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law90026 · 05-31-2011, 01:08 AM

Euro Championship 2012 Round Up

The 2012 Euro Championship saw 16 European nations take part to claim the title of European Champions.

In the group stages, Croatia, Poland, Italy, England, France, Holland, Germany and Serbia qualified for the quarter-finals. The shock upset was Spain coming in 3rd in their group behind Germany and Serbia.

In the quarter-finals, England beat Croatia 2-1, Italy beat Poland 3-0, France beat Serbia 2-1 and Germany beat Holland 2-1, so no real upsets there.

In the semi-finals, England beat arch-rivals Germany 3-1 and Italy beat France 3-1, to set-up another match between two teams that had qualified from the same group.

Italy prevailed in the finals, 3-1, with goals from Giampaolo Pazzini (2) and Giorgio Chellini in the first half being enough. A consolation goal from Theo Walcott in the 2nd half was not enough. This was a deserved victory from Italy though as it had 17 shots on goal (7 on target) compared to England's 8 (4 on target). England had a slight edge in terms of possession (53-47) but were simply not incisive enough.

05-31-2011, 01:08 AM	#29
law90026 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	Euro Championship 2012 Round Up The 2012 Euro Championship saw 16 European nations take part to claim the title of European Champions. In the group stages, Croatia, Poland, Italy, England, France, Holland, Germany and Serbia qualified for the quarter-finals. The shock upset was Spain coming in 3rd in their group behind Germany and Serbia. In the quarter-finals, England beat Croatia 2-1, Italy beat Poland 3-0, France beat Serbia 2-1 and Germany beat Holland 2-1, so no real upsets there. In the semi-finals, England beat arch-rivals Germany 3-1 and Italy beat France 3-1, to set-up another match between two teams that had qualified from the same group. Italy prevailed in the finals, 3-1, with goals from Giampaolo Pazzini (2) and Giorgio Chellini in the first half being enough. A consolation goal from Theo Walcott in the 2nd half was not enough. This was a deserved victory from Italy though as it had 17 shots on goal (7 on target) compared to England's 8 (4 on target). England had a slight edge in terms of possession (53-47) but were simply not incisive enough.