Euro 2004 Football discussion

[Lichtenhart]

Now, if only we could get the same result too...

 

[DarkMaster]

I certainly can't imagine the Czechs will go scoreless as the French did.

Well unfortunatly for spectacle it happened.

I would have appreciate much more a Portugal-Czech in final.

Now we will have a one zone game, with a lucky goal at some point and another victory for the greek. 1-0

boring

 

[DarkMaster]

I wish I had found this thread earlier. Although, onsecond thoughts, perhaps it's better that I didn't. I might have have been very rude to Darkmaster if I'd read his comments about Englands second goal last Friday.

As to the notion that that whit Meier should be given then final. Disciplinary action wouldseem more approriate.


glass.

The goal was not good, what was the problem with it again

 

[MonsterMash]

Got to admit I'd dread a dull game, I just hope that Portugal can get an early goal so that Greece can't be so defensive. Full credit to the Greek team for hard work and team spirit, but I've got to admit for a neutral supporter you want teams playing open flowing football and scoring lots of goals more than dogged determination and good defending.

 

[johnsemlak]

Here's hoping for an exciting final, not a dull war of attrition.

 

[DarkMaster]

Here's hoping for an exciting final, not a dull war of attrition.

You were wrong, Dull Dull Dull and the lest talented team of the tournament win. Hope that the greek player don't get their head too big when they will return working in their farm.

I still don't understand that a team without talent can win the tournament. Well the only one that impress me was the goalie

 

[barsoomcore]

Hurray for the Greeks. Man, they showed everyone. Great goaltending, great defence, and perfect offensive plays when they really needed them. Two absolutely perfect corners in a row, gamewinners both.

That was a fine game. Not a frothing mass of excitement, but demonstration of solid play and unflappable cool. They never lost focus, they never forgot their system and they kept the faith all the way. Hurray for the Greeks.

Some good lessons there for those high-priced players who get the big sponsorship deals and show up in commercials -- less time worrying about being a star, more time practicing your shots, and maybe your team would have won. Nice to see that money can't always buy success. Hurray for the Greeks.

 

[DarkMaster]

and perfect offensive plays when they

Please, when you barely can complete a pass, or shoot on the goal and have to rely on a single trick to score I don't call that perfect. The greek has one of the most pathetic offense I ever saw in an international team. The only persons who deserves the honor of the victory are first and foremost their german coach and the goalie. The coach because he taugh their five best player how to play a good defense in the goalie's box and make them practice their header on corner because that's the only they could possibly scores.

I hate when a team in any sports uses a highly defensive strategy to compensate for their lack of talents. Makes us the viewers pretty bored. I was so dissapointed that Czech didn't pass. Czech - Portugal could have been a game to remember. But this one tomorrow I won't even remember it.

 

[Lichtenhart]

As much as I hate saying that 'might makes right', if Czech Republic, Portugal and France were such better teams than Greece, they should have demonstrated it by winning. And defensive strategy wasn't used to compensate thier lack of talent, but to exploit their different kind of talent. Otherwise you can play defensive as much as you want, and still go home (as many other teams did). A smart coach knows what kind of play makes his team give its best. It may be boring for you, but they're there to try to win, not to please the public.

And I don't think that the so called 'champions' worry much about being stars. Heck if they really did, you'd think they'd really spend time practicing their shots. But if you were a player, and a sportswear firm came to you offering several millions to do a spot, would you NOT take them? Honest? What this tournament demonstrated is just that sportswear firms have poor judgement in choosing 'champions'. The field makes champions, not ads. It would be nice for a time if people (and, more important, the coaches) watched the games, and then judged who the real champions are, instead of watching the ads and then be disappointed in normal players who just took the money like every sane person I think would do.

 

[Darklone]

Stars or not, Greece won without stars because they are a team. 2 or 3 stars in the Portugal team were not enough to beat them.