Posted on 07/01/2016 12:17:45 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Europe's top youngsters are vying for the Young Player of the Tournament at UEFA EURO 2016 and several have made eye-catching contributions in France.
Presented by SOCAR, the new award is open to all players born on or after 1 January 1994 and will be chosen by the UEFA technical observers. Led by UEFA chief technical officer Ioan Lupescu and including Sir Alex Ferguson and Alain Giresse, the observers are attending all 51 EURO matches.
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Group A
Albania 0-1 Switzerland Romania 1-1 Switzerland France 2-0 Albania Switzerland 0-0 France Romania 0-1 Albania |
Group B
England 1-1 Russia Russia 1-2 Slovakia England 2-1 Wales Russia 0-3 Wales Slovakia 0-0 England |
Group C
Germany 2-0 Ukraine Ukraine 0-2 N.Ireland Germany 0-0 Poland N.Ireland 0-1 Germany Ukraine 0-1 Poland |
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Group D
Spain 1-0 Czech Republic Czech Republic 2-2 Croatia Spain 3-0 Turkey Czech Republic 0-2 Turkey Croatia 2-1 Spain |
Group E
Belgium 0-2 Italy Italy 1-0 Sweden Belgium 3-0 Ireland Italy 0-1 Ireland |
Group F
Portugal 1-1 Iceland Iceland 1-1 Hungary Portugal 0-0 Austria Iceland 2-1 Austria Hungary 3-3 Portugal |
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Qualified for Round of 16: Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Wales Best third placed teams to qualify: Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia Eliminated: Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine Round of 16Saturday, June 25 Sunday, June 26 Monday, June 27 QuarterfinalsThursday, June 30 - Match 45 Friday, July 1 - Match 46 Saturday, July 2 - Match 47 Sunday, July 3 - Match 48 SemifinalsWednesday, July 6 Thursday, July 7 FinalSunday, July 10 |
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UEFA.com UEFA Euro 2016 - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Ricardo Quaresma scored the winning spot-kick after Jakub Blaszczykowski's effort was saved by Rui Patricio.
Robert Lewandowski had fired Poland ahead in the second minute with teenager Renato Sanches equalising via a deflected strike.
Portugal's semi-final opponents will be either Wales or Belgium.
Remarkably, Portugal have reached the last four without winning a game in normal time following three draws in a group in which they finished third and an extra-time win over Croatia in the last 16.
"We lost as a team, and not just one player," said striker Robert Lewandowski, who gave Poland a second-minute lead with his first goal of the tournament.
Euro 2016
During nearly half of the qualifying campaign, Błaszczykowski was out of the national squad due to injury. He marked his return when coming on as a substitute in a qualifying match against Georgia, where the former Polish captain provided an assist against Georgia for the current captain, Robert Lewandowski, who scored a hat-trick in the final five minutes of the match in a 4–0 win. He scored a penalty against Gibraltar in an 8–1 victory and played in all the remaining games of qualification.On 12 June, Poland's opening game, Błaszczykowski played a key role in providing a cross and assisting in Arkadiusz Milik's goal in a 1–0 win over Northern Ireland. This was Poland's first win at European Championship. Błaszczykowski also played in a goalless draw against Germany, but was dropped to the bench for the final group game against Ukraine. He came on as a substitute at halftime to score the only goal which sealed Poland the victory, earned them second spot in the group with seven points, behind Germany on goal difference. This marked their first advancement to the knockout stage at a European championship. On 25 June, the first game in the group of 16, Błaszczykowski scored the opening goal for Poland against Switzerland. The game ended 1–1, going into extra time and then a penalty shootout, in which Poland won 5–4, taking them to the quarter final. The next knockout game against Portugal ended 1–1 after extra time, but Poland lost in the penalty shootout after he could not convert his penalty kick.
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