SOME EURO CUP TRUTHS.

Here are some truths of the Euro 2012 CUP. 1) The Italian who is the coach of The Republic Of Ireland, Giovanni Trapottoni, who played for Italy in the 1962 WORLD CUP at 23 years then. But today he is the oldest coach to coach a country in a European championship.He is 73 years and 85 days.He beats the previous record set by the Croatian Otto Baric , who was 71 years and 2 days 2) The two smallest countries taking part in the 2012 EURO CUP are Croatia and Republic of Ireland. The fastest goal to be scored in a Euro cup was not scored by the Croatian Mario Manddzukicv , who scored the first goal verses Republic of Ireland 2.30 seconds. The record is still held by the Russian Dimitri Krichenko in 1.7 seconds . it was verses the 2004 Euro Winner Greece. 3) The youngest player to play in a Euro cup was the Dutch player in 2012 Euro Cup at 17 years and 42 days.