Euro 2004

[Elewyn]

you probably mean slight offside of first Sweedish goal? it was. But also it is said that if there is something realy unsurre, better to prefere attacking side.

[Nike]

No, I think there wasn't an offside. I meant some other things...

[Kuno of Gersenau]

Originally posted by Finellach
Ah well...England is next...bring it on! :D :cheers: Yeah, kick the English asses! And we will kick the French, then our teams are in the next round and England and France are out! :D

I know it's not really realistic, but the Croatian match gave me a little bit hope...and I don't think that we will get in every match a yellow-red card! :angry:

[Emhyr var Emreis]

what about to make new poll. Without Russia and with Latvia. I don't see their chances so poor. With that kind of defense and breaks they are able to defeat Germans :D

Totti ****s. he should be kicked off from all UEFA matches! including the Champions league. He knows there are cameras all around and he's trying to say he didn't anything like this? what the hell does he think?

Croatiaaaaaaa, great second half, they deserved victory.

[Finellach]

Yes the judging is a bit doubtful so far. I think I only saw one or two games which had really good judge. For example yesterday the French goal was obvious handball. Before that Zidane also played with hand and got nothing...not to mention the foul from which France got the first goal was non-existant and was awarded just because it was Zidane...:rolleyes:
But let's be realistic and fair and say that goals came from obvious mistakes. Too bad Mornar didn't score that last chance...well life goes on.

I hope Swiss can surprise France and beat their sorry asses and we will take care of arrogant English. :D

Btw. I don't think Russia can do anything. It is apparent that they have absolutly no motive not to mention their fightings inside the team. You can't do that and except results...

P.S. Bulgaria is playing today...and I'll cheer for them. Hope they recovered a bit from that catastrophe four days ago. ;)

[Hector]

Originally posted by Finellach
Yes the judging is a bit doubtful so far. I think I only saw one or two games which had really good judge. For example yesterday the French goal was obvious handball. Before that Zidane also played with hand and got nothing...not to mention the foul from which France got the first goal was non-existant and was awarded just because it was Zidane...:rolleyes:
But let's be realistic and fair and say that goals came from obvious mistakes. Too bad Mornar didn't score that last chance...well life goes on.

I hope Swiss can surprise France and beat their sorry asses and we will take care of arrogant English. :D

Btw. I don't think Russia can do anything. It is apparent that they have absolutly no motive not to mention their fightings inside the team. You can't do that and except results...

P.S. Bulgaria is playing today...and I'll cheer for them. Hope they recovered a bit from that catastrophe four days ago. ;)

Russia is already out of the game.

But i hope that the Swiss and the Croatians will quallify:hello:

[Darius]

2-0, we should've scored more goals in first half... and should've kept the ball more in second half. The great amount of cards ruined the game IMO

[Hector]

yep the red card was a shame the referee was a bit paranoid

[Nike]

I know it may sound like whining but those referees are from the MAFIA! Red Card? Bull****! :angry: :angry: :angry:

We didn't had a chance - terrible playing (especially in defense) and referees on the enemys side! How could we win?

My Congratulations to Denmark - they played nice! Not great but better than us! I hope you'll have even bigger success in the quarterfinals - that way we'll have fallen from a strong team. ;) :D

[Henrik]

I really think that we (Denmark) didn't play that well in to days match against Bulgaria.

One thing is for certain: we did much better against Italy.

I also think that it was a part of Olsen's ( danish coach )masterplan - he wanna spare the team's strength untill we meet Sweden - IMO they look at bit scary :eek: and i really think we need to play the best we can do in order to secure a vitory over our swedish brothers ( this match will also be yet another part in Danish/swedish "war" - i.e. we couldn't beat'em on the battlefield in the past, so in order to restore our "pride" we have to teach'em a lesson on the field ! )

I am, ofcourse, just teasing a little here :)

[Finellach]

I feel bad about Bulgaria. I really though they could do something in Euro, but they totally disappointed me. :o

[Elewyn]

great.. Sweaden is "the maker" of group C

again the best football I saw in second round (I hope tomorrow Czechia vs. Holland will be as good as this one)

[Ben Nevis]

I'm afraid Elewyn, I really am. I think this is one of the first times the Dutch are the underdogs.

[Henrik]

Originally posted by Ben Nevis
I'm afraid Elewyn, I really am. I think this is one of the first times the Dutch are the underdogs.

Don't be Ben Nevis - as long as you've got Ruud van Nistelrooij :go: you're going to be alright

(I'll admit he's my hero :) )

[Finellach]

I must say Holland is totally weird to me.

In France 1998 they were the best team and the finished only fourth.

In Holland/Blegiuum 2000 Euro they were great again, yet they failed...again.

IMO Holland still has one of the best teams in the world if not to best. Not to mention they played the best football in the last 10 years yet they never won anything. I can't explain it... :confused:

[Elewyn]

Originally posted by Ben Nevis
I'm afraid Elewyn, I really am. I think this is one of the first times the Dutch are the underdogs. I don't think you have to. Czech team is not as good as it was last year. I'm very affraid of Nistelrooij :( the way he scored aggainst the Germans was... awful. How the hack could he, levitating with the goal behind his head, score? I can't believe that goal.

Also Zlatan's goal today aggainst Italians!

But not only Nistelrooij. Your team is little better than our. We'll see. And also.. you have a game aggainst Latvia in reserve for case of a draw or a loss.

[Finellach]

Originally posted by Elewyn
Also Zlatan's goal today aggainst Italians!

Yes, you can definately see Croatian blood in him. :D :p

[Ledhead]

Originally posted by Finellach
Yes, you can definately see Croatian blood in him. :D :p

So you say that he's Croatian, I thought he was a muslim Bosnian with that familyname (Ibrahimovic).

Btw Finellach. That Prso, what's he? Slavic or "Iranian"?
And what about that female slalom skiier you had, she who had problem with the knees, she with the fascist brother, what's she?
Could you give me some typical examples of "Iranian"-croatian names and some typical slavic-hungarian-other names?
I find this real interesting!

[Ledhead]

I was to post about the match here, but I got so carried away by Ibrahimovic maybe being of Croatian descent.

The Italians was absolutely brilliant in the first half!
If they would have played like that more often even I would have liked them!!
Cassano, Pirlo and Gattuso made the difference.
Great players with great fighting spirit.
But as always when Italy scores a goal, they start to get too defensive. I don't understand why when they have the players to keep on attacking...
And this time it got back at them and bit them in the ***!
In Sweden the goalkeeper Isakson was great.
Källström should have started the game (maybe Sweden might even have won then...)
Jonson was great as a subtitute.
And the Swedish coaches showed real courage when the went down to 3 defenders and substituted in the forward Allbäck for the last 20 minutes (the Swedish coaches are known in Sweden for their defensive thinking!).
I feel very optimistic for the game against Denmark. I hope we both (Denmark & Sweden!) make it to the quarter finals.

[Finellach]

Ibrahimovic's mother is Croatian. His father is Bosnian Muslim. Although I must say there are some Croats who also have the last name Ibrahimovic.

Btw. there are no iranian names in Croats since there are no Iranians in Croatia. The names are mostly slavic. There are many hungarian, italian and german surnames atypical for slavic nations. As far as I know a similar situation is in Bohemia as well where you can see many Bohemians with german last names.

Also Ivica Kostelic is not a fascist. They misunderstood him in one interview where he said he is ready like a german soldier from WW2 who were obviously the best army and had the best soldiers. This doesn't mean he is admiring nazis...yet the media like to exaggerate these things...IMO he chose very wrong comparison.

And he is not just her brother. The man was also the best slalom skiier in the world couple of years ago...:rolleyes: