Under Laurent Blanc, France have recovered from their South Africa setback to become real UEFA EURO 2012 contenders, and captain Hugo Lloris tells UEFA.com how their confidence has returned.

Howard Webb and Jonas Eriksson discuss the vital role additional assistant referees are likely to play at UEFA EURO 2012, providing unique viewpoints and eyes in the back of their heads.

Ruud Gullit relives the Netherlands' superb 1988 victory with UEFA.com, saying: "It was like you are in a film," as he talks about their preparations under Rinus Michels and their memorable homecoming.

"For every player this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing," striker Robert Lewandowski told UEFA.com as he looked ahead to playing for Poland on home soil at UEFA EURO 2012.

Italy's impressive qualifying campaign has given them "belief that we are on the right track" for UEFA EURO 2012, Azzurri central defender Giorgio Chiellini has told UEFA.com.

Roy Hodgson is the man charged with the responsibility of leading England at UEFA EURO 2012 after the Football Association confirmed his appointment as Fabio Capello's successor.

The Follow the Trophy tour reaches its fourth stop on Thursday and UEFA.com has been with it from the start, when Andrzej Szarmach and Christian Karembeu told us all about it.

Andrey Arshavin believes Russia can benefit from having much of the semi-finalist squad from four years ago involved at UEFA EURO 2012 but Pavel Pogrebnyak is wary of their group.

Despite being drawn in arguably the toughest group at UEFA EURO 2012, Denmark goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen has told UEFA.com his team-mates are ready to confront their daunting task.

UEFA's chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina talks to UEFA.com about the huge challenge facing the 12 match officials who will take charge at UEFA EURO 2012 and the key to the art of refereeing.