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Euro 2008 Day 1 Highlights: Switzerland 0-1 Czech Republic and Portugal 2-0 Turkey
Switzerland 0-1 Czech Republic Match Highlights Goal(s) Portugal 2-0 Turkey First Half Highlights Second Half Highlights Goal(s) For more goal videos visit goalcentre.com.
Portugal 2-0 Turkey – Group A – Euro 2008
Portugal (Pepe 61, Raul Meireles 90) 2-0 Turkey Stade de Geneve, Geneva 7 June 2008 Kick-off: 20:45 CET A goal from defender Pepe lifted Portugal to a deserved 2-0 victory over Turkey in their Euro 2008 Group A opener on Saturday in Geneva.
Euro 2008 – Group A Head-to-Head Records
Head to head records for Euro 2008′s Group A participants – Switzerland, Czech Republic, Portugal, Turkey.
Euro 2008 Roundup (02 June 08): Altintop may be out for Turkey, Switzerland’s Streller to call it quits, Greece, Sweden, and Poland disappoint
Euro 2008 warm-ups are wrapping up, as the countdown to the start of the competition is inside the six-day mark. No one wants to enter the tournament on the wrong foot, but a few teams didn’t make positive impressions in their final warm-ups. There’s also some injury news to report, which is (possibly) good for…
Euro 2008 Roundup (01 June 08): Injury concerns for Romania and Russia, co-hosts wrap up preparations in style
With a week to go before Euro 2008 starts, the 16 participants are busy with their final tune-ups before next weekend. Some teams look to be on firmer ground than others as they go through their final warm-up matches and training sessions before the real action begins. Who’s looking good heading into next weekend, and…
World Football Elo Ratings for Euro 2008 – an alternative to FIFA rankings?
Four years ago, Dan Leo told me about a new ranking system. At least, it was new to me. Like most of us, I had grown accustomed to the monthly FIFA rankings. Those rankings were quoted by the media and other football commentators as the only source, and often, they seemed to create controversy. FIFA,…
Euro 2008 Squads
Euro 2008 features 16 teams with each consisting of a squad of 23 players (with 3 goalkeepers). The final squads were submitted on 28 May 2008 and the teams will kick off Euro 2008 on 7 June 08. Here’s a complete list of all 16 squads (group-wise), along with a detailed preview for each team…
Turkey Euro 2008 Squad
Turkey qualified for Euro 2008 thanks to a 1-0 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in the last qualifying match in November 2007. With 24 points, Turkey scraped past Norway — a single point behind them — to get the second Group C spot and send themselves to Austria and Switzerland this summer.
Euro 2008 Countdown – less than 2 weeks to go
With just 2 weeks to go now the cream of Europe’s footballing nations are gearing up for the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland. The fact none of the Home Nations have managed to qualify has put a dampener on the tournament for the majority of the United Kingdom’s population, but let us not get…
Euro 2008 Countdown – Group A: Swiss to get rolled on home turf
Don’t expect the goals to fly in when the Group A fixtures get underway at the European Championships this summer. Czech Republic had an outstanding record in qualifying, conceding only five goals in 12 matches, while Portugal and Turkey allowed only 10 and 11 respectively – less than one per match – which suggests Switzerland…
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