Euro 2004 predictions - first round

[Ambro2000]

12-06-2004, Group A:
Portugal - Greece 1-1
Spain - Russia 0-1

13-06-2004, Group B:
Switzerland - Croatia 0-2
France - England 2-1

14-06-2004, Group C:
Denmark - Italy 0-1
Sweden - Bulgaria 2-0

15-06-2004, Group D:
Germany - Netherlands 1-0
Czech Republic - Latvia 3-0

A:
Portugal
Greece

Spain fails as usual

B:
France
Kroatia

England higly overrated as usual.

C:
Italy
Sweden

Sweden for once looks pretty damn good. 3 rather equal teams behind Italy...

D:
Czech Republic
Germany

Germany wins as the underdogs...few believes in them...

[Victor Galis]

So champion predictions so far:

France 6
Netherlands 5
Portugal 4
Italy 2
England 1
Croatia 1
Germany 1
Spain 1
Denmark 1

And I thought I could be original by predicting Netherlands

[Robert]

So, nobody is making fun of me by chosing Pierre van Hooijdonk as the topscorer?

Everybody else is picking Henry/van Nistelrooy.....
how much fun is such a topscorer sytem

I'll tell you, after 60 minutes Holland faces a 2-0 against Germany. Then van Hooijdonk comes in, he scores 3 times (2 free kicks)

From that moment on he'll be playing from the 1st minute on. No need for Holland to play good football. Just make sure you oftenly fall in front of the 16 meter so that Pierre can score 19 free-kicks.

That's all we need
Remember who told you first

[Winston]

Pierre is not a name for a Euro topscorer. A waiter in the VIP lounge perhaps, but never a topscorer.

[Robert]

You'll see

[Locutus]

Cyber,
Your choice for Van Hooijdonk is either incredibly stupid or incredibly genius, only time will tell. (I see a big role for Van Hooijdonk in the Dutch team, but not in the role one would expect -- I understand Advocaat has been secretly training him for a different one, the question is if he'll have the guts to actually use him as such in real matches.)

Originally posted by Winston
Pierre is not a name for a Euro topscorer. A waiter in the VIP lounge perhaps, but never a topscorer.

That's why we call him Pi-Air

[Zopperoni]

Put your hands up for Pi-Air!

[Kropotkin]

I don't know if I put up an entire hand for Pi-air, is a finger enough?

[Sloth]

European Champion: Netherlands
Top Scorer: Pauleta
A1 Portugal
A2 Spain

B1 England
B2 Croatia

C1 Denmark
C2 Italy

D1 Netherlands
D2 Czech Republic

12-06-2004, Group A:
Portugal - Greece 4-1
Spain - Russia 1-0

13-06-2004, Group B:
Switzerland - Croatia 0-0
France - England 1-2

14-06-2004, Group C:
Denmark - Italy 1-0
Sweden - Bulgaria 2-0

15-06-2004, Group D:
Germany - Netherlands 0-2
Czech Republic - Latvia 3-1

16-06-2004, Group A:
Greece - Spain 1-1
Russia - Portugal 0-2

17-06-2004, Group B:
England - Switzerland 1-0
Croatia - France 0-0

18-06-2004, Group C:
Bulgaria - Denmark 0-0
Italy - Sweden 2-1

19-06-2004, Group D:
Latvia - Germany 1-1
Netherlands - Czech Republic 1-1

20-06-2004, Group A:
Spain - Portugal 0-0
Russia - Greece 1-0

21-06-2004, Group B:
Croatia - England 1-0
Switzerland - France 1-0

22-06-2004, Group C:
Italy - Bulgaria 2-0
Denmark - Sweden 1-0

23-06-2004, Group D:
Netherlands - Latvia 2-0
Germany - Czech Republic 0-0

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
I don't know if I put up an entire hand for Pi-air, is a finger enough?

No, the phrase was taken from the song "Put your hands up in the air", by the Black & White Brothers IIRC.

So you'll have to put both hands in the air for Pi-air :

[Robert]

Ok, I surrender: make van Nistelrooy my topscorer.

[Kitschum]

I've decided on Milan Baros as my top scorer.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by CyberShy
Ok, I surrender: make van Nistelrooy my topscorer.

What, you have no confidence in Advocaat? Oh wait, I see your point...

[Robert]

ok, I don't get the joke Locotus.........
I'm sorry.

[Solver]

Here are all my predictions together. Hopefully I can draw the group top places correctly from results I made myself, can someone check ?

Champion: Spain
Top scorer: Morientes

12-06-2004, Group A:
Portugal - Greece 2-0
Spain - Russia 2-1

13-06-2004, Group B:
Switzerland - Croatia 0-1
France - England 1-1

14-06-2004, Group C:
Denmark - Italy 1-2
Sweden - Bulgaria 0-1

15-06-2004, Group D:
Germany - Netherlands 0-1
Czech Republic - Latvia 3-1

16-06-2004, Group A:
Greece - Spain 0-2
Russia - Portugal 2-3

17-06-2004, Group B:
England - Switzerland 3-0
Croatia - France 0-2

18-06-2004, Group C:
Bulgaria - Denmark 1-1
Italy - Sweden 2-1

19-06-2004, Group D:
Latvia - Germany 1-0
Netherlands - Czech Republic 2-2

20-06-2004, Group A:
Spain - Portugal 2-3
Russia - Greece 2-0

21-06-2004, Group B:
Croatia - England 1-2
Switzerland - France 0-3

22-06-2004, Group C:
Italy - Bulgaria 4-0
Denmark - Sweden 0-0

23-06-2004, Group D:
Netherlands - Latvia 1-2
Germany - Czech Republic 0-3

Which gives, if I make it right:

A1 Portugal
A2 Spain (yup, my champion bet losing to Portugal in group )

B1 France
B2 England

C1 Italy
C2 Bulgaria (suprise bet )

D1 Czech Republic
D2 Latvia