Legendary Croatia striker Davor Suker was quoted over the weekend urging his compatriot Luka Modric to join Real Madrid this summer Modric has been heavily linked with a move away from Tottenham Hotspur following the firing of Spurs manager Harry Redknapp. Modric, who wants to play Champions League football, has been long been linked with […]

For the sixth time, England have been knocked out of a major tournament on penalties, losing 3-2 on penalties to Italy tonight after a scoreless 120 minutes of play. Italy will next play Germany in the semifinals on Thursday in Warsaw, Poland while defending champion Spain plays Portugal on Wednesday in Donetsk, Ukraine. Other than […]

Two goals from Xabi Alonso helped Spain beat France 2-0 today and set up a mouth-watering Iberian semi-final with Portugal next week. The Real Madrid midfielder popped up on 19 minutes to meet Jordi Alba’s cross from the left after Malouda had failed to track him from midfield. And then the former Liverpool man was […]

It seemed like a monumental shock was on the cards. Against the run of play in the 55th Georgios Samaras had equalized for Greece and the Germans, despite dominating possession found themselves level with 25 minutes to go. Would the Germans cave under the pressure of expectations? Not a chance! Samaras’s goal woke up the […]

Spain and France meet in the Euro quarter-finals on Saturday and to help preview the game I have brought in two experts on Spanish football, Ben Crump and Jon. Ben writes for Inside Spanish Football – The Home of La Liga. Inside Spanish Football offers all the latest news, gossip, results, blogs, opinion and highlights […]

It was probably the most one-sided match of the Euro 2012 tournament so far, but a great header by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 79th minute was enough to send his side into the semi-finals where they will play the winner of Spain v France. Ronaldo was pilloried for his display against Denmark a little over […]

Playing for the first time in the tournament, Wayne Rooney’s goal in the 48th minute lifted England to a 1-0 victory over Ukraine and a spot in the European Championship quarterfinals. Sweden shocked France 2-0 in the other Group D game and as a result England, as group winners, will play Italy in Kiev on […]

Before Euro 2012 began, the common consensus was that Spain and Italy would progress to the knockout stages from Group C, with Spain winning the group and Italy finishing second. That is what happened, but neither Spain or Italy were convincing in their third group match and Croatia has to consider itself really unlucky to […]

Cristiano Ronaldo was back to his brilliant best as Portugal beat Holland 2-1 to send the 2010 World Cup finalists home after they failed to win a game at Euro 2012. The win helped Portugal finish second in the “Group of Death, and they will now play the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals next week, […]