UEFA Euro 2008 Cup

Come on Germany. Hump them 4-0. Should've scored already. 15 mins gone.

I don't support Poland even though they're the underdog.

Wow, what did Poles ever do to you that you punish us so by not granting us your support? o_O
 
i like both germany and poland, but i must say that polands defense is just retarded. They were like pylons lol.

I'm cheering for france, and i REALLY hate italy because of that stupid mazeratti guy and because of their fans. They're so annoying, they think just because they won the world cup (even tho that penalty against australia was complete bullshit), they'll win the euro forsure...NO.
 
Italy and France's teams are just aged now though, and they dont play good football, they get one goal and sit back for the rest of the match.
 
I'm rooting for Holland to win. (After Sweden, of course.)
 
Caught the Czech Republic and Switzerland one.
Bad tackle
Drifted into sleep and out after first goal :D
 
ok is it just me or is european soccer really boring? None of the games so far have been exciting at all.

They were filled with boring gameplay, stupid gameplay (really bad defending for poland...wtf?, really bad passes) etc. and not to mention ridiculous diving.

Why can't they play like africans/south americans? Barely any stupid diving, always exciting gameplay and like someone mentioned before after they score 1 goal, tghey keep going for more not sitting back and playing a boring defensive game.
 
African football's crap. The African Nations was a joke.

European football is a much higher level so there's more pressure and a higher intensity to the games. One mistake and it's all over so they don't usually take as many risks, not to mention the defenders being the best in the world, compared to Africans being some of the worst, including their goalkeepers.

And for football to be really exciting you have to properly support one of the sides. That's the point of it all. That's why NHL/NBA/NFL are all boring to watch, since I don't support any of them.
 
African football's crap. The African Nations was a joke.

European football is a much higher level so there's more pressure and a higher intensity to the games. One mistake and it's all over so they don't usually take as many risks, not to mention the defenders being the best in the world, compared to Africans being some of the worst, including their goalkeepers.

And for football to be really exciting you have to properly support one of the sides. That's the point of it all. That's why NHL/NBA/NFL are all boring to watch, since I don't support any of them.

have you seen ivory coast last world cup? you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
Higher skill? lmao yea they really do have some skill diving and pretending to be hurt 85% of the game eh.

Look at how many africans play on european teams man, and im sorry but south americans are just way more skilled than most eurpean teams.

I'm not saying ALL euro teams are boring and bad, im just saying there are only a few who are entertaining to watch/are actually really good like france, italy(even tho i hate them) germany, portugal and czech.

But so far all the games that have been played this euro have been so boring and not top notch football.
 
The France-Romania game was disappointing.
While Romania had great defense, the offense lacked.
France had good offense, but one of the better players was switched with some young kid. Tie game 0-0
Italy-Netherlands in 30 minutes.
 
South Americans don't dive? More like they are the supreme leaders of all things that dive.

Other than that though, I kind of agree. European football is a different game to South American. To be fair though, the games so far have been terrible. France vs Romania was intolerable.
 
have you seen ivory coast last world cup? you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
You mean that team who didn't even make it out the group stage? I have more idea about what I'm talking about than anyone in Canada.

Higher skill? lmao yea they really do have some skill diving and pretending to be hurt 85% of the game eh.
Considering V Nistelrooy just hurdled Buffon when he could've dived suggests you're 100% wrong.

Look at how many africans play on european teams man, and im sorry but south americans are just way more skilled than most eurpean teams.
Some of the players at the African Nations play for Div 1 Scottish teams, that's how bad they are. Some of them are good (Eto/Drogba), obviously, but most of their other players aren't at teams any better than Portsmouth.

I'm not saying ALL euro teams are boring and bad, im just saying there are only a few who are entertaining to watch/are actually really good like france, italy(even tho i hate them) germany, portugal and czech.
France are one of the most boring. My country beat them both times 1-0 in qualifying and they just drew 0-0 in the most boring game of the tournament so far.

On another topic, I hope Holland hump the cheating Italians. Gattuso and V Bronckhorst both played for Rangers.
 
Shit, NL's up 2-0 over Italy at the moment, just before the end of the first half.
 
And the pot smokers are in lead over the spaghetti monsters! Great game so far.
 
Shocking decision for the first goal, I actually could not believe they did not give that offside decision, but the second goal was the best goal Ive seen in a while. Game has eased off a bit though.

France vs. Romania game was boring as hell, was more interested in my empire on Medievil Total War 2. Just watching France reminds me of watching England, a lot of talent but just zero confidence and absolutely no fluid system to their play, I can see France being knocked out early, all praise to Romania though.

EDIT: Bril save from Van Der Sar and check and mate on the match. Can deffo see Germany and Holland as potential finalists now.
 
3-0 against the reigning world champions :D Amazing game. Really looking forward to the match against France now. Judging by earlier tonight we should be able to beat them as well.

Hup Holland hup!
 
I'm no expert on football, but this was a fun match to watch. GG Dutchland.

Shift: It was explained on tv that it wasn't an offside defense because of some sort of rule. Don't ask me what rule.
 
Come again?

Ah, I found what the situation was:

There was an Italian defender outside of the lines because the Italian keeper ran into him, which means it wasn't an offside.

So all 3 goals were fully deserved.
 
Ah, I found what the situation was:

There was an Italian defender outside of the lines because the Italian keeper ran into him, which means it wasn't an offside.

So all 3 goals were fully deserved.

Ahh I see what you are getting at, not sure that works or not, obviously if it us a rule then it didnt work now. And ****ing lol and Buffon knocking his own player out.
 
As a Dutchman I didn't expect to win 3-0 from worldchampion Italy. :E more like a draw or 1-0 loss.

A Controversial 1-0. Great second goal from Sneijder. Could have been 3-0 at the end of the first halve.

Holland played great altought Italy got some big changes in the second halve. Those faces of the Italians were priceless. :E



Hup Holland hup

Great play from Boulahrouz and Engelaar.
 
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Luca Toni really looks pwnd :D
 
Boulahrouz proved once again why I love him as a defender. I'm especially proud though of van Bronckhorst; homegrown by Feyenoord, played the game of a lifetime.

I think this victory wasn't really because of Italia failing, it was predominantly thanks to Holland's gameplay. Italia created alot of chances in the first 15 minutes, showed alot of potential of scoring, but alas, they didn't. And if Toni missed chances like he did in the second half, you do not deserve to win or even draw.
 
Yeh there were merely outplayed in every department.
 
Oh how i lol'd
just yesterday a friend (Italian) told me how they gonna own the Dutch

The game was fantastic, even tho the Italian failed.
 
That was the best game so far, no contest.

The first goal was controversial, but most experts seem to agree that the ref made the right call allowing the goal. The Dutch guy wasn't off-side according to the rules, otherwise an opponent could just walk over the line to get the attackers off-side.
 
Great game, Holland really took it to them. Italy got systematically taken apart, they're downfall was playing 4-3-3, which Holland have been playing since...I can remember! The masters of that formation...never should you take them on in a competitive game with it, you will pay. Sneijder, Van Nistelrooy and Van Bronckhorst were excellent :D
 
Yeh I here Larsson has signed up for the Sweden squad again for one last time, pushing 36? and still a goal machine. I expect Spain to do well today.
 
my final prediction:

spain - russia 2-0

sweden - greece 1-0
 
My predictions:

Spain 2 - 1 Russia
Sweden 2 - 2 Greece

Have you guys thought about that so far in the championship there hasn't been a single game in which both teams have scored?
 
italy sucked and so did france. Im thinking it's gonna go to Netherlands vs Spain for the final
 
I dunno, Germany was kicking some pretty delicious ass the other day too so I think they're a force to be reckoned with...
 
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