Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts

Friday, June 22, 2012

Germany slams Greece 4:2 at EURO 2012 Quarter Finals

Today in Gdansk, Poland, Germans rolled over Greece with a slam win 4:2 at the EURO 2012 Quarter Finals.  No surprise here. Germans have shown their skills in all games of this tournament. They came out from Group B as a winner.

June 9th, 2012 Germany 1-0 Portugal 
June 13th, 2012 Netherlands 1-2 Germany 
June 17th, 2012 Denmark 1-2 Germany 
June 22nd, 2012 Germany 4-2 Greece 

What a game it was!  Germans have wasted so many chances to score, that it seems Greeks should be actually happy about the outcome. What surprised everyone, was the Greek will of fight. They never gave up and pressed Germans till the final whistle.  If you have missed any of the games, you can still catch up on ESPN3 online.

Tomorrow, June 23rd, watch next exciting game: Spain vs. France.  Game starts at 2:45 ET.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

EURO 2012 - Go Poland!

During the first and inaugural game on Friday, June 8th, Poland had a great chance to win the match with Greece.  The great UEFA website tracks all the scores, dates, and venues.

The first half was awesome!  Poles were masters of the pitch, like energizer bunnies.  Robert Lewandowski with an assist from Jakub Błaszczykowski, both playing for Borussia Dortmund, scored a goal, and the game became dramatic.  Sokratis Papastathopoulis got a red card and Greeks where left with 10 players.  
Things changed during the 2nd half.  Greeks had nothing to loose and they attacked strongly with Dimitris Salpingidis scoring an equalizer at 50th minute.  

But wait!  The game got even more twisted in the 69th minute when Polish goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczęsny got a red card for a foul on Salpingidis in front of the goal.  Out for Szczęsny, in for Przemysław Tytoń, penalty kick for Greece.

And the miracles do happen!  Tytoń denied the penalty kick by Giorgos Karagounis.  Instant hero.
The final sore remained 1-1.  Poles could win this match but just couldn't get it together during the 2nd half.  I hope they learn from this performance and get ready for Russians on Tuesday.  

For the football lovers or soccer lovers in US, you can get a great Adidas Euro2012 Repliq Ball White/black Size 5.