Euro 2008 Prediction Competition

[snoopy369]

Consider this the 'essentially random except for germany' pick, since I don't know a darned thing about this

Champion: Germany
Top Scorer: Klose

Group A:
1. Switzerland
2. Czech Republic

Group B:
1. Germany
2. Croatia


Group C:
1. Italy
2. Netherlands


Group D:
1. Greece
2. Spain


Match schedule (for the group phase)

Switzerland vs Czech Republic 1-1
Portugal vs Turkey 1-2
Austria vs Croatia 1-3
Germany vs Poland 4-0
Romania vs France 0-1
Netherlands vs Italy 1-1
Spain vs Russia 0-0
Greece vs Sweden 1-0

Czech Republic vs Portugal 2-1
Switzerland vs Turkey 1-0
Croatia vs Germany 0-1
Austria vs Poland 2-1
Italy vs Romania 5-2
Netherlands vs France 3-2
Sweden vs Spain 1-1
Greece vs Russia 2-1

Switzerland vs Portugal 3-2
Turkey vs Czech Republic 1-3
Poland vs Croatia 0-2
Austria vs Germany 0-5
Netherlands vs Romania 1-1
France vs Italy 2-4
Greece vs Spain 2-1
Russia vs Sweden 0-0

[Solver]

Group A:
1. Switzerland

Group D:
1. Greece

Thanks for laugh snoop

[Victor Galis]

Champion: Germany
Top Scorer: Klose

Group A:
Winner: Czech Republic
Runner-up: Portugal

Group B:
Winner: Germany
Runner-up: Croatia

Group C (I can dream, can't I?):
Winner: Romania
Runner-up: Netherlands

Group D:
Winner: Spain
Runner-up: Sweden


Match schedule (for the group phase)

Switzerland vs Czech Republic
Portugal vs Turkey 2-0
Austria vs Croatia 0-3
Germany vs Poland 2-0
Romania vs France 1-0
Netherlands vs Italy 1-1
Spain vs Russia 2-1
Greece vs Sweden 1-2

Czech Republic vs Portugal 2-1
Switzerland vs Turkey 1-1
Croatia vs Germany 2-2
Austria vs Poland 0-1
Italy vs Romania 1-2
Netherlands vs France 2-1
Sweden vs Spain 1-2
Greece vs Russia 1-0

Switzerland vs Portugal
Turkey vs Czech Republic 0-2
Poland vs Croatia 0-2
Austria vs Germany 0-3
Netherlands vs Romania 0-1
France vs Italy 1-1
Greece vs Spain 0-2
Russia vs Sweden 0-1

*Some predictions are intentionally optimistic so I don't have to cheer against teams I like.

[Locutus]

Victor, you didn't fill in scores for Switzerland vs Czech Republic and Switzerland vs Portugal.

Originally posted by Solver
Thanks for laugh snoop

Now I hope at least one of these will come true so you'll like like a total idiot

[Solver]

If Greeks win their group I may as well stop watching the Euro altogether

[Victor Galis]

Oops!

Switzerland vs Czech Republic 0-2
Switzerland vs Portugal 0-1

[Locutus]

Hmm, I might have to update some of my predictions, it turns out we're quite dedicated to wiping out the Italian defence, by any means necessary

[Solver]

Is the caption something like proud of our boys?

[Dauphin]

Winners
Spain
(They can't underperform forever, surely?)


Top scorer
Fernando Torres


The groups

Group A:
Portugal
Switzerland

Group B:
Germany
Croatia

Group C:
Italy
France

Group D:
Sweden
Spain



Match schedule (for the group phase)

Switzerland vs Czech Republic 1-1
Portugal vs Turkey 2-0
Austria vs Croatia 0-2
Germany vs Poland 2-1
Romania vs France 0-2
Netherlands vs Italy 0-1
Spain vs Russia 2-0
Greece vs Sweden 0-1

Czech Republic vs Portugal 1-1
Switzerland vs Turkey 1-0
Croatia vs Germany 1-2
Austria vs Poland 0-2
Italy vs Romania 2-0
Netherlands vs France 1-1
Sweden vs Spain 1-1
Greece vs Russia 1-1

Switzerland vs Portugal 1-2
Turkey vs Czech Republic 1-2
Poland vs Croatia 1-2
Austria vs Germany 0-2
Netherlands vs Romania 2-0
France vs Italy 1-1
Greece vs Spain 1-3
Russia vs Sweden 0-2

[Monk]

My predictions, showing some Scandinavian solidarity here:

European champion: Sweden. It's better than a 1/16 shot anyway. Slightly better. Should be.
Top scorer: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, to suit the theme.
Group winners: Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden.
Second places: Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, Russia.

Switzerland vs Czech Republic 1-1
Portugal vs Turkey 0-2
Austria vs Croatia 1-1
Germany vs Poland 2-0
Romania vs France 1-1
Netherlands vs Italy 1-1
Spain vs Russia 0-1
Greece vs Sweden 1-2

[snoopy369]

Greece

Rondaldo plays for Greece, right?

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Locutus
Hmm, I might have to update some of my predictions, it turns out we're quite dedicated to wiping out the Italian defence, by any means necessary

Like confusing them with homo-erotic poses?

[Solver]

Tomorrow's games:

Switzerland vs Czech Republic 0-2
Portugal vs Turkey 2-1

[Serb]

Champion: Russia
Top Scorer: Roman Pavluchenko


The groups

Group A:
Czech Republic
Portugal

Group B:
Croatia
Germany

Group C:
France
Italy

Group D:
Russia
Greece


Switzerland vs Czech Republic 1:2
Portugal vs Turkey 2:1
Austria vs Croatia 0:3
Germany vs Poland 2:1
Romania vs France 0:2
Netherlands vs Italy 1:1
Spain vs Russia 0:2
Greece vs Sweden 1:0

[Serb]

Originally posted by Solver

Group A:
1. Switzerland

Group D:
1. Greece

Thanks for laugh snoop

Hm? Greece is the current champion. I don't recall you laughed four years ago when they won.

[Locutus]

I did, but only because they beat Portugal in their own home

Originally posted by Solver
Is the caption something like proud of our boys?

Originally posted by Maquiladora
Like confusing them with homo-erotic poses?

(Not sure what's scarier though, that those pics exist or that you know about and felt it necessary to post them )

[germanos]

Champion: Hup HOLLAND Hup
Top Scorer: Milan Baroš

Group A
1. Czech Republic
2. Portugal

Group B
1. Croatia
2. Germany

Group C
1. France
2. HOLLAND

Group D
1. Russia
2. Spain

Switzerland vs Czech Republic 0-3
Portugal vs Turkey 1-1

Austria vs Croatia 0-4
Germany vs Poland 1-2

Romania vs France 1-2
Netherlands vs Italy 2-2

Spain vs Russia 0-1
Greece vs Sweden 2-2 [/QUOTE]

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Locutus



(Not sure what's scarier though, that those pics exist or that you know about and felt it necessary to post them )

I stumbled upon them in a football forum

Instead, the Italian's get streakers in bikinis, does not bode well...

[Serb]

Originally posted by Locutus
I did, but only because they beat Portugal in their own home

TWICE!

I remember Ronaldo was crying like a sissy. He is so sensitive

[Solver]

Originally posted by Serb
Hm? Greece is the current champion. I don't recall you laughed four years ago when they won.

When anyone predicts that they'll do well this time around, I laugh. If they actually happen to do well (qualify for the 1/4 finals), I'll cry. More than Ronaldo.

[Locutus]

Except for a sound thrashing by Turkey early on, Greece were *very* impressive during qualifying -- they played well and ended up with the best overall record of all teams (only one loss and one draw). So I wouldn't underestimate them. I'd definitely put them ahead of Sweden, so if either Spain or Russia disappoints (and there's plenty of reason to think at least one of them might) Greece could do quite well.

[Cort Haus]

Champion: Germany
Top Scorer: Fake Ronaldo

Group A
1. Portugal
2. Czech Republic

Group B
1. Germany
2. Croatia

Group C
1. France
2. Italy

Group D
1. Russia
2. Spain

Switzerland vs Czech Republic 1-2
Portugal vs Turkey 3-1

Austria vs Croatia 0-3
Germany vs Poland 2-0

Romania vs France 0-3
Netherlands vs Italy 0-1

Spain vs Russia 2-2
Greece vs Sweden 0-0

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Victor Galis
*Some predictions are intentionally optimistic so I don't have to cheer against teams I like.

That's the trouble with this game. I end up hoping for my prediction rather than the result or quality of football I actually want. :-|

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


That's the trouble with this game. I end up hoping for my prediction rather than the result or quality of football I actually want. :-|

Luckily, I usually don't have this problem in the semis and finals

[Locutus]

Robben is out for at least 1 game, groin injury. No one is surprised.

[Maquiladora]

I like how they used a ton of fireworks in the day that you couldn't see, just looked like the stadium was on fire with all the smoke...

[Victor Galis]

Frei

[LordShiva]

[LordShiva]

Changing predictions:

Netherlands vs Italy 0-2

Spain vs Russia 2-0

[Serb]

Originally posted by Victor Galis
Frei

It looks like a serious injury.

Swiss were better. They just missed their chances. They had to score!