So, Croatia boss Slaven Bilic, how do you really feel about England’s World Cup team?
“They were no good. They were nothing. I have never seen in my life such a great collection of players play as defensively as they did. They were so boring. They just didn’t play as a group, they played [...]

There seems to be a little bit of buzz out there ahead of Saturday’s Euro 2008 qualifying match between France and Scotland with both sides undefeated after two games. We happen to think that France will take care of business in this one, their simply the more talented and better team.
It is not often [...]

Euro 2008 qualifiers and international matches heat up again this weekend so that means national teams both far and near are in the headlines. Here are a few stories for you to feast on about the teams you love and the teams you love to hate….

Italy recalls 19 players from World Cup for Ukraine [...]

Hopefully it was one hell of a nightclub because otherwise Croatian strikers Bosko Balaban, Ivica Olic and midfielder Darijo Srna are probably kick themselves right about now for deciding to sneak out of their team hotel for a night on the town before Croatia’s Euro 2008 qualifier against Russia earlier this month. The three [...]

When you inherit a team that won the World Cup and end up with a draw and a loss in your first two competitive games, you are going to start feeling the heat a bit, especially if you coach in a country like Italy where success is expected. Such is the case for Azzurri [...]

We’ve heard of some interesting motivational tactics used by managers over the year, but betting that your team is going to lose is not one of them.
That is what Bulgaria coach Hristo Stoichkov did before his team’s Euro 2008 qualifying win against Slovenia earlier this week.

Sidney Govou scored twice and Thierry Henry added a goal to life France to a 3-1 victory over Italy in Euro 2008 qualifying in Paris. Govou got things rolling right away with a goal in the second minute to help Les Bleus to avenge their World Cup final loss, at least for one day. [...]

Euro 2008 Update: If you’re here looking for a way to watch the Euro 2008 tournament online, we have another post dedicated to that topic. Click this link. And while you’re there, be sure to stop by our Euro main page for lots of Euro commentary, analysis, discussion, [...]

As if there weren’t enough intrigue heading into tomorrow’s Euro 2008 qualifier between France and Italy, Azzurri defender Gennaro Gattuso has added fuel to the fire. Gattuso offers his thoughts on what he thinks has been the moaning and whining coming out of France after his side defeated Les Bleus in the World Cup [...]

Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is none too pleased with FIFA’s decision to hand teammate Marco Materazzi a two-game ban for his role in the infamous World Cup final Zidane head butt.
“The two-match ban given to Marco was a scandalous compromise,” Buffon said as he prepared for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Lithuania and France. [...]