Hello, well I thought I best catch up on my Euro 2012 coverage!! First up on Friday night was France Ukraine, and we had a first when the players were taken off after just 4 mins when the heavens opened and lighting came just a little bit too near to the stadium. They were off for a good hour or so, which gave me time to have tea, and get down to the pub with my mate to get a seat for the big one!! Ukraine held on for a while, and Shevchenko seems to have found some form, but it wasn't to be and France ran out 2-0 winners.
So, onto the big one! Managed to get down to the pub for 6pm, and managed to get the last seats in the pub!! It's was one of those games where the result was much better than the performance. Both teams had their chances, but England took the lead when Gerrard swung in a ball, and to be fair to Carroll, he finished with a quality header. It stayed that way until half time, when the pundits put the mockers on us by calling Sweden a distinctly average side!!
So, onto the 2nd half, and Olaf Mellberg (didn't even realise he was still playing club football), turned the game on it's head in the space of 5 mins!! Things weren't looking good, until the introduction of Theo Walcott! What an impression he made, scoring with a lovely strike from the edge of the area, however, I am not sure where the keeper was going!! Still, it was a cue for beer to be thrown about in the pub, as I found out!! Walcott then went on to set up the winner, crossing the ball for Welbeck to finish with a beautiful back heel.
So, the general consensus from the pub, was that it was a poor performance, great result, and if we finish runners up, then we are going out, as we will likely to be facing Spain!! Oh well, at least Rooney is back, though he isn't the only change I would make! Milner has to be dropped, he doesn't offer anything!
So, onto day nine, this is when it became a proper football tournament. We went into the final games of Russia Vs Greece, and Czech Rep Vs Poland, and all 4 could still win the group or come runners up!! At the start of the tournament, I said the Czechs could be dark horses, but then they got beat 4-1 in their opening game, so I changed my mind!!! How wrong I was! With 15mins to go, it was still all up for grabs, but in the end, the Czechs won the group after beating hosts Poland 1-0, and they were joined by Greece, who gave us the biggest shock in the tournament so far, by beating Russia 1-0! Karagounis scored the winner, which was nice for him, after he missed a penalty in an earlier group game, so he must be feeling a lot better now!!
It's group B next up, and I have a funny feeling we might be seeing Holland in the next round as well!!
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