PREVIEW Euro 2012: Spanyol - Portugal

PRAKIRAAN LINE-UP


PORTUGAL

Rui Patricio
Pereira, Pepe, Alves, Coentrao
Moutinho, Veloso, Meireles
Nani, Almeida, Ronaldo

SPANYOL


Casillas
Arbeloa, Ramos, Pique, Alba
Busquets, Alonso
Silva, Xavi, Iniesta
Torres





 





Dua tim Iberia, Portugal dan Spanyol, akan memperbarui rivalitas mereka berlatar-belakang tiga kemenangan berturut-turut setelah sama-sama meraih hasil tak memuaskan di pertandingan perdana dimana Portugal kalah dari Jerman dan Spanyol ditahan imbang Italia.

Pelatih Seleccao Paulo Bento menyatakan percaya diri meskipun sempat terjadi perkelahian antara dua pemainnya Ricardo Quaresma dan Miguel Lopes saat latihan akhir pekan lalu. Selain itu Bento juga harus membuat perubahan karena striker utama Helder Postiga mengalami cedera paha pada saat melawan Republik Ceko dan harus digantikan Hugo Almeida atau pemain muda Nelson Oliveira di starting line-up.

MOTOGP: Saturday Showdown At ‘The Cathedral’

Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner take their '12 title fight to Assen but might '11 winner Ben Spies have something for them this weekend?


The MotoGP World Championship kicks off its European busy-season at the Iveco TT Assen race this Saturday, as the grid prepares for three weekends of action-packed racing in a row. Riders across all classes will look to collect as many points as possible in the coming weeks, to put themselves in the strongest possible position for the second half of the season. Assen, which is a circuit that is generally very popular among riders, is the only venue that has hosted a Grand Prix event every year since the motorcycle World Championship Grand Prix series started back in 1949.

MOTOGP: Spies Seeks Assen Repeat

American Ben Spies is returning to the scene of his maiden GP win in need of a big result.


Yamaha Factory Racing's Ben Spies (Photo: Evan Williams)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 7 of the MotoGP World Championship from Assen (NED) will air LIVE on SPEED on Saturday, June 30th at 8:00am ET. Qualifying will air LIVE all season long on SPEED2. #SPEEDmoto

The MotoGP paddock arrives in The Netherlands this week for the only Saturday race of the year, The Assen TT on the 30th June. Yamaha Factory rider Jorge Lorenzo arrives at the Assen circuit having won the last three consecutive races and leading the Championship by 25 points. The Dutch circuit is a favourite of his, having won there in all three Grand Prix classes.

WSBK: Biaggi Leads Invasion Of Checa’s Turf

Max Biaggi leads the Superbike World Championship into Spain this weekend.


Aprilia Racing's Max Biaggi (Photo: Aprilia)

The eni FIM Superbike World Championship came away from its mid-season point at Misano Adriatico with a double win for Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) and now arrives in Spain for the start of the second half: seven rounds and 14 races still remain in the run-in for the 2012 world title battle.