"2008 UEFA European Football Championship" (2008) TV series

Release Date:

7 June 2008 (Austria)

Genre:

Sport

Plot Keywords:

Football | Non Fiction | Number In Title

Cast

Ayhan Akman	...	Himself
Hamit Altintop	...	Himself
Massimo Ambrosini	...	Himself
Nicolas Anelka	...	Himself
Emre Asik	...	Himself
Mehmet Aurelio	...	Himself
Michael Ballack	...	Himself
Hakan Balta	...	Himself
Emre Belozoglu	...	Himself (2008)
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov	...	Himself
Ugur Boral	...	Himself (2008)
Servet Çetin	...	Himself
Deco	...	Himself
Volkan Demirel	...	Himself
Antonio Di Natale	...	Himself
Mevlut Erdinc	...	Himself
Torsten Frings	...	Himself
Clemens Fritz	...	Himself
Mario Gómez	...	Himself
Gökhan Gönül	...	Himself (2008)
Emre Güngör	...	Himself (2008)
Thomas Hitzlsperger	...	Himself
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	...	Himself
Marcell Jansen	...	Himself
Nihat Kahveci	...	Himself (2008)
Ibrahim Kas	...	Himself (2008)
Colin Kazim-Richards	...	Himself (2008)
Miroslav Klose	...	Himself
Kevin Kuranyi	...	Himself
Philipp Lahm	...	Himself
Jens Lehmann	...	Himself
Joachim Löw	...	Himself
Florent Malouda	...	Himself
Per Mertesacker	...	Himself
Tümer Metin	...	Himself (2008)
Christoph Metzelder	...	Himself
Serdar Özkan	...	Himself
Lukas Podolski	...	Himself
Jan Polák	...	Himself
Rustu Recber	...	Himself (2008)
Franck Ribéry	...	Himself
Cristiano Ronaldo	...	Himself
Nuri Sahin	...	Himself (2008)
Tuncay Sanli	...	Himself (2008)
Sabri Sarioglu	...	Himself (2008)
Bastian Schweinsteiger	...	Himself
Semih Senturk	...	Himself (2008)
Wesley Sneijder	...	Himself
Luca Toni	...	Himself
Mehmet Topal	...	Himself (2008)
Fernando Torres	...	Himself
Arda Turan	...	Himself (2008)
Ruud van Nistelrooy	...	Himself
David Villa	...	Himself
Gökhan Zan	...	Himself (2008)
Tolga Zengin	...	Himself (2008)

Also Known As:

Euro 2008 (International: English title) (short title)

Country:

Austria | Switzerland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria

Movie Connections:

Follows "2000 UEFA European Football Championship" (2000)

Euro 2008 will always be remembered for it's high competitivity.

Superior than Euro 2004, this edition of the world's best soccer delivered expectations.

Powerhouses like Italy, France, Portugal, and the Netherlands let down their fans; specially France with a horrible performance in the first round.

Netherlands after a spectacular first phase that gave their fans new illusions, didn't manage to impress and fell in hands of King Hiddink's Russia that ended as the sensation team of the Euro with players such as Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko.

Portugal spoke a lot before the tournament and were easily defeated by the Germans that with plenty of self-love and mentality reached the final after beating the tough Turkish team that couldn't have 9 regulars on the semi-final.

Spain demolished the malaria they suffered in previous tournaments when they always failed in the important moments and this time, after beating Italy on penalties, were clear favorites to win the tournament because they had the best players and the best collective play.

Torres, Villa, Iniesta, Xavi, and Casillas were the star players of the champion team.

Cristiano Ronaldo demonstrated he's not at the level of Zidane and Maradona to become a single super star player of an important tournament. Instead, newcomers stole the show and collective play again demonstrated it's the best method to win important matches.

Overall, this tournament was spectacular and very well played, with a few surprises like Turkey and Russia and few disappointments like France and Czech Republic.

Something to notice were the last minute ties or wins by Turkey and Croatia specially.

Also, there were many polemic situations like Polish press throwing insults and more to Germany who with Austria and Croatia formed the political group of the tournament.

An excellent tournament that is considered as the best Euro of all time.