Bernie's Sports Focus 19th June 2013

The Euro Cup game between Valletta and Hibernian’s ended in a 1-1 draw to leave both clubs sharing second place behind leaders Sliema Wanderers.

City went in front on the half hour and Hib’s had to wait till the last few minutes of the match to rescue a point.
The tournament continues on Friday when Hibernian’s play leaders Sliema, Valletta meet bottom club B’Kara on Saturday.

Maltese referee Esther Azzopardi is at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon as she prepares for the UEFA Women’s European Championships to be held in Sweden in July.

A first half hat-trick by Thiago Alcantara helped Spain retain their European U/21 title with a 4-2 win over Italy.
The Italians who have won the title a record five times are without a victory since they beat Serbia and Montenegro in the 2004 final.

Stuart Pearce will not have his contract as England’s U/21 manager renewed. The FA said they would not be renewing his contract following England’s disastrous showing the European U/21 Championships where they lost all three of their group matches.

Russia’s coach Fabio Capello is being linked to the manager’s job at Paris St Germain according to repowers in France.

David Moyes begins his reign as the new manager at Manchester United with a triop to Swansea on the opening day of the new footballing season.
Jose Mourinho has a first day home game against newly promoted Hull/
Manuel Pellegrini faces a fiery test in charge of Manchester City with a trip to Newcastle.