[Tournament] UEFA Euro 2008

NOW I want to check this topic. Fuckin' WOO, fuckers!

It couldn't have started any better for the Dutch, honestly, but I do feel we deserved the win in the end. And with France and Romania looking pretty meek, we have a pretty decent chance now. Plus, the fact that Italy needs to win against them to go onto the next round is another huge bonus. Basically, if we can tie against one other team in our group, we're almost sure to go on.

I don't think Italy played that badly to be honest, they were just outclassed, and a teeny bit unlucky at points as well. But if the Netherlands had made every outright chance a goal, it would've been something like 6-0.

Woo!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Spain - Russia was a pretty entertaining match, although the difference in quality was pretty big. Russia played pretty solid attacking play, but they were absolutely pathetic on the defense, so whenever the Spaniards intercepted a ball on the midfield (which was all too easy as well) half the time it would lead to a huge chance, or a goal.

Sweden did play badly, but they were playing against a team that was doing absolutely everything to make playing football impossible. It was disgusting to watch, and I'm super glad they didn't get away with it. Honestly, after seeing that I think there should be a rule that you can't keep the ball on your own half for more than one minute or something, it was just so stupid. Sweden deserved to win purely on the basis that the Greeks deserved to lose.

But yeah, the second goal... Bloody hell. Certainly one of the most pathetic goals I've ever seen. How did Ljungberg manage to miss that chance, alone in front of the goalie who was already on the ground?

I think there's more potential in the Swedish team than what they showed in this match though, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt for now. Hopefully against Spain they can play a little more freely (with the 3 points in their pocket and all).

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Originally Posted by Musharraf

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Germany can be pretty lucky, although they lost, they only need one point against Austria on Monday to reach the quarter finals. They showed a terrible performance today nonetheless.

Germany is pathetic. I was astonished to discover that the British commentators considered Germany top pick for the title. Have they not seen Germany play at the World Cup? Did they never see them play a qualifyer or a friendly match? This didn't come as such a huge surprise to me, their defense is a shambles.

Two shady decisions by the officials in the match of Poland vs. Austria, so I think it about evens out. The Poland goal was offside by a mile, and the penalty was strange, cause that kinda stuff happens literally every corner and every free kick. Austria seems to be a bit unlucky in these games so far, they deserve better really for the way they play.

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Originally Posted by Musharraf

Wow great, Turkish celebrations on the streets outside (including cars and firecrackers). I won't be able to sleep tonight

And Portugal, I didn't watch that game, but I assume they played with their B-team again, yes?

Congratulations to Turkey and yes, I didn't see the Portugal game either but I know Ronaldo and Deco were given a rest at least.

I was happy to see the Czech Republic get beaten, they represent the worst in football as far as I'm concerned--just no imagination, incredibly conservative and just devoid of any love for the sport. Putting a striker whose only skill is to be tall really seals the deal for me. It's like they looked at the Italian team and went "how can we make this even more lifeless?"

So it was satisfying to see them lose in the last minute to a team that had almost nothing except passion. Turkey to be this Euro's Greece?

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Hamu-Sumo

No. Greece won nearly every game with 1:0 and a good portion of luck. In my opinion it's a different thing to change a nearly 0:2 loss to a 3:2 win (and before 0:1 to 2:1).

Yeah absolutely, Greece won on free kicks, corners and luck. But if Turkey wins this tournament, they will be this year's Greece, just sayin'.

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