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Spain vs France
Kick off 03:45 GMT (+00:00) from Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine
Spain Squad & Team News
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1 GK Iker Casillas (c) - Real Madrid
2 DF Raúl Albiol - Madrid
3 DF Gerard Piqué - Barcelona
4 MF Javi Martínez - Athletic Bilbao
5 DF Juanfran Torres - Atlético Madrid
6 MF Andrés Iniesta - Barcelona
7 FW Pedro Rodríguez - Barcelona
8 MF Xavi Hernández - Barcelona
9 FW Fernando Torres - Chelsea
10 MF Cesc Fàbregas - Barcelona
11 FW Álvaro Negredo - Sevilla
12 GK Víctor Valdés - Barcelona
13 MF Juan Mata - Chelsea
14 MF Xabi Alonso - Real Madrid
15 DF Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid
16 MF Sergio Busquets - Barcelona
17 DF Álvaro Arbeloa - Real Madrid
18 DF Jordi Alba - Valencia
19 FW Fernando Llorente - Athletic Bilbao
20 MF Santi Cazorla - Málaga
21 MF David Silva - Manchester City
22 MF Jesús Navas - Sevilla
23 GK Pepe Reina - Liverpool
Coach: Vicente del Bosque
Vicente del Bosque named a squad to play in a set of warm-up matches on 15 May 2012, but it did not include any Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, or Chelsea players as the two Spanish sides were preparing for the Copa del Rey final on 25 May, while Chelsea were to take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League final on 19 May. On 21 May 2012, del Bosque called-up Chelsea players Fernando Torres and Juan Mata for the friendly matches. On 27 May, del Bosque gave the final squad list, complete with Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao players.
France Squad & Team News
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1 GK Hugo Lloris (c) - Lyon
2 DF Mathieu Debuchy - Lille
3 DF Patrice Evra - Manchester United
4 DF Adil Rami - Valencia
5 DF Philippe Mexès - Milan
6 MF Yohan Cabaye - Newcastle United
7 MF Franck Ribéry - Bayern Munich
8 FW Mathieu Valbuena - Marseille
9 FW Olivier Giroud - Montpellier
10 FW Karim Benzema - Madrid
11 FW Samir Nasri - Manchester City
12 MF Blaise Matuidi - Paris Saint-Germain
13 DF Anthony Réveillère -Lyon
14 FW Jérémy Ménez - Paris Saint-Germain
15 MF Florent Malouda - Chelsea
16 GK Steve Mandanda - Marseille
17 MF Yann M'Vila - Rennes
18 MF Alou Diarra - Marseille
19 MF Marvin Martin - Sochaux
20 FW Hatem Ben Arfa - Newcastle United
21 DF Laurent Koscielny - Arsenal
22 DF Gaël Clichy - Manchester City
23 GK Cédric Carrasso - Bordeaux
Coach: Laurent Blanc
Blanc named his first shortlist on 9 May 2012, consisting of 12 players playing abroad. On 15 May 2012 second shortlist of 15 France-based players was announced, while on the same day Tottenham defender Younès Kaboul was ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury, leaving Blanc with a 26-man squad. On 29 May 2012, Blanc announced his final 23-man squad.
Referee - Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2012/matches/live/day=6/session=1/match=2003345/index.html
Nice link above if you can't find a stream or just want a break down of what happend and whats what about the game!
Spain Starting 11
Formation: 4-6-0 (4-3-3-)
Casillas(GK) (C)
Arbeloa
Piqué
Sergio Ramos
Jordi Alba
Busquets
Xavi Hernández
Xabi Alonso
Iniesta
Fàbregas
Silva
France Starting 11
Formation: 4-5-1
Lloris(GK) (C)
Réveillère
Rami
Koscielny
Clichy
M'Vila (Defensive Mid)
Cabaye (Centre Mid)
Malouda (Centre Mid)
Debuchy (Winger)
Ribéry (Winger)
Benzema
Timeline of Events:
Spain 2-0 France
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Alonso 18 min Alonso 90+1 min Pen 
hoping to see some epic keeper sense and crazy saves from him. My fave team in this is Portugal because of Cristiano Ronaldo lol, but Spain comes second because of Casillas, allegiance lying with players ftw 
