Euro Heroes

Germany win World Cup: Mario Gotze goal the perfect finale

2014-07-16T12:18:00.002+03:00

Germany’s previous World Cup victories have all had something era-defining about them. In 1954 West Germany were still a middleweight football power prior to a final against Hungary that was decided by Helmut Rahn’s late goal, and captured in the famous, near-delirious commentary (“Tor! … Tor für Deutchsland!”). Twenty years later victory for the great team of Gerd Müller, Paul Breitner and Franz Beckenbauer was the first of an astonishing run of finals over the next 16 years. The 1990 victory against Argentina arrived with a sense of an emerging Germany on the verge of a more substantial dynasty. Or not as it turned out: the intervening 24 years have seen one European Championship win and a generational retrenchment.

This was an utterly merited World Cup victory, reward for the entire spectrum of German football, from clubs to football association, players to coaches. The challenge for the rest of the world is to interrupt the next entirely logical step – which is many more of the same from here.

Messi: This is the match of our lives!!!

2014-07-13T14:14:00.000+03:00

"Tomorrow, we will play the most important match of our lives for our country," Messi wrote in a rousing message on his official Facebook page. "My dreams and my hopes are being fulfilled due to the hard work and sacrifice of a team that has given everything from match one.

"We knew it was possible. Our people, the Argentines, they have carried us here. But the dream is not over yet. Tomorrow we want to win, and we are ready!" Some 100,000 Argentina fans are estimated to have flooded into Rio to support their team ahead of the final. Argentina's coach Alejandro Sabella said the South Americans will have to produce a perfect game to overcome the talented Germans.

"Germany are always very strong physically and tactically,” he said. “For that reason they are the team that has won most titles along with Brazil and Italy. They use the ball very well and play the ball between the lines. They also use the space behind full-backs very well, especially with (Philipp) Lahm. We have to play a perfect match."

Brazil through to the quarter-finals after a dramatic match against Chile

2014-06-29T00:08:00.000+03:00

Brazil through to the quarter-finals after a dramatic match against Chile.

Brazil took the lead in the 17th minute after what appears to be an own goal from a corner kick before Alexis Sanchez equalized the score for Chile in the 32nd minute with a nice finish exploiting a huge mistake from the Brazilian defense.

Chile was arguably the better team than Brazil, they were well-organized both in

defense and in attack as well, they have had a clear goal-scoring chance in the 64th minute but Ceaser‘s reaction denied Gutierrez his first goal in the tournament. Brazil have had some chances to, but they came from individual efforts from Hulk andNeymar and weren’t that dangerous.

In the end it was Brazil that was qualified and that’s what really matters in football.

Calendar World Cup 2014

2014-05-27T20:06:00.001+03:00

La Decima!!!

2014-05-25T22:07:00.000+03:00

Real Madrid clinched the European Cup for the tenth time in their illustrious history on Saturday by overcoming rivals Atletico Madrid 4-1 after extra time in a UEFA Champions League final high on drama. Los Merengues thus earned the right to represent Europe at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup Morocco, while Atletico, also beaten in the 1974 showpiece, still await their maiden European crown.

FIFA world cup mascots of all time

2014-05-18T00:05:00.000+03:00

Less than three months remain until the World Cup takes center stage in Brazil !!!

It’s the first time two consecutive World Cups are staged outside Europe and the first time two consecutive World Cups are staged in the Southern Hemisphere. It will also be the first World Cup to use goal-line technology.

Let's see FIFA world cup mascots of all time

Fuleco the Armadillo is the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil!!!

The world was a dark place before football...

2014-05-17T23:56:00.000+03:00

FIFA World Cup Brazil coming soon!!!

Let's take a look at the history of FIFA World Cup:

1930, Uruguay: Because of a dispute, a different ball was used in each half, one chosen by each team. Argentina’s ball was used for the first half, and Uruguay’s ball was used for the second half.

1934, Italy:
The group stage used in the first World Cup was discarded in favour of a straight knockout tournament. If the score was tied after extra time, the match would be replayed the next day.

1938, France:
Because of anger over the decision to hold a second successive World Cup in Europe, neither Uruguay nor Argentina entered the competition, while Spain became the first country to be prevented from competing by war.

1942, 1946
World Cup did not take place due to World War II.

1950, Brazil:
In the aftermath of the war, much of Europe lay in ruins. As a result, FIFA had some difficulties finding a country interested in hosting the event, since many governments believed that their scarce resources should to be devoted to more urgent priorities.

1954, Switzerland:
The tournament used a unique format. The 16 qualifying teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Each group contained two seeded teams and two unseeded teams. Only 4 matches were scheduled for each group, each pitting a seeded team against an unseeded team.

1958, Sweden:
This World Cup saw the entry and qualification of the Soviet Union for the first time, and the qualification of all the United Kingdom’s home nations: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

1962, Chile:
The average goals per match dropped to 2.78, under 3 for the first time in the history of the competition (the average has never been above 3 since).

1966, England:
World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot, and one of the first mascots to be associated with a major sporting competition. To this date it is the only major championship England has won.

1970, Mexico:
The tournament was won by Brazil, who claimed their third World Cup title by defeating another two-time former champion, Italy, 4–1 in the final, thereby winning the right to permanently keep the Jules Rimet Trophy.

1974, West Germany:
The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded.

1978, Argentina:
More controversy surrounded the host, Argentina, as all of their games in the first round kicked off at night, giving the Argentines the advantage of knowing where they stood in the group. This issue would arise again in Spain 1982, which prompted FIFA to change the rules so that the final two group games in subsequent World Cups would be played simultaneously.

1982, Spain:
For the first time, the World Cup finals expanded from 16 to 24 teams. This allowed more teams, especially from Africa and Asia, to participate. This was the first World Cup in which teams from all six continental confederations participated in the finals, something that would not happen again until 2006.

1986, Mexico: Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA, but largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially resigned in 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983.

1990, Italy:
It generated a record low goals-per-game average of just 2.21- a record that still stands to date – and a then-record 16 red cards were handed out, including the first ever dismissal in a final. Following the 1990 World Cup, the back-pass rule was introduced in 1992 to discourage time-wasting and overly defensive play, and wins were awarded three points in the group stage of the 1994 World Cup to encourage more attack-minded tactics and discourage the strategy of playing for a draw.

1994, USA:
The 1994 World Cup was the best attended in history, with average attendance of nearly 69,000. The total attendance of nearly 3.6 million for the final tournament remains the highest in World Cup history, despite the expansion of the competition from 24 to 32 teams. The finals were also the first time that players had their shirt numbers printed on the centre front of the shirt, as well as their names printed in the back of their jerseys in a World Cup, just like other American sports did, to make their identification easier for sportscasters. This custom followed from Euro 92, and has followed ever since.

1998, France: For the first time in the competition, the group stage were expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. A total of 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums located across 10 different host cities.

2002, Japan and South Korea:
Initially, South Korea, Japan, and Mexico presented three rival bids. However, the two Asian countries agreed to unite their bids shortly before the decision was made, and they were chosen unanimously in preference to Mexico. This was the first (and so far the only) World Cup to be hosted by two countries.

2006, Germany:
The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.29 billion non-unique viewers, compiled over the course of the tournament. The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people. The tournament also saw English refereeGraham Poll mistakenly hand out three yellow cards to Croatia’s Josip Šimunić in their match against Australia.

2010, South Africa: It was the first time that the hosts were eliminated in the first round. The English, German and Italian squads were made up of entirely home based players, while only Nigeria had no players from clubs in their own league. In all, players from 52 national leagues entered the tournament.

World Cup 2014 schedule

2014-04-30T19:46:00.004+03:00

Pentru prima dată din 2002 Real Madrid în finala CL !!!

2014-04-30T10:13:00.001+03:00

Real Madrid s-a calificat pentru prima dată, după 12 ani, în finala UEFA Champions League. Această performanță a reușit-o după ce a spulberat-o pe deținătoarea trofeului – Bayern München, chiar la ei acasă, cu un categoric 4 – 0.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munchen....Coming soon !!!

2014-04-11T17:59:00.000+03:00

Coming soon...

Real Madrid will face Bayern Munich in the semi-final of UCL, with the first legs taking place on April 22/23 and the return the following week.

The 100th Tour de France

2013-06-29T20:44:00.002+03:00

The first stage of the 100th Tour de France was designed to end with a sprint. That's how it panned out but it was anything but a standard finish in Bastia. Ultimately it was a sprinter with a great reputation, Marcel Kittel, who lived up to expectations and claimed the win and the first yellow jersey of the 2013. "This is the greatest day of my life,"he declared at the finish. "This is absolutely something that's outstanding."That was his appraisal after a manic end to the first stage of the Tour to ever be contested in Corsica. The race jury was forced to make quick decisions and originally opt to alter the site of the finish... when the peloton was just eight kilometres away. A bus wedged under the finish structure meant it was not going to be possible to have the sprint end where it had long been planned to be and the commissaires declared that the 3km to go banner would mark the end of the opening stage. But then the bus got unstuck, and with just 2km to go in what was the altered stage, it was back to the original plan: the finish was to be at the finish. This incident, and crashes in the final 12km - that included, amongst other, Alberto Contador and Peter Sagan - will be the talking point on a day when Kittel deserves the accolades. He raced. He won. And he had no idea that there was ever an attempt to amend where the site of the finish was. "I heard my directeur sportif shouting but I didn't understand what he was saying," he confessed. "It was too frantic in the finale."

Sport in Our Life

2013-06-29T20:37:00.002+03:00

People all over the world are fond of sports and games. Sport makes people healthy, keeps them fit, more organized and better disciplined. It unites people of different classes and nationalities.

Many people do sports on their personal initiative. They go in for skiing, skating, table tennis, swimming, volleyball, football, bodybuilding, etc. All necessary facilities are provided for them: stadiums, sport grounds, swimming pools, skating rinks, skiing stations, football fields. Sport is paid much attention to in our educational establishments. Gymnastics is a part of children's daily activity in the kindergartens. Physical culture is a compulsory subject at schools and colleges.

Practically all kinds of sports are popular in our republic but football; gymnastics and tennis enjoy the greatest popularity.

As for me, I go in for swimming. It needs mobility, liveliness and much energy. It keeps a person in a good form. I have been swimming for a 5 years. I do my training with great pleasure and hope to swim well as our best swimmers do.

Spain wins Euro 2012!

2012-07-02T17:18:00.000+03:00

Kiev's Olympic Stadium. The only noise came from the thudding musical beats from hospitality areas and the few fans still taking souvenir photographs.

And yet this exciting, bustling city and its state-of-the-art arena was still illuminated by the latest stunning display from arguably the finest international team this sport has seen.

Partisanship and patriotism will be factors in the debate - Brazil of 1970 and France of 1998/2000 will have their advocates whenever the argument turns to who really was - or is - the greatest.

But Spain have now had a grip on the game since they won Euro 2008 and can take their place in history after a 4-0 victory against Italy, following a World Cup triumph in South Africa two years ago, confirmed three major tournaments in succession.

From the devastating opening burst that brought David Silva's goal, via a run that resembled a red blur from Jordi Alba to end a spell when Italy actually threatened, this was a masterclass in tactical and technical excellence.

And then, with Italy down to 10 men after their final substitute Thiago Motta was carried off injured, came the ruthlessness. The late appearance of Fernando Torres saw the ploy of the "false nine" - playing without a conventional striker - replaced by one of "genuine nine" as Chelsea's striker scored the third, then set up club and country team-mate Juan Mata for the coup de grace.

Every box that indicates a world-class team was ticked. This was quite simply a supreme performance from a Spain side that can now slap their medals on the table and demand comparison with anyone.

And, laughably, it was done against the background of complaints that this was a "boring" Spain, who had crawled their way through Euro 2012. If this was their answer to those charges, it was eloquent enough for even the most hardened observers.

It is true there have been times when this Spain side has been less pleasing on the eye than in the past - the semi-final win against Portugal on penalties was dull - but to brand them "boring" on that evidence was naïve, and an insult.

One man who should have known better was Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. With comic timing that was so bad it was good, he chose the build-up to the game to write of Spain that "they have betrayed their philosophy and turned it into something more negative".

Wenger was able to reflect on those ill-judged remarks as he watched high in the stands in his role as a French television pundit, the Spanish making a nonsense of his words as they played without a negative thought in their heads.

This has been a Euro 2012 rich in quality, so a performance from the winners that will be forever remembered by all those who witnessed it was the perfect finale. The tournament got the two finalists it deserved and out of those Spain were worthy victors.

And a glance around the team, its stellar performers and those on the bench, suggests they have the capacity to extend their reign.

Goalkeeper Iker Casillas is the symbol of the Spain side, responsible and mature. Sergio Ramos is hard as nails, while new Barcelona defensive signing Alba's raids have been one of the highlights of Euro 2012.

Euro 2012:Russia-Greece 0 -1

2012-06-17T21:30:00.001+03:00

Giorgos Karagounis scored the only goal as Greece produced a major shock to knock Russia out of Euro 2012 and seal their place in the quarter-finals.

Russia had dominated the game before Karagounis pounced on a Sergei Ignashevich error to drill in a shot.

Roman Shirokov had earlier been denied a penalty after claiming a push by Karagounis, who himself had a strong spot-kick shout waved away later on.

Giorgos Tzavellas struck the post with a free-kick as Greece secured victory.

The strike stunned Russia and Zhrikov was nutmegged by Torossidis, whose low cross was crucially intercepted by Aleksandr Anyukov with Fanis Gekas waiting to tap in.

Russia were now on the backfoot and Karagounis had strong claims for a penalty when he appeared to be tripped by Ignashevich.

Instead, referee Jonas Eriksson booked the Greece captain for diving, leaving Karagounis furious before being substituted.

The midfielder's frenzied protests almost had him tearing his hair out in despair as he also ran to the fourth official to complain.

His yellow card also means he will miss the quarter-final.

Russia, though, could not find the creativity to break down Greece and secure an equaliser.

Indeed Greece came closest to scoring when a Tzavellas effort struck the woodwork.

But Karagounis's solitary effort turned out to be decisive and Greece will now play the winners of Group B - who will be Germany, Denmark or Portugal.

Furtună la propriu și la figurat în meciul Ucraina-Franța!

2012-06-16T10:14:00.001+03:00

Meciul s-a început cu ghinion pentru ambele echipe.O ploaie torențială a dat peste cap programul meciului,acesta fiind reluat doar peste o oră.

Menez şi Cabaye au marcat golurile cu care Franţa a ajuns la al 24-lea meci la rând fără înfrângere!

Început la ora 19.00 şi terminat aproape de ora 22.00, cel mai lung meci de până acum de la Euro, jocul a fost la discreţia Franţei, care a continuat prestaţia bună din meciul cu Anglia. Incomodaţi în prima repriză de terenul încă ud după ploaia care a întrerupt meciul aproape o oră, elevii lui Blanc au decis partida în repriza secundă. Mai întâi a marcat Menez, cel care ratase două ocazii mari înainte, iar apoi Cabaye a confirmat şi pe tabelă superioritatea clară a "cocoşilor".
În ultimele meciuri din grupă, Franţa va juca împotriva Suediei, iar Ucraina cu Anglia.

UCRAINA: Pyatov - Guşev, Mihalik, Khacheridi, Selin, Yarmolenko (Aliev 68)- Tymoşciuk, Konoplianka, Nazarenko (Milevski 58), Voronin (Devici 46) - Şevcenko. Antrenor: Oleg Blohin

FRANŢA: Lloris - Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Clichy - Cabaye (M'Vila 68), A. Diarra - Ribery, Nasri, Menez (Martin 73)- Benzema (Giroud 76).Antrenor: Laurent Blanc

Goluri: Menez 53, Cabaye 56
Stadion "Donbass Arena", Doneţk

Arbitru: Bjorn Kuipers (Olanda)

Meci de debut pentru Ucraina la Euro 2012 !

2012-06-11T21:37:00.001+03:00

Ziua a 4-a de la Europene se încheie cu partida Ucraina - Suedia din grupa D.

Este al treilea meci direct dintre cele două, în decurs de un an şi jumătate. În februarie 2011, pe teren neutru, în Cipru, Ucraina şi Suedia remizau la 1, co-organizatoarea europenelor impunîndu-se apoi la penalty-uri. Nordicii şi-au luat revanşa 6 luni mai tîrziu, 1-0 într-un amical jucat la Harkov.Aruncată în aceeaşi grupă cu Franţa, Anglia şi Ucraina, Suedia este cotată cu ultima şansă la calificarea în sferturi. Este un calcul pe care elevii lui Erik Hamrén sunt pregătiţi să-l răstoarne.

Echipe de start
Ucraina: Pyatov - Gusev, Haceridi, Mihalik, Selin - Voronin, Nazarenko, Timoşciuk, Konoplianka - Yarmolenko, Şevcenko

Suedia: Isaksson - Lustig, Mellberg, Olsson, Granqvist - Elm, Kallstrom - Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Toivonen - Rosenberg

Remiză Franța - Anglia !

2012-06-11T21:26:00.001+03:00

Colegi la City, rivali la naţională, Lescott şi Nasri au decis soarta partidei Franţa - Anglia 1-1

Franţa şi Anglia au remizat în această seară în primul lor meci la EURO 2012, scor 1-1. După un început furtunos de partidă, în care englezii puteau deschide scorul prin Milner, dar mijlocaşul lui Manchester City a driblat portarul, însă reluarea acestuia a fost pe lîngă poarta goală.Lescott a marcat în minutul 30, însă Nasri a readus egalitatea pe tabelul de marcaj. În a 2-a repriză ambele echipe au fost mai precaute,scorul rămînînd la final 1-1.

Start EURO 2012!!! POLAND V GREECE

2012-06-08T18:28:00.000+03:00

Venue: National Stadium, Warsaw
Date: Friday, 8 June

Poland defender Damien Perquis remains a fitness doubt ahead of Friday's Group A opener against Greece in Warsaw .

The Sochaux centre-back fractured his elbow in March and while he played in the friendly win over Andorra last weekend he is not yet fully fit.

Greece full-back Vassilis Torosidis is a doubt after suffering a knee injury in a friendly against Slovenia.

Creative midfielder Sotiris Ninis missed Greece's last warm-up match with a shoulder injury but should be fit.

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny is confident that Franciszek Smuda's side can handle the expectation of kicking-off the tournament in front of their home fans.

He said: "All of us have played important matches, and will have more important ones still, in our career.

"I'm sure each one of us will handle that pressure."

Greece lost all three games in the finals four years ago but coach Fernando Santos believes his side will be tough opponents this time around.

Cristiano Ronaldo at Euro 2012

2012-05-29T20:56:00.002+03:00

It will be eight years ago this summer that he shed bitter tears on the Estádio da Luz pitch, after Portugal suffered a shock Euro 2004 final loss to Greece on home soil.

Ronaldo hopes to banish that memory on Sunday 1 July in the Euro 2012 final in Kiev, more than 2,500 miles from Lisbon. Portugal have seen a golden generation of stars retire in the intervening period, including Luis Figo, Manuel Rui Costa and Pedro Pauleta.

The 27-year-old Ronaldo is already a hugely popular figure in his home nation but this summer's tournament is the chance for the Real Madrid star to confirm his position amongst Portugal's greatest.

With a tough-looking group awaiting Paulo Bento's men, featuring heavy favourites Germany, the Netherlands and perpetual nemesis Denmark, even reaching the last eight would earn respect. As always, Ronaldo will strive for much more.

Public expectation is significantly lower for Portugal this time around, given the struggles of recent qualification campaigns and a poor 2010 World Cup. The current crop is no golden generation, but it does have its trump card in Ronaldo - and he is reinvigorated at international level.

At Real, there are signs Ronaldo has found a creative foil in countryman Fabio Coentrao and the former Benfica left-back is arguably Portugal's most important player bar Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid

Good friends off the pitch, the pair's nascent partnership was already evident at the World Cup. Ronaldo and Coentrao combined spectacularly against a North Korea side who had worried Brazil days before.

Portugal vs England

Two years on, the hope is that Portugal can at last make it count in a tournament with which Ronaldo has a special relationship.

Euro 2004 was a strong, formative experience for him as a teenager, having just completed a debut season with United. It says much for Ronaldo's potency even then that Ashley Cole's neutralisation of him in the quarter-final is still thought of as the defender's keynote England performance.

History is now within his grasp. If Portugal reach the semi-final and Ronaldo plays every game between now and then, he will leapfrog Rui Costa as Portugal's third-most-capped player.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo's side may not be favourites, but this final staging of the tournament with just 16 teams gives them a chance. A lightning-fast dart for the trophy would be just his style.

UEFA EURO 2012 Tickets

2012-05-28T14:43:00.001+03:00

Această ediție a Euro 2012 încă de la început a înregistrat un record - vînzarea biletelor.Astfel, s-au înregistrat 12 milioane de cereri,numărul disponibil fiind mult mai mic.

Persoanele interesate au avut la dispoziţie întreaga lună martie pentru a depune cererile – 4 bilete de persoană – pe site-ul uefa.com, singura cale autorizată. Peste 550.000 bilete vor fi disponibile pentru marele public la Euro-2012. Cu 4 ani în urmă, 10,4 milioane de cereri au fost făcute pentru cele 300.000 bilete puse în vânzare.

UEFA a organizat o loterie între 19 şi 22 aprilie, pentru a determina fericiţii aleşi. Potrivit organizaţiei continentale, vânzarea de bilete va aduce circa 100 milioane euro. Marea majoritate a cererilor, aproape 88 la sută, au venit din Polonia şi Ucraina.

Biletul cel mai ieftin a fost de 45 euro în 2008. În 2012, el este de 30 euro, cel mai scump rămânând neschimbat, la 600 euro.Pe piața niagră prețul acestora pot atinge însă cote mult mai mari.

Fantasy Team din..... accidentați!

2012-05-27T11:02:00.001+03:00

Încă din start Euro 2012 este umbrit de o serie de accidentări ce dă bătaie de cap echipelor naționale. David Villa este cea mai mare lipsă a echipei naționale a Spaniei, la fel nu va putea evolua nici Puyol.Franța va trebui să joace fără Abidal. Lipsesc atîția jucători valoroși, încît se întrezărește un prim unsprezece al accidentaților.

Programul meciurilor la Euro 2012

2012-05-26T21:20:00.001+03:00

Vezi mai jos programul meciurilor la Euro 2012 din Polonia și Ucraina.

Logo-uri și mascote Euro

2012-05-26T19:44:00.003+03:00

Tradiția mascotelor în campionatele europene a venit în 1980.Astfel, la Euro-1980, pentru prima dată un astfel de turneu a avut mascota proprie.

Euro-1984

Campionatul European-1984 a avut loc în Franţa. Talismanul - Cocoșul Peno - a fost îmbrăcat exact ca echipa de fotbal a Franţei - o cămașă albastră, pantaloni scurţi şi şosete albe, roşii. Se pare amuzant, veţi vedea.

Euro-1988

În 1988 campioană pentru prima dată devine Olanda. Talismanul turneului, iepurele Bernie este un simbol de viteză și agitație - calități importante pentru orice fotbalist.

Euro - 1992

În 1992 Danemarca a luat pentru prima dată titlul european. Talismanul campionatului a devenit... un iepure,iarăși.Acum un iepure îmbrăcat în forma echipei suedeze.

Euro - 1996

Euro-1996 a introdus în sfârşit o nouă emblemă oficială a turneului. Leul Goliat, care ține o minge, a adus noroc echipei Germaniei care a învins în finală cehii.

Euro - 2000

Euro-2000 a fost unul cu noroc pentru francezi, campionii en titre ale lumii. Mascota din turneu a fost leu-diavolul, al cărui nume - Benilyuki - provine de la uniunea economică din Belgia, Olanda şi Luxemburg.

Euro-2004

Campionatul european de fotbal cu numărul 12 a avut loc în Portugalia. Triumf senzaţional al grecilor va intra în istoria campionatelor europene. La eveniment a fost prezentat publicului un logo colorat, o inimă şi o minge în interiorul acestuia. În rolul de mascota - băiatul Kinas, imbracat în uniforma din Portugalia.

Euro - 2008

În 2008, mai buni decât alţii au fost spaniolii, care au batut Germania în finală.
Simboluri ale turneului au fost mascotele Trix şi Flix. Fraţii gemeni sunt imbracati pentru a se potrivi culorilor de pe steagurile naţionale din Austria şi Elveţia.

Euro - 2012

Simbolurile oficiale ale Euro 2012, care va avea loc în Polonia şi Ucraina, sunt Slavek şi Slavko. De asemenea, gemeni. Ambii sunt îmbrăcaţi în conformitate cu culorile naţionale ale Poloniei şi Ucrainei.