The 'Euro 2004' Official thread

Started by Fire27 pages

they couldn't handle the pressure is one reason according to me
another is that FIGO needs to learn that Soccer is a TEAM sport.

Originally posted by G.P
I voted Portugal, for all the other usual big teams have been unable to play really well recently.
🙄 nice prediction

I think so...this is some kind of 'default answer' 😉

Seriously I think that the Portuguese team has a good team (especially very good offensive players: Figo, Rui Costa, even Cristiano Ronaldo can do something), and not-so-good defenders ( but that isn't a problem, for this year no national team has a very good defence...).
Most important thing: they're playing at home.

After that I think that obviously France (despite of its defenders), England (despite its unability to make all its excellent players do well at the same time), have a chance...

i say france are gonna win if england ****s up

Re: Greece V Portugal

Originally posted by just testing...
like.... woah 😱

Greece have some 56 year old keep and Portugal have like.... everyone 😐 (including the "fake" Ronaldo)

anyone here care to explain how the hell they lost 2-1? 😐


The same way you can explain the Greeks ended up 1st of their group with 6 victories (better than Spain) : good tacticians, realism (I don't know if the word also has this meaning in English : comparison between the number of goals scored and the number of shots/occasions), solidity.

I think they use effecitiency in english G.P

Now Germany VS Holland was a fair game germany dominated the first half Holland the second, germans thought they would be safe with their 1-0 lead, but in the end Van Nistelrooy did score. making it a tie.
I really dont get the dutch team I mean they have 4 very decent strikers and they always start off with just 1, very weird.

that was a nice game ...
looking forward to Greece-Spain...or Spain-Greece? oh well, cheering for the underdog cause they played a fair game against Portugal... and their keeper is droolilicious 😉

YEAH! go Greece! 1-1! 😊

portugal russia 1:0 (but it was some time ago)
and i know that russian goal keeper got red yyhhmm.. card (?)

why there is no denmark on th poll?

Because you can only put 10 choices in it and there are 16 teams... 😛

3-0 to england 😄😄!!!!!

Swiss played well...It didn't deserve such a result, it lacks a good forward (Alexander Frei was far badder than he usually is).

Owen was transparent, again.

England owes this large victory to the red card...before it the English team have had difficulty controlling the game...

France-Croatia tonight !

yeah! go France! Beat the ******* out of stupid Croatia! 😠

Originally posted by Fire
they couldn't handle the pressure is one reason according to me
another is that FIGO needs to learn that Soccer is a TEAM sport.

Figo is the only one that is not satisfied. That is why sometimes it doesnt seem like he plays for the team. A bunch of lazy asses!
I mean I dont think Pauleta has kicked one ball on goal! Our coach should put Nuno Gomes from the start and probably change Simão for Cristiano Ronaldo.
So far the only team that surprised was Denmark. the big teams are overrated and Greece showed with Spain that it doesnt have quality, just discipline. If they hadnt scored so early against Portugal it would have been different. But that jackass defender! He is suppose to be 1 of the best in the world 🙄
These teams, like Greece, Germany and Italy make for the ugly football we see.. Its like a freaking factory, no magic! Then players that could inject some live into the game stay on the bench!

Yerss> France didnt deserve to win, they played for what?! 10minutes! Croatia was way better. I wanna see England go home. I'm tired of UEFA threatening to expel the English because of the fans but they never do. Nothing but trouble so far!
no offense to the English on this board.

ah shucks, they only got as far as a draw and got lucky on Mornar's shot late in the game ...and that light penalty etc etc etc

so ... all in all, happy that Croatia only got one point out of this ... I hope they lose their last game with 5-0 😊 and that Prso brakes his leg

Its an open group, that's cool.

France played badly tonight, and proved again that it wasn't able to score during the game...The players were lucky. Zidane had shaved his head. This is the second penalty kick caused by Mickael Silvestre...What the hell is Desailly doing here ?

Croatia didn't play very well either...

This is definitely a boring Euro so far... 🙁

yeah! I instantly noticed less hair on Zidane 😄

LOL
The Spanish have started the psychological game! The ref for Portugal vs Spain is the same that ripped them off in Korea so since Portugal is the host they are saying he'll steal for us. So far Portugal hasnt been help at all. 2 penalties that were "missed" by the refs. Unless you count that Ovchinicov (sp) thing, but thats really hard to tell. Sometimes it looks like he touches with his hand others it doesnt 😖