(Back row, L-R) Ukraine's goalkeeper Maksym Koval, midfielder Denys Harmash, defender Oleksandr Kucher, midfielder Marko Devych, defender Vyacheslav Shevchuk, defender Yaroslav Rakitskiy, (Front row, L-R) midfielder Oleksandr Aliyev, striker Artem Milevskiy, defender Bohdan Butko, midfielder Yevhen Konoplyanka, midfielder Ruslan Rotan prior the friendly football match Turkey vs Ukraine in Ingolstadt, southern Germany, on June 5, 2012. Turkey won the match 2-0. With speed in the wide areas and a move to a counter-attacking style, the Ukraine has the potential for shock results being a host nation with all the intangibles, but there is the lingering sense that this might just be transition time for one of the 2006 World Cup quarter-finalists.
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Spain's national football team players pose on June 3, 2012 before an international friendly football match against China at the Cartuja stadium in Sevilla in preparation for the Euro 2012 football championship, which will take place in Poland and Ukraine from June 8 to July 1. The task for Spain isn't whether they are good enough to repeat as European Champion in 2012, on the heels of a World Cup win in South Africa two years ago; the question is can anybody expect a national team to do what has never been done before. Spain is on a collision course with history, and although its veteran core remains largely in tact, inevitable changes and untimely injuries to key players could stand in their way.
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The Italian national team pose for photographers before their international friendly match against Russia ahead of Euro 2012, in Zurich June 1, 2012. Back row (L-R) Leonardo Bonucci, Andrea Barzagli, Christian Maggio, Mario Balotelli, Gianluigi Buffon. Front row (L-R) Federico Balzaretti, Claudio Marchisio, Riccardo Montolivo, Andrea Pirlo, Daniele De Rossi and Antonio Cassano. Missing in this lineup is Juventus defender, Giorgio Chiellini, who will have to anchor this backline unit if Prandelli's attempt to enforce a more attacking and attractive brand of football that might have to be scrapped given some of the apparent shortcomings in this squad.
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