Euro 2008

[chopianist123]

Which team do you think will win Euro 2008

[pianowolfi]

Switzerland, of course

[rachmaninova]

Portugal, of course! 

(if Scolari gains some intelligence, stops being a stubborn a**hole and doesn't make the usual wrong choices)

(if Ronaldo also gains some intelligence and starts playing with the team... football is a team sport, not a one-man show!)

[dnephi]

France!

[rachmaninova]

France has great chances, I must admit, but you ended up in a very hard group: you're going to play against Holland, Romania and Italy!!!
I don't really know who is going to win that group... They're all good!!!

We are going to suffer a lot against Turkey next Saturday, oh yes we are!

Let's hope to see great, well-disputed games!
Long live the fair play! 

[shortyshort]

As England are not in it. 

I hope Germany will win. 

(I have family there). 

[frigo]

Portugal indeed

[rachmaninova]

Portugal indeed

Fingers crossed to next saturday's game!!! 

(BTW, in front of my school there's a window with a Turkish flag...)

[frigo]

Fingers crossed to next saturday's game!!! 

(BTW, in front of my school there's a window with a Turkish flag...)

Nowadays, almost no one has portuguese flag on the window, like in 2004, so it's more likely to find a turkish one.... 

[rachmaninova]

Nowadays, almost no one has portuguese flag on the window, like in 2004, so it's more likely to find a turkish one.... 

Now, the street has flags from other countries and from Portugal too!
Portugal is a welcoming place for everybody! Our school has people from all the world...

[gyzzzmo]

I hope Holland gets kicked out of the competition asap, i dislike all the soccer advertising and rubbish chatting on the telly whole time. And yes im a guy, and no im not gay :p

[communist]

Poland or Russia ( if Ukraine has a team than maybe them )

[thalbergmad]

Comrade, the Ukraine Team were sent to the salt mines.

Did you not know this??

Thal

[rachmaninova]

Oh yeah, Portugal won the first game! 

Scolari is still an a**hole, he makes such weird choices... at least our team is very good, despite some weakness in the attack.

[thalbergmad]

Don't get too carried away, it was only against Turkey.

Nice to start off with a win though.

Thal

[rachmaninova]

Don't get too carried away, it was only against Turkey.

Nice to start off with a win though.

Thal

Like I said before, the team has some weaknesses and a bad bad bad bad bad bad coach.
I wasn't expecting the victory, so it felt really good to win the first game (let's see the others though).
I know our group isn't as homogeneous as, for example, Holland's group (they are all hard teams), but sometimes is easier to play with the big teams than with smaller ones which sometimes are a great challenge and surprise everyone.
I really hope we'll see great football from all games and fair play. That's the most important! And let the best team win! 

[thalbergmad]

fair play.

No chance

[rachmaninova]

No chance

We can always dream about it, can't we?

[thalbergmad]

I would like to see more fair play in football, but i cannot see it happening.

I detest all this diving and referee harassment.

Thal

[rachmaninova]

I would like to see more fair play in football, but i cannot see it happening.

I detest all this diving and referee harassment.

Thal

In international games is not as disgusting as in the national leagues. In Portugal we have several serious cases being investigated and there's still much dirt to dig (I don't really know how the thing goes in other countries but here, football and politics are connected).
Unfortunately, there is also the really bad behaviour of some fans that don't really know how to loose neither how to win without beating people and destroying property.

It's such a pitty that those things ruin such a good thing that is "sport". Well, the lack of fair play applies to many things in life, actually...

[Petter]

Sweden will not go far, as usual. For unknown reasons the press is always ridiculously optimistic and I laugh in their face once the disaster is upon us! Like this: hahahahaha

[rachmaninova]

I hate the press for the same reasons! We are living here in a histerical belief that Portugal is going to certainly win and that Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world. For the press, the team doesn't need 11 players, Ronaldo alone will win the games, oh yeah!

Does it happen in Sweden the same thing as in PT: the players and coaches do lots of commercials (multinationals often use them to promote themselves), the national flag is used as a piece of clothing which clearly violates a constitutional law (since the flag is one of the portuguese symbols), great deal of the news is about football (even when there are more important stuff happening through the world) and 3 out of 4 of the national TV channels spend a whole afternoon on a special with the departure from PT and arrival of the team in Switzerland (fortunately I have piano to study and cable tv)?

[Petter]

You´ve might seen this guy (I hope this picture isn´t inappropriate lol)



Anyway Fredrik Ljungberg doing Calvin Klein commercial. If that´s what you mean. And press always hypes the best players, in our case Zlatan Ibrahimovic, just like you say.

[paris]

go croatia, go croatiaaaaa!!!

oh and hello everyone, i'm back ,sort of

[zheer]

go croatia, go croatiaaaaa!!!

oh and hello everyone, i'm back ,sort of

  Hey good to hear from you again, how are you, how is Uni and stuff. Anyway you better be playing the piano again, you were a little down last time with the minor hand injuy. Ciao.

[zheer]

Which team do you think will win Euro 2008

  The one who score the most goals, does it reall matter.

[Kassaa]

  The one who score the most goals

Really philosophical, but just not true

[rachmaninova]

Well, I have to give my congrats to Holland. What a great game!!!
Finally someone shows that the defensive/counter-attack italian tactic is not invincible. 

(the only negative point is that illegal 1st goal, but they deserved to win and they could have won for a larger distance)

[Kassaa]

Well, I have to give my congrats to Holland. What a great game!!!
Finally someone shows that the defensive/counter-attack italian tactic is not invincible. 

(the only negative point is that illegal 1st goal, but they deserved to win and they could have won for a larger distance)

It wasn't illegal! There was a defender of the Italians lying injured on the ground behind the goal, and a defender can't be out of the game, so it wasn't offside!

[rachmaninova]

Oh, I didn't see the injured italian player. As I said, the dutch victory was more than fair and it could have been with more goals.
Holland is a very serious contender to the title!

[thalbergmad]

Oh, I didn't see the injured italian player.

Just add the word pretend and you are correct

Thal

[rachmaninova]

No, really, at the time I didn't notice it. But if you say it, I trust you. 
The dutch first goal was coming sooner or later... And Holland got another fan!

[thalbergmad]

I meant pretending to be injured

[lucylucy]

France!

WOUHOUUUUU !!!!!!!!!!
vive la france !!!
go france go france go france 

[Kassaa]

WOUHOUUUUU !!!!!!!!!!
vive la france !!!
go france go france go france 

yeah 0-0!!!!

[Petter]

Sweden w00t. I´m proud, 2-0 vs Greece. Last goal by a guy named Petter! Allthough it was probably the ugliest goal in the history of soccer.

[dnephi]

yeah 0-0!!!!

1 ...
2...
3...
0!!!!!!!

[frigo]

They had twelve goal-keepers and twenty players defending, but we beat them! It was good to see Ronaldo scoring against Petr Cech 

[rachmaninova]

They had twelve goal-keepers and twenty players defending, but we beat them! It was good to see Ronaldo scoring against Petr Cech 

They were defending only at the beginning. After Deco's goal, they started to counter-attack and later they attacked with great danger. This was a very hard game. The Czechs were tough opponents. Great game indeed! (contrary to the general opinion, I always thought that the Czechs were more difficult than the Turks)

Glad to see Ronaldo starting to run with the ball, making passes and playing with the team. But Deco deserved the title of best player (he not only equalled Ronald by making a goal and an assistance, but he was also the game builder/engine - I don't know if this is the proper term in english, in pt we say "construtor/motor do jogo")
Finally, I see Scolary making proper substitutions (although I think he could have put Hugo Almeida in the initial 11).

Petr Cech is a great goalkeeper (I don't know if I can say the same about Ricardo... he's not in a good shape right now) and I really think that Czechs deserve to make it into the quarters.

PORTUGAL RULES!!! 

[frigo]

It's Scolari, not Scolay 

[rachmaninova]

You're right... I was distracted: Mister Scolari! Felipão to the friends! 

[frigo]

Mister Scolari will coach Chelsea in the next season, starting at 1st July! Let's see how will he come up with Mourinho's boys 

[rachmaninova]

And let's see how Mourinho changes the Italian calcio...

[rachmaninova]

Well, I'm amazed... The "oranges" are in a winning frenzy! I'd really like to see a Portugal-Holland game... Let's hope so!

[frigo]

Portugal-Netherlands as the final match, that's my wish.... that would be a great game and it's perfectly possible. But, for that Portugal has to win Germany, that is most certainly the team we'll play in the 1/4s...

[wert718]

I really want Russia, Turkey, Switzerland, or Portugal to win, but I'll say, Spain vs. Germany, Spain the victor.

[pianowolfi]

I really want Russia, Turkey, Switzerland, or Portugal to win, but I'll say, Spain vs. Germany, Spain the victor.

Hey I think it's over

[michel dvorsky]

I really want Russia, Turkey, Switzerland, or Portugal to win, but I'll say, Spain vs. Germany, Spain the victor.

OMG. U N00B!!!!!

[wert718]

Yeah, you're right, pianowolfi. I was seeing if YOU knew!!!!!

[pianowolfi]

Yeah, you're right, pianowolfi. I was seeing if YOU knew!!!!!

Of course I know, I was in Spain when Spain won, lol what a fiesta