UEFA EURO 2012: The story so far
Published: Thursday 18 November 2010, 8.00CET
Spain, Germany and the Netherlands have maximum points in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying but the biggest surprises so far are the blistering starts made by Norway and Montenegro.
Fifty one teams set off on the road to Poland and Ukraine in the late summer and it is no surprise to see holders and world champions Spain on maximum points along with Germany and the Netherlands. Russia and Norway, revived by Egil Olsen, have also made a perfect start, while Montenegro have been hugely impressive in their debut campaign.Group AGermany's four wins included a 3-0 against Turkey in Berlin which featured two of Miroslav Klose's six goals so far. Worse was to follow for Turkey four days later with a 1-0 defeat in Azerbaijan that coach Guus Hiddink described as "one of the worst days of my career". Austria sit second after maintaining their unbeaten start with a 4-4 draw in Belgium on 12 October, Martin Harnik equalising in the 93rd minute.
Group BDick Advocaat's Russia top the section thanks to three away victories, the most recent an impressive 3-2 success against the Republic of Ireland, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Alan Dzagoev and Roman Shirokov securing a three-goal lead before Ireland's belated response. The Russians lost their only home game, 1-0 against Slovakia in September, yet Vladimír Weiss's team subsequently lost 3-1 in Armenia and lie fourth after a 1-1 home draw with the second-placed Irish.
Group CItaly's campaign began with a scare as they trailed Estonia 45 minutes into coach Cesare Prandelli's first competitive fixture but the Azzurri responded with strikes by Antonio Cassano and Leonardo Bonucci. After their 12 October fixture with Serbia was abandoned because of crowd trouble in Genoa, UEFA awarded Italy a 3-0 forfeit win that gives them 10 points from a possible 12. Italy's only dropped points came in a goalless draw in Northern Ireland. Nigel Worthington's side had already upset Slovenia 1-0 in Maribor but were held 1-1 by the Faroe Islands, whose hero turned out to be goalkeeper Jákup Mikkelsen. The 40-year-old had come out of international retirement after an injury to Gunnar Nielsen.
Group DFrance's new coach, Laurent Blanc, made the worst possible start with a 1-0 home reverse against Belarus, Sergei Kislyak scoring with four minutes remaining. However, Les Bleus responded with successive 2-0 victories over Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Luxembourg. Belarus remain unbeaten in second after finishing their autumn programme with a 2-0 home win over Albania, hitherto the group's surprise package.
Group EThe FIFA World Cup runners-up boast 12 points and the competition's eight-goal leading scorer in Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – the last two in a 4-1 victory over Sweden on 12 October. New Sweden coach Erik Hamrén saw his side leapfrogged into second spot by Hungary, who responded to an opening loss to the Swedes with three straight wins including a 2-1 success in Finland achieved by Balász Dzsudzsák's 94th-minute winner and an 8-0 rout of San Marino, who went down by the same scoreline to Finland.
Group FCroatia are firmly on course for the finals with ten points from four matches – the latest a 3-0 defeat of Malta leaving them two points clear of unbeaten Greece. Fernando Santos had a scare in his opening qualifier when Greece trailed Georgia for 69 minutes before Nikos Spyropoulos's leveller. Temuri Ketsbaia's third-placed Georgians have kept the positive results coming: they held Israel, beat Malta and would have won in Latvia but for an added-time goal.
Group GZlatko Kranjčar's Montenegro have made a dream start, heading the group after collecting three wins – all 1-0 – and a goalless draw against England. Mirko Vučinić captured the headlines for his goals against Wales and Switzerland but the Balkan team drew at Wembley without him, and are still to concede together with Belarus. England have beaten Bulgaria and Switzerland, who bounced back with a 4-1 win against a Wales side seeking a new coach after John Toshack resigned in the wake of the September loss in Montenegro.
Group HIt was Egil Olsen who took the Norwegians to their first World Cups in the 1990s and 'Drillo' has got them dreaming again after overseeing wins over Iceland, Portugal and Cyprus. "I am the first to admit our attacking play leaves a lot to be desired, but defensively we are world class," said the 68-year-old after September's 1-0 home success against Portugal. For the Portuguese that defeat followed a 4-4 home draw with Cyprus under Agostinho Oliveira's temporary stewardship, but since Paulo Bento's appointment as full-time successor to Carlos Queiroz, wins over Denmark and Iceland have rekindled their hopes.
Group I Spain picked up where they left off in South Africa by starting their European title defence with wins over Liechtenstein (4-0) and Lithuania (3-1). They faced sterner resistance against Scotland at Hampden Park on 12 October, substitute Fernando Llorente striking a 79th-minute winner after their hosts had fought back from two down. The Czech Republic sit second after recovering from a home loss to Lithuania – Darvydas Šernas headed the only goal and Žydrūnas Karčemarskas saved Milan Baroš's penalty – with wins over the Scots and Liechtenstein.
Grup A, Jerman vs Kazakhstan, Austria vs Belgia.
Grup C, Serbia vs Irlandia Utara, Slovenia vs Italia.
Grup D, Luksemburg vs Perancis.
Grup E, Hungaria vs Belanda.
Grup I, Spanyol vs Republik Ceska.
26 Maret 2011
Grup B, Republik Irlandia vs Macedonia, Armenia vs Russia, Andorra vs Slovakia.
Grup D, Bosnia Herzegovina vs Rumania, Albania vs Belarus.
Grup F, Israel vs Latvia, Georgia vs Kroasia, Malta vs Yunani.
Grup G, Bulgaria vs Swiss, Wales vs Inggris.
Grup H, Norwegia vs Denmark, Siprus vs Islandia.
29 Maret 2011
Grup A, Turki vs Austria, Belgia vs Azerbaijan.
Grup C, Irlandia Utara vs Slovenia, Estonia vs Serbia.
Grup D, Rumania vs Luksemburg.
Grup E, Belanda vs Hungaria, Swedia vs Moldova.
Grup F, Israel vs Georgia.
Grup I, Republik Ceska vs Liechtenstein, Lithuania vs Spanyol.
03 Juni 2011
Grup A, Austria vs Jerman, Belgia vs Turki, Kazakhstan vs Azerbaijan.
Grup C, Italia vs Estonia, Kepulauan Faroe vs Slovenia.
Grup D, Rumania vs Bosnia Herzegovina, Belarus vs Perancis.
Grup E, Moldova vs Swedia, San Marino vs Finlandia.
Grup I, Liechtenstein vs Lithuania.
04 Juni 2011
Grup B, Russia vs Armenia, Slovakia vs Andorra, Macedonia vs Republik Irlandia.
Grup F, Kroasia vs Georgia, Yunani vs Malta, Latvia vs Israel.
Grup G, Inggris vs Swiss, Montenegro vs Bulgaria.
Grup H, Portugal vs Norwegia, Islandia vs Denmark.
07 Juni 2011
Grup A, Azerbaijan vs Jerman.
Grup C, Kepulauan Faroe vs Estonia.
Grup D, Bosnia Herzegovina vs Albania, Belarus vs Luksemburg.
Grup E, Swedia vs Finlandia, San Marino vs Hungaria.
10 Agustus 2011
Grup C, Irlandia Utara vs Kepulauan Faroe.
02 September 2011
Grup A, Jerman vs Austria, Turki vs Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan vs Belgia.
Grup B, Russia vs Macedonia, Republik Irlandia vs Slovakia, Andorra vs Armenia.
Grup C, Irlandia Utara vs Serbia, Slovenia vs Estonia, Kepulauan Faroe vs Italia.
Grup D, Belarus vs Bosnia Herzegovina, Albania vs Perancis, Luksemburg vs Rumania.
Grup E, Belanda vs San Marino, Finlandia vs Moldova, Hungaria vs Swedia.
Grup F, Israel vs Yunani, Georgia vs Latvia, Malta vs Kroasia.
Grup G, Bulgaria vs Inggris, Wales vs Montenegro.
Grup H, Norwegia vs Islandia, Siprus vs Portugal.
Grup I, Lithuania vs Liechtenstein.
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03 September 2011
Grup I, Skotlandia vs Republik Ceska.
06 September 2011
Grup A, Austria vs Turki, Azerbaijan vs Kazakhstan.
Grup B, Russia vs Republik Irlandia, Slovakia vs Armenia, Macedonia vs Andorra.
Grup C, Italia vs Slovenia, Serbia vs Kepulauan Faroe, Estonia vs Irlandia Utara.
Grup D, Rumania vs Perancis, Bosnia Herzegovina vs Belarus, Luksemburg vs Albania.
Grup E, Finlandia vs Belanda, Moldova vs Hungaria, San Marino vs Swedia.
Grup F, Kroasia vs Israel, Latvia vs Yunani, Malta vs Georgia.
Grup G, Inggris vs Wales, Swiss vs Bulgaria.
Grup H, Islandia vs Siprus, Denmark vs Norwegia.
Grup I, Spanyol vs Liechtenstein, Skotlandia vs Lithuania.
07 Oktober 2011
Grup A, Turki vs Jerman, Belgia vs Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan vs Austria.
Grup B, Slovakia vs Russia, Armenia vs Macedonia, Andorra vs Republik Irlandia.
Grup C, Serbia vs Italia, Irlandia Utara vs Estonia.
Grup D, Perancis vs Albania, Rumania vs Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina vs Luksemburg.
Grup E, Belanda vs Moldova, Finlandia vs Swedia.
Grup F, Yunani vs Kroasia, Latvia vs Malta.
Grup G, Wales vs Swiss, Montenegro vs Inggris.
Grup H, Portugal vs Islandia, Siprus vs Denmark.
Grup I, Republik Ceska vs Spanyol.
08 Oktober 2011
Grup I, Liechtenstein vs Skotlandia.
11 Oktober 2011
Grup A, Jerman vs Belgia, Turki vs Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan vs Austria.
Grup B, Russia vs Andorra, Republik Irlandia vs Armenia, Macedonia vs Slovakia.
Grup C, Italia vs Irlandia Utara, Slovenia vs Serbia.
Grup D, Perancis vs Bosnia Herzegovina, Albania vs Rumania.
Grup E, Swedia vs Belanda, Hungaria vs Finlandia, Moldova vs San Marino.
Grup F, Kroasia vs Latvia, Georgia vs Yunani, Malta vs Israel.
Grup G, Swiss vs Montenegro, Bulgaria vs Wales.
Grup H, Norwegia vs Siprus, Denmark vs Portugal.
Grup I, Spanyol vs Skotlandia, Lithuania vs Republik Ceska.
Polish Football Federation (PZPN) president Grzegorz Lato and Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) counterpart Grigoriy Surkis were among those present to witness the introduction of the twins who will take on the mantle of Trix and Flix, the duo who led a merry dance throughout UEFA EURO 2008.
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