On June 02 2012 17:51 Censured wrote: Haha Czech republic lost against Hungary yesterday, my guess we will lose every match in our group. Well, I will be rooting for Netherlands anyways... (as every year)
I still remember watching Holland vs Czech Republic 2-3 in 2004, one of the best games in Euro Cup history.
On June 02 2012 18:44 Ayush_SCtoss wrote: I was rooting for Portugal, Netherlands and Germany for this this year's tournament since last year but they are in the same group lmfao >.>
Root for Denmark then. We need all the support we can get.
On June 02 2012 18:44 Ayush_SCtoss wrote: I was rooting for Portugal, Netherlands and Germany for this this year's tournament since last year but they are in the same group lmfao >.>
Root for Denmark then. We need all the support we can get.
On June 02 2012 18:44 Ayush_SCtoss wrote: I was rooting for Portugal, Netherlands and Germany for this this year's tournament since last year but they are in the same group lmfao >.>
Root for Denmark then. We need all the support we can get.
On June 01 2012 20:23 iMonAhorsE wrote: i think italy and france are severely underrated, i would bet that one of the 2 will be in the final
I think they are a little bit underrated in the media, but the other coaches and teams rate them quite highly. I bet no one wants to face Italy in the ko-phase, they are solid team that most of the times performs well at big tournaments and are hard to beat. Spain for example only beat them in a penatly shoot out 4 years ago. They had a bad WC 2 years ago, so therefor the expectations aren't as high as usual. That's not a bad thing for them. As far as France is concerned everybody knows that they have great individual players, but they had those great players in the past as well and couldn't deliver, mainly because they weren't a team and had too many big egos. As of late they seem to have become more of a unit and if that's the case they will be one of the contenders for the title. Löw for example already stated that France could very well win this EC in his opinion.
But Laurent Blanc said few days ago : "This team is not ready".
I wouldn't expect much from France. Spain or Germany for the win imo.
BTW nobody expected Greece in 2004. It's football, everything is possible and it's why we love this sport ^^. .
With a squad like the one France has they should at the least be considered contenders. You don't have to necessarily be favorites to win it.
I believe its where the term Dark horse comes into play.
On June 02 2012 14:39 Lyter wrote: so russia smashed italy 3-0 yesterday apparently, anyone watch it? I know it was just a friendly etc but still you don't want to get raped
I was like "wtf"
Apparently we scored all goals we should have scored against Lithuania. :D Italy was meh, probably due to scandalous atmosphere around all Italian football now. And we, for once, played normally.
Italy played well in the first half and in the start of the second half but they were sloppy with all the chances they got. The first half could have ended 3-1 in favor of the Italians. But in the second half the Russians got stronger and finally they were USING their chances. Also the second Italian goalkeeper isn't unblameable, remember that all 3 goals happened in the second half when he came in for Buffon.
On June 02 2012 17:51 Censured wrote: Haha Czech republic lost against Hungary yesterday, my guess we will lose every match in our group. Well, I will be rooting for Netherlands anyways... (as every year)
You were unlucky though. I mean they scored a freekick where no one was ready. Cech was setting up his wall and they took it. Very unlucky
Anyone watched the animated shorts on the guardian? Give a little history of country's successes and failures in tournaments, they've only released three so far but they're pretty good.
With all that injuries it will be far from easy for England. France are favorite to win the group anyway and Sweden and Ukraine are no walk-overs either.
On June 02 2012 17:51 Censured wrote: Haha Czech republic lost against Hungary yesterday, my guess we will lose every match in our group. Well, I will be rooting for Netherlands anyways... (as every year)
I still remember watching Holland vs Czech Republic 2-3 in 2004, one of the best games in Euro Cup history.
I was a huge fan of the Czech team in 04. Baros was good, Nedved was in his prime and Koller was a tank. The Czechs even beat Germany with their B-squad in the third game of the groups. It's a shame Nedved got injured in the semi-final against Greece. I'm of the opinion that if he didn't go off the Czechs probably would have broken the Greek defense down. Stupid silver goal bullshit...