European Championship soccer

[alamo50]

Germany or Italy?

I say Germany.

You?

[N.Y. Johnny]

Italy lost captain Cannavaro so they've got an uphill battle, plus they're in the Group of Death with France, che non salta e un Francese,
Romania, and Netherlands. They never surprise though, Italy can go on a tear and win the group and the EURO title or they can crash and burn and go home 0-3.


It will be a challenge for them but I don't see them winning the cup as much as I'd like it. EURO really is always full of surprises like Greece last time out beating Portugal in Portugal. I would bet that Germany would do good and favor them as of now. Czech Republic is tough always.

[SAtown]

I'll be rooting for Greece, Turkey, and Czech Republic, but I think Portugal or Spain will win it. I also think Italy will make it out of the Group of Death with France.

[SAtown]

Switzerland v Czech Republic next followed by Portugal v Turkey later on ESPN CLassic and ESPN Deportes. It's nice of ESPN to think College Baseball is more important than Euro 2008.

[SAtown]

Here's the entire Euro 2008 TV schedule:

All times EASTERN.

E2 – ESPN2
E1 – ESPN
EC – ESPN Classic
ED – ESPN Deportes

EURO 2008 TV SCHEDULE
Date Time (ET) TV Match

Sa 6/07 11:50 a.m. EC/ED Switzerland vs. Czech Republic

2:30 p.m. EC/ED Portugal vs. Turkey

Su 6/08 11:50 a.m. E2/ED Austria vs. Croatia

2:30 p.m. E2/ED Germany vs. Poland

Mo 6/09 11:50 a.m. E2/ED Romania vs. France

2:30 p.m. E2/ED Netherlands vs. Italy

Tu 6/10 11:50 a.m. E2/ED Spain vs. Russia

2:30 p.m. E2/ED Greece vs. Sweden

We 6/11 11:50 a.m. E2/ED Czech Republic vs. Portugal

2:30 p.m. E2/ED Switzerland vs. Turkey

Th 6/12 11:50 a.m. E2/ED Croatia vs. Germany

2:30 p.m. E2/ED Austria vs. Poland

Fr 6/13 11:50 a.m. E2/ED Italy vs. Romania

2:30 p.m. E2/ED Netherlands vs. France

Sa 6/14 11:50 a.m. E2/ED Sweden vs. Spain

2:30 p.m. E2/ED Greece vs. Russia

Su 6/15 2:30 p.m. E2/ED Switzerland vs. Portugal

2:30 p.m. EC Turkey vs. Czech Republic

5 p.m. ED Turkey vs. Czech Republic

Mo 6/16 2:30 p.m. EC Poland vs. Croatia

2:30 p.m. E1/ED Austria vs. Germany

5 p.m. ED Poland vs. Croatia

Tu 6/17 2:30 p.m. EC Netherlands vs. Romania

2:30 p.m. E1/ED France vs. Italy

5 p.m. ED Netherlands vs. Romania

We 6/18 2:30 p.m. E1/ED Greece vs. Spain

2:30 p.m. E2 Russia vs. Sweden

7 p.m. ED Russia vs. Sweden

Quarterfinals

Th 6/19 2:30 p.m. E1/ED 1st Group A vs. 2nd Group B

Fr 6/20 2:30 p.m. E1/ED 1st Group B vs. 2nd Group A

Sa 6/21 2:30 p.m. ABC 1st Group C vs. 2nd Group D

Su 6/22 2:55 p.m. E1/ED 1st Group D vs. 2nd Group C

Semifinals

We 6/25 2:30 p.m. E1/ED Winners - 25 vs. 26

Th 6/26 2:30 p.m. E2/ED Winners - 27 vs. 28

Final

Su 6/29 2:30 p.m. ABC Winners - 29 vs. 30

[Streakyshooter08]

I hope Germany plays a good tournament. Game 1 will show how good they really are. They sucked the last 2 exhibition games. I am looking forward to it.

That said: Italy is the favorite for me... (I don't like them but they have the best team)

[N.Y. Johnny]

Czechs are beating Switzerland 1 nil. The hosts squandered alot of chances here in this match. You can't do that with a dangerous team like the Czech republic.

I too am looking forward to Germany v Poland.

[englishspursfan]

i say italy..an im soo fucking pissed about england not being there. FUCK!

[velik_m]

The Dutch!

[alamo50]

i say italy..an im soo fucking pissed about england not being there. FUCK!

England, Belgium, Denmark............all not there because 2 dutch coaches got Poland and Russia there.

Looking forward to tomorrow's game of Germany vs. Poland too.

[englishspursfan]

England, Belgium, Denmark............all not there because 2 dutch coaches got Poland and Russia there.

Looking forward to tomorrow's game of Germany vs. Poland too.
that an the fact is we are fucking shite an cant hold a lead:lobt2:

[SAtown]

ESPN 2 has the games in HD, hell fucking yes. Go Austria!!!!!

[SAtown]

Bullshit penalty call; the Dutch ref waited a couple of moments after the slight contact to call it. You'd think they would give the hosts a couple of calls their way :lol

[Purple & Gold]

I think this is France's year. Portugal didn't impress me to much yesterday. Turkey gave them a good match. Germany and Italy will of course make some noise. Should be a good tournament.

[SAtown]

And why did ESPN have to bring out Julie Foudie again? She never shows her ugly face in between major tournaments but always shows up for WC and Euro. Was Eric Wynalda not available? Thank God for ESPN Deportes, but it's not in HD and those Argies get pretty fucking annoying every now and then.

[SAtown]

Austria finally playing decent football. Too little too late in the half though. Hopefully they come out as energized for the 2nd half. That and a little payback from the ref.

[Purple & Gold]

And why did ESPN have to bring out Julie Foudie again? She never shows her ugly face in between major tournaments but always shows up for WC and Euro. Was Eric Wynalda not available? Thank God for ESPN Deportes, but it's not in HD and those Argies get pretty fucking annoying every now and then.

I like ESPN Deportes much better as well. But I am a fan of that funny ass English commentator. He says some funny ass shit. Called Ronaldinho the Buck toothed Brazilian. :lol

[terzappi]

I hope italy but it will be very difficult.
I quote this part: "italy win the group and the EURO title or they can crash and burn and go home 0-3."

[SAtown]

Very entertaining game, Austria deserves the tie

[Kriz-Maxima]

Lots of missed oportunities.

[SAtown]

Germany v Poland should be very good. I remember it was a good game in World Cup 06

[N.Y. Johnny]

Tommorow will be the big day...ughh I'm nervous. The Dutch are always formidable opponents and very dangerous.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

And why did ESPN have to bring out Julie Foudie again? She never shows her ugly face in between major tournaments but always shows up for WC and Euro. Was Eric Wynalda not available? Thank God for ESPN Deportes, but it's not in HD and those Argies get pretty fucking annoying every now and then.

Seriously, WTF if your problem??

[SAtown]

Seriously, WTF if your problem??

I said they're pretty fucking annoying. What's the problem? Is one of them your father or something?

[scott]

Germany looked good until I fell asleep... Lukas is a scoring machine!

[TDMVPDPOY]

umm

holland and spain are very deep with talented players

but the problem with holland, they are a one man team with that van robben guy....fukn ballhog like in the WC...

spain is my pick

[polandprzem]

:pctoss


What The F#### Podolski ?

You are red and white


:depressed

[alamo50]

Tommorow will be the big day...ughh I'm nervous. The Dutch are always formidable opponents and very dangerous.

Believe me Johnny, we are way more nervous.
Italy is relieved Seedorf wasn't even selected.

I see Holland not even making it past the 1st round (which is no shame as it is the poule of death).

Nevertheless, tonight's game will be the best game of the entire tournament.
Book it.

Everybody if you are able to watch this game, do so!
This is soccer how it's supposed to be!

[JK2]

spain is my pickSpain has very good players but that doesn't matter as long as they suck as a team. They are proven losers and they won't win anything this year.

[Streakyshooter08]

I wasn't pleased with the way Germany played but it is really good that they won the game. There is still a lot of room for improvement.

I am rooting hard for Holland tonight. I hope they beat Italy...

[SAtown]

France are in a bad situation now, unless Italy and Holland tie. Good for Romania for holding their ground.

[Purple & Gold]

Romania came up big. Didn't think they would get any points against France. France is in big time danger now.

[N.Y. Johnny]

Romania is a dangerous team, thats no surprise they held their own.


Forza Italia!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SAtown]

Wow.

[SAtown]

I guess Panucci being on the ground next to the goal ruled out any possibility of offsides; so the goal was legit. The second goal... wow. Donadoni should have gone with Del Piero and toni up top

[N.Y. Johnny]

I guess Panucci being on the ground next to the goal ruled out any possibility of offsides; so the goal was legit. The second goal... wow. Donadoni should have gone with Del Piero and toni up top




Donadoni should be fired. Thank god if they flame out in this tournament he's gone. :bang

[SAtown]

No changes by Donadoni at halftime???

[SAtown]

That 3rd goal says it all. Grosso misses right in front of goal, then Pirlo almost makes a FK, then a counterattack and goal by Von Bronckhorst.

[velik_m]

Ah yeah. Holland wins. Italy loses. This is a good day.

[alamo50]

Wow.

Word.

This was the best I have seen Holland play in a very long time.......
Just wow.
Hope we keep it up!

[lefty]

Van Basten just beat the crap out of his former teammate

[endrity]

Word.

This was the best I have seen Holland play in a very long time.......
Just wow.
Hope we keep it up!

Very true. Holland had lost its identity a bit lately.

This is the best game they have played since Euro2000. And back then, it was a group of guys in their prime, who had almost all played at Ajax in the 95Champions League season. They knew each other incredibly well, and could play with their eyes closed. It was too bad that that group missed out on both Euro2000 and France 98.

This time though they look very good. It is a relief that Robben and Seedorf are not playing. Robben just holds to the ball too much, falls down easily. A great talent but I never really liked him that much. Seedorf is used to play in a ball control, slow tempo game with Milan.

Typical dutch football is based on a much more fast paced game, using the wings well and they did that incredibly well tonight.

It's early but it looks like a Germany - Holland final to me, with a huge rivalry being renewed at the top stage of the sport.

[N.Y. Johnny]

No changes by Donadoni at halftime???




see the my post before this.


What a disgrace and embarrassment, but then again I didn't have a good feeling about this tournament even before Cannavaro went down. Either way Italy got bitchslapped today and hopefully they'll wake up. Donadoni is a jackass.

[Streakyshooter08]

Congrats to Holland. Great game. :tu

[TDMVPDPOY]

david villa 3-0 russian

dude is beasting the russian team

david villa/silva = VALENCIA FC :D ftw

[Purple & Gold]

Spain looked good. David Villa killed them.

[N.Y. Johnny]

Spain why do they do this all the time? I love them, and they always roar out of the gate and fuck people up, but once the knockouts begin....well, hopefully they'll do it this year.

I'm rooting for Italy of course, but they're probably dead in the water now with the goal differential and everyone else having points in the group of death, Holland, Germany and Spain.

[SAtown]

Sweden scored the ugliest goal in history :lol

[SAtown]

These were very important 3 points for Sweden as they face Spain on Saturday. Greece can still save themselves with a 2-0 or so win over Russia along with a Spain win over Sweden.

[alamo50]

I'm rooting for Italy of course, but they're probably dead in the water now with the goal differential and everyone else having points in the group of death, Holland, Germany and Spain.


Italy's luck is France sucked in their 1st game.
Now Holland faces a desperate French squad on Friday and Italy just has to demolish Romania to start dreaming again.

[terzappi]

I have to go, if Johnny can translate for me...

L' Olanda ha giocato bene. Ci ha demoliti.
Donadoni è un incompetente, prima di allenare l'Italia era stato esonerato dal Livorno (squadra di medio bassa classifica)
Usa un modulo di gioco obsoleto: 4-3-3.
Ha schierato una difesa centrale lentissima (Materazzi e Barzagli)
A centrocampo ha messo i giocatori del milan (Pirlo, Gattuso e Ambrosini) che quest'anno hanno fatto schifo, arrivando 5° in campionato.
In attacco, a parte Toni, ha portato come riserve giocatori senza esperienza internazionale (Borriello, Di natale, Quagliarella) che per di piu sono giocatori mediocri.
L'Italia quando ha gruppo, ha una bella atmosfera attorno a se, non combina mai nulla. Questo è un nostro limite perchè significa che non sono in grado di trovare le motivazioni dentro se stessi.

If johnny can't translate, i will do it on friday. bye.

[SAtown]

So, does it basically say that Donadoni is an incompetent coach who has coached mediocre teams (Livorno, Genoa) before coaching Italy; that his formation tactics (4-3-3) are obsolete; that they central defense is extremely slow, the midfield (consisting of the AC Milan midfield) wasn't even the strongest in Serie A as they finished 5th; and outside of Luca Toni, Donadoni called up a bunch of internationally inexperienced forwards.

[cze1860]

Spain have a good match ,Spain discover a new Raul,haha

[TDMVPDPOY]

RAUL is crap, never put him in the same sentence with DAVID VILLA

DAVID VILLA IS FOR REAL, hope he doesnt sign with anothe spanish club, VALENCIA FC is going places if they have a really fit squad, or if he wants come to MANUTD!!!

[terzappi]

So, does it basically say that Donadoni is an incompetent coach who has coached mediocre teams (Livorno, Genoa) before coaching Italy; that his formation tactics (4-3-3) are obsolete; that they central defense is extremely slow, the midfield (consisting of the AC Milan midfield) wasn't even the strongest in Serie A as they finished 5th; and outside of Luca Toni, Donadoni called up a bunch of internationally inexperienced forwards.

Thank you!

[TDMVPDPOY]

italy wouldve won had they learned to flopped better

[JK2]

QRO626ImQek

[SAtown]

italy wouldve won had they learned to flopped better

The ref allowed a very physical match, so he wasn't calling anything (which is how it's supposed to be). That way Italy couldn't control the tempo of the game

[SAtown]

There's a good one brewing in Geneva.

[Purple & Gold]

This has the makings of a classic.

[Dglue]

I have watched a lot of games, so far Spain impressed me the most. And also the Dutch were great, but the problem with both teams is that they cannot keep it up for a whole tournament. At least Spain have two killers up front with Villa and Torres, but for the Dutch it has always been a problem that they just don't have a real goalgetter. Of course Van Nistelrooij is a great player, but again he missed a wide open chance. Give such a chance to Mutu or that kind of players (maybe not as talented as Van Nistelrooij, but he has more of a killer instinct) and they will convert it in a goal.

Besides that the Dutch defense is really weak. I cannot understand that in some papers Ooijer and Mathijssen really got good grades, how are they reasoning? Italy didn't score any goals, so they played a good match? Bullshit....Thanks to Van der Sar and Bouhlarouz and luck was it that Italy didn't make a goal....

[N.Y. Johnny]

Good job translating there SAtown :spin


Terzappi sorry I was in here late. I missed the matches today, but I see Portugal waxed the Czechs. Switzerland is about to go bye bye if they drop this game.

Regarding Donadoni.
How this fucking idiot is still managing the Azzurri I have no idea. He is beyond clueless and is a total idiot. Hopefully he's gone after this tournament...I miss Marcello Lippi




Now regarding the tournament, Damn I want La Furia Roja to win it, as I like David Villa and Cesc but we'll see. Aragones has got one hell of a side there, wow are they talented.

[SAtown]

Wow. The last 30 minutes of this Turkey v Switzerland match will be insane.

[SAtown]

I heard on the ESPN 2 broadcast that Erin Derdiyok (SUI) is the only teenager in the tournament, but that his 20th birthday is tomorrow. Does anyone else find it weird that there are no younger players in the tournament? It seems like there are always 18-19 year olds in tournaments like these

[N.Y. Johnny]

Wow. The last 30 minutes of this Turkey v Switzerland match will be insane.



Figures I can't watch this one today. :bang

[Dglue]

I don't find it really strange that there aren't a lot of young players on this tournament. The medical treatment of football players is becoming better and better (i.e. the famous Milan-lab), so there are a lot players that are prolonging their career. And besides that...there are a lot of talents between the age of 20-25 how are breaking through which leave less room for talents to groom. Also in my opinion the talent level of the U-20 and the Olympic teams are dropping in Europe....

[SAtown]

WHAT A GOAL!!!!!! I feel terrible for Switzerland though. With Portugal coming up, I don't see them getting any points in the tournament.

[Dglue]

Indeed too bad...Very poor defense btw....But great shot..I have to be honest with that, though I dislike the Turkish team and not because of the players but because of their always trouble making fans...."but they're so passionate, great fans showing emotion" Well bullshit they are just waiting to get a good fight (btw sorry for my rant and I hope that I don't offend any Turkish posters, because I know that there are a lot of good fans, though there are a select group of fans who are spoiling it for the rest....)

Too bad for the Swiss, because they deserved at least a point against the very weak Czech team and could have stolen a point today, though Turkey deserved to win...

[terzappi]

here in italy the press is sure that if donadoni fail the qualyfing lippi will be the next coach

(Did I make any mistake?)

[SAtown]

here in italy the press is sure that if donadoni fail the qualyfing lippi will be the next coach

(Did I make any mistake?)

Do you mean if Italy do not advance from group stage in Euro 2008 or if they do not qualify to World Cup 2010? I hope Lippi becomes coach again soon, I don't know why they let him go after World Cup 06.

[terzappi]

Do you mean if Italy do not advance from group stage in Euro 2008 or if they do not qualify to World Cup 2010? I hope Lippi becomes coach again soon, I don't know why they let him go after World Cup 06.

Yes.

Lippi refused the contract that the FIGC offered to him (at the end of the world cup) because he wanted to rest with no pressure, etc.
A couple of months ago he said that if the FIGC still wants him he could return coaching italy after euro 2008. It's the most probably solution. My dream is a return of Arrigo Sacchi, but it's impossible...

However 3 candidates for the afterDonadoni
1-Lippi
2-Ancelotti
3-Mancini ( http://www.m4d.it/forum/images/smilies/puke.gif )


Italy for the future has got 1 problems:
he hasn't got a young quickly defender (central) .

The attack is very competitive: giovinco, rossi, balotelli (1990) , paloschi (1990) and this thing make me optimist for the 2010 World Cup

[N.Y. Johnny]

Yes.

Lippi refused the contract that the FIGC offered to him (at the end of the world cup) because he wanted to rest with no pressure, etc.
A couple of months ago he said that if the FIGC still wants him he could return coaching italy after euro 2008. It's the most probably solution. My dream is a return of Arrigo Sacchi, but it's impossible...

However 3 candidates for the afterDonadoni
1-Lippi
2-Ancelotti
3-Mancini ( http://www.m4d.it/forum/images/smilies/puke.gif )


Italy for the future has got 1 problems:
he hasn't got a young quickly defender (central) .

The attack is very competitive: giovinco, rossi, balotelli (1990) , paloschi (1990) and this thing make me optimist for the 2010 World Cup



Mancini? ugh no thank you.

I would love for Lippi to come back. We'll see if they quit on Donadoni next time out, perhaps they wont have to with Donadoni's whacked formations and sorry strategy. He'll surrender to Domenech.

[resistanze]

Speaking of Domenech, what does he have against David Trezeguet?

[N.Y. Johnny]

Speaking of Domenech, what does he have against David Trezeguet?



I think Trezeguet was one of the French players that got into a row with Domenech a while back after the World Cup and he was pissed and said some players spent too much time with their clubs and not their country.
I imagine Domenech doesn't like that he missed the PK in the WC Final either, he seems like that type of manager.:wow

[Dglue]

I also think it's a personal grudge against Trezequet, though on the other a lot of coaches leave some good attackers at home, because almost everyone is very defensive minded, with Domenech as one of the leading dogs in this.....It's a shame for football...

[SAtown]

Croatia completely dominating Germany in the first half.

[Streakyshooter08]

Germany plays like shit. :pctoss

[SAtown]

Terrible luck for Germany. Their defense isn't the same as it was against Poland. Fritz is completely lost

[polandprzem]

Poland playing like crap

Well Boruc is the only bright spot, other then that I'm dissapointed

2nd half must be better for polish team

[alamo50]

Germany plays like shit. :pctoss

Very surprised!

Tomorrow will be a beautiful day at the EC!
Can't wait.

[polandprzem]

:pctoss

Poland eliminated

Shitty play fucking fuck .... but there should not be any penalty gotdamnit :cuss

[Alain]

Tomorrow will be a beautiful day at the EC!
Can't wait.

:lol

Enjoy the day, as your night will be full of Ribery nightmares.:spin

Hope we'll have good games to watch and may the better teams win (or draw as for Italy and Romania :D ).

[Alain]

:pctoss

Poland eliminated

Shitty play fucking fuck .... but there should not be any penalty gotdamnit :cuss

Poland robbed indeed!

Can't wait for Platini press conference.

[polandprzem]

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8481/wantedws7.jpg

[cze1860]

Germany palyed a bad match。

[cze1860]

Poland lost 3 points in last few minutes，not have a good luck。

[velik_m]

:pctoss

Poland eliminated

Shitty play fucking fuck .... but there should not be any penalty gotdamnit :cuss

If Austria beats and Germany and you beat Croatia you can still qualify, right?

As for today - Holland will have a hard time. They took Italy by surprise with their aggressive play, but the rest of the opponents will be better prepared for their tactic. And the defense looks shaky as ever. Hopefully they pull it off today...

[cze1860]

If Austria beats and Germany and you beat Croatia you can still qualify, right?

As for today - Holland will have a hard time. They took Italy by surprise with their aggressive play, but the rest of the opponents will be better prepared for their tactic. And the defense looks shaky as ever. Hopefully they pull it off today...

yes，if Italy lose the match，they will be in dangerous。

[Dglue]

I am afraid that the Dutch won´t win this match, though I hope they do. France is a lot better that Italy at this moment, though Italy can really grow in a tournament.

And Poland robbed? Just because of the penalty, because they were so lucky that the strikers of Austria were just plain bad (nice work by Boruc of course, but it really was more the fault of the strikers than excellent keeperswork...)

[SAtown]

Penalty?!!!!

[SAtown]

I'm a little concerned with this crooked shit. First Austria was awarded a penalty in stoppage time yesterday, then Romania today with a chance to eliminate Italy. It was hard enough getting over what happened with Korea in 2002 (eliminating Spain and Italy with help from refs).

[Dglue]

Well, SAtown this really was a penalty. Panucci was choking the guy....And thusfar the referees are from a very high level I must say, though this Norwegian guys wasn't all that and his assistants were very poor.

I'm so excited about coming match, though I'm afraid that the French will exploit our biggest weakness and that's the lack of speed in our defense. The match-up Mathijssen vs Henry or Ooijer vs Henry gives me nightmares. I hope that Van Basten will start with Bouma and Heitinga in the heart of the defense. They are both a lot quicker than Ooijer and Mathijssen, but I 'm afraid Van Basten will stay with the previous line-up...

[Duff McCartney]

I must say that Portugal is coming on strong. Ronaldo is probably the best player in the world right now. I hope he doesn't leave Trafford and go to Real Madrid. But I don't really blame him if he does..I think he's done it all in Manchester United.

[resistanze]

Netherlands is not messing around this tourney. And they have some tight-ass jerseys :lol

[SAtown]

If Henry had made that flick, that would've been the nicest goal of the tournament so far.

[velik_m]

Impressive.

The french midfield (outside Ribery) sucks. What good is having a striker like Henry if you can't deliver him a decent ball? No Zidane, no Viera, no idea.

[polandprzem]

If Austria beats and Germany and you beat Croatia you can still qualify, right?

As for today - Holland will have a hard time. They took Italy by surprise with their aggressive play, but the rest of the opponents will be better prepared for their tactic. And the defense looks shaky as ever. Hopefully they pull it off today...
Germany would have to lose to Austria with a bigger goal margin hen Croatia to poland.
Not happening :shootme Germany will win with at least 3 goals adventage over Austria and we can go on a lunch with Croatians.

Boruc was phenomenal
Poland played bad and I don't blame much that loss on a ref. alhough he made a mistake. There should not be any penalty. What is surprising is that the guy was from England where phisical contact is more allowed then in other leauges.


Netherland - 2 absolutely incredible outstanding performances, I wonder if they can keep up that pace. All in all it's turnament it's soccer so you never know.

[Alain]

:wow

I can't find the words...

Congrats to the guys in orange indeed! Beautifull passing game, great forwards (Van Nilsteroy, superbe!), but the defense will not make it through 3 elimination games. I guess the idea is to score more than the opponent so we'll see.

France at its lowest. :(
End of a cycle. Thuram is outdated, Sagnol can't run, Makelele has lost a step, Malouda is a dick and the coach wants out... Even if they beat Italy and advance (hoping Holland won't lose against Romania), I can't see them going far.

Oh, and as I'm pretty frustrated, let me whine a bit about the horrible officiating. Of course I know that's not the reason France lost, but I feel better now. :p:

[terzappi]

no words. Referee annuled a regular goal to us and whistles an horrible penalty to romania.Do you consider this action foul? OK let's whistle all the same situation than.


Onestamente non capisco come donadoni non si sia accorto che gia dal 50esimo eravamo in affanno a centrocampo. Camoranesi andava tolto prima, per mettere magar Aquilani o Ambrosini... ma non alla fine!

[N.Y. Johnny]

terzappi

io non capisco Donadoni. Ughh RIDATECi LIPPI!!!!!!
dobbiamo affrontare il Francese odiato

http://es.soccerway.com/photo.php?type=original&id=11752423620&x=250

[TDMVPDPOY]

that was a nice game by holland....

[Dglue]

It was a nice game, but as Van Basten said in it's press conference they were lucky. IMO France was the better team, but the Dutch were just better in finishing it off. The Netherlands were lucky that Van Der Sar was again brilliant.

@ Alain: Indeed with this defense you won't go far in this tournament, so I'm afraid that when the goalscoring will stop that the Dutch don't have much to rely on. And about the midfield...I really don't understand you're coach. Why leaving Nasri and Benzema on the bench? If you'll play with both those guys behind or around Henry you have a hell of a squad with a lot of depth and speed. I thought that Makelele played a nice game (though he should've send of, so I don't share you're feeling about the referee. Because he hit people with his hand and elbow like three times in the face. And besides that the goal of Henry was offside...just look closely at the replay) and also Malouda and Ribery were dangerous. They were a handful for the Dutch, though you're defense is aging faster than an overripe tomato...I hope that the Dutch will let Romania win, because I don't want to face an fired up French squad in the semi-finals! IMO the French are at this moment one of the best squads together with Portugal and Spain, they are just not that lucky....

@ terzappi: of course that was a foul! Panucci was choking the guy for crying out loud. I don't think that's legal, is it? You could better blame Panucci for making such a critical error, because the ball wouldn't never gone in from that angle (though Robben proved otherwise, what a horrible job by Coupet btw...) especially not with one of the best keepers in the world as Buffon (IMO together with Van der Sar and Gomes the beste goalkeepers around...)

[TDMVPDPOY]

Dude i watch the game, sure france played ok, but they lacked execution when needed it,

Holland was panickn while playing defense, but when they held the ball, they tried to keep it in possession and execute plays and started to make there run....when you have good wing players, they are deadly on a the run and through balls...thats when the forwards have to be in position to strike, as we have seen numorous times the dutch were in position to score alot....alot of miss chances for them and france....

the france GK, his a midget....dude cant jump for shit expecially on that last schnieder goal outside the box...

[Dglue]

I agree that they lacked execution, but they were the better team. BTW I watched the game also (I'm Dutch!), so I don't get your point in that...

I don't agree with your opinion regarding the possession thing. They scored out of counter attacks as you mentioned, but not because they kept good possession of the ball. That's the main reason Van Basten subbed Engelaar, because just that was lacking in the Dutch game. De Jong played an excellent game and he was one of the few players who actually held on to the ball to keep it in play for the Dutch. The other midfielders with Engelaar as leading man had to many turnovers and made too much passing errors (mainly because Toualala and Makelele had an excellent defensive position). This was corrected in the second half by van Basten for subbing Engelaar and letting Sneijder play a position more in the centre of the midfield when Robben went in. Now they could finally let the ball do his job, instead of running back because again a Frenchman intercepted a pass at midfield.

And regarding your comment that the Dutch were in position to score a lot, well the Dutch television replayed every chance of the game in chronological order. The Dutch had just 5 (!!!) scoring opportunities vs the French 12. When I watched the game yesterday evening I didn't had the feeling that discrepancy was that big, but it was...

[Texas_Ranger]

Today's firs game should be good. Spain is much better than Sweden, but I'm for Ibra this time, cause he's in Inter.

[TDMVPDPOY]

david villa and david silva = valencia FC

too much for sweden to handle :D

[Dglue]

Indeed, I don't think that Sweden stand any chance, though Zlatan is a great footballplayer! My pick to win it all is Spain, but their reputation in regard of knock-out games isn't that great. The team has the most depth compared to other teams, if you can leave Fabregas, Xabi Alonso and Joaquin on your bench and you still have such great players on the field, pfff....I am jealous...

[Magic_Johnson]

spain played great against russia but their defense is not very good.

[Dglue]

True, though I like the way Puyol plays, but he already left the game...

[SAtown]

David Villa with the DAGGER.

[SAtown]

david villa and david silva = valencia FC

I have a feeling Villa won't be with Valencia at the start of next season. There's speculation that there's Premiere League teams interested, including Arsenal. I think they will be paying more than the €8 million Valencia paid for him

[resistanze]

David Villa with the DAGGER.

Yeah Sweden really fell off in the second half; passes and movement was very slow allowing Spain to play aggressive defense. Playing for the tie usually gets you burned.

[SAtown]

Come on Greece!

[N.Y. Johnny]

I have a feeling Villa won't be with Valencia at the start of next season. There's speculation that there's Premiere League teams interested, including Arsenal. I think they will be paying more than the €8 million Valencia paid for him



If Villa goes to Arsenal its good, I just pray Villa doesn't sign with the Russian Mafia Gangster Roman Abramovich and his Chelsea team. Ughh. I think Villa will probably remain in Spain with Real Madrid, but money does talk in the end.

Los Galacticos have plenty of that as does that gangster Abramovich.


Greece is probably done as they'll won't recover from that boneheaded move by their goal keeper wandering outside and giving up the empty net. Who the hell did he think he is Rene Higuita?

[SAtown]

Greece is probably done as they'll won't recover from that boneheaded move by their goal keeper wandering outside and giving up the empty net. Who the hell did he think he is Rene Higuita?

This one definately is on Nikopolidis. Players can't make innocent mistakes like that at this level

[alamo50]

4-1 -->
IMO France was the better team

:lmao

I hate to bragg, but damn we good!

You live in Holland dglue?
Which city?

[Dglue]

I indeed live in Holland, namely Hillegom (small place between Haarlem and Leiden). And I really think that France was better and that we were fortunate, but we were much better in finishing. But you really think that we played much better than the French? Even Van Basten admitted that we were lucky. And that doesn't matter, I was glad that they won and the goal of Robben was excellent timing...

[velik_m]

What an interesting game! Croatia has to be pretty happy - they will play Turkey without their first goalkeeper.

[alamo50]

But you really think that we played much better than the French?

No, I just think it's a bullshit opinion that France played better.

Now on to play Guusje in the quarters!

[Spurtacus]

Turkey-Czech was one of the best soccer matches I've ever seen. What a comeback by Turkey!

[Holt's Cat]

Turkey-Czech was one of the best soccer matches I've ever seen. What a comeback by Turkey!

Fuck man I took a nap at about the 70th minute.

[cze1860]

goalkeeper Cech made a mistake and Czech will go home,after the match,i was very sad that i saw Jan Koller was cry,he is 35 years old,this is his last game in national team,i was very very very very sad.

But i believe Czech will be back 4 years later,Go Cech!!

[lefty]

Germany will meet Austria.

Interesting........the last time those 2 met, it was during the 82 World Cup group stage; the famous " shame game:, when they agreed on to eliminate Algeria (which one of the best teams in the tournament)

:flipoff

[JK2]

Germany 3-0 Austria. book it!

[lefty]

Germany will meet Austria.

Interesting........the last time those 2 met, it was during the 82 World Cup group stage; the famous " shame game:, when they agreed on to eliminate Algeria (which one of the best teams in the tournament)

:flipoff

o4ILQJR9WZg

[alamo50]

Tomorrow's Italy vs. France game will be epic.

[lefty]

Tomorrow's Italy vs. France game will be epic.

:sleep

[N.Y. Johnny]

:sleep



I agree Lefty.

Oh and fuck Austria, that chickenshit Game in the world cup is a disgrace.


Donadoni "Siamo pronti"


you better be, because this is your last match.:toast

[lefty]

I agree Lefty.

Oh and fuck Austria, that chickenshit Game in the world cup is a disgrace.


Donadoni "Siamo pronti"


you better be, because this is your last match.:toast


Yeah it was a fucking disgrace; my Father still loves it whenever Germany or Austria lose :hat


Yeah, Dinadona sucks as a coach; heck, even as a player, the big Dutch 3 at AC Milan made him look good.

Funny story: my boss is French; well, like Zidane, he is French, but Algerian. (I'm Algerian by the way)
He took Friday afternoon off to catch Holland-France on his HDTV

This is our conversation:

Me : " France is gonna lose "
My boss : " No, because Henry is playing this time "
Me: " So ???!!! Zidane is not there to save your asses this time "
My boss : "I bet you a Caffe Latte at Starbucks France ias winning"

Then, with some arrogance, he added: " by the way, I like my Latte with 2 milks and one sugar"
I replied : " boy, it's a good thing you're not Italian because you would be a disgrace ! "

So today he bought me a Cheeseburger :D

[TDMVPDPOY]

My boss : "I bet you a Caffe Latte at Starbucks France ias winning"

Then, with some arrogance, he added: " by the way, I like my Latte with 2 milks and one sugar"
I replied : " boy, it's a good thing you're not Italian because you would be a disgrace ! "

So today he bought me a Cheeseburger :D

cheeseburger > latte

[lefty]

cheeseburger > latte

Anytime

[Spurtacus]

Tomorrow's Italy vs. France game will be epic.

I hope so. Looking forward to it.

[Texas_Ranger]

Italy will win this one.

[MacGyver]

Italy will win this one.

:lol

:nope

[Alain]

Italy hasn't defeated France since the 1978 world cup.

Anyway, Romania still has the better chances and though I'm sure Holland will play to win, extra motivation should make the difference.

France-Italia: 4-2
Holland-Romania: 1-2

[SAtown]

Italy hasn't defeated France since the 1978 world cup.


World Cup 2006 Final

[lefty]

Italy hasn't defeated France since the 1978 world cup.

Anyway, Romania still has the better chances and though I'm sure Holland will play to win, extra motivation should make the difference.

France-Italia: 4-2
Holland-Romania: 1-2

Excessive Cocorico alert

[N.Y. Johnny]

Yeah it was a fucking disgrace; my Father still loves it whenever Germany or Austria lose :hat


Yeah, Dinadona sucks as a coach; heck, even as a player, the big Dutch 3 at AC Milan made him look good.

Funny story: my boss is French; well, like Zidane, he is French, but Algerian. (I'm Algerian by the way)
He took Friday afternoon off to catch Holland-France on his HDTV

This is our conversation:

Me : " France is gonna lose "
My boss : " No, because Henry is playing this time "
Me: " So ???!!! Zidane is not there to save your asses this time "
My boss : "I bet you a Caffe Latte at Starbucks France ias winning"

Then, with some arrogance, he added: " by the way, I like my Latte with 2 milks and one sugar"
I replied : " boy, it's a good thing you're not Italian because you would be a disgrace ! "

So today he bought me a Cheeseburger :D



True about Donadoni at AC Milan. I'm a huge AC Milan fan too, and you're right about the Dutch. Thats maybe why I've adopted Holland as well, there's always a place in my heart for Van Basten, Rijkaard, and Ruud Gullit and I like their style of play too and always would like to watch Holland.

Well that being said the Oranje should make it through and we'll see how Italy v France goes. Its a rivalry game so who knows.

Oh and the Cheeseburger thing is great.:toast

[Alain]

World Cup 2006 Final

It was officialy a draw!

[Alain]

Excessive Cocorico alert

Meet Karim Benzema, and remember to breath.

[SAtown]

It's a rainy night in Zurich. Let's see how that affects the game. Hopefully it won't be as bad as the Switzerland game last week

[SAtown]

Ribery out with an injury already in the 9th minute. Not looking too good for the French early on

[SAtown]

Another HUGE blow to France. Abidal red carded for fouling Toni in the box. Penalty for Italy

[lefty]

True about Donadoni at AC Milan. I'm a huge AC Milan fan too, and you're right about the Dutch. Thats maybe why I've adopted Holland as well, there's always a place in my heart for Van Basten, Rijkaard, and Ruud Gullit and I like their style of play too and always would like to watch Holland.

Well that being said the Oranje should make it through and we'll see how Italy v France goes. Its a rivalry game so who knows.

Oh and the Cheeseburger thing is great.:toast

Yeah, the Cheeseburger thing was funny; I should bet a PS3 :p:

Regarding AC Milan, it wasn't just about the Dutch (although Van Basten is my favorite player of all-time).
They had some great Italian players, like Franco Baresi who was by far the best in the world at his position.
With Costacurta, they were the best defensive duo in the world. Add Maldini to the mix.
Great D, great offense, no wonder why they won a championship wothout losing a single game (for their last game that season, I think they won like 8-1 @ Genoa)

[lefty]

Meet Karim Benzema, and remember to breath.

Benzema has talent; plus, he is a strong guy.:toast

He needs more experience

[N.Y. Johnny]

Yeah, the Cheeseburger thing was funny; I should bet a PS3 :p:

Regarding AC Milan, it wasn't just about the Dutch (although Van Basten is my favorite player of all-time).
They had some great Italian players, like Franco Baresi who was by far the best in the world at his position.
With Costacurta, they were the best defensive duo in the world. Add Maldini to the mix.
Great D, great offense, no wonder why they won a championship wothout losing a single game (for their last game that season, I think they won like 8-1 @ Genoa)

Definitely!

Lefty you like Milan? Serie A?
you know alot about it.


This game has gone south for France.

Gattuso out and gets a nice hand there.

[Alain]

What a shitty game :depressed

I'm tired of these clowns!

Thanks to Mr Michel and good luck to Italia (not).

[SAtown]

Lefty you like Milan? Serie A?


I do :smokin

Thank God for fox soccer channel showing Serie A

[N.Y. Johnny]

SAtown thats great!!!!!!!


I can have a fellow Rossoneri fan on here to talk Milan Football. What you think about Moanrinho???? Inter Merda....ughhhh nel scudetto metansi nel culo!!!!




EDIT: if you're a milan fan...:lol if you're a Serie A fan thats good too. :king

[SAtown]

Don't know if you saw this thread last year, N.Y. Johnny

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68975&highlight=pics+champions+league

:toast

[lefty]

Definitely!

Lefty you like Milan? Serie A?
you know alot about it.


This game has gone south for France.

Gattuso out and gets a nice hand there.

I was a hardcore AC MIlan fan back then !

But when the big 3 and Baresi retired, it wasn't the same thing for me.

I'm all Real Madrid now :p:

[N.Y. Johnny]

Don't know if you saw this thread last year, N.Y. Johnny

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68975&highlight=pics+champions+league

:toast

No I missed it. I had been away, damn man thats amazing!!! Awesome pics in that thread, what a experience. That was awesome no doubt man.

Hang around here man, I can have someone else to talk Champions League here with and Serie A. Awesome man!!! :downspin:

[lefty]

LOL @ my boss telling me : " Henry will score against Italy, you'll see !! "

Lol, Henry deflected that free kick on the 2nd goal :lmao

[SAtown]

SAtown thats great!!!!!!!


I can have a fellow Rossoneri fan on here to talk Milan Football. What you think about Moanrinho???? Inter Merda....ughhhh nel scudetto metansi nel culo!!!!




EDIT: if you're a milan fan...:lol if you're a Serie A fan thats good too. :king

Both Milan fan and Serie A fan (it's hard to believe nowadays since Serie A quality has gone a bit down in the past few years IMO). Anyways, I could care less about Mourinho and Inter, as the only reason they brought him in was for Champions League success, which they won't find anytime soon. How can they fire Mancini after he's won the Scudetto years in a row? Milan's main goal should be winning the UEFA Cup and more importantly the Scudetto.

[N.Y. Johnny]

Thats right!

We gotta at least win the UEFA Cup (god it sounds pathetic saying that after we've done so well in Champions League and been a mainstay there) and take the Scudetto.

I hope we can get Eto'o like they're saying.


That said the Azzurri are into the 2nd round. I honestly didn't have much faith in Donadoni getting them there, but he did. France has really fallen off now, this is a low point for them, but it just as easily could've been Italy though. The Dutch looked great today too, I wonder how Alamo feels about that. :spin

[SAtown]

Roger Federer with TONY PARKER at the game!!!

[SAtown]

I hope we can get Eto'o like they're saying.


Me too. At first, Ronaldinho was supposed to go to Milan, as his brother (Ronaldinho's agent) bought a house already in Milan and it was a done deal; that didn't happen. I'm tired of speculation, and I wish I didn't read so much stuff on the Internet to get my hopes up just to be disappointed. Eto'o would be a good addition to the attack, as Gila is gone (thank GOD), and you never know when Inzaghi plays well. I'm excited about Paloschi and Pato though!!!!!!!!!

[alamo50]

Tomorrow's Italy vs. France game will be epic.

Well.....epic that France is out.
Too bad Italy will play Spain without Pirlo and Gatusso.
Now they are still fucked.

P.S.
Naturaly I was a hughe AC Milan fan back in da day of Van Basten.
They are still my 2nd favourite soccer team in the world after AJAX.

P.P.S.
Don't forget about Virdis in that time!

[terzappi]

GREAT GAME!!!!

WTF Next time we will play against spain: it will be very hard..

however..

Rossi, Maldini, Baresi, Costacurta, Tassotti, Rijkaard, Gambero, Albertini, Massaro, Donadoni, Gullit, Van Basten etc..... great team

I also liked the 95/96
rossi, Maldini, Baresi, Costacurta, Panucci, Albertini, Desailly, Savicevic, Donadoni (eranio), Baggio, Weah (simone)

my best moment at the stadium: the 15th scudetto won against Fiorentina ( 3-1) and a Milan - Paris st germain 2-0, with two gol of Savicevic.


However i was in the stadium when arsenal had won 2-0 this years. he deserved to win.

[Typhoon]

Italy has always owned Spain in big games, so I'll go with Italy.

Spain has always put good teams but they never won anything, they are a bunch of chokers.

[Texas_Ranger]

:lol

:nope

:owned:owned:owned


Lets go Sweden.... Today they have to win. I'm just feeling bad because Ibra will most likely come of the bench.

[alamo50]

Ibra will most likely come of the bench.

Why's that?
He is the only chance they have vs. Hiddink's master plan.

[SAtown]

Ibrahimovic injured his knee during the Spain game.

[SAtown]

Well it turns out Ibra will start up top with Larsson, but I doubt he plays anything close to 90 minutes.

[Penya]

Spain has always put good teams but they never won anything, they are a bunch of chokers.

You're right. I really think that Spain will not win on Sunday:bang

[SAtown]

Portugal v Germany (Quarterfinal - Basel)

Who ya got? :smokin

[polandprzem]

Most people say Portugal, just because Germans D is quite poor on this championship and Portugal has great offense.

But I think Germans can preveal it.

3-2 IMO

[Streakyshooter08]

Well, Portugal is the favourite to win this game. They played great and have lots of talent.

It is a joke that the german coach is suspended for this game. It somehow reminds me of the NBA in terms of suspensions. Podolski (calf) and Frings (broken rib) are injured but could play. That said, I think Germany still has a chance but only a small one.:)

Realistic: 2:0 Portugal
my dream: 2:1 Germany

I really hope Spain or Netherlands beat Italy btw.

[polandprzem]

I hope Russia will beat up Netherland if not Spain must do it.


1 -0 Germs

[polandprzem]

2-0 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111

[SAtown]

The Germans are just too big and physical. Portugal is playing scared

[polandprzem]

2-1 Fuck 'em

And Fricking bullshit calling Ronaldo the best player in the World :cuss


Portugal is playing better and better, they are breaking through.
Looking at history Germany will probably be all right phisicly at the end.

We will see. Podolski, where is he?
has he flight back to Poland with other polish representatives?

[johnsmith]

Fellas, I don't follow soccer so someone let me in on this, does America have a team worth a shit this time? Are they even in?

[polandprzem]

Fellas, I don't follow soccer so someone let me in on this, does America have a team worth a shit this time? Are they even in?

They are playing Argentina in the quarterfinals, but I don't think thay have much of a chance

[SAtown]

Unbelievable acting job by Ronaldo. WOW

[polandprzem]

Unbelievable acting job by Ronaldo. WOW

what?

2 years ago he was the best actor along ith Figo, now his acting talents are hidden


3-2 huh?

[JK2]

Unbelievable acting job by Ronaldo. WOWthat slow motion of his acting job was hilarious. :lol :lol I cannot wait to see that again on youtube.

[Streakyshooter08]

:clap:clap:clap

I am stunned. I never expected that. Great game and really dramatic. Now they will face Turkey or Croatia.


:danceclub

[FromWayDowntown]

They are playing Argentina in the quarterfinals, but I don't think thay have much of a chance

I haven't been following very closely, either; how did Japan and Nigeria fare in the group stage of this tournament?

More than anything else, I'm very surprised to see that the knockout round consists entirely of teams from Europe.

:stirpot:

[scott]

GERMANY!!! WHOOOHOOO! Ballack owns all.

[resistanze]

Most people say Portugal, just because Germans D is quite poor on this championship and Portugal has great offense.

But I think Germans can preveal it.

3-2 IMO
QFT

Props.

Although I wanted Germany to take care of Portugal, I'll root for whoever comes out of the Turkey/Croatia match to be Germany. Now my dream scenario would be for Spain to beat Italy, then have Spain choke to whoever team they face next.

[FromWayDowntown]

What an extraordinary end of extra time between Turkey and Croatia. . . .

and what a crushing end of the match . . . .

[Penya]

Unbelievable...

[SAtown]

Simply amazing

[Dario]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCrXs_w_h9U
Haha, WHAT a game!
Turks just won 3 straight games in final 5 minutes, thats just crazy.
That comentator began saying after the first goal how better they are and that turks will never see half finals... well minute later he got owned :D

[velik_m]

Fantastic. The Turks just won't die. Would love to see them in the finals. (getting beat by the dutch :P)

[SAtown]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCrXs_w_h9U


:lol That's obviously the Croatian broadcast, right?

[Dglue]

Too bad that the Turks are a round further....I squad with a lot of luck and very little talent. I hope that the Germans will beat them badly...

Tonight will be a hard match for the Dutch. The Russians are getting wings (which is often the case with Hiddink led squads, it's like he gives his teams an extra dose of confidence.....). A friend of mine predicted 1-1 and Russians winning after penaltys....I hope it will not go that way, though I fear the golden dick of Guus

[alamo50]

I hope Russia will beat up Netherland if not Spain must do it.


1 -0 Germs

Why's that pole?
Holland is playing the best soccer of the world at the moment, why you want them out?

Holland vs. Russia in an hour!
Will Guus pull it out again or will the dutch prevail with ease?

Let's go!

[englishspursfan]

holland cannot keep up here!!!russia are playing with passion and look very strong

[NASpurs]

Holy crap what a game by the Russians

[E20]

Russia FTW!!!!

[Marcus Bryant]

Down go the Dutch.

[lefty]

Lol

[JK2]

OWNED! well deserved win for Russia.

[englishspursfan]

holland were very poor.russia played nice passing football and could have scored more!

[velik_m]

:pctoss

[polandprzem]

Well

All is going my way

I was predicting Russia win 2-1, they won 3-1
Umm they closed out Hollands wings and to me Russia was playing fantastic football. Better defensivly and tacticly and most important agression was there, but that was ice cold agression.

Great game to watch


Tommorow Spain will play Italy I wonder if Spain also are out of game rythym?
1-0 Spain IMO

[cze1860]

Russia palyed a good match,haha:lol

[alamo50]

Great game by the russians.
They deserved the win (it was a penalty) and the dutch couldn't live up to the hype that they created after demolishing both Italy and France.

Guus was better prepared and he adds yet another chapter to his amazing legacy. Now let's see if he can do it again vs. Spain (he also was a club coach in Spain for Valencia so he knows the spanish soccer (players) extremely well too).

I am rooting for Russia now (I picked them play Germany in the Finals before the tournament started).
That no. 10 is so damn good.

[Streakyshooter08]

I am a little shocked. I could not believe that Russia was that strong. They were in shape and run hard even in the overtime. I thought that Holland had a great chance of winning it all this year. Especially the way they played at the beginning of the tournament. Besides Germany, I was rooting for Holland to win it all.

I really hope Spain beats Italy tonight. Russia will be a tough task for both teams.

[Dglue]

Deserved win for the Russians, though I'm still a bit shellshocked. Props to Guus, the players stood in a perfect formation. The distances between players were excellent and they played with great discipline. Well.....very undutchlike perhaps, but I'm rooting for the Germans...

[polandprzem]

I am rooting for Russia now (I picked them play Germany in the Finals before the tournament started).

I don't believe you ...


I thought that Netherland will have more power in the overtime as most of them were not playing against Romain, but the youngest team, Russia were just playing better and better.

I don['t know who to root for now. Chechs did not make it through groups ... In Poland we hate Germans so maybe I will root for them. Nobody gave them a chcnce after the group rounds - now they will face Turkey and I think they got big chance winning it. All in all they have bad games behind them. They can play better.

I always hated Netherland and still I do.
When I was saying that Russians will beat them everybody was, EVERYBODY was laughing at me, hmm


I can say it is realy good turnament, and the refs are doing a good job, they are letting players play so there are less flops then in Worl Championships for excample :tu


Go Spain! for now

[NASpurs]

Horrible officiating in favor for the Italians and Spain really needs to stop taking those long shots.

[NASpurs]

lmao the guy gets stomped on the foot and no foul is called inside the penalty box

[lefty]

This ref sucks

[polandprzem]

lmao the guy gets stomped on the foot and no foul is called inside the penalty box

Outside the box

Should be called a foul, no biggy

[polandprzem]

I'll ask Kori aboput the vbooks

[NASpurs]

Feels like the Italians are due for a goal.

[NASpurs]

:lol the Italians got lucky with that ball hitting the post after escaping the goalie.

[NASpurs]

I got a bad feeling for the Spaniards going to PKs.

[NASpurs]

OMG woooooooo GO SPAIN! :elephant:elephant:elephant

[velik_m]

Well at least Italy and Croati went home too. Great win for Spain, they deserved it.

[Mr Dio]

OK, am I crazy or did the many of the girls di Italia just look incredible? How do the Italian men look so avg & the females look so awesome???

[alamo50]

I don't believe you ...

I don't care.


So there it is as predicted above: Spain vs. Russia.
What a game that will be on Thursday!

GO GUUS GO!!!

[SAtown]

Turkey will have a very tough time pulling any kind of miracles against Germany, as they only have 13 available field players for the match. Others are suspended or injured

[Darthkiller]

OK, am I crazy or did the many of the girls di Italia just look incredible? How do the Italian men look so avg & the females look so awesome???

The swedish girls obviously > italian girls.

[NASpurs]

OK, am I crazy or did the many of the girls di Italia just look incredible? How do the Italian men look so avg & the females look so awesome???

They always showed the most fit with the t-shirt tied in a knot around their stomachs. They were hot.

[TDMVPDPOY]

spain > italy divers

[cze1860]

Spain win the game with Italy,haha:lol

i want to see the match between Spain and Russia,i know Spain win first game

4:1,haha,it's funny,Russia 3:1Holland.

Go Spain! Go Russia:lol

[polandprzem]

I don't care
Messing with you

Damn I fall asleep in the overtime ! :cuss

[TDMVPDPOY]

wtf is wrong with youtube these days

first it was fukn nba, now euro highlights have been taken down...fuckn lame

[N.Y. Johnny]

That display by Italy yesterday takes the cake for the sorriest and worst performance I've ever seen. The diving and time wasting was absolutely despicable and the "playing for PKs" was horseshit. They deserved to lose that game and I'm glad Spain won.

Thats fucking sad.

The Russia vs Spain game sshould be interesting, Guus is really the patron saint of all lost causes, how does that son of a bitch do it? That guy's a good manager.

[SAtown]

That display by Italy yesterday takes the cake for the sorriest and worst performance I've ever seen. The diving and time wasting was absolutely despicable and the "playing for PKs" was horseshit. They deserved to lose that game and I'm glad Spain won.


How does Donadoni not let Del Piero take a PK?

Anyways, I agree. Spain was the much better team (iirc, they had about 60-40 possession % almost the entire game). I might be alone here but I think Spain dove for PKs all friggin game long as well. Both sides were equally terrible, and it slowed the game down a hell of a lot.

[Dglue]

@ polandprzem....Exactly why do you hate The Netherlands? They're one of the few countries who actually wants to win a game instead of starting a game with a mindset of not loosing...

[N.Y. Johnny]

How does Donadoni not let Del Piero take a PK?

Anyways, I agree. Spain was the much better team (iirc, they had about 60-40 possession % almost the entire game). I might be alone here but I think Spain dove for PKs all friggin game long as well. Both sides were equally terrible, and it slowed the game down a hell of a lot.





Donadoni baffles me at times. I figured when he DID put in Del Piero, they're playing for the PK's and he's going to go for it.....De Rossi misses which is in him anyways being a Roma failure, but then Di Natale goes up and I'm like thinking...where's ADP????

Spain is so fucking talented its not even funny, they can kick anyone's ass and its their tournament to lose.

[Ginobilly]

Donadoni baffles me at times. I figured when he DID put in Del Piero, they're playing for the PK's and he's going to go for it.....De Rossi misses which is in him anyways being a Roma failure, but then Di Natale goes up and I'm like thinking...where's ADP????

Spain is so fucking talented its not even funny, they can kick anyone's ass and its their tournament to lose.

Spain looks like the quickest and most athletic team of the tournament. It's hard to match their speed.

[velik_m]

Spain looks like the quickest and most athletic team of the tournament. It's hard to match their speed.

Russians are faster.

[polandprzem]

@ polandprzem....Exactly why do you hate The Netherlands? They're one of the few countries who actually wants to win a game instead of starting a game with a mindset of not loosing...

Cause they are assholes, that's why.


I think Russia can cause real demage to the Spain. Should be intresting. Realy hard to figure what's gonna happened. Spain got their worst game behind them. Now they can take the rythym back.

All in all they beat up Russia preety bad and Russians had some problems offensivly against Netherland (they had problems finishing)

[JK2]

wtf is wrong with youtube these days

first it was fukn nba, now euro highlights have been taken down...fuckn lamecheck out http://www.sportizo.com/sports/football/euro2008/

[Dglue]

[QUOTE=polandprzem;2618907]Cause they are assholes, that's why.QUOTE]

Wow, good arguments....they´re assholes, because you know them personally?

[polandprzem]

Cause they are assholes, that's why.

Wow, good arguments....they´re assholes, because you know them personally?

They are not assholes because you know them personally?


The way they are acting on the field - I hate it, always did. I do not want to get into the details much.
That's the way I think that's the argument.
Although this new refreshed team is not that bad.

[Dglue]

Well, now it´s much clearer for me. Because a sentence "I don´t like them, they´re asshole", is just flaming.

And indeed I don´t know them (though I have played against Dirk Kuijt when I was little, but I don´t count that....), so well I have no opinion if they´re assholes or not. I can understand that some players irritated you with the way they behave on the field. A problem which I had in the past with some players too (like Ronald and Frank de Boer, Patrick Kluivert and in the past with Wesley Sneijder...)

[Streakyshooter08]

I am really excited about tonights game. I really hope Germany will win it. They played really good against Portugal but that does not count anymore. Tonights game will be a fight. I could have never imagined that the German Team will go that far.

[polandprzem]

2-0 IMO for Germany


Frank de Boer, Patrick Kluivert :pctoss

Seedorf :pctoss

van der sar :pctoss


:D

[SAtown]

Go Turkey!

[lefty]

Halftime : 1-1 :downspin:

[SAtown]

WTF happened to the ESPN feed???

[Dglue]

I just tuned in. I was amazed that there were already two goals made....I didn't think the Turks could score before the 80 minute mark ;-). I hope that the Germans and not only because I have bet that they would reach the finals (against Italy, so that's a shame....), but also because I really dislike the way the Turkish play...

[NASpurs]

Fucking Turkey are unbelievable. 2-2

[SAtown]

wow.

[NASpurs]

:wow 3-2 German.. on the 89th minute!

No way Turkey can pull it out now and ESPN lost the video again. :lol

[SAtown]

and again the ESPN feed fucks up.

[Dglue]

What a match!!! And it's not just because of ESPN, I just heard on the Dutch television that a lot of broadcasting stations are having problem with or sound or image...

[Dglue]

BTW the referee is really poor.....

[NASpurs]

Game is over. 3-2 Germany over Turkey. I kind of wished Turkey would have won but the better team won of course.

Now on to Spain and Russia tomorrow.

[Dglue]

Yes the Germans win!!!!

[FromWayDowntown]

What a finish by Lahm for the winner.

[lefty]

Aaaaargh !!!!!!!!!!!!! :pctoss

:cry :cry :cry

[polandprzem]

germs in da finals!

The last minutes were realy nice, and I can tell that this Euro are great to watch.