The first day of the Euro 2012 started exciting with a ref. who couldnt stop pulling out cards. If you where a Russian fan you must of been happy in the second game!
Well, first with the Poland vs. Greece game. In the first half the host nation, Poland got off to an expected start. They had many chances at the Greek goal and in the 17 minute Lewandowski scored on a great cross. The greek goalkeeper tried to come out, but got nowhere close to the ball. Sokratis Papastathopoulos was booked with a yellow card, that he should have never got booked with. A pretty dissapointing first half for Greece ended with an even worse blow when Sokratis Papastathopoulos got his second yellow and was sent off. This foul should have not caused a yellow either, but apperantly the ref had lost his mind! The La Liga ref gave 16 red cards in 19 games in the La Liga matches! In the second half it went all down hill for the Polish. You would think since Greece had 10 men Poland could win, but that wasnt the case. The Arsenal goalie Wojciech Szczesny came out to get the ball on a cross and his defender blocked it instead. The deflected ball went to the feet of a Greek player who struck it in. Then to make it worse for Szczesny, he charged a chip pass and got all foot of the Greek attacker and was sent off with a red card. Luckily, and amazingly, the back up goalie saved the penalty kick and the game ended 1-1.
I didnt get to watch the second game becuase I had a lot to do. I did get to see the first goal, which I thought was good play by the Russians. Later the game ended Russia 4 Czech Republic 1. That was way off from my 2-1 Russia win. The left winger Arshavin for Arsenal did not get a goal, but I do not know if he got any assists.
Tomorrow the group of death starts! It has my favorite team the Netherlands in there, so I will be watching.
Bye, Watch the Netherlands!
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