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Spain are only the third team to have scored twice before half-time in a European Championship final - Italy in 1968 and Czechoslovakia in 1976 were the previous two occasions. Aquilani leaves it late". ESPN. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011 . Retrieved 1 July 2012. Full-time report Italy-Republic of Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2012 . Retrieved 18 June 2012. What was said: "We are all hurt and disappointed but everyone's given it their best shot. It's a better team than two years ago. I think we've performed to a better level than at previous tournaments." - England captain Steven Gerrard England 1-1 France, Group D, Monday 11 June

Sweet moment for Poland's first Euro sponsor". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 March 2011 . Retrieved 27 July 2011. This tournament was an epitome of success as it included the highest ever attendance for a 16-game tournament. Eight venues were chosen to stage the tournament and five new stadiums were built. If England win, it will be their first major tournament victory since winning the World Cup in 1966. The tournament has also been associated with the song "Heart of Courage" by Two Steps From Hell, which has been played in the stadiums during the entrance of the players (before the national anthems); but also "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes, in this case after every goal.

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The hosting of the event was initially contested by five bids representing seven countries: Croatia–Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland–Ukraine, and Turkey. [4] In November 2005, after an initial consideration of the bid data by UEFA, both the Greek and Turkish bids were eliminated from the process, to leave three candidates. [5] Jonathan called BBC Radio 5 Live's 606 and said it was a "surreal feeling" to see England in a major final. Besides money, commemorative plaques were given to all participants together with special plaques for semi-final losers and finalists.

Among the crowd were David Baddiel and Frank Skinner, who famously sang the unofficial England anthem Three Lions, with its familiar refrain "Football's Coming Home". Few expected Holland to lose to Denmark but one factor that seemed to play a big part in bringing the Dutch down was the heat in Kharkiv. Dennis Rommedahl, at 33, said he believed that the Danes "felt fitter" than the Dutch players towards the end of the game. The heatwave in Ukraine will no doubt play its part in the early game on Monday as well when England take on France. The average temperature in Ukraine in June is below 20C but it has been above 30C the past week. Canon becomes UEFA Euro 2012 global sponsor". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 July 2011 . Retrieved 27 July 2011. England's passing accuracy of 83% was very slightly worse than in their game against France, but it was still better than Sweden's 80.9%. Co-hosts in bloom for Euro 2012". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 December 2009.England's most frequent passing combination in their quarter-final defeat to Italy was between Joe Hart and Andy Carroll, who entered the game as a substitute after an hour.

Hyundai-Kia joins as official sponsor for UEFA Euro 2012™ and UEFA Euro 2016™". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2010 . Retrieved 4 July 2012. Full-time report Sweden-England" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2012 . Retrieved 15 June 2012. Torres then cleverly set up his club teammate Mata to score with virtually his first touch of the ball. The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 July 2012, was co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine (both first time hosts), and was won by Spain, who beat Italy in the final at the Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine. [1] Only Ukraine (2.3), Ireland (2.3) and Greece (2.0) averaged fewer shots on target per game at Euro 2012 than England (2.8).a b "Euro to be broadcast to billion fans". Ukraine2012.gov. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012 . Retrieved 17 June 2012. Sunday's match will be the first time Italy and England have met since a 1-1 draw in a Wembley friendly in March 2018, Jamie Vardy putting the Three Lions ahead before an 87th minute equaliser from the penalty spot by Lorenzo Insigne. Only Greece (38%) and Ireland (33%) averaged less possession in matches at Euro 2012 than England (39%). Barcelona’s Xavi Hernandez brushed the crossbar with a fierce shot in the 10th minute after dazzling interplay but it did not take long for the pressure to pay off. Other important issues were associated with FEMEN’s group protests against prostitution and sex tourism in Ukraine, and enormous increases in hotel prices by many hoteliers in the country.