Topic: Euro 2012 Update: Greece and Czech Qualifier Rep from Group A  (Read 1465 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.



Petr Jiracek scored the only goal of a scrappy game in Wroclaw to break Polish hearts and send Czech Republic into the quarter-finals as winners of Group A.

The Wolfsburg midfielder poked the ball beyond Poland goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton 18 minutes from time to dump the co-hosts out of Euro 2012.

Poland came into the game knowing that a win would have taken them into the last eight for the first time.

Elsewhere, Giorgos Karagounis scored the only goal as Greece produced a major shock to knock Russia out of Euro 2012 and seal their place in the quarter-finals.

Russia had dominated the game before Karagounis pounced on a Sergei Ignashevich error to drill in a shot.

Roman Shirokov had earlier been denied a penalty after claiming a push by Karagounis, who himself had a strong spot-kick shout waved away later on.

Giorgos Tzavellas struck the post with a free-kick as Greece secured victory.
« Last Edit: June 16, 2012, 11:10:12 PM by flukky01 »

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
1 Replies
1569 Views
Last post June 14, 2012, 09:49:08 PM
by olutee
0 Replies
1110 Views
Last post June 14, 2016, 01:00:40 AM
by flukky-1
0 Replies
848 Views
Last post November 13, 2016, 01:01:10 PM
by observer
0 Replies
922 Views
Last post September 01, 2017, 01:02:04 PM
by goal.com
0 Replies
737 Views
Last post March 05, 2018, 01:01:53 PM
by sahara
0 Replies
404 Views
Last post June 13, 2021, 01:05:55 PM
by PulseNG
0 Replies
1646 Views
Last post June 15, 2021, 01:03:52 AM
by PulseNG
0 Replies
401 Views
Last post July 02, 2021, 07:05:43 PM
by PulseNG
0 Replies
479 Views
Last post July 04, 2021, 07:00:33 PM
by flukky-1
0 Replies
938 Views
Last post March 28, 2024, 01:01:00 PM
by observer