1 GK Petr Čech - Chelsea 2 DF Theodor Gebre Selassie - Slovan Liberec 3 DF Michal Kadlec - Bayer Leverkusen 4 DF Marek Suchý - Spartak Moscow 5 DF Roman Hubník - Hertha BSC 6 DF Tomáš Sivok - Beşiktaş 7 FW Tomáš Necid - CSKA Moscow 8 DF David Limberský - Viktoria Plzeň 9 MF Jan Rezek - Anorthosis Famagusta 10 MF Tomáš Rosický (c) - Arsenal 11 MF Milan Petržela - Viktoria Plzeň 12 DF František Rajtoral - Viktoria Plzeň 13 MF Jaroslav Plašil - Bordeaux 14 MF Václav Pilař - Viktoria Plzeň 15 FW Milan Baroš - Galatasaray 16 GK Jan Laštůvka - Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 17 MF Tomáš Hübschman - Shakhtar Donetsk 18 MF Daniel Kolář - Viktoria Plzeň 19 MF Petr Jiráček - VfL Wolfsburg 20 FW Tomáš Pekhart - 1. FC Nuremberg 21 FW David Lafata - FK Jablonec 22 MF Vladimír Darida - Viktoria Plzeň 23 GK Jaroslav Drobný - Hamburger SV
Coach: Michal Bílek Michal Bílek announced his 24-man provisional squad on 14 May 2012.On 28 May 2012, he replaced Daniel Pudil with Vladimír Darida. The following day, he confirmed his 23-man squad.
Czech Republic - Petr Cech has declared himself 100% fit after checks on his shoulder and arm following a poor show against Greece. Tomas Rosicky is 75% sure of his place despite an Achilles problem from his club season which has flared up.
1 GK Wojciech Szczęsny - Arsenal 2 DF Sebastian Boenisch - Werder Bremen 3 DF Grzegorz Wojtkowiak - Lech Poznań 4 DF Marcin Kamiński - Lech Poznań 5 MF Dariusz Dudka - Auxerre 6 MF Adam Matuszczyk - Fortuna Düsseldorf 7 MF Eugen Polanski - Mainz 05 8 MF Maciej Rybus - Terek Grozny 9 FW Robert Lewandowski - Borussia Dortmund 10 MF Ludovic Obraniak - Bordeaux 11 MF Rafał Murawski - Lech Poznań 12 GK Grzegorz Sandomierski - Jagiellonia Białystok 13 DF Marcin Wasilewski - Anderlecht 14 DF Jakub Wawrzyniak - Legia Warsaw 15 DF Damien Perquis - Sochaux 16 MF Jakub Błaszczykowski (c) - Borussia Dortmund 17 FW Artur Sobiech - Hannover 96 18 MF Adrian Mierzejewski - Trabzonspor 19 MF Rafał Wolski - Legia Warsaw 20 DF Łukasz Piszczek - Borussia Dortmund 21 MF Kamil Grosicki - Sivasspor 22 GK Przemysław Tytoń - PSV Eindhoven 23 FW Paweł Brożek - Celtic
Coach: Franciszek Smuda On 2 May 2012, Smuda named a provisional list of 26 players for the tournament.Łukasz Fabiański withdrew from the squad on 26 May 2012 with a shoulder injury and was replaced by Grzegorz Sandomierski; Smuda named his 23-man final squad the following day.
Poland - Frank Smuda’s big decisions concern whether to recall Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny after his one-game suspension and whether to pick midfielder Ludovic Obraniak who showed dissent when substituted against Russia.
Hoping for a poland win; it's always good for the tournament if the hosts make it out of the groupstages.
Well also since germany will most likely will face the winner of this game in the quarterfinals, and I am not 100% sure we (german players, media and supporters) would take the Czechs as serious oppenents once we made it out of the "group of death". And just from football history, I would also prefer to play against Poland.
So pumped for this match, i have strange feeling i will be terribly irritated after it ends :D. I hope Poland will win, but realisticly i have feeling it will be a draw (or Czech team will score late time goal when Poland will try to pressure too much).
On June 17 2012 03:26 Narw wrote: So pumped for this match, i have strange feeling i will be terribly irritated after it ends :D. I hope Poland will win, but realisticly i have feeling it will be a draw (or Czech team will score late time goal when Poland will try to pressure too much).
Dont be.. last 6 games vs played vs Czech , we dont lose single game. I think there was 3 win and 3 draw for us. POLSKAAAAAAAAAAA!
On June 17 2012 03:49 NuclearJudas wrote: I'll be very surprised if a big team doesn't pick up Selassie this summer.
Werder Bremen is already very interested. Probably not a "big team" in your consideration, but sure a team that has lots to prove in the next Bundesliga season.
I never was a dedicated fan of our football team, but this time I must say our play was impressive - applying pressure, attacking - it's like watching some other team - I hope our accuracy will improve so that we can win this match!
Fucking Greece might find their way into the quarters. Hope Russia equalises at least. This game is sure to get more open after the score in the other match.
Go Poland! It seems that so far they've had better actions. Although I also hope that Greece advances, since it seems that their country really needs a morale boost right now. Also because Poland has always been rivals with Russia hehe
Czechs desperately needs a better attacker. Baros just doesn't cut it anymore. Not a very hard worker and botches the chances he gets. Throw in Pekhart or Necid instead, so Selassie can aim for a head in the box, and also get a good target to work with.
On June 17 2012 04:49 NuclearJudas wrote: Czechs desperately needs a better attacker. Baros just doesn't cut it anymore. Not a very hard worker and botches the chances he gets. Throw in Pekhart or Necid instead, so Selassie can aim for a head in the box, and also get a good target to work with.
Yea If I see anymore of his impotency im going to cry. He needs to go.
I remember reading that in each euro, one of the teams that advanced as top 2 in Russia's group always made it to the final. I don't know if that is true but damn, greece 2004 inc? lol
On June 17 2012 05:27 Ayush_SCtoss wrote: I remember reading that in each euro, one of the teams that advanced as top 2 in Russia's group always made it to the final. I don't know if that is true but damn, greece 2004 inc? lol
If teams continue to gift Greece goal like their 3 opponents in this group. May be Zeus is helping them :D
On June 17 2012 05:21 SixSongs wrote: Poland needs a win. ITS IMPOSSIBLE. FUCKIN STUPID POLAND!!!!!!!!!!!HATE EMMMMM
Calm down bro and cheer for your country not insulting them -_-/
Im sick of cheering for those loosers. I've been doing so for over 20 years now and it's always the same story. I love football too much to take this crap.
On June 17 2012 05:21 SixSongs wrote: Poland needs a win. ITS IMPOSSIBLE. FUCKIN STUPID POLAND!!!!!!!!!!!HATE EMMMMM
Calm down bro and cheer for your country not insulting them -_-/
Im sick of cheering for those loosers. I've been doing so for over 20 years now and it's always the same story. I love football too much to take this crap.
So you love football so much that when your team loses you stop supporting them?
On June 17 2012 05:21 SixSongs wrote: Poland needs a win. ITS IMPOSSIBLE. FUCKIN STUPID POLAND!!!!!!!!!!!HATE EMMMMM
Calm down bro and cheer for your country not insulting them -_-/
Im sick of cheering for those loosers. I've been doing so for over 20 years now and it's always the same story. I love football too much to take this crap.
Same here, we're losing this Euro in a terrible style (like every other tournament before). Jebać PZPN i cały ten polski piłkarski grajdołek kurwa.
On June 17 2012 05:43 lefix wrote: i did not expect that. i feel especially sorry for the polish fans. but on the positive side, we got 2 hooligan nations out of the tournament now.
The match was pretty even I think and with a little more luck our team could have scored 2 or 3 goals... this did not happen then, so I guess it's the right time to say gg wp gl to our Czech neighbours
On June 17 2012 05:48 NuclearJudas wrote: Czechs winning the group with -1 GD, and Russia going out with best GD in the group, LOL. What a crazy group.
On June 17 2012 05:48 NuclearJudas wrote: Czechs winning the group with -1 GD, and Russia going out with best GD in the group, LOL. What a crazy group.
More like crazy Euro Cup Rules and rulings lol
Why is it crazy ? They got the most points ? That has nothing to do with Eurocup rules, You win 2 out of 3 you go through. Doesnt matter if u let 10 goals in the first game.
And if its a two way tie, why didnt you do well against the opponent you were tied against ? Its the same in all international tournaments, If you lost 1 of your 3 games to the team thats tied with you said team should go through. Absolutely makes sense.
Unless theres a feeder team or something.
Its only the 3 way tiebreaker thats somewhat unique here and Im not a fan of it but even that intuitively makes sense.
On June 17 2012 05:48 NuclearJudas wrote: Czechs winning the group with -1 GD, and Russia going out with best GD in the group, LOL. What a crazy group.
More like crazy Euro Cup Rules and rulings lol
Agreed. Czechs advancement was legit, though. Greece vs Russia to advance could be argued forever (as for the rules in play). Personally I'd rather see Russia advance, sine they played better overall.
On June 17 2012 05:48 NuclearJudas wrote: Czechs winning the group with -1 GD, and Russia going out with best GD in the group, LOL. What a crazy group.
More like crazy Euro Cup Rules and rulings lol
Why is it crazy ? They got the most points ? That has nothing to do with Eurocup rules, You win 2 out of 3 you go through. Doesnt matter if u let 10 goals in the first game.
And if its a two way tie, why didnt you do well against the opponent you were tied against ? Its the same in all international tournaments, If you lost 1 of your 3 games to the team thats tied with you said team should go through. Absolutely makes sense.
Unless theres a feeder team or something.
Its only the 3 way tiebreaker thats somewhat unique here and Im not a fan of it but even that intuitively makes sense.
Agree completely. Russia have only themselves to blame and not the UEFA ruling for this.
On June 17 2012 05:58 fbs wrote: advancement legit, cheated v Scotland to get here in first place, disappointing to see host out
Can't blame the players, they will do everything to advance. Do you think if Scotland were given a chance they would not do it? Blame the ref not the players.
On June 17 2012 05:48 NuclearJudas wrote: Czechs winning the group with -1 GD, and Russia going out with best GD in the group, LOL. What a crazy group.
More like crazy Euro Cup Rules and rulings lol
Why is it crazy ? They got the most points ? That has nothing to do with Eurocup rules, You win 2 out of 3 you go through. Doesnt matter if u let 10 goals in the first game.
And if its a two way tie, why didnt you do well against the opponent you were tied against ? Its the same in all international tournaments, If you lost 1 of your 3 games to the team thats tied with you said team should go through. Absolutely makes sense.
Unless theres a feeder team or something.
Its only the 3 way tiebreaker thats somewhat unique here and Im not a fan of it but even that intuitively makes sense.
I wasn't making it in reference to the czech. Forgot I had both the tabs open for czech game AND russia game.
On June 17 2012 05:58 fbs wrote: advancement legit, cheated v Scotland to get here in first place, disappointing to see host out
Can't blame the players, they will do everything to advance. Do you think if Scotland were given a chance they would not do it? Blame the ref not the players.
Huh course you blame the players for cheating and diving and you blame the ref. Not every team plays the same.
On June 17 2012 05:48 NuclearJudas wrote: Czechs winning the group with -1 GD, and Russia going out with best GD in the group, LOL. What a crazy group.
More like crazy Euro Cup Rules and rulings lol
Why is it crazy ? They got the most points ? That has nothing to do with Eurocup rules, You win 2 out of 3 you go through. Doesnt matter if u let 10 goals in the first game.
And if its a two way tie, why didnt you do well against the opponent you were tied against ? Its the same in all international tournaments, If you lost 1 of your 3 games to the team thats tied with you said team should go through. Absolutely makes sense.
Unless theres a feeder team or something.
Its only the 3 way tiebreaker thats somewhat unique here and Im not a fan of it but even that intuitively makes sense.
I wasn't making it in reference to the czech. Forgot I had both the tabs open for czech game AND russia game.
Even if its with reference to Greece I addressed that aswell. Goal difference is great and all but it really only matters in a 3 way tie.
On June 17 2012 06:32 iMonAhorsE wrote: can someone explain me why poland always stops playing football after 15 minutes?
cause they are fucking retards.
So much frustration... you really could use a hug now.
Do not get overhyped. Polish football is bad. Polish team was ranked by FIFA 75th-62th this year. That means they are bad. The last time they got out of the group stages was in 1986.
Adding in a couple of guys from Borussia Dortmund and a decent goalkeeper does not make a good teem, QED.
So no surprise there really, go cheer for the volleyball team if you crave that wins that much.
On June 17 2012 03:26 Narw wrote: So pumped for this match, i have strange feeling i will be terribly irritated after it ends :D. I hope Poland will win, but realisticly i have feeling it will be a draw (or Czech team will score late time goal when Poland will try to pressure too much).
On June 17 2012 06:32 iMonAhorsE wrote: can someone explain me why poland always stops playing football after 15 minutes?
cause they are fucking retards.
So much frustration... you really could use a hug now.
Do not get overhyped. Polish football is bad. Polish team was ranked by FIFA 75th-62th this year. That means they are bad. The last time they got out of the group stages was in 1986.
Adding in a couple of guys from Borussia Dortmund and a decent goalkeeper does not make a good teem, QED.
So no surprise there really, go cheer for the volleyball team if you crave that wins that much.
Well they do lack depth outside the dortmund Trio but I feel like every half they play beyond themselves and dont really conserve energy like they need to. Mentally to the focus starts to drop when your tired. Alot of the time its just better to let the pedal of the gas and shit a gear lower while still trying to control the game. Thats what great teams manage to do.
Im not sure thats the reason but its certainly something that came to my mind watching their games.
I watched the Russia game tonight so no comment on that but Poland should have beaten Greece and had their chances vs Russia. They were more than capable of getting through, it just didn't fall for them.
On June 17 2012 19:32 -Archangel- wrote: I am not sure what Polish fans expected. If they needed to go through qualifications they probably would not even qualify.
We played a very even match and even had slight advantage vs Russia, who was titled the best team in the group and one of the favorites of the cup. That made us believe even more than we did before that we would make it to the quarterfinals.
To sum up the cup, we played a little better than usually, and, as always, we had a great goalkeeper. He really had no chance to save these 2 goals he let in. I hope now he will be picked be up by a good club, he definitely deserves it
Very few thought Czech Republic would go through let alone win the group in the beginning. Nobody thought they would go through let alone win the group after their 4-1 loss to Russia. Everybody said they were a shadow of their former self. They're certainly not as good as they were, but man it's unbelievable that they actually won the group, yet proving again that football is not played on paper.
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Jiráček 72 min 
It will be hard without Tomas tho 
. Today luck is at our side 
