A game of flare versus efficiency as Portugal take on Germany in the first of Euro 2008 Quarter finals gets underway. It took 15 minutes for the game to settle as both teams feel each other out. 20 minutes in Bosingwa crosses a great ball in from by the corner flag only for Moutinho to [...]

4 minutes in and Luca Toni blasts a shot just wide. 4 minutes later and Ribbery the play maker of the French team over stretches when making a tackle and is stretched off with a suspected torn hamstring. Its not good news for France as Ribbery is there only real forward attacking momentum. Nasi comes [...]

A great opening 20 minutes from Austria and Poland. Both knowing full well the winner will be in the driving seat for the next round. Boruc was forced in to making an excellent save on the 10 minute mark with a one on one with Martin Harnik.
Amazingly the same feat was repeated twice within 3 [...]

Although on paper france are a far superior team than Romania. It seems they are just lacking that vital spark again. Like in the Wordcup 2002 when france lost there opening game. There wasnt a lot of direct action from the French team.
The first half sees Romania and France pretty much cancel each other out [...]