FRANCE VS ENGLAND Opening-Match Winner Will Take Group D

                                                         France vs England 
                         (EURO 2012 - Group D: 11-06-2012)

France and England have no time to work off the rust in Euro 2012 as they will be facing each other right away in a tough opening match.
The final group to participate in the European Championship is certainly not the easiest. Along with traditional powerhouses England and France, Sweden and Ukraine will also present a challenge.
However, the winner will come from the first match on Monday.
Both England and France have a lot to prove in this tournament. England has many of the world's most talented club players, but the international version has been disappointing. The national team needs to show they can beat quality squads, not just bottom feeders.
The French have a young team with little experience at events of this magnitude. On skill alone, they could be one of the contenders for a title, but it will be important to see how the players react on the big stage.
This is why the opening matchup will be so important for these two teams. Not only will the points earned be vital for advancing to the quarterfinals, but it will give these teams the confidence necessary for the remainder of the group stage.
Host country Ukraine would like to please the hometown fans, but on the field they will simply be overmatched.

Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris will be important for France.
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Sweden has a chance of advancing if they can defeat Ukraine and draw either France or England. This could present a scenario of taking top two in the group stage, but it would likely take some luck along with great play.
There is a decent separation in talent between the top two and bottom two teams, so France and England should advance. However, winning the group could mean the difference between facing Euro favorites Spain in the next round or struggling Italy or Croatia.
The opening match will decide it all, and France has simply seemed like the better team to this point. England has struggled through their friendlies and will be without Wayne Rooney.
France will win Group D and will have a good chance of going deep in the knockout stage.

Fàbregas feels holders' burden against Italy

"Being the favourites is sometimes difficult," said goalscorer Cesc Fàbregas, but he was happy enough to see Spain settle for a 1-1 draw in their Group C opener against Italy.

Cesc Fàbregas, Fernando Torres and Sergio Ramos were not too downhearted in the wake of Spain's opening Group C draw with Italy. Fàbregas praised the character showed by his team as they began their title defence while Torres noted that Spain were able to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup after dropping points in their first match.
Cesc Fàbregas, Spain forward
It was a difficult match. Of course, it was the hardest match we have in this group, against a strong opponent. I think a draw is not that bad after having gone a goal down, because it's all up to us: with two victories we can still get first place. So well, we are happy. Being the favourites is sometimes difficult. We know that when we're playing well we can be a great team, and despite today's result, I think we showed a strong character, and we played well.
I was more surprised than anyone [to be chosen to play up front], but I am happy to have had the chance – happy to be able to play. I hadn't played for almost a month and a half. So to find myself scoring a goal again is very nice, because I was kind of stuck at the end of the season. Had we practised playing without a main striker? No, no. Besides, we – the Barça and Bilbao players – came to the camp very late.
Fernando Torres, Spain forward
We expected to win the match, but a draw was always a possibility against Italy. It was a fair result. Italy had plenty of chances to score, and so did we. In the end we scored one goal each. We have to win the next two matches. That is what is in our minds.
It is important to start by winning, but at the World Cup we started with a defeat, and still managed to win the competition. But it is much more difficult when you start like that. We've started this tournament with a draw, which is not what we hoped for.
[Gianluigi] Buffon had a great match, and maybe he earned them two points. Italy had a spectacular first half, and then they got a little bit tired. We are going to expect the same standard of performance from Ireland and Croatia. So we are going to have faith in ourselves, knowing that it is not normal for Spain to score just once in a game.
Sergio Ramos, Spain defender
It is always difficult to play against a team like Italy. Not winning is not maybe not what we wanted, but you have to consider the team we're playing. Obviously, the pitch did not benefit us much, given the way we like to play. Congratulations also to our opponents for the work they did, especially Gianluigi Buffon, who managed to win some one on ones against our players. He made the difference and that's why he is there.
The way we responded after their goal was very important. You have to know how to react after conceding a goal, and I think we did a good job here, not dawdling, not complaining, but getting ourselves back into the match again. We scored within a few minutes of going behind, and we would have liked to score a second, but it in the end it was not possible.

Apple iOS 6 to dump support for original iPad, 3rd-generation iPod Touch? Both devices missing from a purported full list of developer releases for Apple's next-generation mobile OS.

It's not unusual for Apple to drop iOS support for hardware a couple of generations old, and that is the rumored fate of the original iPad or third-generation iPod Touch.
When Apple unveils its iOS 6 beta, which is expected to happen tomorrow at the World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, the two devices will not be among those supported by the newest version of Apple's mobile operating system, according to a WeiPhone forum post that purports to have the full list of developer releases for both iOS 6 and OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion.Those making the cut appear to be the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 3GS, as well as the fourth-generation iPod and both versions of Apple TV.
However, it's possible that the forum list is incomplete or that Apple hasn't generated links for the devices. Clicking on the existing links provided yields only a message that the session has expired.
The new version of the software that powers iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV is expected to include an overhauled mapping application with 3D features similar to the ones Google demoed just days ago. Another rumor has it that Apple will add Siri, its popular voice assistant software that so far has been an iPhone 4S exclusive, for owners of Apple's latest tablet.

iOS 6 is also expected to feature Facebook integration that will give app makers an easier way to let users log in with their Facebook account, presumably without kicking them out to Facebook's app, which is how the behavior is currently treated.
Apple is expected to fully detail iOS 6 at its WWDC keynote, which kicks off on June 11 at 10 a.m. Pacific. CNET will be there to bring you all the news, as it happens. The pre-game show starts at 8 a.m. PT.

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