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TweetFrom Marco Van Basten, to Paul Gascoigne and Davor Suker, In The Stands' Rolly Pelovangu picks
out five great goals which have lit up the Euros. Of course there have been many fantastic strikes
throughout the history of the Euro from Henrik Larson's unbelievably photogenic diving header
against Bulgaria, Zinedine Zidane's superb freekick against Spain [.
TweetReal Madrid unveiled their new home strip for the 2012/2013 season with a great video
portraying the unity between fan, player and kit. Of course the Spanish champions have opted to
keep the infamous all-white style but this time have incorporated a dash of black seams to give the
strip more dimension.
TweetHolland midfielder Wesley Sneijder's crystal ball has told him that the Netherlands and Spain
will meet in the Euro 2012 final in a repeat of the 2010 World Cup final. With the tournament mere
days away the Dutch ace foresees a Spain vs Netherlands final come July 1 in Kiev in what will be a
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TweetIn The Stands' Rolly Pelovangu muses on one major obstacle England must overcome if they are
to triumph at Euro 2012 – the mental barrier. So the balls have been drawn, the groups decided,
the path has been set and all roads now lead to Ukraine/Poland as the summer's footballing bonanza
looms.
TweetReal Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has lauded the appointment of Brendan Rodgers as new Liverpool
boss. The pair both worked together at Chelsea with Mourinho as first team coach whilst Rodgers
took charge of the reserves and 'the Special One' believes that Rodgers is special too. "I am very
happy with his appointment at Liverpool, [.
TweetFrance cruised to a fine 2-0 friendly win over Serbia on Thursday night but the result was
marred by an injury to midfielder Yann M'Vila with the England match mere days away. The
highly-rated Rennes midfielder limped off just minutes into the match and was seen in tears on the
bench after sustaining what looked [.
TweetBrendan Rodgers has left Swansea City to take the reins at Liverpool having signed a
three-year deal with the Reds. Rodgers will be officially announced as Kenny Dalglish's replacement
within the next 24 hours after he agreed terms with the Reds having also informed Swansea chairman
Huw Jenkins of his desire to move to Merseyside.
TweetEngland legend Paul Gascoigne has come clean as he tackles your questions and debunks many
myths ahead of Euro 2012. It is a must see! 'Gazza' tackles amongst many things, his antics after
matches, his mad bets with Jimmy 'Five Bellies', what it means to wear the Three Lions shirt, as
well as his hopes [.
TweetFernando Torres ended his one year goal drought for Spain by netting the opener during his
sides' 4-1 friendly win over South Korea. The 28-year-old scored an 11th minute header, was a
constant thorn for the Korea rearguard and now looks set to play an inimical role in La Roja
Furia's title defense come June.
TweetIn The Stands' Rolly Pelovangu salutes the FA's plan to introduce smaller pitches, smaller
side games, smaller goals for kids football in England whilst examining England's lack of dribbling
ability and technique. So it ended Norway 0-1 England. Hmmm...you would think that after a game of
such little significance most comments would be swept under [.
TweetItalian striker Mario Balotelli has threatened to walk off the pitch if he is racially abused
at Euro 2012 and said he would 'kill' anyone who dares to throw a banana at him. With just a week
to go until the European Championships begin proper much has been made about the levels of racism
and [.
TweetLaurent Blanc has named France's 23-man squad for Euro 2012 with a couple of surprises to
boot. England take note. England will be Les Bleus' first Group D opponents come June 11 and after
seeing his men struggle at home to Iceland at the weekend, France boss Laurent Blanc has decided to
tweak his provisional [.
TweetEngland boss Roy Hodgson has named his 23-man England squad for Euro 2012 with Danny Welbeck
and Glen Johnson both included. Birmingham's Jack Butland comes in to replace the injured John
Ruddy, whilst Andy Caroll will lead the line (for the first two matches at least) with the likes of
Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and [.
TweetAt the end of another season in which Everton recovered from distinctly average pre-Christmas
form to finish in a respectable 7th place, attitudes towards the club from the outside are once
again based on over-achievement, of gritty battling qualities and a propensity to ‘punch above
their weight'.
TweetAt the end of another season in which Everton recovered from distinctly average pre-Christmas
form to finish in a respectable 7th place, attitudes towards the club from the outside are once
again based on over-achievement, of gritty battling qualities and a propensity to ‘punch above
their weight'.