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Euro 2008 Photos

Here are just some of the 57 photos that are in the Euro 2008 photo set from EPL Talk. Be sure to view the slideshow or view all of the images separately to read the descriptions. Enjoy.The above picture was taken at Zurich's train station. Picture of Julius Caesar look-a-like above was taken outside Bern's […]

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Latest Gaffe Confirms The Premier League's Biggest Weakness Is The League Itself

You have to hand it to the Premier League at times; when it decides they really want to shoot a hole in their foot, they know how to do it with little effort. The Guardian broke an exclusive story today on comments made by Sir David Richards, chairman of the Premier League for the last […]

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Spain 4 – Russia 1, Villa Bags a Hat-Trick

Well here we are, the last group to get underway and we see the first Euro hat-trick in eight years courtesy of David Villa. His inclusion in the squad until now had been mostly as a sub, but after today I think Luis Aragones will have a hard time justifying not having him in from the […]

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Euro 2008 Applauds As Sweden Win For Football

Thank god. Thank you Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thank you Lars Lagerberg. Thank you Sweden. Tonight you have re-affirmed my belief and love of football with your win over Greece. Watching Greece is the antithesis of why I love football, they make me hate the game, make me angry, burrow at my relationship with football and sportsmanship […]

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Championship Players At Euro 2008

After extensive research ie a quick visit to Wikipedia I found that 3 players who ply thier trade in the Coca-Cola Championship are on a countries roster for Euro 2008. For the Czech Republic are Midfielder Marek Matejovsky who players for Reading and Midfielder Rudolf Skacel who plays for Southamption. Poland has Forward Marek Saganowski […]

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Holland Gives Ruud Awakening To Italy: First Person Account

It was a night to remember for the Dutch and neutral football fans, and a nightmare Italian supporters will hope to soon forget. For those of us who were there at the stadium, myself included, it was by far the most entertaining match of the tournament and an incredible experience.Of course, the topic that everyone […]

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Euro 2008 Recap–Day 4

An alarming trend is developing after one round of games at Euro 2008 — eight matches have been played so far, and only one of them has featured goals from both teams. Once a team takes the lead, they're basically a sure bet to hold on and win, and that doesn't make for compelling TV. […]

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US Squad for Qualifying Announced: June 10, 2008

Eddie Johnson is one of only two true strikers on the US Squad. Brian Ching is the other. This squad is for both matches in the two leg tie with Barbados: June 15th in Los Angeles and June 22nd in Barbados. Goalkeepers– Tim Howard (Everton FC/ENG), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Dominic Cervi (No club), Defenders– […]

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Euro 2008 Group D Match predictions

So after getting both results spot on yesterday (I must have typed Italy when I really meant Holland!! Haha!), today gives us another great clash to look forward to with Spain's first game of Euro 2008. The perennial underachievers will be looking for their first trophy in 44 years, since winning Euro 64 and are […]

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Euro 2008 Recap–Day 3

It's fair to say that the third day of Euro 2008 didn't necessarily provide us with entertaining soccer for the duration of both games (certainly not in the first one), but the results of those games were perhaps the most unexpected of the tournament so far. The favorites had won each of the previous four […]

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ESPN Fútbol Channel?

A few years ago there were rumors milling in Bristol, CT about the possibility of ESPN trying to buy Gol TV. That rumor evaporated alongside the Dave O'Brien experiment. With the Worldwide Leader in Sports trying to justify that self-proclaimation, this is news is starting to pick up steam as the feedback they received from […]

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15 Years On: USA 2-0 England

Fifteen years ago today in Foxboro, MA the US National Team recorded one of its most important pre World Cup 1994 victories with a 2-0 win over England. For me personally as a US Soccer supporter, this was the match that proved to both myself and other die in wool US supporters that we could […]

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Euro 2008 Group C Predictions

So, after watching Croatia give a wonderful impression of England and Germany win their first game at Championships since 1996, today gives us the first day we've been waiting for. Group C is the Group of Death, where one of the big boys will definitely go out. Yet I think it will be worse than that, I […]

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Post Match Thoughts

In front of what must be regarded as one of the largest and most ruckus pro US crowds in sometime, the national team drew 0-0 with Argentina, who is currently ranked #1 by the odd formula that constitutes the FIFA World Ranking. After two successive matches where the performance was subpar to be charitable last […]

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Croatia no longer the Dark Horses of Euro 2008?

Before this tournament started a lot of people had Croatia down as their dark horses to cause a major upset in the European Championships and who cold blame them after Slaven Bilic’s side came through a tough qualifying group to make it to this years competition. But having watched them struggle to overcome Austria […]