EURO 2004

[Dethroned Emperor]

anyone else looking forward to seeing the orange army smack around germany tomorrow?

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by Dethroned Emperor:
  anyone else looking forward to seeing the orange army smack around germany tomorrow?

Oh yes, I am from Spain but have always pretty much disliked my national team and have always followed the Netherlands. If Davids and Seedorf are in good shape, they can beat anyone.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Dethroned Emperor:
  anyone else looking forward to seeing the orange army smack around germany tomorrow?

Oh, and the Krauts up early on a goal that can only be described as.....yucky.
 
 Van der Saar should have saved it.

[vansmack]

RUUD SCORES!!!!!
 RUUD SCORES!!!!!
 RUUD SCORES!!!!!

[bungle bud]

a hattrick  

[mankie]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
   

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  BTW....Becks should never have taken that penalty with Barthez in goal, he knows him too well. Either Rooney or Owen should've taken it and it would've been 2-0. Silvestre gets a red (which he should have) and it's game over. The only reason James didn't go off is because Silvestre didn't...let's just play the fucking rules here refs. Had the frogs been 2-0 and a man down, you could've had 20 minutes of injury time and we would've won.

I think your goalkeeper should have gotten the red card. Henry was the last player. As for Silvestre, you still had Barthez. I think it was a stupid play by Silvestre, but to get him a red card? not sure. I am sorry for England, but to see a Madrid player miss a penalty kick sounds good to me (better if Zidane hadn't scored any goal though). [/b]

Silvestre should have gotten the red for hacking Rooney down..GAME OVER, ENGLAND WIN!
 
 I agree James should've gotten a red for bringing Henryetta down, but the ref was never going to do it having not done it earlier in the game.

[mankie]

Originally posted by bungle bud:
  france beat england
 james toseland, a very good looking british motorcycle racer who is one of the fittest men on the planet (he beat beckham and others in a fitness test) lost the superbike championship lead to regis laconi....a frenchman.
 randy depuniet won his first ever gp, another frenchman.
 sunday was a good day to be a frog.

Lets vote,
 
 Who would like to continue this thread about Euro 2004, and who would like to switch it to some blokes riding bikes?
 
 I vote Euro 04!

[Barcelona]

Mankie, in your penalty you still had Barthez. However, James was the last player. Yellow card for Silvestre, red card for James. England is like Spain, always favorites, but at the end of day they lose pretty easily in the quarterfinals.

[vansmack]

I'll post about anything, as long as its not about the Beastie Boys.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  Mankie, in your penalty you still had Barthez. However, James was the last player. Yellow card for Silvestre, red card for James. England is like Spain, always favorites, but at the end of day they lose pretty easily in the quarterfinals.

I'm not talking about the last man rule, I'm just saying he should've gotten a red just by the way he brought him down. It was deliberate and a pretty harsh foul. I've seen players get reds for much "milder" fouls than that.
 
 Anyway, no biggie, if England get to meet them in the final, paybacks are hell.

[vansmack]

Who is this Greek team?
 
 Beat Portugal, draw with Spain...all in Portugal?  Where did this come from?

[mankie]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Who is this Greek team?
 
 Beat Portugal, draw with Spain...all in Portugal?  Where did this come from?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't todays results mean either Spain or Portugal are not getting through to the next round?
 
 Should be a good game between those two.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't todays results mean either Spain or Portugal are not getting through to the next round?
 
 Should be a good game between those two.

You are correct, however Spain only needs a draw, Portugal needs a win.  Should be fun to watch nonetheless.
 
 And I don't need to tell you this, but Group A winners and losers play Group B winners and losers.

[Dethroned Emperor]

unless Greece somehow manage to lose to Russia, then yes, either Spain or Portugal are done. or we could also see the always exciting 3-way tie which comes down to the dreaded "goal differential"

[mankie]

Originally posted by vansmack:
 

And I don't need to tell you this, but Group A winners and losers play Group B winners and losers. [/b]

I have never felt more confident about the England team than I do for this tournament. I know we lost to France, but outplayed them, and they are probably the best team in the world....Brazil is always FIFA's #1 but that's just arse-kissing BS as we all know.
 
 I really believe we can beat any team we may meet in this tournament, unless they self-destruct which is always a possibility with England...but I just can't see it happening with this squad and manager.
 
 BTW, it's poetic justice that Russia went out so early. They cheated Wales out of a place during the qualifying rounds by fielding a non-elligable player.