Euro 2012 talk: England fans land FA in dock, Polish manager quits

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Greece's Kostas Katsouranis gets a lift as his team upset the odds to make the quarter finals of Euro 2012.Leonhard Foeger / Reuters

The fallout from the final round of games in Group A rolls over into Sunday, as Poland and Russia contemplate what went wrong.

Greece and the Czech Republic meanwhile are celebrating their unlikely progression to the knockout stages, with Celtic forward Georgios Samaras saying he hoped their victory over Russia was a morale boost for the whole Greek nation.

With three more days of the group stages to go, there's a look at the most disappointing players so far, all the goals from Saturday's action and a straw poll of fans in Kiev on whether Joey Barton should have been in the England squad after all.

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Our daily video bulletin on all the latest from Euro 2012, with a look ahead to Group B's final fixtures.

Czech Rep 1-0 Poland: Petr Jiracek the hero as Czechs dispose of Poland

Highlights as Czech Republic stun their hosts to book a place in the quarter finals of Euro 2012.

Greece 1-0 Russia: Stubborn Greece send Russia home with Warsaw victory

See the strike from Giorgios Karagounis which carried Greece into the Euro 2012 knockout stages.

UEFA open proceedings against the English FA

Disciplinary proceedings have been opened against the FA for the inappropriate behaviour of their supporters – attempted invasion of the field of play – at their match with Sweden on Friday.

Franciszek Smuda quits as Poland boss

The coach had stood down having failed to take the co-hosts through to the knockout stages (Soccerway).

Blaszczykowski hits out at Poland FA president for 'taking team's focus away' from the pitch

The skipper blames his association's boss for the co-hosts' early Euro 2012 exit, saying his team were preoccupied with trying to find tickets for family members (Goal)

Bilek: We learnt from our mistakes

The Czech Republic coach says lessons learned in their heavy opening defeat to Russia helped them through to the last eight (FIFA.com)

Dick Advocaat disappointed by Russia exit

The outgoing Russia coach says his side were "unfortunate" to bow out of the tournament at the group stages (Soccerway)

Georgios Samaras dedicates win to home front

The Celtic and Greece forward says the squad are delighted to have brought joy to the population of his country (Soccerway)

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Euro 2012's ten most disappointing players so far

Bleacher Report picks out those who have failed to impress at this summer's competition.

Cartoon of the day: Germans keep close eye on Greece and Giorgos Karagounis

Omar Momani puts into pictures how closely the Germans are watching the Greeks' success story at Euro 2012 (Goal).

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talkSPORT goes out on the streets of Kiev to speak to England fans about who they would play up front against Ukraine and asks fans of other nations whether Joey Barton should have been in the squad for Euro 2012.

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