Brad Smith 
England vs France (1700GMT)
England are battling a few big injuries, along with Wayne Rooney’s suspension, leaving them short of experience in the final third for todays encounter with France.
Spain vs Italy (1700 GMT)Todays Group C games start with an interesting clash between the current holders, and a revitalised Italy team who were beaten in this fixture at the quarter-finals stage four years ago, on penalties.
Mata clocked up 54 appearances for Chelsea in his debut season, impressive on all accounts since his £24m move from Valencia in the summer.
He scored twelve goals, including one on his debut versus Norwich, and notched a notable twenty-one assists also.
As well as scoring on his league debut, he netted the second on his Champions League debut, against Bayer Leverkusen in early September.
With Jose Bosingwa set for an exit from Chelsea. The next logical signing would be a right-sided defender, and here, I’ll look at a few of the many names that have been mentioned.
You might remember, in early April, I looked at Cezar Apzilicueta, the Marseille right-back, who has impressed a lot this season, a caught the eye of many European giants.
I wanted to gauge interest in who Chelsea fans would be wanting as their new manager, should Roberto Di Matteo not be offered the job.
200 of you answered, and over three-quarters of you, 79% in fact, voted for Pep Guardiola.
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With hard work already being completed in the transfer market, Roman Abramovich is obviously pulling strings behind the scenes, with Marin and Hazard already added to the squad, along with possibly Hulk over the next few days.
However, Roman is neglecting a pair of Chelsea legends, who have arguably steered a rocking ship to one of the best seasons in the modern era. Both Di Matteo and Eddie Newton have been key to the change in fortunes, and Blues fans all over the world are pleading to give DI Matteo the full-time job, although Roman is extremely keen on poaching Pep Guardiola after him leaving Barcelona this summer.
For those of you outside of Europe, or those that country hasn’t even qualified for Euro2012, who will you be supporting?
I will be giving you a helping hand, by looking at the players that are representing Chelsea, and their countries at Euro 2012, and their chances of doing well.
The 23 year old has been something of an unpublicised prodigy since breaking into the Borussia Monchengladbach side aged 18.
The attacking midfielder/winger has never been a true goalscorer, scoring no more than 4 goals in a Bundesliga season since his arrival on the scene, but what he lacks in goals, he provides in assists, as he has notched up over 10 in each of his three seasons at the top tier, including 18 in the 09/10 season.
For the umpteenth time in the last two seasons, Chelsea have been linked with Brazilian striker Hulk, who Is set to be on his way out of Porto this summer.
His agent said “We are open to talks with Chelsea, at any time, any place. He likes the English Premier league a lot and Chelsea are a good club for Hulk”