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Group B is really tough. Joining the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany are Portugal who we have a look at here.

Eduardo

Rui Patricio

Beto

No-one has any doubts over the abilities of Eduardo and Rui Patricio, but can Beto make the step up from the Romanian league to top international level? One thing we like better than a goalkeeper yelling at his defenders is one that takes a penalty, and that's where Eduardo scores highly.

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The third side we have a look at from Group B are many people's favourites - Germany.

Manuel Neuer

Tim Wiese

Ron-Robert Zieler

The Germans have so many keepers to choose from. Bernd Leno and Marc-Andre ter Stegen didn't make the cut, but young Zieler will understudy for undisputed number one Neuer and the archetypal nutcase Wiese. Neuer's vein-bulging strops are something to behold - a gold standard among modern goalkeepers.

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Not had one of these for a while, and this one is a classic. So good, in fact, it almost warrants an Unbelievable Jeff.
Stojan Vranjes, back defending for Bosnia against Mexico. Just clear it, son....





That's Conference

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But the football's all finished, right? WRONG! Football never ever stops. You just need to be a bit more creative to get your fix. Here's what we'll be keeping an eye out for this weekend.

Promotion to Spain's Primera Division is up for grabs for either Celta Vigo or Real Valladolid. Celta play fifth-placed Cordoba and a point would do both - Celta for promotion and Cordoba to seal a play-off place. Valladolid play Guadalajara who need a win to stand a chance of staying up. Alcorcon and Hercules are in the play-off places at the moment, but only Almeria from outside can possibly make it in. They must beat relegated Alcoyano to stand a chance.

It's the semi-finals of the Copa Argentina. After coming through a penalty shoot-out last Wednesday against Rosario Central, Boca Juniors face Deportivo Merlo in one game while River Plate take on Racing Club in the other. Since River's relegation, we've been denied superclasico action. Maybe the cup final? Fingers crossed.

It's an international frenzy - meaning pretty much every domestic league still running is on hiatus - with World Cup qualifiers Africa, Oceania, Asia and South America. Pick of the African games is Tunisia v Equatorial Guinea while New Zealand's trip to Fiji is the only show iin town in Oceania. In South America, Uruguay, Venezuela and Argentina top the standings on seven points. It's Uruguay v Venezuela on Saturday with Argentina at home to Ecuador. With Brazil being the hosts, there's only nine sides in the competition and it's Paraguay who sit out this round.
The Toulon tournament comes to a close with Mexico playing Turkey in Friday's final. It's France v Holland in the 3rd-place game.

Finally, there's a Central Asian derby as Kyrgyzstan go to Kazakhstan for what is termed a friendly. USA v Canada should be fun too.

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For the second of our Group B previews, let's have a look at Denmark's selection of stoppers.

Stephan Andersen

Anders Lindegaard

Kasper Schmeichel

Losing Thomas Sorensen is clearly a blow, but Denmark are still able to field three capable keepers. With Sorensen's injury, Schmeichel junior was added to the squad. The son of the undisputed king of yelling at defenders, he has a lot to live up to.

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Group A is dispensed with, so the logical thing to do now would be to get stuck in to Group B. And we're nothing if not slaves to alphabetical convention, so let's start with The Netherlands.

Maarten Stekelenburg

Michel Vorm

Tim Krul

Three good, expressive keepers and, let's face it, when you play behind Joris Mathijsen, Khalid Boulahrouz and Johnny Heitinga, you've got more than most to complain about. They've had some good ones down the years have the Netherlands and the current crop are as good as any.

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The last of our Group A previews focuses on the Czech Republic.

Petr Cech

Jan Laštuvka

Jaroslav Drobny

Petr Cech may still be one of the best goalkeepers around, but the headgear he's been sporting since 'the incident' at Reading does rather undermine his authority. But in Laštuvka and the gloriously eccentric Drobny, the Czechs are well covered.

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Russia are the third team in group A that we'll have a look at via the tried and trusted mechanism of goalkeepers yelling at defenders.

Igor Akinfeev

Anton Shunin

Vyacheslav Malafeev

With Akinfeev recovering from injury in time for the competition, it'll be interesting to see if Dick Advocaat goes with him or Malafeev who played the majority of qualification. He'd better hope both those two remain fit as Shunin looks a callow youth with low yelling at defender abilities.

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Our second team to be profiled is Greece.

Michalis Sifakis

Kostas Chalkias

Alexandros Tzorvas

Good depth and a variety of facial expressions will score highly with the judges. That's a classic from Tvorzas, but was that just a one-off from a usually relaxed keeper? When the pressure is on, is he able to step it up?

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Part one of our Euro 2012 previews via the medium of goalkeepers yelling at defenders, here we have a look at Poland.

Wojciech Szczesny

Grzegorz Sandomierski

Przemysław Tytoń

Not a bad selection by Franciszek Smuda. Plenty of variety, though Sandomierski needs to up his yelling. Leaving out the master shouter Artur Boruc may yet come back to haunt the Poles.