Barcelona
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Re: EURO 2004
June 18, 2004 at 02:40 AM UTC
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By the way,
FORGET ABOUT THE EURO 2004.
Did anybody see the semifinal of the Libertadores Cup? Amazing River-Boca. 5-4 in the penalty kicks for Boca. Also, two goals around minute 88 and 94, amazing (the score was 2-1 for River today and 1-0 for Boca last week). I believe there was a recent article in the Independent, the Times or another UK paper about the best rivalries in the world and this was ranked as the top 1 rivalry. Amazing game, sad that the game is over now.
Dethroned Emperor
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Re: EURO 2004
June 18, 2004 at 06:24 PM UTC
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Italy could be the first big name bounced from the tourney. minus totti, and against a swedish team that appear to be in top-form. it would be a small miracle if they were to win today.
vansmack
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Re: EURO 2004
June 18, 2004 at 10:52 PM UTC
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic is Swedish? Amazing.
Italy is in trouble and this could come down to total goals scored which is probably worse than goal differential.
myuman
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Re: EURO 2004
June 19, 2004 at 01:49 AM UTC
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How in hades is Italy in trouble? Their big game against … Bulgaria? Easy win to say the least. I can't stand watching Italy as well. Just a bunch of pompous arses, but their history is quite impressive. Go back ten years. Shouldn't have made it out of group play, almost won the tournament. Four years ago… finals, and beaten by golden goal. Got royally robbed two years ago, who knows what could've… I think their "talent" is severly overrated, just like the Germans… but they have a consistent system, and maybe more importantly… they think they are going to win.
bungle bud
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Re: EURO 2004
June 20, 2004 at 08:51 PM UTC
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did i say spain, i meant sweden, i always get the s teams mixed up.
vansmack
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Re: EURO 2004
June 21, 2004 at 03:54 PM UTC
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Holland v. Czech Republic. Best game of the tournament so far (unless you're dutch of course). Unbelievable.
At least the Dutch are consistently inconsistent. They never fail to make things interesting.
vansmack
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Re: EURO 2004
June 21, 2004 at 08:46 PM UTC
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Originally posted by myuman:
How in hades is Italy in trouble? Their big game against … Bulgaria? Easy win to say the least.
Because a win doesn't assure them safe passage. Thye have to win and hope there's no 1-1 draw in the battle of Scandanavia. And if there is, they have to win by 2. A 2-2 draw eliminates Italy. Italy is already accusing Denmark and Sweden of fixing the match, though not a single player has set foot on the pitch. I love the Italians!
vansmack
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Re: EURO 2004
June 21, 2004 at 10:33 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
Which one is mankie?
This one's Mankie:
<img src="
http://www.soccernet.com/images/jb2/godsgift_emps225.jpg" alt=" - " />
Doing quite well for yourself, if you ask me…
vansmack
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Re: EURO 2004
June 22, 2004 at 08:47 PM UTC
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Alright Mankie - was the fix on? I nailed a 2-2 draw wager in Vegas though!
Arrivederci Azzurri….
nhaskins
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Re: EURO 2004
June 22, 2004 at 10:22 PM UTC
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Sweden and Denmark were far more deserving. Italy = Boring
Barcelona
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Re: EURO 2004
June 22, 2004 at 11:48 PM UTC
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I think that even in the 88th minute, when the score in the Denmark-Sweden game was 2-1 for the Danish and the score in Bulgaria-Italy was 1-1 for the Italians, Italy still needed two more goals to go through (doesn't sound correct since Sweden had scored five goals against Bulgaria, but at least this is what they said in the Argentinean TV, haven't looked at the math). If that is the case, there is no way Italy would have gone through. They deserve to be out, as Spain deserves also to be out.
Actually I am pretty happy to see Totti out of the tournament.
mankie
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Re: EURO 2004
June 23, 2004 at 03:38 PM UTC
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I'm sure it was fixed, but I would've fixed it to get rid of the most boring team to watch outside of the USA! ;)
What about Engerland then??? We must be one of the faves at this point.
vansmack
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Re: EURO 2004
June 23, 2004 at 04:34 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
I'm sure it was fixed, but I would've fixed it to get rid of the most boring team to watch outside of the USA! ;)
What about Engerland then??? We must be one of the faves at this point.
I finally saw the 88th minute goal last night - the keeper "failed" to hang on, dropping the ball right at the feet of the Swede scorer. I'm pretty sure it was fixed too and I will gladly collect my cash for predicting a 2-2 draw, only the 3rd in the 170 something draws in Euro competition. Good times.
The US is not boring, they're just not very disciplined, which tend to make them more exciting than boring.
As for Engerland, I would say France with the quarter-final round game against Greece have a better draw, and nobody is playing better than the Czech's right now, but Engerland has to like their chances.
mankie
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Re: EURO 2004
June 23, 2004 at 07:45 PM UTC
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HT
Krauts 1-1 Czech
Dutch 2-0 Latvia
Let's hope it stays that way and Germany goes home early to keep the Italians company……
vansmack
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Re: EURO 2004
June 23, 2004 at 07:52 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
I was referring more to MLS, which is just like the Italian national team 8-1-1 format!
I don't watch the MLS very often, although I will attend an MLS match when they play them in conjunction with US National team matches.
And ys, I was watching the Dutch match, but I will switch to the second half of the Kraut - Czech match. Dobrý den.
mankie
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Re: EURO 2004
June 23, 2004 at 08:54 PM UTC
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Hitler…has only got one ball,
The other, is in the Albert Hall,
His mother, the dirty bugger,
She cut it, off, when he was small!!!
Bye Bye…go eat your strudel as you watch the elite of Europe battle it out! Maybe Italy will send you some nice vino to wash it down.
mankie
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Re: EURO 2004
June 24, 2004 at 06:57 PM UTC
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OWEN OWEN OWEN 1-0 1-0 3 MINUTES IN!
Never thought I'd utter the words Owen without "Fuck You" in front or "You Twat" after…but there you have it!
:D
brennser
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Re: EURO 2004
June 24, 2004 at 09:12 PM UTC
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2-2 in extra time - this is an exciting game
