With Poland and Ukraine being co-hosts, this tournament will certainly be the most agonising 3 weeks of our lives.
The opening ceremony was held in Warsaw along side the very first match, in which Poland and Greece battled it out. The first goal was scored by Lewandowski, Poland, in the 16th minute of the game. By that time the atmosphere in the stadium was electric. Then the inevitable happened. The Greek, Papastathopoulos, received a yellow card after trying to head the ball with Lewandowski, hitting him on the head with his chin.
In the second half Greece had it all planned out, scoring a tremendous goal in the 50th minute; equalising the game. The very happy goal scorer was Salpingidis, a substitute coming on at half time. Greece was back in the game. But not for long. Papastathopoulos was 'awarded' another yellow card and was sent off. The game couldn't get any worse for the Greeks. It would soon get better though...
Just as they (Greece) were heading towards the goal, Poland's goalkeeper fouled the Greek player, giving himself a red card and letting Greece get another chance at scoring with a penalty kick. The substitute goalkeeper, Tytoń, saved the shot, ending the game 1-1.
What an eventful opening match that was. We will see a lot of that this summer. I will keep you updated with the latest scores and goals as the EURO 2012 continues. The next match being Russia v Czech Republic, this will be an interesting one...
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