Hosts Poland and Russia bow out of Euro 2012

Group A
Czech Republic 6
Greece 4
Russia 4
Poland 2

After leading the group coming into the last round of group stage matches, Russia is out of the competition. They gave an impressive performance defeating Czech Republic 4-1 in their opening game. Their match against Poland ended in a draw but that kept them on top of the group. Ironically, Greece who were at the bottom of the group with only one point from their draw against Poland defeated them in the last group game and kicked them out. Russia was one of the favorites to make it far in the competition after strong performances leading up to the games.

Poland on the other hand are also devastated to be out of the competition which they are co-hosting with Ukraine. After a narrow escape against Greece in their opening match, which many thought they should have lost, the hosts managed  draw. Their next match against Russia also ended in a draw. Things were up in the air in group A with so many draws, no one was the clear winner. Last night, the Czech Republic only needed a 1-0 scoreline courtesy of Petr Jiráček to hammer in the final nail in the coffin which sent the hosts out.

Czech Republic ended up on top of the group with Greece coming in second and are the first  teams to occupy the quarter final berths.