UEFA Euro 2008 (Soccer)

[Wizzy]

The european tournament have started! (YAAAY!)



The Groups
Country / Played / Goals (+/-) / Points
Group A
Portugal / 2 / 4 / 6
Czech Republic / 2 / -1 / 3
Switzerland / 2 / -1 / 3
Turkey / 2 / -2 / 0

Group B
Croatia / 2 / 2 / 6
Germany / 2 / 1 / 3
Austria / 2 / -1 / 1
Poland / 2 / -2 / 1

Group C
Netherlands / 1 / 3 / 3
France / 1 / 0 / 1
Romania / 1 / 0 / 1
Italy / 1 / -3 / 0

Group D
Spain / 1 / 3 / 3
Sweden / 1 / 2 / 3
Greece / 1 / -2 / 0
Russia / 1 / -3 / 0



So far:
Saturday 7 June 2008
Switzerland 0-1 Czech Republic
Portugal 2-0 Turkey

Sunday 8 June 2008
Austria 0-1 Croatia
Germany 2-0 Poland

Monday 9 June 2008
Romania 0-0 France
Netherlands 3-0 Italy

Tuesday 10 June 2008
Spain 4-1 Russia
Greece 0-2 Sweden

Wednesday 11 June 2008
Czech Republic 1-3 Portugal
Switzerland 1-2 Turkey

Thursday 12 June 2008
Croatia 2-1 Germany
Austria 1-1 Poland



The big news beeing:
Netherlands/Italy 3-0
Italy played way under their ability and Netherlands got away with a BIG W. Few people saw this comming and the question on if italy will be performing as badly against Romania (who played well against France) arises.

and
Greece/Sweden 0-2
Sweden (My homeland) also shocked the soccer world with their W. Zlatan Ibrahimovic made a brilliant goal with the help of veteran Hendrik Larsson's smart and quick pass. We played a good game apart from a few misses from the defenceive line with their passes. Greece's still a great team and they played well, didn't go all the way though.




This thread is for all discussion of the tournament, what ever the subject might be, just to keep the threads down some due to all the soccer fans on this site!

Might also help the U.S readers become more interested in the tournament, although it's just europe who gets to play..

[Arjen]

Allright, Here is my list of teams that I think are getting through past the first round:

Group A
Portugal

Group B
Germany

Group C
The Netherlands

Group D
Spain

Besides these I suppose some non-famous countries (like Italy) will qualify as well.

At this moment I think Holland is going to win, and I sincerely hope that we play Germany in the finals. It'll be great to beat them!

So, what do you guys make of it?

[Wizzy]

Originally Posted by Arjen

Allright, Here is my list of teams that I think are getting through past the first round:

Group A
Portugal

Group B
Germany

Group C
The Netherlands

Group D
Spain

Besides these I suppose some non-famous countries (like Italy) will qualify as well.

At this moment I think Holland is going to win, and I sincerely hope that we play Germany in the finals. It'll be great to beat them!

So, what do you guys make of it?

A & B I got nothing to complain about.

C on the other hand:
Wishfull thinking from you part
I'd say France. Romania managed to hold out but Netherlands aren't going to be so lucky. If I was a betting man I'd be betting 2-1 or 3-1 too France on Friday.

And for D:
Oh man, wishfull thinking from my part: Sweden.
We're taking on Spain on Saturday but if we played as good as we did today, we're taking them down (we did beat them in the qualifying round with 2-0 you know). I just hope the defencive line finds a way to stop Villa so he doesn't repeat his three goals against russia on Isaksson (our fantastic goalie).

And is Italy a "non-famous" country? :P

[Arjen]

Who, what? Oh Italy..it took me a while to remember them.

I haven't seen Sweden play yet, but if I am lucky I'll be home in time from work saturday to catch Sweden-Spain. It looks as if pool D is as interesting as pool C. Especially since Sweden beat Spain 2-0 in the qualifyers. I didn't know untill you told me so, thanks.

[Wizzy]

Oh man, Sweden - Spain will be interesting, no doubt about it. Who ever wins that game wins the group so ofcourse it's exciting, just as Netherlands - France on friday, Germany - Croatia tomorrow and ofcourse Czech Republic - Portugal tonight!

But about the main event tonight (Czech - Portugal), I saw the Portugal/Turkey game and have to say that Portugal have to step up their passing game against the Czechs to win. Also Ronaldo will have to get his focus back and really work get his game to his full potential.

I mean, Netherlands do however have the upper hand as they lead by two points over France, but I would still place France as the winners in the game on Friday. And seeing how Italy played their last game, no way can they take down France! But then ofcourse comes the question, can the Netherlands win against Romania? I'd say that's a though one, both teams have been performing suprisingly well and that could be the game of the tournament

[Arjen]

I can't wait untill friday.

You may think that France is hard to beat, but Zizou doesn't play anymore. That will make it about even chances I think.

YouTube - Zidane, great goal against Deportivo

YouTube - The Best Goal Ever, ZIDANE

Zinédine Zidane

[Wizzy]

Yeah he's good, might even be great, but we have somebody who's amazing! Zlatan second-too-none Ibrahimovic!

Here's his goal from our last and first game
http://www.youtube.com/v/fpPkG-eLg8k&hl=en

Some collection
http://www.youtube.com/v/L276zcdhxfc&hl=en

And one of his many tricks that you won't see everyday..
http://www.youtube.com/v/J8ZLNgXFKLo&hl=en

[Arjen]

Well, I have to admit that this guy has what it takes. He even uses a number of the same tricks as Zizou. Check out youtube to see him pass people. Zlatan does the same thing.

Well, perhaps Holland will be meeting Sweden instead of Germany in the finals then..

[Wizzy]

Oh man that would be great! I'd love for us to slap you around in the finals

[Arjen]

My colleague says that as long as Zlatan is injured before he scores his first goal we'll be allright.