Articles tagged with "Poland"
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 14th, 2008
It was a big deal when Ivica Vastic finally scored Austria's first and only goal of the tourney thus far. Big deal for Austria because ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 14th, 2008
If I was Howard Webb I wouldn't certainly go on holidays to Poland. I wouldn't even visit Poland in the next few years. In fact, ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 13th, 2008
In a game where Howard Webb managed to outshine even Artur Boruc Poland drew with Austria 1:1. A fair result, if only decided on the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2008
Croatia goes through after beating a weak German side, and Austria overcomes the early-exit host curse after being gifted with a stoppage time penalty ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 12th, 2008
Player of the Day: Artur Boruc. Utter brilliance to begin the game, he's the biggest reason Poland got the result they did. Plus his son ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2008
1. Sex makes you good at football
Just ask the Croatian national team, who've been enjoying conjugal visits from their wives and girlfriends (maybe both?) at ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2008
GROUP B
June 12, 2045 CET, Vienna (Austria)
Austria1
VS
Poland 1
Vastic (pen) 90+ Roger 30'
Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting. One of the co-hosts finally earns ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 12th, 2008
Just as players, fans also need mental preparation before a game. We need to believe that we are better. We need to believe that we'll ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 12th, 2008
From a logistical point of view, co-hosting is a great idea. Countries the size of Austria or Switzerland would struggle to host a European Championship ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 11th, 2008
So there it is. As a matter of tradition our second tournament game is the one that we must win, or at least can't lose ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 10th, 2008
I decided to write this post after a discussion with a couple of people under my Poland vs. Germany game review. One fact: Lukas Podolski ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 9th, 2008
"I have two hearts - a German one and a Polish one!" - Lukas Podolski
His Polish heart explains why he didn't go nuts celebrating his ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 9th, 2008
Poland's captain, Maciej Zurawski, got injured in yesterday's game against Germany. Today we learn how serious the injury is: Magic is out of the tournament. ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 9th, 2008
After I slept (and beforehand drank) with the result I can write a more objective and swearing-free review of the game. Forgive me if it ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 8th, 2008
Player of the Day: Lukas Podolski - one easy goal, one hard one. After featuring almost exclusively off the bench for Bayern this season in ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 8th, 2008
The big day
Euro 2008 got started in Austria today, with everyone from Group B in action. Review and video from Austria 0-1 Croatia and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 8th, 2008
1. You can't make an offside trap out of Poles
Poland's attempts to push out and catch Podolski and Klose offside were comical. I'm no expert, ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 8th, 2008
This weekend was reserved for some family reunion action, so I had no time to do any match build-up blogging. Actually, my whole Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 8th, 2008
GROUP B
June 8th, 2045 CET, Klagenfurt (Austria)
Germany2
VS
Poland 0
Podolski 20', 73'
FULL TIME. The Poles were not dominated, and we're going to go hoarse ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 8th, 2008
Germany
vs
Poland
Sunday, June 8th, 1830 CET
Klagenfurt (Austria) - Travel to Klagenfurt
THE BIG PICTURE
For many ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 8th, 2008
The fact is, we don't have strikers who score goals in top European leagues. We don't even have ones that score in average-level leagues. Fortunately, ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 8th, 2008
Since the Swiss lost yesterday, it's up to the Austrians to win back some co-host-pride by getting a result in Vienna today. Coach Josef Hickersberger ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 7th, 2008
The second player after Jakub Blaszczykowski that pulled out of Euros is our third choice keeper Tomasz Kuszczak. He had some back problems and is ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 6th, 2008
All 16 Euro 2008 teams have nicknames, though some are more widely used than others. Many of the nicknames are simple reflections of the colour ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 5th, 2008
The Yank and the Mank (aka Kevin and Russell) were kind enough to invite me on their (excellently titled) show yesterday, where we chatted for ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 5th, 2008
I feel like I've just received a heavy punch in the face. Jakub Blaszczykowki suffered an injury that eliminates him from Euro 2008. His place ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by tomasz | Jun 5th, 2008
Remember that sweet little bear, Knut, that the whole of Germany fell in love some time ago? Well, his happy days at Berliner Zoo are ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 5th, 2008
Poland may not be favorites in Group B. They may not be expected to even make it out of the group. But if ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 5th, 2008
There's only one tried and trusted way of correctly predicting final group standings at major international tournaments.
But replacing every single player and referee with robots ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 5th, 2008
Nickname:Biało-czerwoni ("The-white-and-red") and Orły "The Eagles"
Jersey: White with red (home); Red with white (away)
FIFA World Ranking as of May 2008: 27 (14th out of ...
