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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:36 am
by Counterparts
Nisse wrote:
Allthough it would be nice with a Swedish - Danish Final. One can always hope. . . . :wink:
Given the fixture list, this is a possibility - and England may meet Sweden in the semis!

Portugal's going to be a bit tough though, I reckon.

Royston

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:33 pm
by Nisse
On 2004-06-23 12:36, Counterparts wrote:
Given the fixture list, this is a possibility - and England may meet Sweden in the semis!
Royston
As some italians claim - its been a Swedish/Danish conspiracy from the very start! :cool:

And Sweden - England in semi final? That would be great. With England having a swedish coach and all, its all set for yet another conspiracy! :grin:

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 3:23 pm
by ChrisWerner
Noooooo....

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:53 pm
by hubird
.....thank you Chris, you brought us salvation... :wink:

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 4:46 am
by Micha
A lesson from "the chief" for us. Let play the "rest of best" for the first half -they'll make it even -, then add 1 eagle for warm up, 15 min later the second - the one from the Reds! - and again 15 min (= 2 chances) later: Bang: Tickets for Frankfurt.
Cruel for us, brilliant for everybody else.
Well, now all "wall building masters" are on their way back home. Greetings to Italy and Spain.
And it will be a fantastic final round. Great! :grin:

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 4:57 am
by Nisse
So it will be Holland next to the swedish slaughtermachine, eh?


*rubs hands together and grins evilly*


Your time has come, Dutchies! You might as well give it up already :cool:

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:45 am
by King of Snake
I'm hoping for a Holland - Czech Republic finals! :grin:
I'm so happy after what happened yesterday. I did not believe the Czechs would win against Germany, but they did!
You Swedes better not blink, 'cause our shots will be coming in FAST!! :grin:

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:23 am
by hubird
I'm not that optimistic.
I think we'll get a France-Tsjech or a Portugal-Tsjech final.
Holland isn't really good at all :smile:

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:53 am
by Micha
oh no, they're very good. And if the advocaat lets them, they can beat everybody.
Well, if he picks up again the best player for exchange, well, then maybe you're right. :smile:

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 3:42 pm
by ChrisWerner
I am very sorry with Figo player of the year 2001 i believe. He was taken out from the match against England and now the match evolves to a fantasic and maybe historic match for Portugal. He left the field with a big neck and without any cheer to his team or team chief.
He is one of my favourite soccer players ever, he is an idol in soccer.
It´s like our team chief that has left our team after germany lost.
Every Euro championship has a big follow to most of the teams.
The first match extension, Portuga vs England has started.
Yes, I love soccer, I love to see the crowd cry, laugh and celebrating.
Now the Euro 2004 has started really.


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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 5:19 pm
by astroman
what a fantastic match !
fortune and tragedy, fight and endurance...
England can leave heads up, my deepest respect - let's not forget the unfortunate injury of Rooney, oh my :roll:

breathless from watching, Tom :smile:

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 5:52 pm
by hubird
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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 5:52 pm
by Mr Arkadin
i was having a bloody heart attack. Useless Ref... WE WOZ ROBBED!!! :cry:

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:02 am
by Counterparts
Yes, the 'neutrality' of the Swiss...MY ARSE!! G.U.T.T.E.D.

EDIT: the 'referee' in question has a web-site which provides the opportunity to provide feedback!: http://www.ursmeier.ch/referee/

I was having a wisdom tooth pulled out of my face yesterday, which is why I didn't comment on...

Edgar Davids:

5.2 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.2

What is it with the Dutch forwards when they enter the penalty box? Do their knees turn into some kind of rubber compound? Well, I call it cheating - I really hope they don't win.

Royston


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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:26 am
by Micha
I don't like it when, after half an hour, the goal getters are on their way to the hospital. By "accident", of course. Very unpleasant. Okay, the goal was matter of interpretation. The 5 meters is the "holy circle" of the keeper. To interpret that the second english player jumped for the keeper to prevent to catch the ball is allowed, but IMHO wrong. That guy wanted to make a goal. Why where these two guys free??? That's my question. So the keeper had to jump into them to catch the ball. He jumped too short. That's all.
And that's the problem with the so called "home referees".
Davids: agree, but most of these come "with announcement", so maybe yellow cards can cure this "rubber leg syndrome"?

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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 5:40 am
by Michu
On 2004-06-24 18:52, Mr Arkadin wrote:
i was having a bloody heart attack. Useless Ref... WE WOZ ROBBED!!! :cry:
Tony, for fek sake,
you start to sound like an Italian :wink:

if you leave useless cunts like James and Beckham in game,
and remove players like Scholes and Gerard
this is what you get :razz:

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:51 am
by mr swim
I think we can have it both ways - we didn't DESERVE to win, but we SHOULD have won ...

Didn't deserve because Portugal were all over us and really should have scored at least 3 times in the second half

Should have won, because they DIDN'T score (well, only once) and we DID. I can't see that there is any doubt that Campbell's header was a goal - the linesman certainly thought so ...

Darn it.




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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 7:48 am
by darkrezin
IMHO England were pretty average once they lost Rooney... it's completely immaterial had England won - they would have had to play the rest of the tournament without Rooney (broken foot) - better to bow out now than be exposed to be the average team they are without the Roon-ster (a fact which didn't escape any knowledgeable football fan last night).

I think the rest of the England team can learn a hell of a lot from Rooney about quality of play, hard work and just the simple but enjoyable act of *playing football* rather than being over-awed by the occasion. The boy always plays like he wants to actually *play*. Let's not forget that football is a game, and not some kind of strategic war.

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:36 am
by Nisse
What drama this Euro Cup has given us. . . what drama :smile:

Personally I dont think there is any "should have" or "deserve" in football. Either you score or you dont. Unless of course in those very rare situations where the referee makes a huge mistake that changes everything. Fortunately those happen very seldom. Regarding Campbells goal opinions differ. I remember the expert commentator on Swedish television felt the ref was right, one english player did block the portugese goalie, he said. Personally I found it really difficult to judge.

But if a swedish goal was taken away from us under the same circumstances, I´d scream bloody murder :wink:

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:44 pm
by Michu
Rodos, and all Greeks
congrats!! :grin:
Greek team rules :cool:

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