The 'Euro 2004' Official thread

Meanwhile, back to the press, and let us see what our great friends the Portuguese have to say about the English ahead of this friendly triumph of sportsmanship. This comment from 24 horas.

"How it's ridiculous to be English, the saddest moments in the life of a poor Brit... the eat eggs and sausages for breakfast, drive on the left, play baseball with an oar, set times for drinking, have Elton John as their national symbol and think they are the best. They'll never beat us. Prince Charles, despite being ridiculous, with his big ears, is the heir to the throne. The food the English eat is a disgrace, so bad the result can only be flatulence. As they're not very good at football, the English invented cricket which is so boring that it is only played in its former colonies. And they're mad about horse racing. How exciting! They go to the beaxhes in Portugal wearing sandals and socks and go back looking like lobsters. Very nice!"

Well... we like you too!

(tries to think of suitable retort)

Umm... you suck!

(runs away)

Meanwhile, in an era of press overstatement, over-passion and pure hyperbole, thank God for the calm and collected Swedes, who can always be relied upon for a disapssionate, proportionate view of things, saying this after the 2-2 result.

"It was an incredible night and it will be a night remembered in eternity. If there is a new Ice Age and a new world started afterwards, this night will still be remembered after that."

Hmmmmmmm...

ok... lemme see...

Portugal - England: tricky, cause I want both of them off
France - Greece: GREEEEEEECE 😄
Sweden - Holland: Sweden, good team, ..and well, the other one is Holland
Czech Republic - Denmark: Czech is better, but I think I'll go for Denmark 😊

in other words, tonight won't be a fun night 🙁

Originally posted by Ushgarak
This comment from 24 horas.

I am sorry but It is not a valid source.

24 horas its the WORST TRAMP portuguese newspaper. I think it belongs to a spanish holding 😗

Ok. Lets wait for the final whistle 😎

Hey, Corlindel, I hardly thought that was offiical Portuguese foreign policy! It is just always amusing to read what the downmarket press has to say. Bext time we play the Germans, you can look at what the Sun has to say over here, for the same kind of thing.

Yep 24 horas is like the Sun. The portuguese best selling crap.

And The only thing I believe reading The Sun is Nicola on page 3....If someone didnt manipulate her pic 😑

The Sun about Rooney:

"WATCH out Portugal — these feet are going to walk all over you.
Wayne Rooney is ready to unleash his weapons of mass destruction on the hosts in Lisbon tonight." with Rooney feet pic attached.

Is this the the way England shows gratefulness to hosts? Next time we will put England team in our worst Hotel without water and food. And pls tell Rooney to wash his feet before take a pic. His feet stinks. this is cruelty against portuguese people. I prefer to be anihilated by conventional weapons 😛

I think yours was a MITE more harsh...

Hello, Hello!!
Come on lets ignore what the press says...cause they only wanna sell, and they don't mind if the things they write are truth or not...
Euro 2004 is not about what the idiot press thinks and writes... is about football and having fun!
The English ppl are very funny and very nice and so is the Portuguese ppl... We're here all celebrating together, and I think that it wont matter what result will be cause we'll all gonna party! (I hope)
I'm not very sure if we can win the English team, but I have faith 😛 and if Portugal looses I will support the English team! hehehehehe 😄

(sorry for the English 😛)

Kisses! 💃

Dont take us serious Turkesa 😛

((É sempre fixe saber que há mais Tugas aqui. Apesar de atrasadas aqui ficam as boas vindas e diverte-te 🙂 ))

oh! ok ok... I wont! hehehehehe
Are going to the stadium, watch the game?

(Sabes como é Tugas Power! hehehehe Obrigada pelas boas vindas, tenho de começar a responder mais nos foruns 😛)

Kisses! 💃

Originally posted by Corlindel
Nah! You are wrong. People just want to celebrate bcs the Euro is a very good opportunity to forget a social and economic crisis here.
That is not our nature. Maybe in others countries yes but we are to much humble and pessimistic. More than necessary. And our pride has been hidden.
We just act as part of the Euro party. Happiness and joy does not are the same as acting like champions. Just see the public stats about our performace and less than 25% believe Portugal will reach the final, even after have won against Spain.

But: We are a nation of faith and we are very good surpassing ourselves when it is necessary. So if we lose today it will be no surprise but as all of supporters we believe in out squad 😛

Not offended at all 🙂

Originally posted by Ushgarak
[...]! They go to the beaxhes in Portugal wearing sandals and socks and go back looking like lobsters. Very nice!"

Oh wait that happens to me too 😑
The lobster bit,of course.
You shouldnt read that crap, it hurts the brain. All the papers are giving the english team the respect it deserves.
Everybody mentions Neville and Cole stopping Ronaldo. Dont forget Figo. He may be old but one-on-one he is still one of the best.

Corlindel and Turkesa> Santo António já se acabou
São João
está a acabar
Selecção...
Selecção...
Selecção...
dá cá
um golão
para eu bridar!

LOL capa da Bola 😄

Heh, yeah, it's all pretty friendly. the BBC has been interviewing Figo after every Portuguese match, and half the players on each side have been club teammates at some point, if not now... there's no bile. In fact, there is no-one left in the Tournament for us to get really worked up about, so if we get to the final we'll save it for France, on general principles and because we are ticked off with how they won.

They're 2 good teams... It's gonna be a great game!!!
Lets play and celebrate!!! hehehehehe 😄

Hey, Kes e que grande brinde! 😛

Kisses 💃

he shoots, he scoooooooooooores

pretty sucky defence, there, reminds me of that stupid french defender

1-0 for england... oh look, Owen still exists

half time in the england - portugal match

one - nil

and no, i'm not getting cocky, but seeing as owen is one of my favourite players....😛 😛

... and looking sharp as well; people who say he was overrated have never really known their football, he's just been on a goal drought for a while.

However, England is sloppy out there. Rather slow. Hard to think one day's difference in rest can make THAT much difference between two teams. Our passion cylinders aren't firing and we cannot hold the game if it goes on like that in the second half.

France are a decent team, but they are WAY overratred. At the last big international tournament (world cup 2002) they scored no goals and came last in their group.

They are pretty much the World's top team despite that, Eleven, not de-throned because of it. Their pre-tournament form was staggering, and they have not lost a match in... err, bloody ages.

Ushgarak don't get me wrong but I really hope that you cannot hold the game and that we might have the chance to revert the result... oh God... I'm not that faithful anymore... hahahahaha 😕

Yeah, to be honest, Portugal's looking shaky at the back as well. But in general it is England that has to shape up.