Euro 2008

KevR · **Posted:** Sun Jun 22, 2008 21:02

Skipped this one to watch the new Top Gear.

Sounds like I made the right decision going by the comments on the BBC.

devilman · **Posted:** Sun Jun 22, 2008 22:01

I wish there could be a way for neither of these sides to go through to the semi final.

KevR · **Posted:** Sun Jun 22, 2008 22:05

devilman wrote:

I wish there could be a way for neither of these sides to go through to the semi final.

Yeah, I wasn't expecting a repeat of the Holland vs Russia game but this is painful.

Hopefully it goes to penalties, should get at least a little excitement from that.

Plissken · **Posted:** Sun Jun 22, 2008 22:25

Even then it wasn't that dramatic. Though probably because my brain was too numb by that point.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

rubbish game. I don't understand what is so great about spain that every pundit raves about. Italy with Pirlo, Gattuso and Cannavaro are on another level.

For me the weird thing is that either Russia or Spain will be in the final. Curious to see if Spain steamrolls russia again

KevR · **Posted:** Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:22

RuySan wrote:

Curious to see if Spain steamrolls russia again

I hope not.

I'd quite like to see a Russia vs Turkey final.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

their awesome game against holland make me wonder how they did this 2 years ago:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JvxT2NEWeoA

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

Does anyone else thinks that Germany's coaches are a gay couple?

Plissken · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 21:53

Me, two days ago wrote:

Is there any country luckier in a major international football tournament than Germany? Year in, year out "you can never count out the Germans". Yes, I fully understand that they have good players in a well drilled, well disciplined system. But what people also forget is that they are also lucky, lucky bastards.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

Call me conspiracy-theorist but i think they're always the most helped team by the referees. I will never forget how Portugal was put aside from WC98. Yes, no one would imagine a world cup without germany.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2008 0:09

Good Lord, Turkey were hellishly unlucky. They totally outplayed the Germans despite essentially being "Turkey B".

devilman · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:16

How was the Spain/Russia game? I watched the first ten minutes then nodded off till midnight... oops.

Plissken · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2008 21:42

Good final tonight. Deserved champions.

KevR · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:28

Yeah, well done Spain.

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:30

Certainly well deserved and a well-taken goal from Torres.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:00

Indeed. Well deserved, and they have not been beaten in AGES!

Someone on another board I frequent mentioned that after Greece won the last Euros, many teams realised you could win playing dour, unattractive football that tries to stifle the game and score off a set piece or similar.

Hopefully this tournament will make many realise that you can play attacking, flowing 'one-touch' football and be a success.

Well, if you have awesome players anyway.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

What? The choke artists won one? Wow...

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

Great. Scolari can now eat his own pile of excuses of the Portugal team not having enough height to beat the Germans. I haven't seen the statistics, but the Spanish team seem quite shorter than the Portuguese (and shorter than every other in the tournament).

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