UEFA European Championships

[freakyfreaky]

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Dark horse: Armenia
Think Italy will take it.
Rooting for Armenia and anyone playing Turkey.

[Armanen]

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Are you serious? What are they nuts?

I guess so, the park and statue are in bucharest. Also last year the current president made some slur about Armenians when he was talking about the Minister of Finance, who is an ethnic Armenian, he later said he mispoke or some bs like that.

[freakyfreaky]

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Group D: Spain, Sweden preview. http://community.foxsports.com/blogs...2008_Part_9_of

[HayotzAmrotz]

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the French team is a disgrace. You have the Germans who are tough and resilient -- make up for their lacking of technical skill with a strong work ethic. Dutch -- the machine -- clockwork orange. Italians -- emotional and tempermental -- very strong technically but seem to play according their mood in ups and downs. France used to be associated with a soft touch and a lot of flair. Today, I can't really tell much of a difference between France and Cameroon.

Let's take a look at some of the above teams when they last appeared at a major tournament, namely the World Cup 2006. Because that's the only fair assessment of these teams since the other major tournament (Euro 2008) hasnt even started yet. I suggest another assessment after Euro 2008 because I'm sure some of the teams have become either worse or better since World Cup 2006. But at the moment the only fair judgement is their performance at the World Cup 2006.

France: They suprised many people by reaching the elimination stages but once they were there Franch produced absolutely brilliant football. This team deserved to win the World Cup but they were cheated by the biggest cheaters of the world football - the Italians.

Italy: One thing you were right about them is this: "seem to play according their mood in ups and downs". Very true. And their mood during the World Cup was miserable and so was their game. Absolutely shocking. These primadonnas were truly a disgrace. Any unbiased person who watched their games will tell you that they were the biggest disgrace of the World Cup 2006.They cheated their way trhough some of the games, including the crusial games against Australia and the final against the France. I mean, just watch these two games for Christ sake! Look at their game with Ghana too. The Italians won because they are sophisticated prostitutes of the world game and know how to fell and scream. The Americans nearly killed them, the USA outclassed Italians in every aspect except for one: the cheating. That's why the game ended in a draw. On the other hand Italians played a great football against Czechs, Ukrainians and Germans.


Let's wait until the end of Euro 2008 before we judge anyone but the last Euro Cup it was Portugal that should have won it not the Greece.

Watch out for Russia. They have a great coach and great players, and they are the most hungry team!

[skhara]

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Ehh -- the "bad" games that you are talking about:

USA: that was a truly miserable game.
Australia:didn't see that one. Probably was a bad game, but the penalty at the end was correct.
France: Now this one -- you can hardly put the blame on the Italians -- it was an ugly game throughout. There was obviously a lot of psychological pressure, and the two players that I saw diving around the most on the pitch were Zidane (shockingly) and Menudo.

My favorite game of the WC was Italy vs Germany in the semis. That was the epitome of national character and emotion and high tension. The Italians were so typically Italian while the Germans were so typically German.

Watch out for Russia. They have a great coach and great players, and they are the most hungry team!

Russians might have a chance to get out of their group.

[womble]

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Kick off in 15 minutes. COME ON PORTUGAL!!!!!

[womble]

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It's 0-0 at half-time. Portugal have had quite a few chances, as well as a goal ruled offside. Let's hope they can put one away in the second-half!

[womble]

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GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!!!!! Pepe scored a lovely goal for Portugal, 1-0!

[RM_sako]

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Saturday, June 7 results:

Czech Republic-Switzerland: 1-0 Czech won.
Portugal-Turkey: 2-0 Portugal won.

Turkey sucked.

[womble]

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Abris, Portugal!!! Raul Meirales scored in the 92nd minute. Final score 2-0 to Portugal!

btw i hope turkey will win

Oh well, you lost.