Baptista_8 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Starts at 16.15. One of the hosts VS the winners of Euro 2004. Taken from UEFA.com: Poland have history on their side as they seek to begin UEFA EURO 2012 on a victorious note having won ten of their previous 15 meetings with Greece – although the 2004 champions will recall their glorious summer eight years ago began against a host country. Team news etc to follow... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Match threads \o/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Gutted to miss the opening match as I'll be working, but it's a sacrifice I've been used to in later years as I've grown to be an adult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Presume there is no backstory to make this a "grudge match" of any sort? Only thing I can find in the archives is Poland beating Greece to a place at Mexico 86 when they were in the same qualifying group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebs Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Would imagine everyone apart from the Greeks want the Poles to win this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamez91 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Got Poland down to win, going to be a tight game though and probably not spectacular in any way shape or form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Poland \o/ I've got a Polish friend. She's dating a Greek guy. Wish I could watch the game with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I got a sweet 8pm and 10:45pm match times here, very nice Going 2-0 Poland in this, not a great match though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris79 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 We are almost certain to start like this: GK: Wojciech Szczęsny RB: Łukasz Piszczek LB: Sebastian Boenisch DC: Marcin Wasilewski DC: Damien Perquis DMC Eugen Polan(ń?)ski DMC Rafał Murawski AMC Ludovic Obraniak AML Maciej Rybus AMR Jakub Błaszczykowski SC: Robert Lewandowski Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I got a sweet 8pm and 10:45pm match times here, very nice Going 2-0 Poland in this, not a great match though Dubai is an hour and a half behind India, I think. So that makes it 9:30 and 12:15 for me. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Yeah, you guys and your silly half hour Bit of a late finish for you but for me I can still be in bed by 1am which tbh I am rarely asleep by then anyway so it's cool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhammad Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 We are almost certain to start like this:GK: Wojciech Szczęsny RB: Łukasz Piszczek LB: Sebastian Boenisch DC: Marcin Wasilewski DC: Damien Perquis DMC Eugen Polan(ń?)ski DMC Rafał Murawski AMC Ludovic Obraniak AML Maciej Rybus AMR Jakub Błaszczykowski SC: Robert Lewandowski What's Rybus like? Heard a lot about him but only seen him a few times, likely to do well or? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Yeah, you guys and your silly half hour Bit of a late finish for you but for me I can still be in bed by 1am which tbh I am rarely asleep by then anyway so it's cool Yeah, it'll be late but not any later than weekday PL matches, so shouldn't be too bad. Much rather watch footie at night than at any other time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebs Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Presume there is no backstory to make this a "grudge match" of any sort? Only thing I can find in the archives is Poland beating Greece to a place at Mexico 86 when they were in the same qualifying group. i can only see friendlies that suggest poland are historically 'better' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks_in_Poland apparently 50,000 ethnic poles reside in greece, although i somewhat suspect this may have reduced recently Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebs Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 former prime minister of greece george papandreou is of polish origin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Polish singer Eleni Tzoka was born to a Greek family which emigrated to Poland in the 1950s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleni_Tzoka Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebs Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Pope John Paul II was of Polish origin and was the first pope to visit Greece in 1291 years in 2001 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I don't expect anything spectacular, it's going to be a tight clash with less than three goals, hopefully Poland won't screw this up. I'd say 1:0, Lewandowski will score. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonno-Blood Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Hoping for a goal fest in both games today to help my most goals in group A bet. As good a place to ask as any, anyway - is there any legal way to watch online? Will be at work for the first half of this game and unfortunately all BBC content isn't accessible because our internet is for some reason deemed to be in Switzerland or something. EDIT: Sorry ham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cartman Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 tvcatchup streams the freeview channels, so you should be able to watch it on there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonno-Blood Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Good call Eric, cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_rm Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Cannot wait for this. POLSKA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Won't be home in time to catch the start Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonno-Blood Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 tvcatchup streams the freeview channels, so you should be able to watch it on there Rejected for being none-UK damn our internet coming out of Switzerland ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Come on the poles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted June 8, 2012 SI Staff Share Posted June 8, 2012 Have got a couple of Polish players in my dream team so hope they win tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Saaaaaame! Szczesny, Wasilewski, Lewandowski. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_T Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 DO BOJU POLSKO!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebirds4life Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Got both of these fools in my sweepstake ridiculous, c'mon Poland! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie S Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Rejected for being none-UK damn our internet coming out of Switzerland ffs. Go to this site and see what country you internet is registered as being from: http://www.ip2location.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antbanach II Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Polskaaaaaaaaaa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhoy Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 come on big Sammy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpfc543 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Line-ups Poland First Eleven: Szczesny, Piszczek, Wasilewski, Perquis, Boenisch, Murawski, Polanski, Blaszczykowski, Obraniak, Rybus, Lewandowski. Subs: Sandomierski, Wojtkowiak, Kaminski, Dudka, Matuszczyk, Wawrzyniak, Sobiech, Mierzejewski, Wolski, Grosicki, Brozek, Tyton. Greece First Eleven: Chalkias, Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Avraam Papadopoulos, Holebas, Maniatis, Katsouranis, Karagounis, Ninis, Gekas, Samaras. Subs: Tzorvas, Tzavelas, Malezas, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Makos, Liberopoulos, Mitroglou, Salpingidis, Fotakis, Fortounis, Fetfatzidis, Sifakis. Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba23 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 EDIT: Too slow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolsgold Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 chris79 got the lineup spot on then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Adam Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 So hang on, to save license payers money the BBC said their hosting team would be based in Salford. But now we have TWO hosting teams, one in Poland and one in Salford. Seriously this boggles me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMT Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Is it me, or do Shearer and Jake Humphries not actually look like they are there in Poland but been superimposed onto the screen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Do we get an opening ceremony? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Seedorf is such a dude Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_oc16 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Seedorf He's been good at previous tournaments too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Typical BBC, spent 25 minutes on England / Ireland / who's going to win, and 2 minutes on Poland and Greece with only one player mentioned by name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Now just waiting for Lawrenson's snide remarks about the opening ceremony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris79 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I have a feeling we'll lose with easily and convincingly, like 3-0 after 3 set piece goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshift Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 This will probably be better than our Olympic opening ceremony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Typical BBC, spent 25 minutes on England / Ireland / who's going to win, and 2 minutes on Poland and Greece with only one player mentioned by name. Because most people watching don't care and are just watching because they're craving football and it stops the missus from watching Come Dine With Me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Typical BBC, spent 25 minutes on England / Ireland / who's going to win, and 2 minutes on Poland and Greece with only one player mentioned by name. Indeed This really is a pretty naff opening ceremony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms186 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 as opening ceremonies go, this isnt too bad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMT Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Because most people watching don't care and are just watching because they're craving football and it stops the missus from watching Come Dine With Me. This, luckily you can watch BBC and ITV HD without the Sky card inserted, so I have sent the kids packing to my bedroom with the card so they can watch Phineas and Ferb on the spare box in there Parenting at it's best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoleman1 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Time to put on my Poland shirt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanNUFC Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Because most people watching don't care and are just watching because they're craving football and it stops the missus from watching Come Dine With Me. Yeah i hope we're not going to get people complaining in every match thread about this again, its nothing new and we're not the only country that does it i bet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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