The 2012 UEFA EURO - Page 45

Mallidon

Scotland557 Posts

July 02 2012 14:40 GMT

#881

On July 02 2012 12:23 don_kyuhote wrote:

I don't think Czechs were lucky to get to QF. They might have been lucky to win the group (which I'm sure nobody saw coming), but had Rosicky not been injured in Greece game, I'm sure Czech would have beaten Greece and Poland more comfortably.

IMO it was one of the poorest Czech teams I've seen for ages. I think they rode their luck very well to get as far as they did. This is a team that struggled to qualify for the tournament let alone anything else, and didn't look anywhere near good enough.

don_kyuhote

3007 Posts

July 02 2012 14:55 GMT

#882

Yea they were the worst Czech team I've ever seen, and had they landed in any group other than A, they would have been eliminated for sure, so in that sense, they were very lucky. QF was as far as they could go and their 2 shots 0 on target against Portugal verifies that.
But Greece and Poland weren't better than Czech Republic. It took the entire 1st half for Greece to wake up in both Poland and Czech Republic games, and they were lucky to not be behind 3-0 by half time in both games.

sharkie

Austria18658 Posts

July 02 2012 23:18 GMT

#883

On July 01 2012 06:39 Neelia wrote:

Show nested quote +

That would at least have the positive side effect of fixing the retarded seeding system. Giving the host nation(s) the highest seed no matter how bad they are creates a mess - just like the groups this Euro.

seeding system wont matter too much anyway now with 24 teams in the next Euro

Shikyo

Finland33997 Posts

July 02 2012 23:25 GMT

#884

On July 03 2012 08:18 sharkie wrote:

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seeding system wont matter too much anyway now with 24 teams in the next Euro

Yay, chance to see Finland in euro 2016 perhaps ;o

Steveling

Greece10806 Posts

July 03 2012 01:06 GMT

#885

Finally greece has players capable of getting through a round or two in a serious tournament and now uefa is making euro easier? dafaq epic troll

Mallidon

Scotland557 Posts

July 04 2012 15:35 GMT

#886

On July 02 2012 23:55 don_kyuhote wrote:
Yea they were the worst Czech team I've ever seen, and had they landed in any group other than A, they would have been eliminated for sure, so in that sense, they were very lucky. QF was as far as they could go and their 2 shots 0 on target against Portugal verifies that.
But Greece and Poland weren't better than Czech Republic. It took the entire 1st half for Greece to wake up in both Poland and Czech Republic games, and they were lucky to not be behind 3-0 by half time in both games.

I'd have much rather see Poland go through, I think they showed some good sparks but yeah overall they were not quite there yet.

If Russia hadn't imploded, they also looked a lot better than the Czech side too. Even in the last game that I saw only bits of, they seemed to have more chances than the Greek Phalanx but just didn't take them.

Anyway, enough of my Czech hating lol... Not that I hate them ofc, just think they were the worst of the last 8

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