Euro 2004 Football discussion

[MonsterMash]

Who to win now?

My heart says England, my head says either Czech Rep or France, but all the nations left in are probably capable of winning, as nobody has looked unbeatable. For example the Greeks have got a huge team spirit and just by getting this far have achieved more than their national team ever has so for all of the French teams strengths they cannot underestimate their opposition.

 

[reutbing0]

I say England has a fair chance to win as does the Czech Republic. France just isn't playing very well this tournament. But really any team that's still in the tournamnt has a chance of winning..even the Dutch .

 

[johnsemlak]

I would agree the form France has displayed in the tournament shoudl give their supporters some concern, but they still have enough talent for me to believe they can raise their game.

However, injuiry worries for Viera and Gallus could worsen matters for them.

England have a good chance to win this tourney, but a tremendous obstacle tonight, probably much mroe difficult than the semifinal would be.

It will be a very good match I think. It looks like the best of the quarterfinal matchups.

 

[Morrus]

England currently 1-0 up on Portugal. From the number of English supporters there, it feels more like an English home ground than Portugese.

 

[johnsemlak]

And an AWESOME match so far. Both teams seem to be pumped with mass cats grace and bull's strength .

This match has reminded me a lot of the England-France match. England an early lead, Portugal responds with wave after wave of attacks, by extremely talented attackers. England defend well (Sol Campbell is saving them again), and launch some very lethal counterattacks.

Rooney being taken off is a real blow.

I really don't think the English defence can survive anohter half of this onslaugt, but we'll see. They might be able to snatch another goal though and win it.

Portugal really should find someone else to do the free kicks, though.

 

[Morrus]

Yeah, losing Rooney is a big problem. At least Owen seems to be a little more back on form, though.

We've lost a good defender (went home because his wife went into labour or something) and our best attacker -- I'm not really holding much hope now.

 

[reutbing0]

We've lost a good defender (went home because his wife went into labour or something) and our best attacker -- I'm not really holding much hope now.

Sheesh !! Since when is that more important than soccer ! Too bad for Rooney though, the man of the tournament so far.

 

[Morrus]

Oh man ... you have got to be kidding me. England won that game - that last goal was perfectly valid, and the referee disallowed it.

The BBC is showing it over and over again, and no one can see anything wrong with the goal.

Now it's into extra time.

 

[johnsemlak]

PENALTIES!!

Whoever wins, this has been a match for the ages.

 

[MonsterMash]

Nooooo! why did it have to be penalties. How much can you take.... World Cup 1990, Euro 1996, World Cup 1998, now Euro 2004, a poor performance, but coming back to stay in the game showed a great spirit.