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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lichtenhart" data-source="post: 1638027" data-attributes="member: 761">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.</blockquote>