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Franz Beckenbauer, who coached Germany to the 1990 World Cup title and won the 1974 title as a player said the Germany squad needs to improve in order to succeed in their Euro campaign.

“They have to reach form now to play at the level they were at during the 2006 World Cup and the following months.” The German team managed to reach the semifinals of the World Cup and coasted past the preliminaries but failed to impress in the late friendlies.

Beckenbauer hopes the Germans make a good game in the upcoming friendly (March 26th) against Euro co-host Switzerland in their road towards winning their fourth European Championship.
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Hypo-Arena Stadium Information

Name: Hypo-Arena (built on the grounds of the former Worthersee Stadium)
Inauguration:September 7th 2007
First match: Austria - Japan
Capacity: 32,000

Club Information:

Club: SK Austria Karnten
Inauguration: 2007

Match schedule at Euro 2008:

Match 4 – Germany - Poland Sun. 8th June 20:45

Match 11 – Croatia - Germany, Tue 12th June 18:00

Match 19 – Poland - Croatia, Mon 16th June 20:45

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Euro 2008 Fixtures 07-29 June 2008

Euro 2008 Group Stage - Match Schedule

1 07/06 A Switzerland 18:00 Czech Republic Basel St. Jakob-Park
2 07/06 A Portugal 20:45 Turkey Geneva Stade de Geneve
3 08/06 B Austria 18:00 Croatia Vienna Ernst Happel Stadion
4 08/06 B Germany 20:45 Poland KlagenfurtHypo-Arena
5 09/06 C Romania 18:00 France Zurich Letzigrund
6 09/06 C Netherlands 20:45 Italy BerneStade de Suisse
7 10/06 D Spain 18:00 Russia InnsbruckTivoli-Neu
8 10/06 D Greece 20:45 Sweden SalzburgWals Siezenheim
9 11/06 A Czech Republic 18:00 Portugal Geneva Stade de Geneve
10 11/06 A Switzerland 20:45 Turkey Basel St. Jakob-Park
11 12/06 B Croatia 18:00 Germany Klagenfurt Hypo-Arena
12 12/06 B Austria 20:45 Poland Vienna Ernst Happel Stadion
13 13/06 C Italy 18:00 Romania ZurichLetzigrund
14 13/06 C Netherlands 20:45 France BerneStade de Suisse
15 14/06 D Sweden 18:00 Spain InnsbruckTivoli-Neu
16 14/06 D Greece 20:45 Russia SalzburgWals Siezenheim
17 15/06 A Switzerland 20:45 Portugal Basel St. Jakob-Park
18 15/06 A Turkey 20:45 Czech Republic Geneva Stade de Geneve
19 16/06 B Poland 20:45 Croatia KlagenfurtHypo-Arena
20 16/06 B Austria 20:45 Germany Vienna Ernst Happel Stadion
21 17/06 C Netherlands 20:45 Romania BerneStade de Suisse
22 17/06 C France 20:45 Italy ZurichLetzigrund
23 18/06 D Greece 20:45 Spain SalzburgWals Siezenheim
24 18/06 D Russia 20:45 Sweden InnsbruckTivoli-Neu

Euro 2008 QuarterFinal - Match Schedule

25 19/06 QF 1 Winner A 20:45 Runner-up B Basel St. Jakob-Park
26 20/06 QF 2 Winner B 20:45 Runner-up A Vienna Ernst Happel Stadion
27 21/06 QF 3 Winner C 20:45 Runner-up D Basel St. Jakob-Park
28 22/06 QF 4 Winner D 20:45 Runner-up C Vienna Ernst Happel Stadion

Euro 2008 SemiFinal - Match Schedule

29 25/06 SF 1 Winner #25 20:45 Winner #26 Basel St. Jakob-Park
30 26/06 SF 2 Winner #27 20:45 Winner #28 Vienna Ernst Happel Stadion

Euro 2008 Final - Match Schedule

31 29/06 Final Winner #29 20:45 Winner #30 Vienna Ernst Happel Stadion

Ernst Happel Stadium Information

Name: Ernst Happel Stadion (before 1986: Prater Stadion)
Inauguration: 11th July 1931
Renovations: 1986
Capacity: 53,008 seats

Directions

Bus: Line 80a
Tram: No. 21

Match schedule at Euro 2008:

Match 3 - Austria - Croatia, Sun 8th June 18:00
Match 12 - Austria - Poland, Thu 12th June 20:45
Match 20 - Austria - Germany, Mon 16th June 20:45
Match 26 - Quarterfinal 2, Winner B – Runner-up A, Fri 20th June 20:45
Match 28 - Quarterfinal 4, Winner D – Runner-up C, Sun 22nd June 20:45
Match 30 - Semifinal 2, Winner #27 – Winner #28, Thu 26th June 20:45
Match 31 - Final, Winner #29 – Winner 30, Sun 29th June 20:45
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On December the 2nd the final draw for Euro 2008 took place in Lucerne, gathering Europe’s finest football breath. The 16 qualified teams were divided into 4 pots, the first group, the seeded teams’ one, including the two hosts, Switzerland and Austria, the last Champions, Greece, and the Netherlands. At the and of the draw session, the four groups were decided:

Now all 16 teams can make their schedule intro a good plan for the final tournament. The draws placed the last World Cup finalists, Italy and France, the Netherlands and Romania into a group of death, were all can happen. Greece, Spain and Russia all met four years ago in Portugal, so they’ll play again against each other, along Sweden. An interesting group is Group B, where we have three historical rivals, Austria, Germany and Poland, and the strong Croatians. In Group A, Portugal and the Czech Republic will try to prove their superiority, but they’ll have hard work to do against the Swiss hosts and the Turks.

With only few days left before the draw for Euro 2008, let’s make a quick review of all 16 competitors, which will offer us an unforgettable show next year. Here are the 16 teams, divided in 4 pots:

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