UEFA Euro 2012 Group C

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Croatia squad

Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (FC Rostov), Ivan Kelava (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Danijel Subašić (AS Monaco FC).

Defenders: Jurica Buljat (Maccabi Haifa FC), Vedran Ćorluka (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Danijel Pranjić (FC Bayern München), Gordon Schildenfeld (Eintracht Frankfurt), Josip Šimunić (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Darijo Srna (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Strinić (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Domagoj Vida (GNK Dinamo Zagreb).

Midfielders: Milan Badelj (GNK Dinamo Zagreb), Tomislav Dujmović (FC Dinamo Moskva), Ivo Iličević (Hamburger SV), Niko Kranjčar (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Luka Modrić (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Ivan Perišić (Borussia Dortmund), Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla FC), Ognjen Vukojević (FC Dynamo Kyiv).

Forwards: Eduardo (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Nikica Jelavić (Everton FC), Mario Mandžukić (VfL Wolfsburg), Ivica Olić (VfL Wolfsburg).

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Italy squad

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (SSC Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain FC).

Defenders: Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Federico Balzaretti (US Città di Palermo), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Christian Maggio (SSC Napoli), Angelo Ogbonna (Torino FC).

Midfielders: Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna FC), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus) Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (ACF Fiorentina), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain FC), Antonio Nocerino (AC Milan), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus).

Forwards: Mario Balotelli (Manchester City FC), Fabio Borini (AS Roma), Antonio Cassano (AC Milan), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese Calcio), Sebastian Giovinco (FC Parma).

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Republic of Ireland squad

Goalkeepers: Shay Given (Aston Villa FC), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland AFC), David Forde (Millwall FC).

Defenders: John O'Shea (Sunderland AFC), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa FC), Stephen Ward (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Sean St Ledger (Leicester City FC), Darren O'Dea (Celtic FC), Stephen Kelly (Fulham FC), Paul McShane (Hull City AFC).

Midfielders: Glenn Whelan (Stoke City FC), Keith Andrews (West Bromwich Albion FC), Aiden McGeady (FC Spartak Moskva), Darron Gibson (Everton FC), Paul Green (unattached), Damien Duff (Fulham FC), Stephen Hunt (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), James McClean (Sunderland AFC).

Forwards: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Kevin Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Shane Long (West Bromwich Albion FC), Jonathan Walters (Stoke City FC), Simon Cox (West Bromwich Albion FC).

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Spain squad

Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF), Víctor Valdés (FC Barcelona), Pepe Reina (Liverpool FC).

Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid CF), Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona), Jordi Alba (Valencia CF), Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid CF), Raúl Albiol (Real Madrid CF), Juanfran (Club Atlético de Madrid), Javi Martínez (Athletic Club).

Midfielders: Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona), Sergio Busquets (FC Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid CF), David Silva (Manchester City FC), Santi Cazorla (Málaga CF), Jesús Navas (Sevilla FC), Cesc Fàbregas (FC Barcelona), Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona).

Forwards: Fernando Llorente (Athletic Club), Juan Mata (Chelsea FC), Fernando Torres (Chelsea FC), Pedro Rodríguez (FC Barcelona), Álvaro Negredo (Sevilla FC).

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Kalinic replaces Olic

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Mario Balotelli will have both his family names on his Italy shirt at Euro 2012.

UEFA's official tournament list shows that the 21-year-old forward has registered 'Barwuah Balotelli' as his shirt name.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/euro2012/article-2154916/Euro-2012-Mario-Balotelli-wear-Barwuah-Italy-shirt.html#ixzz1wwJLKaB2

[Mame Biram Diouf]

fully trollering the ukraine fans to get a reaction

sick guy

[The Somalian]

A lot of talk of beef between barca and real players

You see Ramos new trim looking very sexy (no homo)

[Benicio del Toney]

Looks like Fabio Coentrao now.

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Ramos and Piqué hate each other (It's real hatred)

[Seydou]

Ramos is a real negrito, that's why. Pique is just a hater.

Croatia could go far, tbh

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Put it down in the prediction thread

[Benicio del Toney]

Ramos and Piqué hate each other (It's real hatred)

Why?

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It goes back to El Clasicos

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Del Bosque needs to make a choice out of Xabi or Busquets

This double pivot shit is pointless in a tournament full of negative teams

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They need to start Llorente because Torres is meh and Negredo is average/one footed

Besides they can't play with a false 9 (Messi is Argentine)

[Drift]

i was thinking the other day, what about man like pedro? 20+ goals a season, 2 footed, sick movement off the ball... swear he could do villas job better than torres and negredo? heard del bosque is reluctant to start llorente cos he doesnt really fit in with the whole barca minus messi style they play.

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Pedro is a good shout because he can work the channels like Villa did

Llorente I think VDB wants him as plan B

So Negredo or Torres or the false nine

Like I said the double pivot is useless if you have possession most of the time and your coming against Buses from all over Europe

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That makes sense

Maggio as RB looks unbalance so it's better to have him as a wingback

De Rossi as sweeper makes perfect sense because instead of always relying on Pirlo to build the attacks as good as he is

De Rossi can step into midfield with the ball (Luis Enrique gets props for encouraging this)

As talented as the front two are, I would start Di Natale because out of all the Forwards he is the best finisher in Prandelli's squad.

I like the fact he picked no static forwards

That's the way forward IMO

[Mr. Gayle]

Del Bosque needs to make a choice out of Xabi or Busquets

This double pivot shit is pointless in a tournament full of negative teams

Talk is they will use both, at least to start with

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Modric

Mandzukic

Buffon

Maggio

Pirlo

Cassano

Balotelli

Giovinco

McGeady

Xavi

Iniesta

Cazorla

Pedro

Busquets or Alonso (Not on the same pitch though)

Llorente