A look ahead to the UEFA u-17 European Championships
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1, 2008 by jeorge9The 2008 UEFA under-17 European Championships kick off on Sunday and Arsenal will be represented at the tournament by French striker Gilles Sunu and Oguzhan Ozaykup, the exciting Dutch winger who only signed for the club last week. Spain are the current holders of the tournament and this year’s competition will take place in Turkey.
Group A
Turkey
Netherlands
Scotland
Serbia
Group B
France
Rep. of Ireland
Spain
Switzerland
Fixtures involving Arsenal players:
Sunday 4th May-
France v Republic of Ireland
Turkey v Netherlands
Wednesday 7th May-
Netherlands v Serbia
France v Spain
Saturday 10th May-
Netherlands v Scotland
Switzerland v France
*- Matches underlined in italics will be shown live on Eurosport.
It promises to be an interesting tournament, and the game between France and Spain will definitely be worth watching. In my opinion, I think that Spain probably have the edge over the other sides in the tournament, but we will just have to wait and see. Remember to check back for regular updates throughout the course of the tournament.
