Euro 2012 talk: Blokhin's 'man talk', Trapattoni's plans and John Delaney

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Oleg Blokhin. Not a man you'd want to get on the wrong side of.SNS Group

And then there were eight. We're down to the quarter-finals; the nitty-gritty, the business end, where every match is a final (particularly The Final).

If you are suddenly realising that there will be no football on tonight for the first time in ten days, then this is the right place to be.

What better place to start than with wouldn't-want-to-meet-him-on-a-dark-night Ukraine manager, Oleg Blokhin, who suggested that a local journalist "come outside for a man conversation". Quite what that entails, we don't want to know.

Away from Ukrainian justice there was some Ukrainian injustice as the hosts were beaten by a Wayne Rooney header and a distinct lack of goal-line technology. Sweden gave France Les Blues when they beat them 2-0.

Thomas Muller shows his credentials as a goalkeeper, the head of the FAI gives a rousing speech to Irish supporters and Giovanni Trapattoni announces his intention to stay on as Ireland boss.

All that and more in today’s Euro 2012 talk.

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