Euro 2012 predictions and England rivals

MANCHESTER - Yesterday Mario Balotelli scored a goal with his chest, with his heart :).
I'm looking at the Euro 2012 calendar with the fixtures of the groups and how they are combined, and if everything goes as it should (considering the current strength of the teams), but of course it always goes in a different way ('cause there's also: luck, injuries, drunk players, ghost goals against England, idiotic referees paid by Blatter, etc.), qualified to the quarter finals there should be, more or less: 

• Spain vs france (but I wish Sweden or Ukraine instead of france) 
• Germany vs Russia
• Holland vs Greece (quite easy eh, but the Netherlands have one of the most difficult groups, so it's ok here)
• England vs Italy (uuuuuuhhhh I would love it, this time I think Italy would lose, and I'd be happy, there should be a chance for England too... in this case, there wouldn't be referees paid by Blatter, 'cause he hates England AND Italy only... more Italy, as he's got too many "important, useful friends" of English nationality...)

(Portugal would go home during the group, behind Holland and Germany)

So the semi-finals could be:

• Spain vs Germany (almost sure this match here, in this situation, same as South Africa 2010)
• Holland vs England

So probably there's a high percentage of the same World Cup 2010 final, Spain-Holland, but I think Germany will improve even more. I see Germans are lucky 'cause they can hardly have Italy on their way... they always lose against us. And it's since 1996 they don't win an international cup, and considering their good past, it's about time. Well, England since 1966, the only one cup... really about time.

Here are England's first rivals:

Sweden

POPULATION: 9.2 million.
CAPITAL: Stockholm.
DISH: Meatballs (lol).
TOP TOTTY: Ulrika Jonsson and Tiger Woods' ex-missus Elin Nordegren.
FANS: Blonde :)
EXPORTS: Ikea, Beowulf, Abba.
LEGENDARY PLAYERS: Henrik Larsson, Freddie Ljungberg, Glenn Stromberg. Today, AC Milan giant Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
DON'T MENTION: The Norwegians (lol same for me... Norwegian wood this (high flying) bird has flown).
TOP TIPPLE: Akvavit — a strong spirit made from herbs, spices and fruit oil.
ENGLAND v SWEDEN HEAD-TO-HEAD: Played 22 times.
England won 7, drawn 9, lost 6 (first win for England in 43 years was some days ago with Capello)
Goals for: 33, Goals against: 26.
Percentage result: 52.27%.

Ukraine

POPULATION: 47.7 million.
CAPITAL: Kiev.
DISH: Borscht (beetroot soup).
TOP TOTTY: Daria Werbowy — the face of Lancome and one of the world's top models, but here's a photo of Olga Freimut.
FANS: Notoriously tough.
EXPORTS: Heavyweight boxing champs, the Klitschko brothers.
LEGENDARY PLAYERS: AC Milan legend Andriy Shevchenko, who scored 46 goals for the national side, and Andriy Voronin.
DON'T MENTION: Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.
TOP TIPPLE: Horilka — a harsh vodka made from potatoes.
ENGLAND v UKRAINE HEAD-TO-HEAD: Played 4 times.
England won 3, drawn 0, lost 1.
Goals for: 7. Goals against: 2.
Percentage result: 75%


france

POPULATION: 62.3 million.
CAPITAL: Paris.
DISH: Snails (uuuuhhh no thanks).
TOP TOTTY: Busty M&S lingerie model Noemie Lenoir.
FANS: Blue and singing La Marseillaise (that is an anthem speaking about going to war... little detail: france never won a war).
EXPORTS: Kissing with tongues (not true, just a stereotype, Latins came before them with that too).
LEGENDARY PLAYERS: Zinedine "headbutt" Zidane, Michel Platini, Eric "kung fu" Cantona, Thierry "hand-job" Henry.
DON'T MENTION: Waterloo... or hairy armpits.
TOP TIPPLE: Le vin rouge (2nd to the Italian wine, il vino, nominated the best one in the world).
ENGLAND v FRANCE HEAD-TO-HEAD: Played 28 times.
England won 16, drawn 4, lost 8.
Goals for: 66. Goals against: 35.
Percentage result: 64.3%.