German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann applaudes after winning 1-0 during the Euro 2008 Championships Group B football match Austria vs. Germany at Ernst Happel stadium in Vienna.

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France meet italy today...ahaks...

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Balls on the pitch during a training session for Italy. On the page or on the pitch any encounter between France and Italy generates sauna-like temperatures, even more so with the kind of stakes riding on this latest instalment of their rivalry

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Croatia stuns Germany 2-1 at Euro 2008

while france confident to win group

Despite poor start, Domenech confident of winning group

hehe.... lets change votes..!!

Play-maker Cristiano Ronaldo, seen here celebrating Portugal's 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic, said he was really pleased with the team's performance as Portugal now sits on top of their group with six points.

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GENEVA (AFP) - Portugal's play-maker Cristiano Ronaldo hit a second-half goal to all but book his side's Euro 2008 quarter-final berth with a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic here on Wednesday.

As Manchester United struggle to keep him at Old Trafford and Real Madrid attempt to lure him to Spain, the 23-year-old play-maker showed why the European giants are battling for his services with an impressive performance.

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Swiss forward Tranquillo Barnetta (L) and Swiss defender Stephan Lichtsteiner (down) vie with Turkish defender Hakan Kadir Balta (R) during the Euro 2008 Championships Group A football match Switzerland vs. Turkey at Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland. Turkey won 2-1.

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BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) - Arda Turan ended Switzerland's interest in Euro 2008 in heartbreaking fashion by capping a man-of-the-match display with the stoppage time strike that gave Turkey a 2-1 win here on Wednesday.

Just as it seemed the co-hosts had done enough to stay alive in the competition, Arda broke clear on the left, cut inside and beat goalkeeper Diego Benaglio from the edge of the area with the help of a cruel deflection off the boot of centreback Patrick Muller.

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BERN, Switzerland - The Netherlands handed Italy its worth loss in a European Championship, a 3-0 rout Monday that left the World Cup champions in danger of elimination in the first round.

Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wesley Sneijder scored in the first half, and standout defender Giovanni van Bronckhorst added the third goal on a counterattack in the 79th minute.

Dutch forward Arjen Robben stretches in front of teammates John Heitinga and Rafael van der Vaart during a training session in Geneva, June 7. Holland embark on yet another major finals campaign with high expectations but their first clash of Euro 2008 will evoke memories of another failure to cash in on their constant conveyor belt of talent when they face world champions Italy.

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BERNE, Switzerland (AFP) - Holland embark on yet another major finals campaign with high expectations but their first clash of Euro 2008 will evoke memories of another failure to cash in on their constant conveyor belt of talent when they face world champions Italy here on Monday.

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BASEL, Switzerland - Vaclav Sverkos made his first goal for the Czech Republic a memorable one, scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory over co-host Switzerland on Saturday in the opening match of the European Championship.

Sverkos, making only his fourth appearance for the national team, scored from 16 yards with the outside of his right foot in the 71st minute, shortly after coming on as a substitute.

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An Austrian hostess offers Italian flags during a training session of the Italian national football team in Maria Enzersdorf near Vienna, on June 2. It took time, but with less than a week to go before the start of Euro 2008 and with sunny weather bringing people out in droves, Vienna is starting to show some football fever.

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VIENNA (AFP) - It took time, but with less than a week to go before the start of Euro 2008 and with sunny weather bringing people out in droves, Vienna is starting to show some football fever.

Preparations for the 100,000-square-metre fan mile enclosing City Hall Square, Heroes' Square and the Ring road in between, which is to be closed for a whole month starting on Monday, are in full swing.

Stages and giant screens are being set up and the still-shuttered food huts are already in place, ready to be opened for business.

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