UEFA Euro 2012

Both teams deserve the result 1-1,though Italy was little better.Spain had some serious chances of scoring but their finishing was bad .

there were some good and bad replacements,the good were Natale(Italy) and Navas(Spain)

the worst was Torres ,he had 4 good chances ,the first 3, I was like what is he thinking of,so slow and weak hits.

there were also a deserved bunch of yellow cards,Italians were little aggressive also Spanish,but they're Mediterranean,and we Mediterranean have hot blood and have good bunch of nerves.It's also football,no cold blood in it.

one sweet side was the presence of Spanish royals,Princess Laetizia was cheering on them as any ordinary person,moving and reacting,also her husband Prince Philllip was doing the same as her.

I didn't expect that we (Croatia) will win game against Ireland. Croatia played terribly last few years. We won only one important game (Turkey) from Euro 2008. Now, who knows. We allways play good against Italy and in mostly case we win.

Croatian beauty for croatian win.

congratulations for Croatia,I didn't watch the match but not surprised with Croatia winning it,yes they played terribly last few years but in general they're strong,good team .

As for their next match against Italy(next Thursday ,June 14) ,no comment(I'm with Italy)

I'm also with Germans and thanx God they're in Group B not with group C

congratulations for Croatia,I didn't watch the match but not surprised with Croatia winning it,yes they played terribly last few years but in general they're strong,good team .

As for their next match against Italy(next Thursday ,June 14) ,no comment(I'm with Italy)

I'm also with Germans and thanx God they're in Group B not with group C

Don't worry about our next match. Probably, it will be tie. In the last round you will smash Ireland and Croatia will lose from Spain. Spain and Italy in QF.

Your performance against Spain was brilliant. Which team will you support if/when Italy plays against Germany?

I was surprised for Italia-Spain to be a tie.

It makes the game more interesting though

congratulations for Croatia,I didn't watch the match but not surprised with Croatia winning it,yes they played terribly last few years but in general they're strong,good team .

As for their next match against Italy(next Thursday ,June 14) ,no comment(I'm with Italy)

I'm also with Germans and thanx God they're in Group B not with group C

Don't worry about our next match. Probably, it will be tie. In the last round you will smash Ireland and Croatia will lose from Spain. Spain and Italy in QF.

Your performance against Spain was brilliant. Which team will you support if/when Italy plays against Germany?

well,I'm little worried,Italy disappoints me lots of times,Croatia did surprised me before with strong playing,so let's wait.

as for your q about which team I would support,Germany or Italy,that's so difficult for me,I'm supposed to be with Italy ,but my heart will be with Germany.at the end,Italy.

Croatia 3-1 Ireland

here are some photos from the match

first goal for Croatia

1st goal for Ireland,the happiness that didn't last

2nd goal for Croatia

Ireland's coach frustration.

3rd goal,cut off any hope

two teams,one happy,one sad,that's football.

Italy1-1 Spain

the match in photos

1st real chance for Italy by Pirlo's free kick

Iker saved his net ,for me he was the best at the 1st round of the match,

Silva surrounded by Italian defenders.

Natale's goal for Italy,ordinary goal but made me jump from happiness

Spanish celebrate the equaliser by Fabregas

Italian coach

Spanish coach

1 of 4 chances for Torres .

the two goalkeepers congratulate each others,

that what really matters at the end,having good spirit

Intriguing game between Italy and Spain, great to see Cassano looking so well after his recent health problems.

A deserved win for Croatia too. If there's a striker in European football on a richer vein of form than Jelavic, I haven't seen him. Why Robbie Keane continues to play such a prominent role for Ireland when he's so obviously past his best is such a logic-buster. Much like Roy Hodgson, Trappatoni has a limited pool of players to pick from, but Shane Long's pace and running would surely have tested the shaky Corluka a lot more than Keane and the hard-working but non-scoring Doyle. Also, as evidenced by Steve Bruce's misguided early-season tactics for Sunderland in 2011, John O'Shea can't play at right full-back for toffee.

And so attention turns to the England-France game. Gulp!

If we are going to include pictures of attractive women, at least let us use those present at the Euros.

they say that some special women presence is so noticed and observed in this Euro 2012

here are some others,including Sarah Carbonero,Casillas's girlfriend

here's results for the matches played so far

G A

Poland1-1Greece

Russia4-1Czech Republic

G B

Holland 0-1Denmark

Germany1-0 Portugal

G C

Spain1-1Italy

Ireland1-3 Croatia

G D

today, their first matches

France-England

Sweden -Ukraine

I doubt anyone's pulse would have been set racing by England's exploits, but it was certainly a disciplined, solid performance, and a point against the highly fancied French is not to be sniffed at. That'll do nicely for starters.

Fingers crossed for Ukraine now

1:1 now

2:1

England did well all things considered. I would have liked to have seen Milner and Young swap positions during the second half for a little bit more impetus but otherwise everything was pretty solid, more so before Parker went off knackered. Be interesting to see how Sweden change things up for the next game, hopefully England can get a stranglehold on possession and really get at what looked a fairly so-so defence (sorry Olof, I still love you).

P.S shame on the BBC for endlessly badgering Mats Hummels during the Portugal game.

here's results for the matches played so far

G A

Poland1-1Greece

Russia4-1Czech Republic

G B

Holland 0-1Denmark

Germany1-0 Portugal

G C

Spain1-1Italy

Ireland1-3 Croatia

G D

today, their first matches

France 1-1 England

Sweden1 -2 Ukraine

updates

France 1-1 England

I only watched first 45 ms,I had some committments and was so upset to not watch the other half

so I can only tell about the first half,France was better than England minus some minutes,I only noticed England on ms 14 and 34,the match was open and didn't stop at all,also England was stronger than I used to see it in championships.

there were some big English names Cole ,Shearer but didn't do anything,

France had lots of new faces to me ,Nasri I think one of new faces to me,I only knew Ribeiri

I can't judge more but would like someone to tell me what happened in the second half if possible

was it France or England the ruler?