France will be playing tonight against Iceland and more games are scheduled for this week. The prestigious title is a benchmark for many female soccer players. Germany have shown themselves to be the team to beat in the past. Without the likes of other strong contenders like the United States or Brazil, Germany might be able to see this one through.

In the image Germany’s Kim Kulig and Norway’s Melissa Wiik collide for the ball at the Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland.

For more information on schedules or to see the games live visit UEFA.com or check out your local TV sports listing.

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UEFA President Michel Platini voices concern over player pay inflation.

If you’re not a club that can spend like Manchester United or Real Madrid you may as well not even try to compete. And where is all of this money coming from? Well European soccer has just been hit by a wave of Middle Eastern investors who stumbled on excess cash after the oil boom. This at the same time when western industries went down and under. With ING pulling out sponsorship with Man. United someone has to fill the void, right?

Well that’s not all. Higher prices and decreased funding means that allot of clubs are turning to loans to help pay the inflating prices for good players. What this mean in the long run is that fewer clubs will be able to compete at all and will have to fold.

Interesting that soccer has kind of become a game of Monopoly. And, like Monopoly soon there will be no one else to play with on the board and it’s Game Over!

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Ten giant statues of various soccer players and their teams have been unveiled in Zurich. The have been on display at the Zurich train station during the Austria & Switzerland Euro 2008 Tournament.

The statues portray Michael Ballack and Philipp Lahm from Germany, Karim Benzema and Patrick Vieira from France, Angelos Charisteas from Greece, Petr Cech from the Czech Republic, Cristain Chivu from Romania, David Villa from Spain, Tanquillo Barnetta from Switzerland, Andreas Ivanschitz from Austria and Robin van Persie from the Netherlands.

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Russia defeated Belarus in the first round of the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Qualifying Round soccer match at Eduard Streltsov Stadium in Minsk, Belarus. The final score was 4-0.

In the action shot Georgia’s Giorgi Navalovski dives for the ball to beat out Russia’s Alan Kasayev.

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The matches for the 2009 European Under 21 Championship games are in full swing in London, England. England U21 faced Portugal U21 at the Wembley Stadium.

In this action shot England’s Adam Johnson tries to get the ball away from Portugal’s Bruno Pereirnha.

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Paul Scholes may just have cost Manchester United’s chance for the UEFA Super Cup. During the decisive match against Zenit St.Petersburg, Scholes handled the ball, not once but twice! Thus causing himself to get booted out of the game. In the image Scholes is clearly reaching for the soccer ball. I mean you can’t get much dumber than that.

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Zenit St. Petersburg destroyed Manchester United for the UEFA European Super Cup Trophy – August 29, 2008. The Super Cup is an annual match between the reigning UEFA Cup and Champions League winners – this year it was at the St. Louis II Stadium in Monaco. The match came down to just one point but it was too much for the United’s.

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German fans are finally accepting their loss today against Spain in the 2008 UEFA Euro Cup. No one expected Spain to go as far as they had, and the Vegas odds were against they. Well I guess that’s just how things happen. But don’t worry Germany, there’s always the World Cup.

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Spain has just clenched a win against the German power-horse in the 2008 Euro Cup final 1-0! Torres made the first and only goal in the game for Spain, but that’s not’s to say that Germany didn’t have any scoring chances. There were a few times where it seemed that luck was on Spain’s side. Goals that should have gone in missed the net.

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There is no reason to miss the 2008 Euro Cup match between Spain and Germany. Here in Canada you can catch it on TSN at 2pm et/11am pt. Or, if for some unfortunate reason you miss the match, you can watch the encore at 7pm et/4pm pt.

To find out where you can watch the match live in your area go to UEFA.com or watch it live online. There no reason to miss this years biggest game.

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