nimh wrote:
With some luck, we'll still face off against you guys, Thomas - and get our revenge for 1974!
If we're lucky, that is.
However,
if we play 'Holland', then of course, that's a totally different view, you ... you ...!
Thanks to injury and red cards. Ah well.
Orange is still looking like my favorite, with the Turks as my favorite dark horse. I am still in awe at their game against Czech on Sunday. Tough to go much further without your first keeper, though.
Go Netherlands!
Don't know if you can go all the way - but I'm supporting you!
Pity Italy couldn't be eliminated entirely.
Bloody cheats!
( from an Australian who remembers the last World Cup!
)
The Clockwork Orange plays beautifully, and is fun to watch. Even the reserves anihillated Romania.
My son Patada Veloz bet on them to be Eurochampions. I guess he's happy.
My take on the following phases:
Portugal, with less flare than what was boasted, barely defeats the seemengly rusty Deutsche Fussball Maschine.
Croatia has shown quality and it will be more than Turkey's guts.
The Netherlands will simply roll over good typical Hiddink team, Russia.
Spain, true to its tradition of starting strong and going downslope, will be defeated by Italy, true to its tradition of starting weak and getting better.
Portugal will lose surprisingly to Croatia.
Italy's class won't be enough against Holland.
Orange Eurochampions
The Germans are rusty indeed. They make too much money and don't
want to run after the ball.
I at least hope for a 1:1 tomorrow.
I'm here to represent the ignorant but interested.
Carry on.
I can't argue with fbaezer's predictions one bit.
Well, well, I think I take back what I said earlier
Is it a good game? I wasn't going to tune in because (sorry) I find Germany boring to watch. But now I'll have to.
It's a good game, Freeduck, as it will decide if Germany advances or not.
So they have to give it their all.... It's halftime now, so wait a bit.
VIENNA, Austria - Whether it has any bearing on Monday's crunch Euro
2008 match between the two countries is debatable but Austria drew
first blood on Sunday when their topless women's soccer team beat
Germany 10-5.
The traditional swapping of shirts afterwards was not an option as the
six-a-side teams wore nothing but thongs, with the national colors
painted on to their bare skin.
The football may not have been of the highest quality but that did not
temper the enthusiasm of a mostly male crowd boosted by a sizeable
media presence only too happy to desert Euro 2008 training for an hour
or two.
The match was organized by a chat room web site.
Austria were delighted with a victory they hoped would be a
morale-booster for their male counterparts but was not without its
serious side.
"I hope our men will take heart from that tomorrow. We played pretty
hard, we even had some injuries, like I for example broke my toe
nail," 29-year-old bank employee Doris Fastenmeir told Reuters.
The Germans took defeat sportingly and joined their opponents for
alcopops and dancing at a beach club alongside the Danube.
"I was supposed to hold the balls but I really have no idea how to do
that," said German keeper Jana Bach.
"Maybe it is because I am not all that much into soccer. I am more
into shoes to be honest."
The verdict of the onlookers?
"They might have to work on their technique a bit but it was
definitely a rather pleasant game to watch and a very nice version of
the 'beautiful game'," said Rolf Hansen from Berlin.
Yep, I was reading the play by play online (I canceled my cable so I can't watch it unless I go to my brother's house or the local bar... hey there's an idea) and it looks like a good game.
Is that for real, George?
Haha, that's funny, George.
Freeduck, look online, maybe they show it live somewhere...
I was able to get it when I was at work because the service provider there carries ESPN but my home carrier doesn't and I'm working from home today. It's no big deal, my brother tivo's them all and we usually watch them in the evening. But I like reading the play by play.
Gary Linneker: "Football is a game played by two teams of 11 players, where Germany always wins".
Did anyone say The Hague? Oh, collective sports....nemmind.
Yeaaahhhhh for Michael Ballack!!!! 1:3 for Germany
