Spain mauls Italy to defend Euro title.

The reigning World and European Champions have successfully defended the European trophy they won four years ago. The La Furia Roja crushed the Cesare Pandelli led Azurri side by four goals to nil in Kiev. David Silva and Jordi Alba scored two goals in the first half of the match. Cesc Fabregas ran dowwn the right flank before curling a cross that was nodded in by Silva after 15 minutes of play. Jordi Alba made it two with 5 minutes to the end of the first half.
Tiago Motta had an armstring injury in the 60th minute after the Italians had made all their substitutes for the night. The Azurris played the last 30 minutes with 10 men. Fernando Torres and Juan Mata scored the last two goals of the match after they came on for Fabregas and Xavi respectively. The Italians were completely outplayed right from the beginning of the match. Spain have won the last three major tournaments successively. This feat is a BIG history in World football. Meanwhile, five players scored 3 goals each at Euro 2012. France will host the next edition of this tournament in 2016. 24 teams will be represented at that Championship. Vamos Espania!

Denmark stunned by Valeri

A Cristiano Ronaldo led Portuguese team survived an insurgency from the Danes in Ukraine. Pepe put the Portuguese squad ahead in the 23rd minute before Postiga doubled the lead in the 36th minute. Denmark pulled a goal back before the end of the first half. The 199r Champions equalised later in the second half. But Valeri came off the bench to give Portugal a much needed 3-2 win later in the game. The two sides are now levelled on three points each. They've scored three goals each and conceded the same number of goals after their first two group matches. Ronaldo was annonymous throughout the match. Portugal will take on Netherlands while Germany will take on Denmark on Sunday.

England's Euro 2012 Campaign seems to have ended before the competition.

With just about two months to the commencement of UEFA Euro 2012 that will be co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland, Chat Soccer is trying to analyze the chances of England at the mundial.

Some of England's senior team players like Jack Wilshere and co are either injured or not in good form. Darren Bent and Bobby Zamora are good players that would have led the English attacking line up,but injury seems to be their greatest threat. Andy Carroll has scored 11 goals in this entire season compared to 27 league goals that have been scored by Van Persie. Ashley Cole's form is nothing to write home about, while Glen Johnson's season has been plagued with injury.Wayne Rooney that has managed to score 24 EPL goals won't be available for the first two matches of Euro 2012 due to an UEFA sanction. The Dutch national team can boast of attackers that have scored an avalanche of goals this season. Apart from Van Persie's 27 league goals, Huntelaar has scored 24 in the Bundesliga,while Arjen Robben has scored over 20 goals in the entire season.
Portuguese forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a total of 41 league goals while Mario Gomez and Lukas Podolski have scored a total of 42 goals in the Bundesliga.
Spanish players like Roberto Soldado, Fernando Llorente, Juan Mata are also enjoying a good season.

The English FA must try and employ a substantial manager that will lead the team to the continental football fiesta in June.

The last time the Three Lions of England won a major title was when they lifted the World Cup trophy on home soil in 1966. Over the past 46 years the English team have failed to win the European Championship while other top teams like Germany,France,Spain and Italy have enjoyed success in the competition. A lowly rated Greece even won the title in 2004. It is ironic that a country with a great football tradition that can boast of some of the greatest football clubs in the World like Liverpool and Manchester United doesn't have an European trophy in their cabinet. The last time an English team went beyond the quarter final stage of the European Championship was in 1996. The country actually hosted that edition. Perhaps the English FA should try and host another major tournament so that they can get to the latter stage of that competition. Reigning World and European Champions,Spain can boast having the best two clubs in the World at the moment. A lot of Spanish Internationals are playing for Real Madrid and Barcelona and this two teams have great football academies that are capable of producing World beaters. The FA in England must try and groom home-grown players that will make up the first eleven of most of the Premier League clubs like Man United,Man City,Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle United.