Euro 2008

chriskorff · Post by **chriskorff** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:38 am

Robben has recovered, apparently, and is expected to make an appearance tonight (though whether he's starting or not, I don't know).

France will apparently be employing a defend/counter-attack strategy, so it should be interesting (that's basically where Italy went wrong — they were all to happy not to have possession for some spells, and that's when we scored).

I think, like the Italy game, it will be won or lost in the midfield.

Refrochia · Post by **Refrochia** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:38 pm

HaHa - Come on Holland!

Seeing as England are crap and didnt qualify - Ive been supporting Holland and watching them thrash France was mighty satisfying. Although I have spain in the sweepstake at work - I hope Holland win.

They scored some corkers dont you think?

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:48 pm

Holland played beautifully, fantastic team.

I might be biased, but the way Italy has been treated today in the game against Romania left me speechless. That referee is a shame. You can admit one heavy error, but in this case it has been a flood. Foolish. Hard not to think bad.

RP_001 · Post by **RP_001** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:35 pm

Magistraal !!!!!!!!!!!

3-0 Bye Bye Italy
4-1 Bye Bye France,

Formerly known as "soccer champs of the world"

Hopefully we will show You some more Magic this tournament.

Laat het leeuwtje zegevieren

FrancisHarmany · Post by **FrancisHarmany** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:57 pm

Wapppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

this makes up for all the missed penalties

arela · Post by **arela** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:43 am

alfonso:

I might be biased, but the way Italy has been treated today in the game against Romania left me speechless. That referee is a shame. You can admit one heavy error, but in this case it has been a flood. Foolish. Hard not to think bad.

Something wrong with football in general.

Why can't they stopthe clock (instead of the stupid stop time)
Why cant they use video - or at least 2 referees
2 linesmen to watch one ball
1 referee to watch 22 players

By the way, was a "northern" referee you are pointing at?
On TV they told it was the linesmans fault - stupid and commond error

Holland best so fare, by a large margin

arela · Post by **arela** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:10 am

Yes stardust , it must be special for big events.
During a full season this strange things turns both ways.

During championchips, there should been video referees speaking to the referee, giving yellow card, red card, offside etc and restart the match from that poin, like in icehockey.

I know it will not be done, football is popular because you can argue everything

next to nothing · Post by **next to nothing** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:08 pm

to be honest, i think a lot of the fun with football would dissappear with video usage. Just think of all the debates going around cafe-tables, pubs etc.
If it all gets too clinical i think a lot of the exitement is gone.

chriskorff · Post by **chriskorff** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:25 pm

The referee was right not to give the offside decision to v Nistelrooy's goal,

An Italian defender had stepped off the pitch because he hurt himself, and was therefore still in play according to some obscure offside rule clause - even if most players and fans aren't even aware of that rule!

There's something immensely satisfying about Holland winning a game 4-1.

The memories of the last such scoreline still hurt!

arela · Post by **arela** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:09 pm

next tn:

If it all gets too clinical i think a lot of the exitement is gone.

I'm afraid you got it right!

Soccer is not my big obsession, but i have to say this Euro has been very fun to watch so fare.

Will Holland (Spain & Croatia too) do like Portugal, take a break in the last round?

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:00 pm

Congrats to the swiss...

Lima · Post by **Lima** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:20 am

Holland really impressed me! Wow! Great performance right now!

Italy pass the turn

widy · Post by **widy** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:43 am

austria is out

Me$$iah · Post by **Me$$iah** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:09 pm

Nice to see the German Machine roll on.....

looking good...

congrats.

lets hope for a german-dutch final.

FrancisHarmany · Post by **FrancisHarmany** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:54 am

it will definitly be fun to win from the Germans in the final

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:33 pm

Yeah, Holland giving Germany a hammering in the final would be cool (all history aside).

sharc · Post by **sharc** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:38 pm

Turkey???

Fluxpod · Post by **Fluxpod** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:42 pm

sharc wrote:Turkey???

I never thought the game will go that direction....the turkey goalkeeper sure has BIG nutz!

FrancisHarmany · Post by **FrancisHarmany** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:23 am

It will be some mess in Germany after that match.............

ChampionSound · Post by **ChampionSound** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:55 am

And tonight's game: Netherlands - Russia
If the Netherlands are in the same shape as they have been the last matches, they should win. On the other hand, Russia played surprisingly well the last match. We'll see what happens tonight...