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Euro 2012: Female fans back their teams with smiles, tears in Poland/Ukraine



A Spanish supporter blows a kiss (Reuters)
A Croatian fan with her face painted in national colours (Reuters)
A Russia supporter kisses mascot Slavko prior to the Euro 2012 (AP)
A Polish fan cheers (AP)
A England supporter (AP)
Dancers march down Kiev's main avenue during a festive opening of the Euro 2012 soccer (AP)
German soccer fans celebrate the kick off of their team's first game at the Euro 2012 (AP)
Spanish supporters cheer (Reuters)
A supporter of Portugal team cheer (AP)
A woman paints the pattern of a soccer ball on her face at the Euro 2012 (Reuters)
A volunteer shows her nails painted with the colours of the Ukrainian flag (Reuters)
Dissapointed Netherlands' team supporters (Reuters)
A standart-bearers hold Poland's national flags (Reuters)
A Russia soccer fan poses for a photo (Reuters)
Poland soccer fans wait for the start of the Group A Euro 2012 soccer match (Reuters)
Spain soccer fans (AP)
Fans of Poland hold a team scarf (Reuters)
A Russia soccer fan poses smiles (Reuters)
A fan of Greece waits for the start of their Euro 2012 quarter-final soccer match (Reuters)
A soccer fan of Germany smiles (Reuters)
A Greece's fan cheers before the start of their quarter-final soccer match (Reuters)
A Greek fan watches the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match (AP)
An England fan poses with an Ukrainian hostesses for a photo at a Fan Zone (AP)
Soccer fans smile before the start of the Euro 2012 quarter-final soccer match (Reuters)
Soccer fans wait for the start of the Euro 2012 quarter-final soccer match (Reuters)
England soccer fans react during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal (AP)