Group C

[Jaz]

[Corleone]

Definitivno najteža grupa!

[Jaz]

Mislim da je grupa B ipak jaca.

[Corleone]

Pa realno sve su grupe teške. Ali ova mi je nekako naj zanimljivija, pa sam je zato nazvao najteža.

[Iguodala]

Mislim da je grupa B ipak jaca.

Najjaca grupa definitivno.

[Sky]

mislim da imamo solidne šanse da prođemo grupu, najvažnija utakmica će biti protiv Talijana. ako njih pobjedimo, sigurno prolazimo. protiv Španjolaca se ne može ništa napraviti, a Irci su najslabija karika grupe te će to biti vjerojatno lagana pobjeda.

[wall#2]

mislim da imamo solidne šanse da prođemo grupu, najvažnija utakmica će biti protiv Talijana. ako njih pobjedimo, sigurno prolazimo. protiv Španjolaca se ne može ništa napraviti, a Irci su najslabija karika grupe te će to biti vjerojatno lagana pobjeda.

Ja mislim da ce ovo biti nasa najteza utakmica

[Corleone]

mislim da imamo solidne šanse da prođemo grupu, najvažnija utakmica će biti protiv Talijana. ako njih pobjedimo, sigurno prolazimo. protiv Španjolaca se ne može ništa napraviti, a Irci su najslabija karika grupe te će to biti vjerojatno lagana pobjeda.

Iz iskustva ti kažem da ne treba da potcenjuješ najslabijeg protivnika. Tako smo mi Srbi na SP-u potcenili Australijance i dobili nogu.

[Sky]

ja se njih uopće ne pribojavam, kvalitetniji smo te imamo bolje pojedince ( ne znam nijednog njihovog igrača koji je važan za klub kao Modrić, Srna i Jelavić)

[Corleone]

Isto ti to kod nas. Ko može da prismrdi Stankoviću, Vidiću, Krasiću itd. Ali smo ipak izgubili 2-1. Nzm, vaš izbor, znam kako je to..

[Nele]

Neće Hrvatska dobiti Irsku,tako na svakim takmičenjima bude da izgube od slabijeg od sebe,a dobiće Italijane.

[Jumpman]

ja bi voleo da hrvatska prodje ali cisto sumnjam. imam neki osecj da italija ide daleko ove godine

[SN10]

spanija i nazalost italija,idu dalje..italijani ce doduse vec u cetvrtfinalu izduvati (nadam se) ali nema veze

[dr Hofmann]

Italija ima mnogo,mnogo problema sa timom,smjenom generacija,selektorom.Navijam za njih naravno,ali bas ne znam sta da ocekujem.Ne znam zbog neki toliko podcjenjuju Irsku,ja sam siguran da nece izgubit sva tri meca,a Trapattoni ce spremit nesto protiv svojih.

[Iggy9-13]

Hrvatska će imati 1 pobjedu, možda 2 remija i ostalo poraz. nemamo mi nikakvu igru, stvarno neznam po čemu smo poznati u igri, nemamo napadače(osim ako Jelavić eksplodira). nemamo nikakvog vođu kao što je bio Niko Kovač.

nadam se da se varam, ali mi ovo smrdi na nesto lose

[Zola]

ja bi voleo da hrvatska prodje ali cisto sumnjam. imam neki osecj da italija ide daleko ove godine

Ja bas mislim obrnuto. Italijani imaju slabiji tim u poredjenju sa recimo svetskim prvenstvom, a gde je selektor itd itd.. A Hrvati nemaju los tim. Irci, sta ja znam, ne vidim neki potencijal u tom sastavu, mada mroam priznati da ih nisam nesto ni gledao (ono protiv nas kad su igrali, i to im je bilo za kurac s prostenjem)..

[Iguodala]

Irci, sta ja znam, ne vidim neki potencijal u tom sastavu, mada mroam priznati da ih nisam nesto ni gledao (ono protiv nas kad su igrali, i to im je bilo za kurac s prostenjem)..

Pomesao si Irsku sa Severnom Irskom cini mi se. Posto smo pre oko godinu dana igrali sa Severnom Irskom, a sa Irskom ne pamtim kada smo igrali. Pa Irska nema uopste los tim, ali ipak mislim da nemaju sanse u ovoj grupi.

[dr Hofmann]

10 amazing facts about Spain

1. Sacked by Real Madrid the day after winning their 29th league title, Spain coach Vicente del Bosque could not even bring himself to sit on the balcony of his apartment – because it overlooked the team's training ground.

2. After getting sent off in the Copa del Rey final, Athletic Bilbao’s Javi Martinez became involved in a row with Cristiano Ronaldo, telling the Real Madrid winger: “Don’t celebrate too much. I’m a World Cup champion and you’re not, you clown.”

4. Iker Casillas’ TV reporter girlfriend Sara Carbonero is claimed to have had a boob job to mark their first anniversary.

5. Spain's goalkeeper is so beloved in Madrid that after victory in the last Euros, locals led a campaign to rename a local road 'The Mother That Gave Birth To Casillas Street'.

6. During the last World Cup, defenders Alvaro Arbeloa and Raul Albiol were seen wearing England shirts in Spain team hotel – a subtle reference to their intra-squad FIFA gaming tournament against Sergio Ramos and Jesús Navas. Said Arbeloa: “They were Spain, we were England and it got pretty intense. We always put Crouch up front – and he scored loads. We bought ourselves England shirts. You'd be there in the Spain hotel and there were two guys in white, 'Gerrard' and 'Crouch' on the back.”

7. Fernando Torres was inspired to become a striker at the age of seven, when Spanish TV started showing Japanese cartoon Captain Tsubasa. It features a kid dubbed “the heaven-sent child of football” after being saved from being run over and killed by a bus when the ball he is carrying absorbs the impact.

8. As children, Xabi Alonso and Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta lived three minutes away from each other on the same road in San Sebastian and played for the same team, Antiguoko.

9. Andres Iniesta would have joined Real Madrid as a child but his parents didn’t like the location of their campus for youth players – next to a red-light district.

10. Sergio Ramos’ girlfriend Lara Alvarez once appeared in an MTV commercial advising girls not to have sex before marriage.

[dr Hofmann]

10 amazing facts about Italy

1. While England's official Euro 2012 suits are from Marks & Spencer, Italy's are by Dolce & Gabbana.

2. Quiet man Mario Balotelli played in his first major final, for AC Lumezzane juniors, at the age of 11. Recalled Giovanni Vincenzo: “The day before we stressed to the players the importance of good preparation. Mario went straight off, bought a huge ice-cream and licked it before my very eyes.”

3. Andrea Pirlo has his own wine company, based in an old convent near Brescia. Called Pratum Coller, it produces over 40,000 bottles a year.

4. In addition to being arguably the world's best goalkeeper, Gigi Buffon is undoubtedly one of football's most cerebral players. Asked in an interview, "How did you start as a goalkeeper?", he replied: "I entered my present profession by accident - a series of geographical, personal, and legal coincidences. A blend of boredom, curiosity, and vanity."

5. Gonzo-nosed hardman Giorgio Chiellini’s ambition as a youngster was to be an orthopaedic surgeon. He wept on the training pitch after his collision with Fabio Cannavaro ruled the veteran out of Euro 2008.

6. Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio’s wife Roberta supports their deadly rivals Torino, as her dad used to play for their youth team.

7. Italian fans call The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army – whose riff has inspired their favourite chant – “the po po po po po pooo pooo song”

8. Daniele De Rossi warns off opponents with a “beware of being tackled” tattoo on his right calf. Set in a yellow triangle, it shows one stick man sliding in to win the ball from another.

9. Antonio Cassano enjoys Italian croissants after sex – especially when in the team hotel the night before a match. He said of his time at Real Madrid: “I made friends with one of the waiters. His job was to bring me 3 or 4 cornetti after I had sex. He would bring the cornetti to the stairs, I would bring the girl and we would make a trade: he took the girl, I stuffed myself with cornetti. Sex plus food, the perfect night.”

10. Cassano says he told Fabio Capello to “fuck off” at least 20 times during their spell at Roma together. During one bust-up he screamed at the future England coach: “You’re a piece of shit, you’re more fake than Monopoly money”. Don Fabio later coined the phrase ‘Cassanato’, meaning behaviour detrimental to team spirit.

[dr Hofmann]

10 amazing facts about Republic of Ireland

2. Ye Olde Cooper’s Inn, the Wexford pub owned by Kevin Doyle’s family, hit local headlines in 2004 when Doyle’s brother Padraig attempted to eject 20 travellers for throwing menus around. One witness said: "They said, 'You're not serving us because we're knackers'. Then they threatened to break up the pub and to smash a bottle over his head."

3. After being criticised by RTE pundit Eamon Dunphy in 2009, Stephen Hunt called the former Millwall midfielder “a skinny rat, a skinny little rat”.

4. Damien Duff credited his improved form in 2001 and 2002 – when he helped Blackburn to promotion and then to the League Cup – on “giving up the Happy Meals”.

5. When his training methods at Red Bull Salzburg were criticised in 2008, Giovanni Trapattoni hit back at journalists in pidgin German. His rant in full: “Our training is strong. Is modern. Training wins also. I have 21 trophies. There is blah, blah, blah from you. Fools write who know nothing. Blah, blah, blah, blah. I can understand people paying. No problema. Let whistle. Is right. Have lost. But run 90 minutes! I am a professional in psychology. We train, make fitness. You people always make qua, qua, qua. Shit fools.”

6. Yippie-ki-yay! James McClean’s surname is pronounced McClane, leading Sunderland supporters to nickname him ‘Die Hard’.

7. Having ruptured his knee cartilage in 1998 while stretching to pick up a remote control, Robbie Keane later damaged an ankle by standing on one.

8. Darron Gibson’s favourite band are Westlife and his favourite food is “lots of crisps”.

9. When Richard Dunne fell to the ground without being knocked over during a game early in his Ireland career, one commentator joked: “Perhaps he spotted a sausage.” Dunne missed the start of the 2005/06 season after breaking a bone in his foot by kicking a wall in frustration during an argument with Joey Barton.

10. Fota Wildlife Park in County Cork have named their new baby gibbon Shay. That's Shay Gibbon. DO YOU SEE?

[dr Hofmann]

10 amazing facts about Croatia

1. During his West Ham days, coach Slaven Bilic used to upset Harry Redknapp by smoking on the team bus. Asked what former Croatia boss Miroslav Blazevic said about his fag habit, Bilic replied: “Nothing. He used to ask me for a cigarette because he was always short.”

2. After being spotted out with model Jelena Urukalo, Vedran Corluka hastily removed a tattoo with the name and birthdate of girlfriend Iva Buzov from his hand.

3. After suspending Ivan Rakitic from club side Schalke 04 in 2008 after the midfielder was photographed drinking and smoking in a nightclub at 4.30am, general manager Andreas Müller described himself as “disappointed and deeply pissed off.”

4. Luka Modric denies an oft-quoted rumour that his family were so poor his first shinpads were made out of wood. “I don’t know how that got started,” he says. In fact, his first pair of pads carried photos of ‘fat’ Ronaldo on them.

5. Dario Srna’s surname means roe deer. He has one tattooed on his leg, balancing a football on its nose. Srna is also famous for buying 920 orphans tickets for a Shakhtar Donestk game.

6. Josip Simunic’s accent contributed to Graham Poll giving him three yellow cards during one match in the 2006 World Cup. Croatia were playing Australia and Simunic was born and raised in Canberra – hence Poll noting his first booking as being for ‘Australia No. 3’.

7. Nikica Jelavic struggled on arrival at Rapid Vienna in 2008 until wife Dajana told him she was pregnant. He scored a hat-trick in his next match.

8. Mario Mandzukic was fined 100,000 Euros (£81,000) for playing badly as Dinamo Zagreb lost to Anderlect in a 2009 Europa League game. Criticising the forward for “peasant behaviour”, vice president Zdravko Mamic said: “Last night I nearly died. My wife and children were crying and telling me ‘dad, take care not to die’.”

9. Defender Gordon Schildenfeld joined Besiktas in 2008 under unusual circumstances. The Turks wanted his then Dinamo Zagreb team-mate Dino Drpic instead but were put off by tabloid stories about Drpic and his wife Nives Celcius having sex on the centre circle of Dinamo’s pitch.

10. Defender Domagoj Vida sparked calls for a match-fixing inquiry last December while playing for Dinamo Zagreb against Lyon. The French needed other results to go their way and cause a seven-goal swing, and promptly beat Dinamo 7-1. Vida was caught on camera winking and giving the thumbs up to opponent Bafetimbi Gomis after Lisandro Lopez scored Lyon's fifth goal, but Uefa decided there was no case to answer.

[Sky]

Ćorluka osjetio zatezanje zadnje lože na treningu te je upitan za Irsku.

[Kole]

To vam je najvaznija utakmica. Biti ili ne biti na prvenstvu. Po mom misljenju je ovo diretan duel za drugo mesto u grupi. Italijane vidim kao poslednje. Trapatoni ce im zagorcati zivot, pa i Hrvati, Spanci ce da izadju sa 9 bodova.

[Sky]

slažem se, ali bez Ćorluke mi ćemo biti preslabi u obrani. onda su nam 2 centralna obrambena Šimunić i Schildenfeld, što i ne liči baš na dobro. naša sreća je i da je njihova obrana dosta neuvjerljiva, vjerojatno će im obrana biti St.Ledger, O'Shea, Ward i Dunne. koliko sam čuo, taj St.Ledger im je najslabija karika te bi na njega trebali ići naši napadi. sve će se znati kad Ćorluka napravi pregled, jer to može puno toga promijeniti.

[Kobi-Wan]

Ako ne pobjedimo Irce mozemo se odmah spakirati.

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