PST: Live-blogging Tuesday's Euro 12 games

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Euro 2012?s second round of group games kicks off today and will waste no time pushing on team face-to-face with elimination. Coming off their 4-1 loss Friday to Russia, the Czech Republic can book their return flight to Prague if they lose today?s first match to Greece.

That game kicks off at noon Eastern in Warsaw, with what?s likely to be Group A?s most entertaining game following at 2:45 p.m. Then, Russia will be in Warsaw to face co-hosts Poland, match that may or may not be embroiled in security concerns. Staging issues aside, Russia can clinch a quarterfinal spot with a win. If Greece and the Czech Republic draw, Russia can clinch first place.

We?ll be updating you on the day?s significant events below. In the interim, here?s some pre-match reading:

And now that you?re through skipping over the bullets, here?s Monday?s action:

(All times Eastern)

1327 ? Greece 1-2 Czech Republic ? Greece is preparing to make their final substitution, and it will be an attacking one. Kostas Mitroglou will come on. Young Kostas Fortounis will come off. Between Mitroglou, Fanis Gekas, Samaras and Salpingidis, this is about as attacking as Greece can be.

1322 ? Greece 1-2 Czech Republic ? Czechs had made another change. Milan Baros is off. Tomas Pakhart is on. Baros was pretty useless.

1310 ? Greece 1-2 Czech Republic ? Petr Cech and Tomas Sivok combine to gift Greece a goal, giving them hope. A passionless ball from Giorgios Samaras on the right bounces toward the spot. Cech?s coming for what looks like an each grab, but he and Sivok collide. The ball rolls to Theofanis Gekas who has an easy finish into an open net.

Looking at the replay, Cech had lost control of the ball before he an Sivok (not Kadlec) collided. He just got kind of spooked by the defender and lost control of the situation.

1302 ? Greece 0-2 Czech Republic - We?re back. Second half has started. Each team makes one halftime chance. Tomas Rosicky is off for the Czechs with Viktoria Plzen?s Daniel Kolar on. That?s either an injury or preservation. For Greece, Theofanis Gekas on for the relatively anonymous Giorgos Fotakis.

1301 ? Greece 0-2 Czech Republic, Halftime ? Some numbers ? Possession: Czech Republic 51-49; Shots: Czech Republic 6-2; Shots on target: Czech Republic 3-2.

1247 ? Greece 0-2 Czech Republic, Halftime ? That?s halftime, and as you can tell by the (in)frequency of updates, thinks slowed down dramatically after the opening fireworks. The Czech Republic still looked the better them but only tested Sifakis once. At the other end, Greece never worried Petr Cech. Their best rout into attack has been Katsouranis playing long balls out of the back, but Samaras has not been able to win enough of them.

Who needs coffee?

1221 ? Greece 0-2 Czech Republic ? Greece goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias plays a ball out an raises his hand to the bench. He needs to come off. Michalis Sifakis comes in, the second match in a row Greece has been forced into a first half substitution.

1219 ? Greece 0-2 Czech Republic ? Greece has come into the match, evening things from the Czechs? rousing opening. Neither team?s creating any decent chances. Greece looks a little more sure of themselves at the back, though they seem to have few options in attack when they try to get forward.

1206 ? Greece 0-2 Czech Republic ? This has been a horror tournament for Jose Holebas. Right back Theodor Gebre Selassie beats Holebas to the line, cuts it into the six where Vaclav Pilar wins a battle with Katsouranis, scoring his second goal of the tournament.

1205 ? Greece 0-1 Czech Republic ? Pre-match we speculated Giannis Maniatis would drop back and play central defense. It?s actually Kostas Katsouranis.

1203 ? Greece 0-1 Czech Republic ? Petr Jiracek has put the Czech up within three minutes. Tomas Hubschman finds Petr Jiracek cutting across Jose Holebas from the right. He?s in on got and finishes into the right netting. It?s 1-0.

1200 ? Greece 0-0 Czech Republic ? We?re off, with Greece moving from left to right.

1155 ? Teams are on the field and listen to/singing their anthems. Kick off is minutes away.

1117 ? We?re still a long way from the top of the hour kickoff, but here are your lineups and my obligatory picks:

Czech Republic: ?ech, Gebre Selassie, Kadlec, Sivok, Limbersk?, Rosick?, Pla?il, Pila?, H?bschman, Jir??ek, Baro? SUBS: La?tuvka, Drobn?, Such?, Hubn?k, Rajtoral, Rezek, Petr?ela, Kol??, Darida, Necid.

Two changes for the Czechs. Viktoria Plzen?s David Limbersky comes in at the back for Roman Hubnik while defensive midfielder Tomas Hubschman gets the start, pushing Jan Rezek to the bench. That likely moves Jaroslav Plasil higher in the formation (into the attacking line of the Czech Republic?s 4-2-3-1). Huschman?s set to start next to Petr Jiracek in front of the defense.

Greece: Chalkias, Maniatis, Papadopoulos, Torossidis, Holebas, Karagounis, Fotakis, Katsouranis, Fortounis, Samaras, Salpingidis SUBS: Tzorvas, Sifakis, Tzavellas, Malezas, Makos, Ninis, Fetfatzidis, Liberopoulos, Mitroglou, Gekas, Pekhart, Lafata.

As we speculated in the preview, Fernando Santos seems to have dropped midfielder Giannis Maniatis into defense, with both Greece?s starting center halves out for this one. Nineteen-year-old Kostas Fourtounis?will take his place in midfield. There are two other changes. Sotiris Ninis and Theofanis Gekas go to the bench. ?Giorgos Fotakis?and first match hero Dimitris Salpingidis are in the XI.

Picks for today? I have Greece 2-1 and Poland to upset Russia by the same score.
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