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A soccer enthusiast takes a photograph of a woman as she poses in front a giant clock displaying the countdown to the Euro 2012 soccer championship, in Gniewino, Poland. AP/Alvaro Barrientos
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Head coach Paulo Bento, left, talks to players Fabio Coentrao, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Alves, Rolando and Miguel Veloso, from left, during a training session of Portugal at the Euro 2012 soccer championship in Opalenica, Poland. AP/Armando Franca
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England's Wayne Rooney arrives at the team hotel as they prepare for the Euro 2012 soccer championships in Krakow. Reuters/Nigel Roddis
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Fans of Legia football club attend a ceremony dedicated to Polish football legend Kazimierz Deyna in front of Legia football club stadium in Warsaw, Poland. AP/Czarek Sokolowski
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Russian cheerleaders perform to mark the departure of a special soccer fans' train from Moscow, Russia to Poland to attend the Euro 2-12 soccer tournament. AP/Misha Japaridze
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A seal balances a ball, painted in Greek national flag colors, during a Uefa Euro 2012 football championships promotion at Dusit zoo in Bangkok. AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
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A woman shows shoes designed by Igor Zaytsev decorated with flags she sells at her shop ahead of the Euro 2012 football championships in Donetsk. AFP/Alexander Khudoteply
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Dutch fans pose in the Euro 2012 fanzone in Kiev on the eve of the Euro 2012 football championships opening match in Warsaw. AFP/Sergei Supinsky
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A football fan poses in the Euro 2012 fanzone in Kiev. AFP/Sergei Supinsky
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A pig called Funtik is seen in its cage in the Euro 2012 fanzone in Kiev. Funtik, a "psychic" pig, is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches during the Euro 2012 football championships. AFP/Sergei Supinsky
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Croatia's national football team midfielder Niko Kranjcar (R) gestures during a press conference with headcoach Slaven Bilic (L) and midfielder Luka Modric in Warka. AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff
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Puppets made by residents, dressed in Poland's national soccer team colours stand behind a prediction for the result of Poland's opening Euro 2012 soccer match against Greece, in Opalenica. Reuters/Bartosz Jankowski
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Germany's national soccer player Philipp Lahm (L) and manager Oliver Bierhoff pose for photographers before a news conference ahead of the Euro 2012 in Gdansk. Reuters/Thomas Bohlen
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Tiffany Beveridge from Philadelphia, takes a look at handmade Polish porcelain decorations of soccer jerseys from Spain, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands during the Euro 2012 soccer championships in a shop in Warsaw, Poland. AP/Gero Breloer
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