10
DENMARK
Journalist Christian Wenande and intern journalist Malene Ørsted are both ‘Danish Dynamite’ to the bone, but they realise that it will take a minor miracle to get out of the ‘Group of Death’. “I was five years old the last time Denmark won the Euros and remember my dad shouting and jumping up and down,” recalls Malene. “I didn’t get it then, and not much has changed. Still there’s always the hope one of the players will take their shirt off.” Christian is also hopeful. “I have the faith. That and my lucky Denmark underwear from 1986,” he explains. “Not sure what would be more of a miracle, Denmark progressing from the group stage or me fitting into drawers I had when I was eight.” Either way they’re in for some ‘tight’ games.
EURO 2012 WALLCHART GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D
FRI JUNE 8, 17:00
POLAND
VS
RUSSIA
FRI JUNE 8, 19:45
TUE JUNE 12, 17:00
GREECE POLAND
SAT JUNE 16, 19:45
SAT JUNE 16, 19:45
InOut’s resident ballet expert and writer, Franziska, has led a very sheltered upbringing. Failing to qualify, crashing out in the group stage, and playing brilliantly but going out on penalties are all alien concepts to her. She is of course German and quietly confident that her countrymen will once again deliver. Beaten finalists four years ago, and in the semi-finals in the last World Cup, both times by Spain, they are already looking beyond the group eyeing revenge. But they need to be careful and not fail to advance from what is a very tricky group like they did in 2000. “My first memory of watching football were the pirouettes of Jurgen Klinsmann,” says Franziska. “On reflection, he was one of the reasons I started liking ballet instead.”
CZECH REP
TUE JUNE 12, 19:45
VS
RUSSIA
VS
POLAND
VS
W
D
L
GD
1 2 3 4
-
P
A1
VS
SAT JUNE 9, 19:45
WED JUNE 13, 17:00
GERMANY
B2
DENMARK
VS
DENMARK NETHERLANDS
PORTUGAL
VS
PORTUGAL
WED JUNE 13, 19:45
VS
SUN JUNE 17, 19:45
SUN JUNE 17, 19:45
GERMANY
VS
PORTUGAL
QUARTER FINAL 1
GERMANY
VS
NETHERLANDS
GROUP B
W
D
L
GD
1 2 3 4
-
P
QUARTER FINAL 2 B1
A2
SEMI FINAL 1
QF1
SAT JUNE 9, 17:00
DENMARK
RUSSIA
GROUP A
NETHERLANDS
CZECH REP
VS
GREECE
GREECE
VS
CZECH REP
GERMANY
QF2
SPAIN
SUN JUNE 10, 17:00
SUN JUNE 10, 19:45
THU JUNE 14, 17:00
VS
REP OF IRELAND ITALY SPAIN
MON JUNE 18, 19:45
MON JUNE 18, 19:45
CROATIA
VS
CROATIA
VS
REP OF IRELAND
VS
ITALY
SPAIN
VS
W
D
L
GD
1 2 3 4
-
P
QUARTER FINAL 3 C1
D2
SF1
FRANCE
MON JUNE 11, 17:00
MON JUNE 11, 19:45
FRI JUNE 15, 17:00
VS
ENGLAND
VS
UKRAINE SWEDEN
SWEDEN
VS VS
TUE JUNE 19, 19:45
TUE JUNE 19, 19:45
ENGLAND
VS
SWEDEN
UKRAINE
VS
FRANCE
GROUP B
W
D
L
GD
1 2 3 4
-
P
IRELAND
Intern journalist Jessica O’Sullivan, the co-author of the acclaimed Dating the Danes column, was only 15 last time Ireland qualified for a major football championship, so we’ll forgive her excitement about the chances of the boys in green getting out of a tricky group, which includes world and European champions Spain, 2006 World Cup winners Italy, and the always dangerous Croatia. But while Jessica is only slightly more Irish than Tony Cascarino (Australian by birth, one of her grand-parents is from the old country), she’ll be rooting for them all the way, sport. “I really hope the luck of the Irish is with us, it’d be great for us to finally win something” says Jessica. “But I guess if we lose we’ll still win the award for best fans and drinkers though.”
QUARTER FINAL 4 D1
FINAL
C2
SF2
NETHERLANDS
PORTUGAL
Portuguese intern journalist Claudia Santos has been living in Denmark for the past 17 years so confesses to mixed loyalties when the two countries closest to her heart play – which in recent years has been a regular occasion. Both countries were in the same group for qualifying for Euro 2012, and also for the 2010 World Cup. But while the Danes finished top both times, winning two of the four meetings with one draw, Claudia is confident Portugal will win when it really matters. “Whenever they play, I always try to keep a low profile. Almost everyone I know texts me clever things like ‘Ha ha, your team sucks’ or ‘the current score is …’, as if I didn’t know!” she says. “The funny thing is that I get these texts from both Denmark and Portugal – I’m getting harassed by both sides!”
ENGLAND
England always expects but managing editor Ben Hamilton and journalist Peter Stanners, seen here doing their best impression of their country’s bulldog spirit, aren’t getting carried away with their chances. “Nobody goes into a major football championship not wanting to win,” says Ben. “But you’d have to go back to Euro 1992 to find an England team I was less confident about.” Or maybe that’s just his age talking! England face France, Sweden and co-hosts Ukraine. “We never, ever beat Sweden,” moans Pete. “Can’t remember the last time we beat France, and didn’t we lose in Ukraine in 2009?”
FRANCE
FRI JUNE 15, 19:45
ENGLAND
REP OF IRELAND
GROUP C
UKRAINE
THU JUNE 14, 19:45
CROATIA
ITALY
VS
11
SEMI FINAL 2
QF3
QF4
UEFA EURO 2012 WINNER
Dutch intern journalist Mike Hofman, InOut’s film editor, like 99.999 percent of the Dutch population takes his football very, very seriously. Orange is, and has always been, the only colour ... unless they’re playing in black. The Netherlands comfortably beat Denmark at the last World Cup and have not lost to the Danes since Euro 1992, but then again, they did recently lose to Sweden and any Dane will tell you that they’re rubbish. “It happens to the best,” says Mike. “But the 6-0 farewell victory in their final warm-up match against Northern Ireland should give them enough confidence for the next match.”
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