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United Rant Live! Ireland v Croatia

Join United Rant for the second live blog of Euro 2012 – Republic of Ireland v Croatia in Poznań, Poland. There’s loads of United interest in this one, with John O’Shea, Darron Gibson, and Paul McShane likely to turn out for Giovanni Trapattoni’s Republic side. Meanwhile, Croatia’s midfield is built around Tottenham Hotspur’s Luka Modric, [...]

United Rant Live! Portugal v Germany

Join United Rant for our first live blog international match – Portugal v Germany at Euro 2012! There’s plenty of United interest in this one, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani in the Portugal team, and former trainee Ron-Robert Zieler on the Germany bench. Rant will be live blogging several games throughout the tournament, predominantly those [...]

Euro 2012: five youngsters to watch

Tournament football, they say, is never a good time to scout new players, but Euro 2012 will be home to some of the continent’s most exciting young talents. Will they flourish on the big stage? Here’s Rant’s guide to five… Ivan Perisic – 23 – Croatia/Borussia Dortmund – midfielder The chances of Perisic featuring in [...]

Team-by-team Euro guide: Group D

Euro 2012 is around the corner, with 16 national teams heading to bases in Poland and Ukraine ready for the big kick on Friday. And while we’re firmly Manchester United focused here at Rant, we’ll be covering the tournament in full: current and former Reds on show, with luck some outstanding football, and a big [...]

Team-by-team Euro guide: Group A

Euro 2012 is around the corner, with 16 national teams heading to bases in Poland and Ukraine ready for the big kick on Friday. And while we’re firmly Manchester United focused here at Rant, we’ll be covering the tournament in full: current and former Reds on show, with luck some outstanding football, and a big [...]

Team-by-team Euro guide: Group C

Euro 2012 is around the corner, with 16 national teams heading to bases in Poland and Ukraine ready for the big kick on Friday. And while we’re firmly Manchester United focused here at Rant, we’ll be covering the tournament in full: current and former Reds on show, with luck some outstanding football, and a big [...]

Team-by-team Euro guide: Group B

Euro 2012 is around the corner, with 16 national teams heading to bases in Poland and Ukraine ready for the big kick on Friday. And while we’re firmly Manchester United focused here at Rant, we’ll be covering the tournament in full: current and former Reds on show, with luck some outstanding football, and a big [...]

Ferdinand’s dignified silence in the face of Hodgson’s “total lack of respect”

On the Thames this past Sunday more than 1,000 boats, canoes and ships followed the Queen’s gold-adorned barge from Battersea to Tower Bridge in the first mass flotilla on London’s artery for more than 300 years. The outpouring of national pride and ubiquitous presence of the Union Flag, so infrequently displayed on these shores, was [...]

Seven Reds up for Euro Cup

Sir Alex Ferguson was never one for international football, especially when it gets in the way of Manchester United’s priorities – like a kerching-tastic trip to China, South Africa and Norway this summer. The three-leg, 20,000 mile, summer tour will presumably will take place without those players on international duty at Euro 2012 and the [...]

Hernández earns rest after Gold Cup glory

Sir Alex Ferguson will surely greet Javier Hernández’ Gold Cup win with mixed feelings. Delight for a player who has burst onto the international scene as a genuine star; concern that the 22-year-old striker faces burn out after seven summer matches that crisscrossed North America and racked up more than 8,000 miles on the continent [...]