Alice Jones
BellaOnline's Soccer Editor
EURO 2008 - and then there were four
The road to Vienna.
And then there were four: Germany, Russia, Spain and Turkey will compete in the Semi Finals of Euro 2008 from Wednesday as the competition enters it's final week.
A dramatic round of Quarter Finals produced some upsets as the World Champions Italy were knocked out on penalties and the highly favoured Dutch team came undone at the hands of the resurgent Russians.
Three out of four group winners had been knocked out in the first three days.
The fourth group winner, Spain had to overcome their demons, having been knocked out of three major championships on that date - June 22nd.
Read the full article - Euro 2008 Soccer
Go to the above site to see the fixtures for EURO 2008, which starts this weekend.
The first 2 days of matches:
Saturday 7 June 2008 | |||||
| 1 | Grp A | Switzerland | 18:00 | Czech Republic | Basel - St. Jakob-Park |
| 2 | Grp A | Portugal | 20:45 | Turkey | Geneva - Stade de Genève |
Sunday 8 June 2008 | |||||
| 3 | Grp B | Austria | 18:00 | Croatia | Vienna - Ernst Happel |
| 4 | Grp B | Germany | 20:45 | Poland | Klagenfurt - Wörthersee |
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Watch goals and highlights from the Chelsea - Liverpool Champions League 2008 Semifinal Game.
Chelsea 3 Liverpool 2. (after extra time)
European Champions League Semi Final second leg.
Chelsea won 4-3 on aggregate.
Goals from Didier Drogba (2), Frank Lampard, Ryan Babel, Fernando Torres.
Chelsea go on to play Manchester United in the final, May 21st in Moscow.
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