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Spain go on the defensive
Spain have taken on the Germanic mantle of efficiency. Just three goals conceded in five games gives them the best defensive record, with Germany trading in 3-2 nailbiters
Soccer win helps dispel Spanish woes
Spain’s historic European Championship victory over Germany has momentarily distracted the country from its rapid economic deceleration and regional differences
Simon Kuper: Beautiful losers
Whether or not Germany win the European Championships final against Spain in Vienna , most German fans won’t mind much – this is a new stage in football history
Match divides Turkish migrants’ loyalties
The large Turkish community in Kreuzberg, Berlin will be showing support for both sides in the European championship semi-final football match between Germany and Turkey
Simon Kuper: Dutch talk things through
Holland are good precisely because our players quarrel about football. And that is particularly true now, because the genesis of this side was an argument in a hotel room
Flair game to the fore
Creative players make their mark in Euro 2008 as fitness and organisation are no longer enough to win
Turkey produces late miracle
Turkey’s extraordinary story goes on at Euro 2008 and on Friday night against Croatia they found a last-minute goal in extra time and then went on to win a penalty shoot-out
Arshavin conducts Russia
Russia have been boosted by the return of their playmaker Andrei Arshavin, who has managed to energise them ahead of facing the Netherlands in the quarter-final of Euro 2008
Dazzling Dutch beat France 4-1
Netherlands’ tapestries of passing are at times breathtaking in 4-1 defeat of France in Bern
Simon Kuper: Father figures of football
The job of several of the older coaches at Euro 2008 is to fill the long-vacant post of patriarch
