were through to the second round on the back of some wonderful performances with the Croatians winning all their matches including a win over the first Semifinalist Germany and Turkish side, [...]

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