Printable View
Well done to Samaras :D and mates for deservedly knocking out Russia. Just after I commented on the quality refereeing, there comes an awful decision to deny Greece a valid penalty, maybe those boys had cried wolf too often but a stonewall penalty nevertheless, Karagounis gets booked and misses the next game.
I didn't see that as I was flicking between the two games on occasion. I can only think of one penno all tournament - Greece's miss v Poland. Has there been another? Goals in every game, comebacks and leads changing hands, good football, relatively honest play, surprises, great crowds. ****ing great tournament, one of the best in my lifetime.
Terrific tournament. No scoreless draws so far btw.
Also Russia only lasted 48 hours longer than us. ;)
The 2010 wc was poor in quality and entertainment generally but the euros have been great. For me, the euros and the wc offer more entertainment and are more enjoyable than the CL will ever be. If u want plenty of lacklustre meaningless games, the CL group stage is your man.
Too right, the worst world cup is better than the Champions League, the CL is overall I don't find that entertaining. International Football has a more magical feeling about it than club football.
I stuck with the Russia game, good that I did as it was a cracking game. Greece put in the hard yards and Russia simply were not good enough, in fact they were just expecting to turn up and thump Greece. Dick Advocat was fairly relaxed upto the Grrek goal, fuuny to see him get really nervous in the second half knowing maybe it wont be a cake walk after all. Brilliant.
I have to say that young Greek defender, their no 5, Papa something is some player, can see why he is playing in Germany.
Would have to agree that the general standard has been very good. I can't recall a game that I didn't enjoy watching (aside from the obvious 2)
I've always been in favour of more teams in the Euros, its a bit short and doesn't cater to teams who aren't frequently qualifying for world cups anyway but I wonder what the impact on the quality will be. Euro 2016 will unfortunately have a hard act to follow from this.
and looking ahead sweden only lasted 24 moreQuote:
Originally Posted by thischarmingman
They should call the Champions League the Mercenaries League.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishultra
You had to see those Greek celebrations at the end to understand what it meant to them and that was just to get through the group in 2nd place.
After all these years, their captain Karagounis is still some driving force in their midfield.
Portugal miles better than the Dutch tonight but still 1-1 and Dutch just missed a sitter. I might switch over to Germany, but this is an interesting night.
Hopefully the Portuguese can get a winner here. It would be nice to be able to say we equalled the Dutch
Wow the Dutch got no points. Watched the Germany game, must say Bastian Shwesiteiger (how do you spell that name - thats a great quiz question) is my player of the tournament so far
Schweinsteiger- It means "pig/swine mounter"
So far the 3 teams I've supported on any given night this week have gone out. Fierce tempted to support Italy tomorrow.
Honest now, did you cut and paste that?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Nope. It's been a fact about Seb that I've been telling the world since I found out from a German friend of mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
Haha, I thought it meant "pig-stepper" which is bad enough, but that's even more unfortunate.
I can never keep a straight face when I hear of somebody with the surname Hore.
steiger seems to mean 'boss' in German.
It could be like a pigherd (as in shepard), or maybe pig-head :)
Lads, please tell me I'm deluded but I'm starting to worry about England. Despite their flaws, and some of these were badly exposed against Sweden, I still think the have enough quality in their XI to cause trouble. Cole is a super left-back, Glen Johnson's pace, Wellbeck (quality finish against Sweden), Gerrard's delivery and shot, Carroll's sheer donkeyness from crosses and set pieces...
I dunno, I think they have attributes that can hurt other teams. Most of the other teams here have some weakness too. Germany and France aren't clinical enough for my liking, for example.
Please let Shevchenko be fit!
And add Rooney to that mix, you could in be in for a lovely time surfing on the wave of England football euphoria in this tournament, Stutts.