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Spain beat Italy 4-2 on penalties to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2008 after a dour goalless draw in Vienna.
Marcos Senna came closest in normal time when Italy keeper Gianluigi Buffon fumbled his shot on to a post.
Spain keeper Iker Casillas was the hero in the shoot-out, saving from Daniele de Rossi and Antonio di Natale.
Daniel Guiza saw his spot-kick saved by Buffon, but Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas slid home the crucial penalty to set up a last four cl
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Euro 2008 Group D: Sweden 1-2 Spain
Fernando Torres scored his first goal of Euro 2008 and David Villa hit his fourth to confirm their status as the deadliest striking duo at the finals.
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Netherlands 3-0 Italy
Netherlands took a firm grip on Euro 2008's so-called "Group of Death" by winning a classic encounter with Italy.
Ruud van Nistelrooy put the Dutch ahead in controversial circumstances after 26 minutes when he scored from close range - but also from an offside position.
Wesley Sneijder swept in a second from Dirk Kuyt's header five minutes later
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Euro-Germany hitting peak at right time
KLAGENFURT, June 8 (Reuters) - The 2006 World Cup came too soon for Germany but two years older and two years wiser they showed in Sunday's 2-0 win over Poland they are hitting Euro 2008 at their peak.
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Germany beat Poland 2-0 at Euro 2008
Three-time European champions Germany beat Poland 2-0 in their Euro 2008 Group B opening match here on Sunday.
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Croatia beat Austria in Euro 2008 football match
Croatia beat co-hosts Austria 1-0 in their Euro 2008 Group B match here on Sunday.
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Euro-Austria follow Swiss with losing start
VIENNA, June 8 (Reuters) - Austria, like Switzerland 24 hours before them, could not give their fans a victory to kick off their Euro 2008 campaign on Sunday leaving both tournament co-hosts in real danger of making a first round exit.
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Di Natale scores twice, Italy beats Belgium 3-1 in Euro 2008 warmup
Antonio Di Natale scored twice in the first half and Italy beat Belgium 3-1 on Friday in the Azzurri's only preparation match before heading to the European
Championship.
Di Natale scored in the ninth and 41st minutes and Mauro Camoranesi added another in the 48th.
Substitute Wesley Sonck headed in off a corner for Belgium in the 90th.
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Polster predicts Germany will win Euro 2008, Austria are rank outsiders
Germany is good enough to win a record fourth title at Euro 2008 while co-hosts Austria will go out early, former Austria forward Toni Polster said on Tuesday night.
Polster told reporters that he rates Germany, World Cup winners Italy and World Cup finalists France highest from the 16 teams qualified for the June 7-29 tournament in Austria and
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