FOURFOURTWO July issue is a huge Euro 2012 special edition and we’ve gone all out with in-depth stories and the biggest stars at European football’s international showpiece event.
With the Euros kicking off in a few days, the SBS TV crew dissect the tournament in a feisty roundtable featuring experts Les Murray, Craig Foster, David Basheer and David Zdrilic.
It’s a fascinating insight into the Euros from a uniquely Aussie perspective.
And we go in-depth with the England team. No Rooney? No problem, the Three Lions could still surprise. We show how.
We also go one-one with England keeper and EPL winner Joe Hart while Manchester United rising star Danny Welbeck talks about his first major international tournament, and Manchester United attacker Ashley Young on going there to win.
This Euros is up for grabs but Germany are everyone’s favourites – we tell you why and how they’ve transformed their football landscape. As striker Lukas Podolski explains, it’s Germany’s time.
Meanwhile, the extravagantly talented Spain are going for a history making third major international triumph in a row. We reckon Spain’s golden run might be coming to an end - but wily coach Vicente Del Bosque says it’s not that simple.
Plus hot new Spanish striker from Athletic Bilbao Fernando Llorente reflects on his incredible club season and his hopes for the Euros, while Barcelona great Xavi on why the Spanish shouldn’t be under-estimated.
The Dutch have a stunning squad of individual talent but many see these Euros as Holland’s chance to rediscover their reputation on the international stage. Tottenham’s Dutch master Rafa van der Vaart goes one-on-one this month on the all-out attack plan cooking for the Oranje.
Stars of the Euros? There are stacks of key players and new faces to watch for. We profile the best of the bunch who’ll be ripping it up in June and July across Poland and Ukraine.
Greece’s “Messi” Ioannis Fetfazidis, Denmark’s “New Michael Laudrup” Christian Eriksen, Frenchman Olivier Giroud and Poland’s Robert Lewandowski plus Wayne Rooney and Mario Gomez are just some of the talent we also meet in this July issue of FourFourTwo.
The Republic of Ireland are back on the international stage after a long spell away - we have Aston Villa’s Irish super-keeper Shay Given one-on-one answering readers’ questions.
And for a look back, we’ve got the 50 moments that rocked the Euros - from tear gas to turnips, bonkers goals to barmy goalies: a cavalcade of idiocy and brilliance all in one with the bad and mad from the Euros vault.
Plus, in Planet Football we spotlight Brazilian Nilmar while our Performance section discovers how ice baths are worth the pain. Also, Rio Ferdinand shows you how to blunt the differing types of attacking threats and Southampton striker and goal-machine Rickie Lambert gives you an inside track on how to hit the back of the net.
And columns from Simon Hill and Michael Lynch and for his Perfect XI it’s Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp …
This issue is out now - only $8.95 including postage!
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OR also available on the iPad, with exclusive extra features including a detailed 68-page guide to the Euros featuring all teams, fixtures, analysis, formations, stats and interviews.
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