Euro 2012

Could UEFA’s bold video refereeing strategy save tournament football?

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Michael Park at afootballreport: Under UEFA’s new proposal, video replays would be used by the fourth official to determine the correct outcome of all goal-line and penalty decisions made during the game. These will be retrospectively added after the end of standard time. As with most things UEFA come up with; this will seem needlessly … Read more

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Irish fans singing “The Fields of Athenry” following Ireland’s 4-0 loss to Spain (and elimination from progressing beyond the group stage) in Euro 2012. This video was evidently shot by a fan who was there in the PGE Arena Gdańsk. A lot of the video of the fan’s singing that was floating around places like YouTube had been taken from various television broadcasts and has since been pulled at the request of various rights holders. Even the video accompanying the Irish Times article “Football fans on song despite defeat” was accompanied by an embedded video that’s since been pulled — at the request of the Estonian national broadcaster. Surely Ireland’s RTÉ could post video of the singing? So far, they haven’t.

Ireland’s final game, against Italy, should be a good one: they will be playing for pride, and it will also be Damien Duff’s 100th — and possibly final — international appearance.

Did I mention my bracket is thoroughly screwed up, wrong?

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

More than 4,000 miles from home, the power of soccer is evident

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More than 4,000 miles from home, the power of soccer is evident Grant Wahl: Just because the U.S. team isn’t involved in the European championships doesn’t mean Americans aren’t here for the tournament. The soccer is good, the party is always rocking and your ancestral home may well be involved. You can’t help but have … Read more

Euro 2012: Why Uefa’s failure to deal with Holland racism is no surprise: Michel Platini and Uefa’s continued reluctance to use their power for the public good makes them accessories to a crime

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Euro 2012: Why Uefa’s failure to deal with Holland racism is no surprise: Michel Platini and Uefa’s continued reluctance to use their power for the public good makes them accessories to a crime On Uefa’s non-response to allegations by Dutch players of racist abuse from some spectators during open training at Krakow’s Stadion Miejski: At … Read more