Euro 2004 predictions - first round

[Solver]

There are 3000 our fans in Portugal, some hot girls among them, too. You may be envious, I see TONS of positively hot girls around the town every day.

A good game, decent performance from both teams. It may be my bias, but I think that the referee didn't blow a penalty when he should have. It was also interesting to see one of German defenders trying to strangle Verpakovskis during corners, twice. Verpakovskis will be leaving for a much better club, definitely. We could've even won with better luck, but that's very, very solid for us.

[Kropotkin]

Isn't Verpakovskis at Dynamo Kiev at the present moment? That's a decently big club in my eyes. But surely some of the really big clubs must have noticed the guy. Would be great for any club that playes with a fast counter-attack tactic like Valencia.

[Solver]

Yes, he's in Dynamo K, but IMO deserves better. Like Spanish league, probably - not Italian, though, not his style.

Now, he just has to score twice against the Dutch bastards.

[Kropotkin]

Hopefully the dutch team doesn't have any spirit left after being smashed by Czech republic. Lets hope that Nedved is at his best (ie, the best midfield player in the world) and that Poborsky will be king along the right side line and perhaps we'll see Latvia and Czech republic in the quarters.

[Monk]

An entertaining match so far with three goals in just above twenty minutes, but I wonder what are the minimum requirements before one is awarded a penalty these days. Being stabbed in the back with an axe, perhaps?

[Kropotkin]

Yeah, Holland should probably have at least two penalties. Holland's lead is fair, but the Czechs are are also playing good football. By far the best half thus far in the tournament. As I see it, the single most important thing about what's going to happen in group D is that germany shouldn't get through to the quarter finals. Boring bastards.

[Solver]

I'm getting the suspicion that rules have changed. Both Latvia and Holland have been robbed of at least one obvious penalty... perhaps hitting, pushing and strangling is now allowed in the box?

[lightblue]

Yeah it looks as though WWE rules count in thebox, so it won't be long before we'll see people smacking others over the head with fold up chairs

Very entertaining game so far though. Robben and Seedorf are doing so much better than Zenden and Van der Vaart last game. Czechs are moving real well off the ball and casuing no end of troubles...

[lightblue]

Ok sack Advocaat now please... Bosvelt on for Robben... Why can't we have a decent coach...

[alva]

2-2

[alva]

3-2



#Ooh what a night...#

[DeathByTheSword]

ok first of all...we had 2 penalties....second of all what the **** was that with the change of romme?....and **** DAMN ****...ok i am biased but i do not find that this score is justified...and that referee...damn get a job that you can do!

[Kropotkin]

THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST MATCHES I HAVE SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!!


ehhh... it was an OK match really.

They are showing a late night re-run of the game. I'm gonna tape it. If there's ever a match I would want to see again, this is it. Not thanks to the referee or Dick Advocaat though.

[DeathByTheSword]

yes it was a great game that is for sure....but DSO)(#*$)(#$@#_$&*(#@&$@#( to advocaat and the referee

[Fatchris]

Offensively fantastic. Most entertaining game this tourney.