UEFA 2012 European Championship: Day 14

Thursday 21 June 2012

The knock-out phase begins later tonight with the next four nights seeing the staging of the Quarter-Finals, which are as follows:

 21 June 2012: Czech Republic v Portugal (National Stadium, Warsaw)

22 June 2012: Germany v Greece (PGE Arena, Gdansk)

23 June 2012: Spain v France (Donbass Arena, Donetsk)

24 June 2012: England v Italy (Olympic Stadium, Kiev)

When I look at the games there is a real ‘head’ and ‘heart’ situation going on in terms of who will get through. The ‘head’ goes for a Semi-Final line-up of: Portugal v Germany and Spain v Italy, but how much more interesting is the ‘heart’ scenario of: Czech Republic v France and Greece v England? As yet there has not been a game that has finished 0-0 and now that we are into the knock-out phase, we know that means if required, extra-time and of course our old friend penalties. Whatever the outcome, lets hope that the overall standard of the competition continues to remain as high as the Group games. Good luck to all the remaining teams.