Onwards!

As everyone probably knows, Spain convincingly seized the 2012 European Championship and cemented their place in history with a record third title: the 2008 European Championship, the 2010 World Cup, and this year's premier tournament. It was quite a tournament too! Every game had at least a goal (I'm counting penalties here), most of the star players of European football had a good tournament, and several younger players made names for themselves! Spain's 4-0 victory over the Italians, (in which they faced a side of just ten men after terrible injury luck for the Italians) may be compared to countless other high scoring games including Russia's 4 - 1 victory over the Czech Republic; Portugal's hard-fought 3 - 2 encounter with the Danes; the entertaining spectacle that was England's 3 - 2 win over Sweden; as well as Germany's 4 - 2 victory over Greece in their Quarter-Final game. Now, however, we move on as Spain were again crowned the masters of the world, though this time at the Beach Soccer European Championship! There, they defeated the then-holders and hosts Russia in an explosive 5-3 encounter. As well as the previously mentioned, Ukraine and the Netherlands also managed to book their places in the Beach Soccer World Cup which will take place in Tahiti in 2013 by finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. Last but not least, the European U-19 Championship is also taking place with Group A having been won by Spain (again! They keep popping up!) with 7 points while Greece got through to the next round with 6. Portugal and Estonia weren't so lucky with 4 and 0 points respectively. As for Group B England and France managed the same tallies as Spain and Greece in Group A with Croatia taking 4 and Serbia left with nothing. Hope you are ready for the Semi Finals!