Van Basten II Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Will be intriguing Quarters Portugal-Germany and Croatia-Turkey, i wouldn't bet the rent money on the outcome of these games. Regarding the group C, well Romania is in control of its destiny , pressure is on them, how they're going to perform ? I'm already hearing some fans complaining that it is unfair that Romania will play a desinterested Netherlands team, well tough luck, both teams had the chance to perform against Romania and they failed, live with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Meanwhile i'm chanting Oranje, Oranje mixed up with a few Allez les Bleus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 I'm already hearing some fans complaining that it is unfair that Romania will play a desinterested Netherlands team, well tough luck, both teams had the chance to perform against Romania and they failed, live with it. My thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 (edited) Congratulations to the Italian team, they had an overall better competition and they offered the most eye pleasing game of the three teams fighting for the second spot. Actually happy that a team actually qualified by actually winning a game, would have found it pathetic to see a team go through with only two or three draws on their resumé. Good riddance Domenech, he picked a weak team in defense and never was able to create an offense that would fit our best player Ribery, plus from what i've heard he never was able to put the different individualities into a strong collective. Would love to see Deschamps get a chance but my first pick would still be Arsène Wenger. Meanwhile Oranje, Oranje, Oranje Edited June 17, 2008 by Van Basten II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Congratulations to the Italian team, they had an overall better competition and they offered the most eye pleasing game of the three teams fighting for the second spot. Actually happy that a team actually qualified by actually winning a game, would have found it pathetic to see a team go through with only two or three draws on their resumé. Good riddance Domenech, he picked a weak team in defense and never was able to create an offense that would fit our best player Ribery, plus from what i've heard he never was able to put the different individualities into a strong collective. Would love to see Deschamps get a chance but my first pick would still be Arsène Wenger. Meanwhile Oranje, Oranje, Oranje Yep, french defender committed a naive foul on the penalty. Overall french team seems to me a bit weak on willingness. They played like they already lost, without hope. Italians did their best to gain, unfortunately I think 'their best' will not be enough in the fourthcoming matches, though 'azzurri' are a strange thing: they need to get the mental attitude and concentration during the championship, if they get it, they could go straight to the final, otherwise they could go home pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Spain should be considered favourites over this Italian team then again Spain has the bad habit of playing below their level of talent when it counts and Italians are pretty good at making jewels from dog shit. As we speak it's pretty tough to imagine Sweden or worse Russia threatening Netherlands. As i mentionned in an earlier post, the quarters involving the groups A and B are a lot more open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Spain should be considered favourites over this Italian team then again Spain has the bad habit of playing below their level of talent when it counts and Italians are pretty good at making jewels from dog shit. As we speak it's pretty tough to imagine Sweden or worse Russia threatening Netherlands. As i mentionned in an earlier post, the quarters involving the groups A and B are a lot more open. The beauty of the game is exactly this: talent AND attitude. Otherwise it would be like two computers playing chess. Anyway I am a bit worried about that Pancho Villa. Italian defence is playing below the WC standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Italian defence is playing below the WC standard. Fabio Cannavaro is missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Yes, rub it in! I'm a big Spain supporter and I'm of course I'm happy but I do feel for you. It's a gut wrenching way to lose. Thanks. As it turned out, the lost point doesn't really matter, since Sweden would have needed a draw against Russia tonight anyway. Russia gets its big star Arshavin, who hasn't played so far, back. We'll see how much of a difference he makes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Spain should be considered favourites over this Italian team then again Spain has the bad habit of playing below their level of talent when it counts and Italians are pretty good at making jewels from dog shit. As we speak it's pretty tough to imagine Sweden or worse Russia threatening Netherlands. As i mentionned in an earlier post, the quarters involving the groups A and B are a lot more open. The beauty of the game is exactly this: talent AND attitude. Otherwise it would be like two computers playing chess. Anyway I am a bit worried about that Pancho Villa. Italian defence is playing below the WC standard. Spain should win but Van Basten is right: when has Spain ever not disappointed? Is it me or does Domenech always have that befuddled look (of course in this tournament, he had good reason). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Spain should be considered favourites over this Italian team then again Spain has the bad habit of playing below their level of talent when it counts and Italians are pretty good at making jewels from dog shit. As we speak it's pretty tough to imagine Sweden or worse Russia threatening Netherlands. As i mentionned in an earlier post, the quarters involving the groups A and B are a lot more open. The beauty of the game is exactly this: talent AND attitude. Otherwise it would be like two computers playing chess. Anyway I am a bit worried about that Pancho Villa. Italian defence is playing below the WC standard. Spain should win but Van Basten is right: when has Spain ever not disappointed? Is it me or does Domenech always have that befuddled look (of course in this tournament, he had good reason). Domenech is nice like an haemorrhoids' attack, but as far as his team won, nobody cared about it. About Spain: they are often in love with themselves and their beautiful playing, (like Brasil for that matter), they tend to forget that at the end the winner is the team who scored, not the one who played the nicest football for the audience. Usually Italy is just the opposite. About Netherlands, for sure the best team until now, not really sure they can play all the championship at this level and speed, I mean that their playing is expensive in term of energy. Don't forget that most of the players, of all teams, have already played 40/50, even more, matches in the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Where the hell this Russian team was during the previous games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Russia gets its big star Arshavin, who hasn't played so far, back. We'll see how much of a difference he makes. A lot apparently. Congratulations to Russia, which was the better team tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Does someone here think that Germans could up their game and upset Portugal today ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Reason to be sad that the Swedish were eliminated Reasons to be happy that the English weren't qualified Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Reason to be sad that the Swedish were eliminated Reasons to be happy that the English weren't qualified Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user0815 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 anyone wants to see the portuguese team playin' football in the euro 2008 ? last chance today ! :rsmile: a big thankyouverymuch to the uefa who has banned jogi loew, the german coach, from the sidelines for today's match. sure, the austrian coach did get a one-game ban too ... but what's the point? even scolari, the coach of the portuguese team, said that he is not happy about the ban for the german coach. : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user0815 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Does someone here think that Germans could up their game and upset Portugal today ? of course i do ! but please don't ask me why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Reasons to be happy that the English weren't qualified What an embarrasment ! w**nker ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Talk about ugly things, this pitch is awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user0815 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 schweinsteiger !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user0815 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 klose !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 pardon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 This game could very well be the best game of the competition, expect other thrills in the second half. Fascinating first half meanwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user0815 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 pardon? sorry .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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