PREDICTION GREECE VS CZECH REPUBLIC EURO 2012

Prediction Greece vs Czech Republic |Previously, the two also met in the semi-finals of Euro 2004. At that time Greece won 1-0 on a single goal thanks to the Czech Traianos Dellas (silver goal) in extra time. Greece also advanced to the final and became champion after beating Portugal 1-0.

Starting XI vs. Rep. Greece. Czechs in the semi-finals of Euro 2004:

Greece: Nikopolidis, Seitaridis, Dellas, Kapsis, Fyssas, Zagorakis, Basinas (Giannakopoulos 72 '), Katsouranis, Vryzas (Tsiartas 91'), Karagounis, Charisteas.

Rep. Czech Republic: Cech, Grygera, Ujfalusi, Bolf, Jankulovski, Galasek, Poborsky, Rosicky, Nedved (Smicer 40 '), Baros, Koller.

Greek defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos certainly absent in this match after receiving two yellow cards against the Czech Republic. While Avram Papadopoulos defender certainly miss all the Euro 2012 after suffering a broken tendon ligament. Midfielder Giorgos Fotakis also sidelined after suffering a thigh injury during practice session.

Greece captain Giorgios Karagounis has collected 118 caps with the Greek national team, just under two caps to equal the record for most caps owned by Theodoros Zagorakis.

For the Czech Republic, 1-4 defeat of Russia in the opening match was their worst defeat in a major tournament since 1970.

Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech managed to equal his record of Pavel Nedved and Jan Koller as the holder of the second most caps of all time with 91 caps. Karel Poborsky is the holder of most caps with 118.

Czech sure if it lost out of Greece in this match. Czech currently ranks in the bottom of Group A Greece and Poland.

Greece is currently sitting in the rank-15 FIFA rankings, while the Czechs rank-27.


Head 2 Head:

Aug 18, 2004: Rep.. Greece 0-0 Czech Republic (friendly)

July 2, 2004: Greece 1-0 e Rep. Czech (Semi-finals of Euro 2004)


Last 5 games Greece:

June 8, 2012: Poland 1-1 Greece (Euro 2012)

June 1, 2012: Greece 1-0 Armenia (friendship)

May 27, 2012: Greece 1-1 Slovenia (friendship)

March 1, 2012: Greece 1-1 Belgium (friendship)

November 16, 2011: Greece 1-3 Romania (friendship)


The last 5 Czech Republic:

June 9, 2012: Russia 4-1 Rep. Czech Republic (Euro 2012)

June 2, 2012: Rep.. Czech Hungary 1-2 (friendship)

May 27, 2012: Rep.. Czech Israel 2-1 (friendship)

March 1, 2012: Rep.. Rep of Ireland 1-1. Czech (friendship)

November 16, 2011: Montenegro 0-1 Rep. Czech Republic (Euro 2012 Play-off)


Predicted starting XI, Prediction Greece vs Czech Republic:


Greece:

Chalkias

Torosidis - K. Papadopoulos - Malezas - Holebas

Maniatis - Katsouranis - Karagounis

Salpingidis - Samaras - Gekas.

Absent: A. Papadopoulos, Fotakis (injury), Papastathopoulos (punishment).

Coach: Fernando Santos (Portugal).

PREDICTION EURO 2012

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Profil Portugal Euro 2012

Profil Portugal Euro 2012

Best Results World Cup: Third Place (1966)
Best results of the European Cup: Runner-Up (2004)
Record Scorer: Pauleta (48 goals between 1997 and 2006)
Most players with performance: Luis Figo (127 times between 1991 and 2006)
Coach: Paulo Bento
Captain: Cristiano Ronaldo

Possible Players in Euro 2012 Portugal:



Goalkeepers: Beto (Cluj), Eduardo (Benfica), Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon).

Defenders: Bruno Alves (Zenit St Petersburg), Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid), Joao Pereira (Sporting Lisbon), Pepe (Real Madrid), Nelson (Real Betis), Ricardo Costa (Valencia), Rolando (Porto).

Midfielders: Carlos Martins (Granada), João Moutinho (Porto), Manuel Fernandes (Besiktas), Miguel Veloso (Genoa), Raul Meireles (Chelsea), Ruben Micael (Real Zaragoza).

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Hugo Almeida (Besiktas), Hélder Postiga (Real Zaragoza), Nani (Manchester United), Nelson Oliveira (Benfica), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas), Silvestre Varela (Porto).

Coach: Paulo Bento

Bento replaces Carlos Queiroz only two games - and one point - to the qualifying campaign. He was steady the ship after a bad start and guide Seleccao das Quinas (Tim Shields) into second place in the group and play-off against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is a test match which sealed qualification for the 2010 World Cup. Bento won three cups as Sporting Lisbon coach, the club where he spent four years of his playing career before taking over the junior team, and then the main work.

Leading players: Cristiano Ronaldo

Top scorer with seven goals during qualifying, at the age of 27 Ronaldo should be entered in the peak of his career. Criticism is that he often failed to make the best of his ability in big finals, and in some big games in the club scene, then he would be interested to put it right here. The former Manchester United star scored in the first game against Greece in the European Cup Championship in 2004, helping his team to the finals on home turf and make his own name on the team in the tournament.

Group:

Saturday, June 9, 2012 v Germany
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 v Denmark
Sunday, June 17, 2012 v Holland

Prediction Group Stage :

Bento has been an absolute blast while the ship since taking over from Queiroz and has some excellent players to call, out of the group of death is a big ask.

Bento will target for Denmark in the second game and three points against one of the surprising results of two other teams. But Germany and the Netherlands is unbearable in qualifying and both reached the last stage of World Cup 2010. Expect them to have a little too much for Portugal.

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Profile Ukraine Euro 2012

Team profile Ukraine in Euro 2012

Best Results World Cup: Quarter Finals (2006)

Best results of the European Cup: N / A

Record Scorer: Andriy Shevchenko (46 goals from 1995 - present)

Most players with performance: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (114 from 2000 - present)

Coach: By Blokhin

Captain: Andriy Shevchenko



The possibility of Ukraine's Euro 2012 Players:



Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Dikan (Spartak Moscow), Oleksandr Rybka (Shakhtar Donetsk).



Defenders: Taras Mykhalyk (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Kucher (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vitaliy Mandzyuk (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Artem Fedetskiy (Karpaty Lviv), Yevhen Selin (Vorskla Poltava), Yevhen Khacheridi (Dynamo Kyiv) , Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk).



Midfielders: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Bayern Munich), Serhiy Nazarenko (Tavriya Simferopol), Yevhen Konoplyanka (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Made Husyev (Dynamo Kyiv), Ruslan Rotan (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Aliyev (Dynamo Kyiv ).



Forwards: Andriy Voronin (Dynamo Moscow), Artem Milevskiy (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Marko Devych (Metalist Kharkiv).



Reserves:



Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Denys Harmash (Dynamo Kyiv), Bodhan Butko (Illichivets Mariupol), Oleksiy Hay (Shakhtar Donetsk), Maksym Kalynychenko (Tavriya Simferopol), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Roman Bezus (Vorskla Poltava), Denys Oliynyk (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy Kravchenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)



Coach: By Blokhin



Blokhin led Ukraine to the World Cup Finals in Germany Quarter six years ago and remains the only manager to take the country to a major international championship. Advanced into the center of the former Soviet legend after scoring 42 goals in 112 appearances for the national team. He previously managed AEK Athens and Olympiakos, among others.



Leading players: Andriy Yarmolenko



Young forwards can operate up to the top or left side and has been dubbed the 'New Sheva' by sections of the Ukrainian media. With an impressive attack rate at the international level has scored 7 in 18, men Dynamo Kyiv will be key if the Ukraine to progress from their group.



Group:



Monday, June 11, 2012 v Sweden

Friday, June 15, 2012 v France

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 v England



Prediction Group Stage:



Ukraine has a very tough task if they want to finish anywhere but under Group D. Having a home support behind them and the experience of Shevchenko and Tymoshchuk may be the only chance they scratch up the quarter-finals. Ukraine hopes that France will give performance similar to Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010 campaign and once again struggled on the international main stage, but even that may not be enough for the people of Eastern Europe. Ukraine has a tendency to recognize a large number of objectives, and with strength in depth than any other side in the group, It's unlikely they will attack strong enough to offset the weakness of their defense.

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Euro 2012 Denmark

Profil Denmark National Team in Euro 2012:

Best results in World Cup: Quarter Final (1998)
Best results of the European Cup: Winner (1992)
Record Scorer: Poul Nielsen & Jon Dahl Tomasson (52 goals)
Performance of the Most Players: Peter Schmeichel (129 times between 1987 and 2001)
Coach: Morten Olsen
Captain: Daniel Agger

The player who revealed the possibility of Denmark in Euro 2012:

Goalkeepers: Thomas Sørensen (Stoke City FC), Stephan Andersen (Evian Thonon Gaillard FC), Anders Lindegaard (Manchester United).

Defenders: Lars Jacobsen (FC København), Daniel Wass (Evian Thonon Gaillard FC), Andreas Bjelland (FC Nordsjaelland), Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Simon Kjaer (AS Roma), Simon Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar), Jores Okore (FC Nordsjaelland ).

Midfielders: Christian Poulsen (Evian Thonon Gaillard FC), Christian Eriksen (Ajax), Jakob Poulsen (FC Midtjylland), Lasse Schone (NEC Nijmegen), Michael Silberbauer (BSC Young Boys), Niki Zimling (Club Brugge), William Kvist ( VfB Stuttgart), Martin Jørgensen (AFG).

Home: Dennis Rommedahl (Brøndby), Mads Junker (Roda JC), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brøndby), Nicklas Bendtner (Sunderland), Tobias Mikkelsen (FC Nordsjaelland).

Coach: Morten Olsen

After Winning the 2010 World Cup qualifying group which featured in Portugal and Sweden, Olsen and his players up to their tricks again two years later. Olsen inspired his team to a first place finish in the top of Portugal and Norway to automatically qualify for this final. 62 years have been at work for nearly 12 years and back-to-back qualifiers Denmark for the last two major tournaments must demonstrate good stick with your man.

Leading Player: Christian Eriksen

Ajax midfielder is one of the most interesting young people in this country and very productive since the Laudrup brothers. Eriksen is a wonderful dribbler with great technique. Associated with the likes of Manchester United, who he faced in 2011/12 European League, a major creative force will Eriksen Denmark in Poland and Ukraine.

Group:

Saturday, June 9, 2012 v Holland
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 v Portugal
Sunday, June 17, 2012 v Germany

Prediction Group Stage:

This really is not Denmark, a group that wants them in. While finishing ahead of Portugal in the qualifiers and into the difficult side to break down, they do not have the quality of German and Dutch, which they lost 2-0 to the 2010 World Cup. Denmark will need to show colossal from the likes of Agger and Simon Kjaer in the back if they want to get so much as one point of the game. Olsen will not be shy side but eliminated from the group stage awaits.

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