Eurocup 2008

[Random_Hero]

The big tourney is starting this weekend. So far looks like Germany is the favourite to win according to the betting shops.

I know most of SRK doesn't give a fuck about soccer. Sorry for wasting your time having to click on this thread.

Other then that discuss who your favourites are. I have croatia making it to the finals but i'm a bit biased considering that i am croatian. I think spain has a great chance to win except that there the team know for being perenial under achivers.

[Jimmy Bones]

I dont mind the stats, but Germany got my pick.
Portugal will rock Montreal.

[Pained Auron]

I hope Portugal loses

[Random_Hero]

As long as italy doesn't win ill be happy. I live in an area that's 70 dago. When they won the world cup it was like dippity do was giving out free gel. Italians everywhere.

[FlyingGuy]

Klose and Ballack have my pick. wait.... theres oher people on the german team? haha.

[Lantis]

As long as italy doesn't win ill be happy.

:mad: HEY! FUCK YOU!

Blue Impact will WIN IT ALL yet again.... Too bad they have, like.... The hardest group ever (France AND Netherlands? GTFO)

LAWLZ @ no England. :rofl:

Germany aint winning SHIT! Last week, they couldn't even defeat BELARUS! Some fuckin' low-tier ex-Russian country! Fuck 'em!

[Sousuke]

well, belarus was an exhibition match after a hard training camp and germany won their last game against serbia. though results in such matches doesn't really mean anything.


i am with germany. i will be in switzerland at friday. w00t!

[diifii]

Germany is over hyped.

[Sousuke]

kinda true. i say we have a good team but we won't win automatically. the ec is the hardest tournament out there. harder than wc. everyone can win it. you saw it 2004.

[FlyingGuy]

true, its not an auto-win. it will be fun to watch. i got germany, my buddy has france. we'll see

[Random_Hero]

i am with germany. i will be in switzerland at friday. w00t!

I was looking to go but the price tag was too high. it would work out to 5500 euros for 10 nights hotel and tickets to all 3 croatia group stage matches. Aswell as transportation to and from the cities.

[chopperbyrne]

I have an accumulator on with Germany to win at 4/1, Klose to be top scorer at 9/1 and Ballack to be player of the tournament at 10/1.

Could be a nice little earner for me.

Disappointed Ireland aren't there, but now we have a world class manager I'm confident we'll qualify for the 2010 World Cup.

Edit: It's just called Euro 2008, not Eurocup 2008.

[Lantis]

I just remembered there were no British teams in this Euro....

Heh, they have the best leagues, yet...they can't qualify a single team for the Euro. :rofl:

Is Eduardo Da Silva cleared to play for Croatia? That broken ankle was fuckin' SICK! :wasted:

[Random_Hero]

I just remembered there were no British teams in this Euro....

Heh, they have the best leagues, yet...they can't qualify a single team for the Euro. :rofl:

Is Eduardo Da Silva cleared to play for Croatia? That broken ankle was fuckin' SICK! :wasted:

Ya england has to many imported players playing in there league.

Da Silva will be out for another 6-10 months depending on rehab. His injury was horible. they say if it took 10 mins longer to get to the hospital they would have had to amputate his foot. Big loss for croatia seeing he's our best goal scorer by far. He scored 10 in qualifying. Hopefully some of the other guys can step up there game.

[drobizh]

Heh, they have the best leagues, yet...they can't qualify a single team for the Euro. :rofl:

That's cause 70% of players in the English premiership are foreigners. 4 real.

They still have good players, but Croats assed them out in the Quals. Well Robinson obviously lent the Croats a hand:smile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2n1aMvqNXw

[Lantis]

Probably the sickest thing of England's elimination was the fact that Croatia was already QUALIFIED for the Euro, and yet they came to Wembley and ruined England's shit....

That's some cold-blooded stuff right there. :rofl:

[regulate]

Is there hope for a Netherlands vs Portugal game? The last one was crazy!

[drobizh]

Is there hope for a Netherlands vs Portugal game? The last one was crazy!

Rotfl yeah. If they only had 12 gauges...22 dead + 3 referees

[DanSC]

i guess most of the matches will be airing at noon in the US right?

[Lantis]

Yeah, the time range for the games is between 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

[drobizh]

more like 2.30pm or 3pm ET

edit: scratch that, lantis has it right.

[R-Jive]

Man, NL is going to have on hell of a time in this group.

[Random_Hero]

Probably the sickest thing of England's elimination was the fact that Croatia was already QUALIFIED for the Euro, and yet they came to Wembley and ruined England's shit....

That's some cold-blooded stuff right there. :rofl:

Some russian mobster bought the 3 goal scorers new mercedes after that game. :party:

[EveryFlowerFlow]

LAWLZ @ no England. :rofl:



:annoy::bluu::sad:

I dunno, England aren't there and Totti retired from international football so I don't reall care about italy anymore... I don't really have a team to support. Guess I'll be a neutral fan for the first time in a while

[Taskmaster]

Sadly, I foresee Holland getting raped by bought out refs against Italy and beaten fairly by the Germans.

R-Jive, get the fuck off SRK and finish my stickart.

[TheMaidenMasha]

Italia!

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Cannavaro just got peaced out in training. No EURO for him

[ThePurpleBunny]

No England? Awww. Guess Becks is just gonna have to suck it up and play for MLS some more.

And fuck Italy. All I want to see out of them is provoking bald opponents and getting head crushed.

Unleash the powah!

[Galactic]

2 Euro's 1 Cup?

^_-;

[Lantis]

No England? Awww. Guess Becks is just gonna have to suck it up and play for MLS some more.

I still can't get over Beckham's salary. I mean, the fucker earns ONE MILLION DOLLARS A WEEK! For sitting on his ass! Goddamn it, I was born good looking too, and I don't get $1mil a week! :mad:

Life is such a bitch....

[Random_Hero]

It's about to start. Everyone get hype.

[chopperbyrne]

Gonna miss the second match tonight watching UFC, but three weeks of international football OH YEAH!!!!!!

[Random_Hero]

That opening ceremony made me wanna throw up something fierce.

[chopperbyrne]

3-1 to the Czechs, Koller to score the first goal.

[DanSC]

why england is not in tournament? and what channel is airing the match? i even try to look at spanish channel and still dont see any game on..

[chopperbyrne]

England didn't qualify and I have no idea what US channels are showing it.

[DanSC]

what? england not qualify? that is something hard for me to believe...and damn i still cant watch soccer :(

[chopperbyrne]

England were very poor all throughout their qualifying campaign.

[Ryu & Ken]

It aint a tour without Argentina and Brazil, so I guess I will have to wait until 2010

Anyway I am thinking maybe Portugal as they have the 3rd best player in the world right now

[Random_Hero]

It aint a tour without Argentina and Brazil, so I guess I will have to wait until 2010

Anyway I am thinking maybe Portugal as they have the 3rd best player in the world right now

Im assuming you mean kaka, and ronaldinho as 1 and 2. After the year Ronaldo has had i would say he's the best in the work.

What a save off the free kick. 0-0 at half for portugal and turkey.

[Ryu & Ken]

Im assuming you mean kaka, and ronaldinho as 1 and 2. After the year Ronaldo has had i would say he's the best in the work.

What a save off the free kick. 0-0 at half for portugal and turkey.

:amazed:

Er NO, I meant Messi and then Kaka, if you want to put Ronny in there then thats your business as he aint done the business in 2 years now

[CPS_3]

Hey what's up?

First day is over and not a bad start.

Switzerland 0 - 1 Czechs
Portugal 2 - 0 Turkey

Switzerland had some real bad luck. They played really well the whole time and were constantly attacking. Unfortunately the Czechs defense was too good, they played a nasty JWong turtle style and scored out of nowhere. Switzerland had some good chances(one shot on the bar) but even more bad luck when their top scorer and captain got hurt so bad that he can't play any further, the tourneys over for him. That really sucks, Dude had tears in his eyes =/

Portugal dominated the whole time, Ronaldo was not that great imo but the rest of the team. The turks seemed unorganized and didn't stand a chance. Besides the two goals portugal had 3 chances that hit the post(That's like 3 unintentional parries of a noob everytime you wan't to finish him off).
I kinda felt bad for the turkish fans.

I think the Czechs will come far with that playing style if they have too. Their defense is rock solid with that complete rank of Seria A players.

Tomorrows games will be

Austria - Croatia
Poland - Germany

Hey Random Hero,

We'll be playing against each other tomorrow, how do you think it will end? I honestly have no clue, beeing Austrian and thereby born pessimist it's kinda hard to believe we'll get anything but a draw. On the other hand, we have home advantage and played 3:4 against the netherlands(did lead 3:0 but got some really nasty goals) so it's not that unlikely.

For me this and Group C are my favourites. Group C because it basically is a mini EM and Group A because the matches are awesome from a cultural perspective.
Croatia is one of my favourite teams and as I live in Vienna I have a lot of Croatian Friends. I'll really be enjoying that game tomorrow... I'm so pumped, the first time I am where the cup is held plus it's in my country and the finale in my home town :woot:

Poland and Germany are also two great teams in this group, Poland because many polish people live here and Germany ... well we kinda are what Canada is to the US :P So every game will be fulled with fire :wgrin:

My Top 3 guesses for the title are

Croatia
Spain
Winner of Group C(because who ever survives that group at least makes it to the finale

So far not much of an spirit is going around, probably because the first games were in basel. I've seen a lot of croatia fans today so tomorrow the atmosphere is gonna be great. =D

Oh and, it's great the cup is here an all but a cup of beer(0.5l) costs € 5,50 at the fan zones" :mad:

[SunocO]

i think all matches are played on ESPN Classic. starts at 11:30am and 2:30pm everyday i think.

[Sacr3D]

As long as italy doesn't win ill be happy. I live in an area that's 70 dago. When they won the world cup it was like dippity do was giving out free gel. Italians everywhere.

lmao I feel you we got this big italian sector here. They better not fucking win.

[L4undry]

Got some Germany vs. Poland action in 6 or so hours, I'm excited. Great rivalry going there, maybe we'll see some blitzkrieg action.

My only real concern for this tournament is that none of our players get inured before the season. We don't need Van Persie out for another half season again; dude's been on life support these past two seasons where we hardly see him. Fabregas better stay fit too. Otherwise I'm just hoping for some good football. Maybe for CRonaldo to break his ankle or something, that'd be a good sight.

[KneelB4Me]

Being English, and seeing how we didnt make it, my pick is with Spain. Since they are like England in having good players, but dont win shit because they usually dont perform as well as expected. Im hoping that a few unknowns will burst onto the scene in this tourny.

And I think Germany are always a safe pick. Their defense isnt as good as it used to be, with the exception of Lahm I guess. But the attacking threat is still damn good, Klose, Podolski, Ballack etc. Once again I think they will score some NICE long shots!

I was upset that not many teams were testing out their shooting yesterday. So many goalkeepers have complained about the ball moving all over the place.

Czech Rep was bordering on depressing, even tho they won. Koller got NO service..

[DagV]

i saw both matches yesterday. I feel bad for the swiss people .. they totally played the better offensive fotball and got a lucky counter goal against them. the Cechs didt look at all like the super team they had last european championship but maybe they plan to do it like Greece did last time and have 11 men in defense the entire tournament..and counter teams to death.

the Portugal-Turkey game is one of the best nationals fotball matches ive seen in a long time.. Portugal looks incredibly strong and i wouldt dare bet against them not winning. I mean you just gotta like em they play really fun football to watch.


as for who wins this stuff i wouldt rule out italy or germany. its hard to predict theres almost no poor team in the entire european championships anyone could beat anyone. the draw in group C is just brutal..gotta be one of the hardest group ive seen in any championships (France , Netherlands , Italy and Romania)


OH .. i really feel for England not making the cut.. there was some brutal Keeper mistakes. Im Norwegian and if anyone wanna see why we didt make the Euro 2008 and have a good laugh while doing it heres the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWahCCha4kk&feature=related

[Ryu & Ken]

I hope Greece dont do it again as how can a European team say they are the best in Europe but oops we aint good enough for the WC 2006

It's a shame Cannovro (spelt wrong) I know, so Italy have problems straight away, I hope Van Nistroy (again spelt wrong) gets the Golden boot.

I cant see Romania getting to the quarters as it aint the 90's team no more with Hagi and co

[YellowS4]

ze Germans!

[locoghoul]

go germans!

[regulate]

Fuck poland, its ww2 all over again! I still hate lehmann, KAHN!!!!

[Ryu & Ken]

Podolski does it again

[ThePurpleBunny]

Yay Germany! Poland can't beat us. Their sausage cannot stand up to our SAUERKRAUTBRUGASCHNAUZEN!

[SinJul]

At the moment every team I guessed that would win also won :D Germany played very well today. I hope they continue to play this good.

[Random_Hero]

Germany looked impressive. Poland's defence shouldn't have even bother to show up if they were going to play like that. The brazilian on poland looked pretty good. Created quite a bit of space in the front.

Croatia played absolutely horrid and did not deserve that win. I guess winning is more important then playing good football. Hopefully they can pick there game up, next opponent is germany. If they play like they did against austria it will be 5-0 Germany. You can tell there really missing eduardo up front.

[Capn Spanky]

Euro is hot this year. Two of my friends will be backpacking through Austria on the day of the finals. It makes me upset as I'll be stuck watching from home while they'll be in some bar drinking up the Euro 08 finals.

Otherwise, now that Totti is done I'll root for Germany. Klose is really good and he'll take the team far. I'm recording the France match as I believe it's starting at about 8:30 a.m. PST (way before I wake up. lol.)

[L4undry]

Need Netherlands to get through tomorrow so we can see a rehash of the WC match against Portugal.

[DagV]

saw both matches again yesterday.

the austria-croatia match turned out to be a fracking robbery. croatia had 30 min of good play and pressure in the first half. Austria just wasnt dangerous enough and didt use their chances well enough. the end of the match was played within croatias 16m... its a miracle they didt concide a goal. Austria diserved better and played really well , but they dont have the quality of the croats.

the Germany Polen match was a confirmation of the germans strong side. They looked almost as impressive as portugal. Polen never really stood a chance.... but istn it cheating putting brazilians on the polish team ??? .. that one brazilian guy was clearly the best player on polen ..if not the entire field. Germany was never in trouble tho and cruised trough for 3 points. the second goal was funny. i wonder if uefa gives Miroslav Klose an "assist" on his kick.... he missed terribly on a shot .. and his miss turned out to be a perfect layup for a volley-goal. I still think Germany and Polen will make the quarter finals from this group.

[chopperbyrne]

saw both matches again yesterday.

the austria-croatia match turned out to be a fracking robbery. croatia had 30 min of good play and pressure in the first half. Austria just wasnt dangerous enough and didt use their chances well enough. the end of the match was played within croatias 16m... its a miracle they didt concide a goal. Austria diserved better and played really well , but they dont have the quality of the croats.

the Germany Polen match was a confirmation of the germans strong side. They looked almost as impressive as portugal. Polen never really stood a chance.... but istn it cheating putting brazilians on the polish team ??? .. that one brazilian guy was clearly the best player on polen ..if not the entire field. Germany was never in trouble tho and cruised trough for 3 points. the second goal was funny. i wonder if uefa gives Miroslav Klose an "assist" on his kick.... he missed terribly on a shot .. and his miss turned out to be a perfect layup for a volley-goal. I still think Germany and Polen will make the quarter finals from this group.

That was a beautifully disguised flick over his head off the outside of his boot! :rofl:

[FreddyL0c0]

yeah gonna root for the choke-artists, like I do at every tourney: Spain

[Taskmaster]

http://www.destentor.nl/multimedia/archive/00275/Obsolete_275748b.jpg

Those greasy fucks are getting destroyed today.

[regulate]

need Netherlands To Get Through Tomorrow So We Can See A Rehash Of The Wc Match Against Portugal.

Yes!

[regulate]

FUCK YEAH! Orange machine on a roll

[Ryu & Ken]

I told you guys, its all about Van the Man horseface Nistelrooy

[ThePurpleBunny]

lol Italy. Pasta cannot save you now.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

GGPo Italia

[regulate]

Neth vs Port, RD2, GET HYPE! I want to see madness all over again.

[FreddyL0c0]

now all i need is for Greece to get destroyed as well

[Fulaani]

I'm mad the Netherlands won. I wan't this football hype here to end asap.

[ReptarBar]

wow, crazy game so far between netherlands and italy :woot:

[Fistandantilius]

Gotta go with Germany on this one.

[chopperbyrne]

The Dutch were excellent today.

[orochizoolander]

I'm mad the Netherlands won. I wan't this football hype here to end asap.

lol you mad.

Netherlands or someone from group b is most likely to take it this year my bets on germany and I have no idea whether sweden or greece will take it tomorrow.

Great thread random hero soccer is by far my favorite sport to watch (not mls lol only english n spanish league.) :tup:

[regulate]

I'm mad the Netherlands won. I wan't this football hype here to end asap.

Your hating because your team won? we should switch places, i hate the usa team.

[Taskmaster]

http://www.destentor.nl/multimedia/archive/00275/Obsolete_275748b.jpg

Those greasy fucks are getting destroyed today.

HAHAHAHA I called it, where tjhe fuck is Rjive chearing for the greaswops, fyucking treachrous cunt HAHA.

Holland 08.

[YellowS4]

Motherfucken HUP

[I Am Lothar]

Where is Cannavaro anchoring the Italian defense? OH THATS RIGHT motherfucker is injured. Italy will be fine, I am not concerned, especially with the French not being able to score on Romania.

[Rengoku]

italy just sucked B A D

[Taskmaster]

Italy sucked cock like it was a refereee:rofl:

http://msn.foxsports.com/id/8227030

[nGuman]

Oh exciting matches coming from Germany, Holland, and Portugal. Even Austria put up a good fight :P

[VruS]

austria's handball is hilarious

[Lantis]

Damn.... I can't remember a game for the life of me where Italy was hacked so badly. :sad:

We seriously had no response for Holland's lead. Toni was just blowing shots left and right, the defense was SERIOUSLY off cue, and everything just came together and went down in flames.

Although, to be perfectly honest, Van Nistelhorse's first goal was in a CLEAR offside. What the shit, ref? :mad:

I would be a LOT more worried, had France and Romania not played such a shitty game today as well. It looks pretty feasible for Italy to cram a spot in there somewhere, but they need to get their shit together against Romania.

[ThePurpleBunny]

As far as I'm concerned if Italy's goalie pushed his own player offside, it shouldn't be called. Just like in hockey when a player knocks his own goalie down and a goal is scored.

Wait, was that the first goal or 2nd? I didn't get to see the whole match.

[Gord]

Damn good goal, but fuck holland still. :rofl: at Italy.

So much money to have been made :(

[Lantis]

As far as I'm concerned if Italy's goalie pushed his own player offside, it shouldn't be called. Just like in hockey when a player knocks his own goalie down and a goal is scored.

Wait, was that the first goal or 2nd? I didn't get to see the whole match.

The first goal. I think it was Sneijder who made a cross shot, Van MisterEd (in an offside position) extends his leg, puts the ball in the net.

The second goal was actually pretty awesome, I'd admit. It was done by Sneijder on a volley shot. :wow:

[shadow_WX]

I must say, ESPN's decision to use Andy Gray to call matches was absolutly stellar. He has done a wonderful job thus far; finally a smart and funny guy to call football. I hope they decide to use him in the Champions League next year.

[DagV]

romania france was a boring 0-0 draw game in my oppinion. neighter team really dared to push anything forward. no Henry eighter. Im afraid France will struggle to advance from this group. im a little surprised France didt risk more and go for a goal.. Ribery was good , but they lack a dangerous striker like Henry. Romania should still be pleased for getting a draw in this match ..they werent really anywere near scoring against france.

italy-Netherlands 0-3 HOLY SNAP. this was the best game in the euro 2008 so far, the netherlands looked like champions right from the start and gave italy living hell with their attacking fotball. im really impressed with Sneijder, van Bronckhorst and van Nistelrooy. Nistelrooy really looked better than he's done ever before and he gets a big + for not taking a dive when he could have .. when buffon rushed out early in the first half. he could easily have filmed there but he didt.(very unlike nistelrooy). i thought the first goal was a clear offside .. and im pretty sure the refferees didt see what happened eighter , however it turned out to be a genious call as an injured italian defense player was lying behind the goal recieving tretment. the second goal was utterly amazing .. best goal in the tournament so far. netherlands looks really strong im almost sure they will advance from this group now

[Random_Hero]

Netherlands looked quite good. Might have been a totally different match if the first goal was disallowed. Although props to rudd for not diving in the box right in the beginning. He should have been awared a PS for that but oh well. Also that one pass was unbelievable when they sent rudd on his own, great save by Buffon though.

[chopperbyrne]

I must say, ESPN's decision to use Andy Gray to call matches was absolutly stellar. He has done a wonderful job thus far; finally a smart and funny guy to call football. I hope they decide to use him in the Champions League next year.

Andy "Tik a boo son" Gray????

[SmrK]

I don't have a favourite team at this Euro, but seeing Italians get humiliated always scores high in my book XD
So far, only Netherlands and Portugal seem to be on par to win this one. Oh, and maybe Germany.

[Antonius]

PORTUGAL! Ned vs PT in the finals would be awesome! Sicking tired of the french..

[DagV]

its way to early to predict a winner !!!:amazed:

last european championships i thought the chezh republic looked the strongest and i would have bet on them winning ..but they got edged out by a german- playing greece team. I think italy will bounce back horribly strong. they never play good untill they have to , romania might prove to be a good oponent for them to regain some self confidence. group C is still very open in my oppinion , with a slight advantage to the netherlands.

im looking forward to see sweeden - greece today. since norway is so crap and cant qualify i guess i gotta cheer for our neigbour sweeden

[orochizoolander]

For those watching online link plz?

[chopperbyrne]

For those watching online link plz?

Not sure if it's available outside of Ireland, but www.rte.ie stream their entire broadcast.

I also use www.bet365.com to stream leagues that aren't shown on telly over here.

You just have to sign up for a free account.

[scentless]

romania france was a boring 0-0 draw game in my oppinion. neighter team really dared to push anything forward. no Henry eighter. Im afraid France will struggle to advance from this group. im a little surprised France didt risk more and go for a goal.. Ribery was good , but they lack a dangerous striker like Henry. Romania should still be pleased for getting a draw in this match ..they werent really anywere near scoring against france.

italy-Netherlands 0-3 HOLY SNAP. this was the best game in the euro 2008 so far, the netherlands looked like champions right from the start and gave italy living hell with their attacking fotball. im really impressed with Sneijder, van Bronckhorst and van Nistelrooy. Nistelrooy really looked better than he's done ever before and he gets a big + for not taking a dive when he could have .. when buffon rushed out early in the first half. he could easily have filmed there but he didt.(very unlike nistelrooy). i thought the first goal was a clear offside .. and im pretty sure the refferees didt see what happened eighter , however it turned out to be a genious call as an injured italian defense player was lying behind the goal recieving tretment. the second goal was utterly amazing .. best goal in the tournament so far. netherlands looks really strong im almost sure they will advance from this group now

I disagree. Romania did what she was suppose to do, play defense and get the counters. She suceed in the first but failed in the second. France was the one with the responsibilty to win the game and play offensive, but they didn't do anything. They seemed a little lost.

Italy and Holland was indeed the best game so far. Holland imposed her game since the beginning and Italy could not find any counters to it.

Holland is on fire and will probably win the Eurocup.!!!:woot:

Portugal is playing shit so far.:looney:

[FreddyL0c0]

^...i wouldn't call a 2-0 win, along with hitting three posts, a shit performance

[hyper kid]

i'm rootin for anyone but Germany (they are too hyped) but i would like to see Italy take it, or the Netherlands.

[maxx]

I must say, ESPN's decision to use Andy Gray to call matches was absolutly stellar. He has done a wonderful job thus far; finally a smart and funny guy to call football. I hope they decide to use him in the Champions League next year.

if ur team sucks he will tell you

[shadow_WX]

Andy "Tik a boo son" Gray????

That's the one.

[ThePurpleBunny]

Russia has a better national anthem than Spain.

But Spanish women shave their legs.

That means Spain will win this match.

[regulate]

Russia has a better national anthem than Spain.

But Spanish women shave their legs.

That means Spain will win this match.

So far, they are lol!

[FreddyL0c0]

David Villa...golden boot winnar

[ThePurpleBunny]

lol Spain showing off in those last minutes.

OMG we finally scored we were not fully embarrased!

* retaliation goal * LOL sit yo ass down and drink vodka

[Geddoe]

It was funny last night. During supper, the restaurant was showing the France Romania game. The thing was that the last Simpsons the family had seen was the one where Lisa was a flopper in soccer, so every time somebody went down in the game, somebody at my table would say "He's a flopper."

[Gord]

I wouldn't blame anyone if they wanted to quit football after this.

[DagV]

OMG Zlatan my man. what a goal !!!!!!!! sweeden for the win ! incredible teamwork with larson and zlatan !!!!
everybody in defense now ! (68.th.min)

[I Am Lothar]

Ibrahimovic way to rep hard for Inter Milan homie.

[nGuman]

Yes Andy Gray In Place Of Fucking Dick Howard :p

[Dirt Mc Girt]

speaking of the simpsons, the first 60 mins or so of this greece/sweden game reminded me of that episode where they riot cause they're doing nothing during the entire game

game was so boring except for the hot swedish chicks in the stands

[regulate]

4-1 spain? not enough vodka was drunk apparently.

[ThePurpleBunny]

Greece needs a new goalkeeper. Someone who's about 40 years younger.

Seriously, dude looks old as dirt.

[KneelB4Me]

Old crippled keepers are what you want to see. That means youre guaranteed goals :p

Villa was red hot earlier. Considering he plays for Valencia, you'd have to think his performance today would have made every top club sit up and take more notice. Valencia need to sell players to avoid going into receivership as far as Im aware. They need moneys bad.

My pick of Spain look good so far. But then they always do at the start. The squad looks a little different than I imagined it would be. I thought Joaquin and Vincente would be involved, but I didnt even see them on the bench. Maybe my picture of Spain is a little to old school, but then you cant complain at having Xavi and Iniesta in midfield. Pity Fabregas couldnt start, thought he was nice when he did play, guy never gets a pass wrong. (But Anderson REGULATES him in the prem!)

[r3ko]

Random Thoughts so far.

Italy were so unlucky against Holland. Nistelrooy was so blatently offside. He even looked up to see if the linesman raised the flag, lol. That goal changed the course of the match. Italy had to commit men forward and they were creating plenty of opportunities, but the gods were against them, and Holland took advantage and scored some great goals on the counter attack.

Germans are overrated. They are probably one of the luckiest teams ever in the history of international football, and always seem to go far, whether they play brilliant or completely shit. Also they might aswell be at home for this tournament, since they border both Austria and Swiss, both of which speak German, among other langauges. So they will see huge support.

To the people tipping Croatia. I just can't see it. Its not because I'm english. Theres some strong teams this year and when Croatia comes up against one, they will fall apart. They won't get easy games like they had with England.

Spain looked great today. Yes Russia were sloppy at times at the back, but when your up against not 1 but 2 world class strikers, then the defence is always going to have trouble. However I thought Russia looked good on attack and look capable of scoring goals, it always seemed to be their final ball which let them down.

Greece, played just as i thought they would. They weren't even looking to score untill Sweden did. While its good to have slow build up and look for the right opportunities to score, there was no urgency at all from them. The time they got going, it was far too late. Sweden on the other hand just didn't look like they could create anything. But thats probably due to Greece keeping 11 players behind the ball at all times. The battle for 2nd place in group D should be exciting.

[Bob Sagat]

All the Spanish guys in my room at work today were listening to the game on the radio. Shit was hilarious, those commentators are on something.

But I don't care for football. (http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=158041)

[Lantis]

The goalkeepers are ALWAYS the oldest guys on the field. Their position allows them to have more longeveity in their careers because the physical activity isn't as undertaking as the rest of the field players.

Such is the case of Nikopolidis, Van Der Sar, etc..

[orochizoolander]

Russia's getting shitted on.

[chopperbyrne]

Russia's getting shitted on.

Any of those links I gave you work?

[Capn Spanky]

Russia played a fair game today until the first goal. Then they all fell apart. Villa's scoring insanity didn't help either. Spain had a wonderful showing and their goals were very well earned. I kinda wanted Russia to win, but hey, Spain earned it.

Greece vs. Sweden... wow. Both of Sweden's goals were beautiful. There was so much going on inside the box, no wonder their goalie looked so disheartened. (He also reminded me of George Clooney.) I was proud of Sweden for winning but I wanted Greece to win this one.

For those of you with money on Klose for being top scorer, watch Villa. He's doing pretty good so far.

[shinobidj]

The goalkeepers are ALWAYS the oldest guys on the field. Their position allows them to have more longeveity in their careers because the physical activity isn't as undertaking as the rest of the field players.

Such is the case of Nikopolidis, Van Der Sar, etc..

it's also the position that takes the longest to mature in

[orochizoolander]

Any of those links I gave you work?

I'll try it out today thx.

Villa BEASTED.

Greece vs Sweden was a great game, Greece played terrific defense for a while but...yeah.

[CPS_3]

Italy were so unlucky against Holland. Nistelrooy was so blatently offside. He even looked up to see if the linesman raised the flag, lol. That goal changed the course of the match. Italy had to commit men forward and they were creating plenty of opportunities, but the gods were against them, and Holland took advantage and scored some great goals on the counter attack.

Nah man it wasn't offside, it was buffons "fault" he knocked a defender down and out of the field. So there was still one player behind the attacker.

Austria vs Croatia was an ugly game, the win was deserved but how croatia played was really lame. Doesn't matter though, so we have to defeat Germany and Poland instead :wgrin:

[bafiaris13]

Come on Greece will win it again..

Seriously though i think Holland has a good team this year and after all this fail at all the last tourneys its time for them to step up.

about the greek goalie..that guy SUX so much, the ball went in between his legs and he was laughing, what a mofo..

[SmrK]

OMG Zlatan my man. what a goal !!!!!!!!

That one was just awesome. The game was mostly a meh.-o-rama, so I actually switched between the Kickboxer movie, which was on another channel, and the game. :blush:Caught both goals though.

[R-Jive]

Italy played like shit because they were playing with a B-team, it was quite obvious they underestimated us.

I got a feeling Italy will go through after all, they aren't the World Champion for shit ya know.

[CPS_3]

Italy played like shit because they were playing with a B-team, it was quite obvious they underestimated us.

I got a feeling Italy will go through after all, they aren't the World Champion for shit ya know.

Yeah but a lot of the most valuable players from the World Champions team are missing. No Canavaro, no Totti, no Inzaghi, no Nesta, ....

That and the utter defeat the day before yesterday probably crushed them.

[Taskmaster]

Italy played like shit because they were playing with a B-team, it was quite obvious they underestimated us.

I got a feeling Italy will go through after all, they aren't the World Champion for shit ya know.

Shut up, traitor. Materazzi, Camoranesi,buffon, Gattuso, toni and del piero doesnt sound like a B-team to me.

[R-Jive]

^And when do you watch footie ? every 2 years ? This has nothing to do with being a 'trator'.

- Players playing on different positions, seriously wtffff. ( Camoranesi as a right winger , wtf ? )
- When the best players are sitting on the bench that means something is wrong, but since you are looking through all of this with orange glasses, I guess you fail to realize that.

Anyway Holland finished the chances they got, Italy failed to do so. So yea in the end it's the result that matters.

Yeah but a lot of the most valuable players from the World Champions team are missing. No Canavaro, no Totti, no Inzaghi, no Nesta, ....

Yep, it's especially Cannavaro that they need. Also everybody seems to forget that Italy is a team that grows in the tournament, was the same with WC 06. Their performance in the groups was mediocre after that they slaughtered everyone.

Dunno just saying that they shouldn't be written off.... just yet.

[Fulaani]

Word homie, let's hope the Netherlands get their asses kicked, go Italy, go whoever that can arrange for this football hype to end over here. They can have it.

[DagV]

Portugal and Turkey wins tonight

[Taskmaster]

^And when do you watch footie ? every 2 years ? This has nothing to do with being a 'trator'.

- Players playing on different positions, seriously wtffff. ( Camoranesi as a right winger , wtf ? )
- When the best players are sitting on the bench that means something is wrong, but since you are looking through all of this with orange glasses, I guess you fail to realize that.

Anyway Holland finished the chances they got, Italy failed to do so. So yea in the end it's the result that matters.



Yep, it's especially Cannavaro that they need.

There was some fuck ups in the formation, no doubt. Yeah. I think if Italy played with the form they had at the end of the game, the game couldve gone in a different direction.

And I don't watch nearly as much when there's no WC or EC. It's hard to proclaim allegiance to a club, when the players are from al over the globe. The logical thing would be to root for your own city, but as you know, that's not an option for you and me.

[chopperbyrne]

The logical thing would be to root for your own city, but as you know, that's not an option for you and me.

Where are you from?

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Camoranesi is a right winger...

[Taskmaster]

Where are you from?

Holland. The problem is with hooliganism. I live in a city where supporters are the worst in the country and the club's conduct isnt much better (on and off the field).

I refuse to associate myself with them.

[chopperbyrne]

As good a reason as any.

Being a Shamrock Rovers fan, I'm all too aware of arsehole hooligans.

[R-Jive]

Camoranesi is a right winger...

He plays right midfield at Juventus, Juventus play in 4-4-2 formation how can he be a right winger when Juventus play 4-4-2 ? It's a totally different position and it comes with totally different tasks.

IF Juventus play with a formation that allows wingers, Del Piero is the left winger , Trezeguet is the striker and Iaquinta is the right winger. Camoranesi has never played as a right winger.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Yes, on the RIGHT side of midfield. He's always been a right winger.

[chopperbyrne]

He plays right midfield at Juventus, Juventus play in 4-4-2 formation how can he be a right winger when Juventus play 4-4-2 ? It's a totally different position and it comes with totally different tasks.

IF Juventus play with a formation that allows wingers, Del Piero is the left winger , Trezeguet is the striker and Iaquinta is the right winger. Camoranesi has never played as a right winger.

If he plays on the right side of midfield, then he's a right winger.

Wide receiver in NFL terms!

[ThePurpleBunny]

He's not a winger because he doesn't wing it. Only the cool people with awesome European hairstyles wing it.

Turkey will lose. Turkey is the name of a food, you silly country.

[R-Jive]

Ok..

Let me try to explain with an image, since you clearly don't know what a winger is.

WINGERS are indicated in RED, MIDFIELDERS in BLUE.

Camoranesi plays as RM all the time, but got the position of RW, hope that clears it up.

[chopperbyrne]

They're playing eighteen players for crying out loud!

[EveryFlowerFlow]

The problem is your assuming he's stationary the whole game. He's not. He starts at Right mid and moves to the up too attacking right midfield (what you call a wing) when his team is in possesion of the ball. Now because he covers the whole of the right side rather just being stuck at right mid, he's a WINGER ( someone who covers the whole side, right side in his case) not just a midfielder (covering one part). Think of C.Ronaldo or how Beckham used to play

Also players like Del Piero, Henry and Rooney aren't wingers but come deep to collect ball regulary at the wings. They start as forwards but drift to the wings.


Look at Juve's tactics, notice the arrow on camoranesi

[R-Jive]

Uhm what? there's no reason to assume he would stay stationary ..the task of the right and left midfielders is exactly as you stated but as a LM or RM player you CAN'T stay stationary because you have help defend AND attack it's what your task consists of thus making you a midfielder, just because he covers the whole right side doesn't make him a winger at all.

Look at Messi for example he is a WINGER.

In the image they are playing 4-4-2 there are no wingers in that formation. The position that Camoranesi has in 4-4-2 is STILL RM. He STILL has to come back and help defend because he is a MID fielder, as a winger you generally only attack give passes from the outside, try to get inside to gain a good position. They're generally Strikers but from the Left and Right.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

You're not getting it.

He starts at right mid, but his real position AMR/RW.

[R-Jive]

AMR is not a true winger position and that's my whole point.

[Lantis]

it's also the position that takes the longest to mature in

Hm? I've seen VERY good goalkeepers who are barely in the 21-22 age spectrum. Europe is the one loading the goals with old men. :mad:

BTW, why is Del Piero always sitting on the bench? GODDAMN IT, DONADONI! Start him! Why do you always have to wait till the second half to put him in the game so he can bail our asses? Motherfucker! :mad:

[ThePurpleBunny]

lol chezs.

[ThePurpleBunny]

That was just plain hilarious. Ronaldo with the bitch slap for the 2nd goal, then the entire Czech team forgetting that he's on that end of the field.

Oh, and I misspelled czech horribly. My bad to all czech people. But you still got whooped.

[Ryu & Ken]

BTW, why is Del Piero always sitting on the bench? GODDAMN IT, DONADONI! Start him! Why do you always have to wait till the second half to put him in the game so he can bail our asses? Motherfucker! :mad:

Hmmm, replace Del Piero with Robert Baggio and its 1998 all over again and Roby should have gone to 2002 WC as well

I am glad Italy lost that WC

[Smashunit]

ROMAINIA has good defense. IF henry was in that game we wouldve lost LOL.

Hmm. im just wondering, whats the name of the blackburn goalie?

Hes by far the best fucking goalie. is it van der sar?
Portugal obviously won.

PREPARE FOR THE NEXT BATTLE

[Gord]

Hopefully one of the Switz waves a Kurdish flag, gets on the big screen, and the turks go crazy :rofl: :tu

Edit:

Screw it, I'll do it myself

http://www.institutkurde.org/en/kurdorama/kurdistan/kurdistan_flag.gif

[Gord]

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::r ofl::rofl:

[Sanji Himura]

Switzerland is up 1-0 on Turkey at Halftime.

[ThePurpleBunny]

lol @ that field. Not quite as bad as a certain Dolphins - Steelers game last year, but look at all that water.

[bafiaris13]

Switzerland is probably the 2nd most boring team to watch..after Greece that is

lol..

[orochizoolander]

YES! Turkey just scored.

[Gord]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[ThePurpleBunny]

lol @ Switzerland. This is why they never win wars.

[FreddyL0c0]

the hosts just got peaced out

[Taskmaster]

Man, the Turks are going wild. There's quite a lot of them in my neighbourhood, cars honking everywhere and all that. I'm glad for em though. I was rooting for the Czechs and them.

[Gord]

Fucking Swiss!!!!!!

[chopperbyrne]

ROMAINIA has good defense. IF henry was in that game we wouldve lost LOL.

Hmm. im just wondering, whats the name of the blackburn goalie?

Hes by far the best fucking goalie. is it van der sar?
Portugal obviously won.

PREPARE FOR THE NEXT BATTLE

Van Der Sar is Manchester Uniteds goalkeeper.

Brad Friedel is Blackburns.

He was US#1 too, but I think he might have retired.

[DagV]

Portugal and Turkey wins tonight
told ya !.. even tho it was veery close and didt look to be that way in the turkey match. Portugal is playing so damn well , breaking down a defense like the chech and scoring 3 goals. i dont think many teams could have done that. and of course christiano ronaldo is on fire weather you like him or not

[orochi ryu]

When is the next game?

[ThePurpleBunny]

Croatia vs Germany - Noon EST
Austria vs Poland - 2:45 EST

Full Schedule (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/euro2008/fixtures?league=uefa.euro&date=20080601&type=month&cc=5901)

[Random_Hero]

croatia wins 3-1 today.

Hopefully austria beats poland but i doubt that will happen.

[SmrK]

croatia wins 3-1 today.




Rather optimistic, don't you think? :) Especially considering they barely beat Austria :)

We'll see :)

[Random_Hero]

The real croatia will be playing today.

[chopperbyrne]

The real croatia will be playing today.

Sorry, but this will be another easy win for the Germans.

The Poles should beat Austria tonight too.

Fancy them to beat the Croats in the last group game as well.

[DagV]

Sorry, but this will be another easy win for the Germans.

The Poles should beat Austria tonight too.

Fancy them to beat the Croats in the last group game as well.

i agree with that. ive said all along that polen and germany will go trough, but it will come down to the next match poland vs croatia i think. Germany is trough with win today ..

[CPS_3]

Austria will win mark my words :rock:


:bluu:

[SmrK]

Good luck. You'll definitely need it :)

[CPS_3]

TBH we don't need luck, we aren't that bad of a team we need balls(majorly missing those past games) and a better coach. Hickersberger is a coward that wants to win by getting no goals.

So I'm actually thinking Poland will win but I want Austria to take it. It's hard beeing an austrian football fan :/

[SmrK]

Dude, I'm slovenian...

[MUSOLINI]

hell fucking yeah, the Turks won. little late. still happy though, not into football but when your team wins you gotta be happy right? also taskmaster and orochizoolander, where y'all be from? especially taskmaster, your from tha dutch or germany? since you said a lot of turks in your hood?

[chopperbyrne]

Girls of the Euros (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055312879)

[EveryFlowerFlow]

^good shit


<3 sweden

[chopperbyrne]

1-0 to Croatia.

Well worked goal.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Goallllllllll

[chopperbyrne]

2-0

Against the run of play in the second half.

[ThePurpleBunny]

Urge to kill... rising.

Edit: YES! Come on. We can still tie it. Keep hope alive.

[chopperbyrne]

2-1

Come on Germany!

[AkumaTX]

im watching this on espn360 :)

we get it free with our internet provider

[ThePurpleBunny]

OMFG Why the FUCK did you push him down?

That red card gets him suspended. Fucking hell.

[chopperbyrne]

Schweinsteiger sent off!

[FreddyL0c0]

first upset of the tournament

[Random_Hero]

Hrvatska!!!! Hrvatska!!!!!

Told we would win.

Hrvatska!!!! Hrvatska!!!

Schwinstieger should be starting every game(except for the next game)

[AkumaTX]

wow, i guess Croatia is no joke

[DagV]

wow croatia won in really convincing fashion. Sweinsteiger even got a red card for loosing his head. im starting to see how they could defeat england and take their spot in the euro. Croats played really smart Germany never really looked like winning this one .. very surprising for me at least

[EveryFlowerFlow]

that was a good one.

[chopperbyrne]

Hrvatska!!!! Hrvatska!!!!!

Told we would win.

Hrvatska!!!! Hrvatska!!!

Schwinstieger should be starting every game(except for the next game)

During the last world cup, I was in an Australian bar in Dublin when Australia were playing Croatia.

I drink there quite often and was going to support the Aussies.

Standing at the bar and Damien Duff walks past us.

I say it to the barman (who was an Aussie) and he didn't know who he was. The Croat beside me did, so I ended up supporting Croatia with him and his mates and shouting Hrvatska til I had no voice left.

Great night.

[Random_Hero]

During the last world cup, I was in an Australian bar in Dublin when Australia were playing Croatia.

I drink there quite often and was going to support the Aussies.

Standing at the bar and Damien Duff walks past us.

I say it to the barman (who was an Aussie) and he didn't know who he was. The Croat beside me did, so I ended up supporting Croatia with him and his mates and shouting Hrvatska til I had no voice left.

Great night.

I like when simunic got the yellow card, they brought up the australia game. Only player to ever get 3 yellow cards in one game. No one is ever going to beat that record:smokin:

Im really missing home. There are no croatians here in reading, uk. Tons of pols. If i was back in canada we would be going around terrorizing the town with heavy drinking and incidents involving flares.

[Random_Hero]

boruc is showing everyone why he's considered one of the best goalies in the world(if not the best).

[chopperbyrne]

boruc is showing everyone why he's considered one of the best goalies in the world(if not the best).

Ah the Holy Goalie!!!

He's fucking crazy!

[TheRedCyclone]

Penalty Kick?!?!

[Random_Hero]

bullshit call on the penalty but polands goal was offside. I guess two wrongs make a right.

This ensures croatia goes through to the next round.

Perhaps austria v germany can be the biggest upset in eurocup history.

doubt it though.

[AkumaTX]

wow, just wow.

[regulate]

wait wut, what happened? germania lost?!

[DagV]

yes they lost 2-1 to croatia. now Croatia is trough to the quarter finals and the other 3 teams could all grab the second spot..
Germany will be trough with a draw or a win in the last match and Poland and Austria will have to win and preferably with more than one goal. im pretty sure Germany goes trough anyway , but then they will be facing Portugal in the quarter finals !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ryu-bi]

wow croatia wins the group in euro 08 again
i just hope the germans can get 1 point unlike how england choked

[SmrK]

Austria will win mark my words :rock:
:bluu:
Good luck. You'll definitely need it :)


And you got it :D

GG Croatia!!

[CPS_3]

Haha ja, that penalty kick was poetic justice :D that goal was soooooo offside, no doubt about it.

Austria vs Germany will be the match of the century. If Lehmann plays like he did against Croatia, those chances are in and GGPO Germany :rock:

GG Croatia you redeemed yourself for me from that ugly match against us but maybe it was just because we were too good to be dominated like Germany :P

Ahhh cordoba will be forgotten =)

Can't wait for

[ThePurpleBunny]

My god. Italy can't catch a fucking break.

If shit had gone their way that half, theyd've scored 5 goals by now.

[DagV]

aaaaaaaa i have no tv right now .. hows italy doing vs romania ????????

[BillyKane]

1-1

Crazy match so far

[ThePurpleBunny]

Romania scores in 55th minute.

Italy scores in 57th minute.

I missed Romania's goal but Italy's came off a corner kick.

[chopperbyrne]

Match of the tournament so far without a doubt.

End to end for the whole match.

Anyone who isn't a fan of football could be converted with this match.

[Random_Hero]

Can't believe muthu fucked it. If holland wins tonight they will probably rest all there starters, hopefully they through the game insuring that romania go through.:lol:

[Rengoku]

Romania scores in 55th minute.

Italy scores in 57th minute.

I missed Romania's goal but Italy's came off a corner kick.

just a defence mistake and an easy shot for romania

i'm so pissed for the referee
but italy still don't score by herself

god bless Buffon BTW very nice mix of skill and luck..definitely our saviour

[Netology]

whats the outcome so far??? romania win?

[ThePurpleBunny]

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

That nigga let that dude climb up on him for that header.

Silly French.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

lol @ france


edit:Fucking Rape :lol:, sniedjer's goal was awesome

[GamerTron]

netherlands are bringing the heat! fantastic match.

[Netology]

anyone know an online source that shows the matches?

[EveryFlowerFlow]

anyone know an online source that shows the matches?


http://myp2p.eu/


you'll need extra software to stream, though.

Alternatively you can just watch the goals here

http://www.101greatgoals.com/

[Ryad]

That Robben goal was so funny.

Henri scores.
Music plays, celebration.
Replay shows the goal, music still playing.
Replay ends, music stops, camera is focused on Robben, he scores immediately.
Music starts again.

Too funny.

[DagV]

Romania-Italy 1-1 !!!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/99livez/front-25-image-505008.jpg

holy snap i just saw the penalty in the 83.rd minute .. that save by buffon was a life saver. 1-1 at least gives italy a fair chance to go trough.

Netherlands - France 4 - 1

the netherlands is just amazing SEVEN goals in two matches wtf !!!!!. france concides an early goal and then its france vs van der sar for like half an hour. but latter half of second half is just ownage by netherlands... that detail by van nistelrooy was just amazing on the 2nd goal. Robben came in as a super substitute.. that 3rd goal was an amazing solo effort. like 30 seconds after Henry scored.


this group is great ..i thought maybe italy and france would advance ..but now its netherlands and romania in the front.

[bafiaris13]

Holland is on fire..best game in the eurocup so far

i really hope they reach till the final..

btw is it true that VanBasten said he ll quit after this no matter what happens?

[Ryad]

the only way Romania is passing is if Italy and France tie...

[lolwut]

There have been several upsets this tourny its amazing.

I'm hoping Germany can pull through; they need to go all the way!

[Rengoku]

the only way Romania is passing is if Italy and France tie...

or netherlands ca just fire both france and italy (still potential competitors) letting romania win in the direct matchup

with this trick
nethe 6
roma 3+3
italy - france whatever depending on direct challenge

[HeaT]

netherlands fucking rampaged people...wow...

im outi

Roberth

[Ryad]

or netherlands ca just fire both france and italy (still potential competitors) letting romania win in the direct matchup

with this trick
nethe 6
roma 3+3
italy - france whatever depending on direct challenge

true... it has been done before...

[DagV]

with this trick
nethe 6
roma 3+3
italy - france whatever depending on direct challenge

that would appear to be a smart move by the netherlands because they are group winners no matter what. Romania only has 2 points tho and france and italy has one point each and even same goal difference.
--------------------------------
Netherlands 6pt
Romania 2pt
France 1pt
Italy 1pt
--------------------------------

but from the way romania has played i dont think anyone should underestimate them. netherlands might rest their star players , but i still think that even with a lot of the top 11 on the bench netherlands could win against romania and there would be a winner in the france-italy match sending eighter one of them trough.

[Lantis]

Sweden and Denmark "conspired" to leave Italy out of the last Euro.

I don't see how this won't happen again? :bluu:

[Netology]

im romanian and objectively speaking romania can win this


we've beaten the dutch before...

[Rengoku]

Sweden and Denmark "conspired" to leave Italy out of the last Euro.

I don't see how this won't happen again? :bluu:

i think it's not 'conspiration' but pure strategy

obviously when swe+dan 'biscuited' we complained a lot
but observing from another pov you can easilily understand:

france and italy are both strong capable to get far or win in the competition (after a good wakeup of course)
so strategically you keep out two possible champ wannabe

playing to letting romania win will rest netherland players..they don't seem to keep full speed fo 90' in a tough match (as we seen in vs italy)
euro is a quick competition so if you manage to mantain good performance until the end without wasting unnecessary energy you'll surely get an advantage in the last matches

then it all depends on vanbasten and netherland pride

[HeaT]

im romanian

HAHAHAHA omg, i fucking kept my mouth shut for the longest time, but i had a hunch that sort of ...false pretentious intelligence bullshit was coming from somewhere...

im outi

Roberth

[regulate]

Fuck, fuck, FUUUUUUCK! Neederlands way to go, and goddamn i missed this game, but that is SICK!

[Netology]

HAHAHAHA omg, i fucking kept my mouth shut for the longest time, but i had a hunch that sort of ...false pretentious intelligence bullshit was coming from somewhere...

im outi

Roberth

you're supposed to be on my side!



but ya, I do seem to have a preponderance of pretentiousness, but only to those who are insecure in their own abilities.

lol

[ryu-bi]

or netherlands ca just fire both france and italy (still potential competitors) letting romania win in the direct matchup

with this trick
nethe 6
roma 3+3
italy - france whatever depending on direct challenge

it might not be a bad idea to let either wc finalist thru and take on group d winner knowing they'll be owned again in the semis.

[ThePurpleBunny]

The Dutch can waltz right into France, steal the Eiffle Tower, and the French won't do shit.

[DagV]

Sweden and Denmark "conspired" to leave Italy out of the last Euro.

I don't see how this won't happen again? :bluu:

if you've seen the match ..you'd know this couldt be further from the truth. the sweeden - denmark match were tough as nails .. theres tons of prestigue in the neigbour matchups. most of the goals in this match were ..really good goals.
if it was planned somebody better call hollywood because this is amazing koreography

sweeden-denmark 2-2 euro 2004 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YySSKQzAMU)

im exited about the spain-sweeden match in a few hours. im worried spains gonna be too strong for them. David Villa and Torres seem to be in amazing form now.

maybe zlatan could do this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C8IGxGKjtk&feature=related)
again. like he did in the italy - sweeden match four years ago

[ThePurpleBunny]

David Villa > *

Sweden got its heart ripped out and stomped on.

GTFO Swedish Chef.

[DagV]

i dont belive this !!!!!!!! 2 min in stoppage time !!!!!

damn you David Villa


cant say that it was undiserved tho. Spain owned the second half hard after ibrahimovich was substituted :sweat:

[nGuman]

i dont belive this !!!!!!!! 2 min in stoppage time !!!!!

damn you David Villa


cant say that it was undiserved tho. Spain owned the second half hard after ibrahimovich was substituted :sweat:

Damn if Sweden won, Spain would've had to face Holland in the quarter finals.

[ThePurpleBunny]

РШИЕЯ

[gunners]

Villa is on fire right now, I looked at his goal game ratio and it's impressive. I hope Fabregas persuades him to go to Arsenal, problem is his transfer fee would be something in the realm of 25 million now.

[lolwut]

And greece is gone gg that. Last few minutes were looking intense

[Lantis]

It would be hella ironic if Netherlands gave Romania a free pass to the next round, and then be eliminated in the final by the Romanians themselves. :looney:

Fuckin' Swedish coach gave up the goddamn game by taking out Ibrahimovic and leaving that old Larcson turd in. :wtf:

LAWLZ, Greece eliminated by their own strategies: defensive play and lonesome goals. :tup:

[bafiaris13]

greece sucks this year..

[UBControl]

greece sucks this year..

Can't remember the last time Greece did good :confused:

[r3ko]

Villa is on fire right now, I looked at his goal game ratio and it's impressive. I hope Fabregas persuades him to go to Arsenal, problem is his transfer fee would be something in the realm of 25 million now.

Probably much higher. Only a handful of clubs will probably be able to go for him if he continues like that for the rest of the tournament.

[bafiaris13]

Can't remember the last time Greece did good :confused:

2004..

and then at this euro qualifiers they seemed to have a good team with solid defence..

went for all this trouble qualifying to end up failing like that :tdown:

[DagV]

Greece took everyone by surprise the last time , but stuff like that dosent happen twice. even the very next year in 2005 in the confederations cup (where champions from each continent meets) they struggled really hard and got trashed by everyone but the african champions tunisia. and on top of that they didt even qualify to the world cup in 2006

but in this years qualifiers they looked a bit more promising and won the group in front of turkey and norway. that dude with the pony tale scored lots on his head. Kirgiakos i think it is. Nikopolidis looked really horrible yesterday that blunder on the goal was terrible.

Even if Sweeden has impressed me lots (with Zlatan on the field) Im starting to think Russia could go trough , they will get their star player back for the next match.... Arshavin.

[FreddyL0c0]

ok, what on earth happened at the end of the first half of the Spain/Sweden Match

1. An obvious penalty call was just ignored
2.And the ref Whistled the end of the half.......when Spain were pressing hard in offense???????? That shit aint logical

Oh and Lantis, the commentators mentioned that Ibrahimovich had nagging knee pains

[Gord]

/hopes turkey gets wiped the fuck out in this round.

[DanSC]

holy shit what a amazing comeback!!

[Hol Horse]

Best Game EVER!!!!!!!!!!

[L4undry]

I thought the Czechs would blast it into the goal area after Tungay took over the keeper shirt.

[Random_Hero]

What an amazing ending to this game. Turkey score 3 in the final 15 mins to win. Volkan gets kicked out for shoving koeller. Turks have no subs so the midfielder jumps in net. This is good for Croatia. They now get to play Turkey who will be missing there starting goalkeeper.

What a shot on that third goal too. I was really looking forward to the pks but the ending was even better