Paragraph on Euro-Cup 2012

Paragraph on Euro-Cup 2012

Euro Cup football is played after every four years. The first Euro Cup was played in1960. Hence this Euro Cup 2012 is the 14th Euro Cup. This was played in Poland and Ukraine from 8th June to 1st July. There were 16 teams. They were divided in four groups. Among of those teams Italy, Spain, Germany, and Portugal were qualified for the semi-final. So called famous teams like England, France, Greece, Sweden, Ukraine could not able to qualify for semi-final. The final match took place at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, where Spain defended their title with a 4–0 win over Italy. Different footballers who won the hearts of millions of football lovers, were Andres Iniesta (Spain), Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Mario Balatelli (Itali), Mario Gomez(Germany). Andres Iniesta became the player of the tournament.  The next Euro Cup will be played in France in 2016.