After Chelsea's heroics in this season's Champions League, the comparisons are mounting between what Chelsea have achieved, and what England could potentially achieve, this summer, at Euro 2012.
Of course, Chelsea were the underdogs going into both the semi-final, against Barcelona, and Bayern Munich, in the final, but they came through to be successful.

When the Czech Republic first take to the field against Russia, on 8 June, many of their fans may be worrying just where their goals are going to come from. Michal Bilek's side only found the net on 12 occasions, despite conceding just eight in a successful qualifying campaign.
The concern can be found in a lack of a reliable goal scorer.

You would have to say that Roy Hodgson has a strong midfield line-up to choose from, for his England Euro 2012 squad in Poland and Ukraine, and he will be hard-pushed to select his first midfielders for the game with Sweden.
Aside from Stuart Downing, who was a complete surprise call up, there can be little complaints with the other nine players, namely, Theo Walcott, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Gareth Barry, Scott Parker, James Milner, Ashley Young, and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain.

Norwich City battled to a 3-3 draw against Arsene Wenger's Arsenal, earlier today, to put clear daylight between themselves and the relegation battle, and inflict a blow to the Gunners' Champions League prospects for the 2012/13 campaign. The result was Arsenal's fourth without a win in as many games.

There's long been a debate as to whether Great Britain should have four different national football sides or not. That debate has lessened in recent years, as Scotland and Wales have secured a greater measure of independence.
Nevertheless, Britain competes at each Olympic Games as a combined Great Britain team, so why should football be any different?

Adrian further established his growing reputation with a stunning goal for Atletico Madrid, as the club secured their place in the Europa League final in Bucharest, running out 5-2 aggregate winners against La Liga rivals, Valencia.
The striker added a ninth Europa League goal to his tally in this year's competition, helping the club reach the final, where they will now meet Athletic Bilbao.

Jose Mourinho insists his future lies at Real Madrid, despite media reports that have linked the Portuguese manager to a return to England.
The former Chelsea boss was rumoured to be mulling over a return to Chelsea or Manchester City, should the latter fail to win the Premier League, this season.

With two games remaining in the regular League One season, the race for automatic promotion couldn't be much tighter. Sheffield United are now just one point ahead of their steel city rivals, Sheffield Wednesday, and must now contemplate life without top scorer, Ched Evans.
Evans, 23, was sentenced to five years in prison, this week, after being found guilty of rape.

Blackburn Rovers defender, Gael Givet, has hit back at claims that he refused to play in last weekend's clash at Swansea City.
Following the 3-0 defeat, Blackburn's fifth consecutive reverse, manager Steve Kean claimed Givet was not in the right frame of mind to line up at the Liberty Stadium.

Newcastle United star, Cheick Tiote, has refuted claims he is about to leave the club, and insists his future lies on Tyneside.
The Ivory Coast midfielder has been a revelation since his £3.5m switch from FC Twente, in the summer of 2010. He impressed enough to be offered a new six-and-a-half year deal, in February 2011.

Radamel Falcao continued his stunning form, this season, with two more goals to guide Atletico Madrid to a 4-2 victory in their Europa League semi-final first-leg against Valencia.
The Columbian striker's brace, along with goals from Miranda and Adrian Lopez, ensured that the Madrid side would head to the Mestalla for the return leg with a two-goal advantage.

Radamel Falcao continued his stunning form, this season, with two more goals to guide Atletico Madrid to a 4-2 victory in their Europa League semi-final first-leg against Valencia.
The Columbian striker's brace, along with goals from Miranda and Adrian Lopez, ensured that the Madrid side would head to the Mestalla for the return leg with a two-goal advantage.

John Terry heaped praise on Chelsea hero, Didier Drogba, after the striker's winning goal handed the Londoners a 1-0 advantage in their Champions League semi-final tie against Barcelona.
The Ivorian frontman swept home the only goal of the game just before half time, getting on the end of a Ramires cross to send Stamford Bridge into raptures.

"Celebrate good times c'mon" werethe lyrics pumping out of every Liverpool fan's vocal cords, at theweekend, as the Reds celebrated overcoming their bitter rivals,Everton, in the FA Cup semi-final.
However, whilst the celebrations in thered half of Merseyside may well continue for a few days to come, thereality remains that Liverpool are now a side playing second fiddleto the top teams in England.

The likes of Norwich and Swansea haveoffered something new and exciting, in what has been a tough seasonfor the Premier League, with both sides playing great football and entertaining fans of soccer betting beyond their respective fan bases.
The reality remains, however, thatfellow newly-promoted team QPR have become an outfit that is all tooeasy to dislike.