Euro 2004 predictions - first round

[Solver]

OK, Germans have the determination and everything, but the team is Old! Kahn is great, but already starting to make mistakes. Ziege... he's 32 years old. Midfield with Ballack, Jeremies and Sneider isn't exactly young either. And they don't have uber-forwards this time around. Klose is fine, but I'm not sure he will perform well. And - Bo*****? The man's 33 years of age!

The team is, IMO, just too old to compete against the youngsters physically, and they don't this time around have players as brilliant as Effenberg, Scholl, Matthaus, etc.,

[alva]

Never underestimate ze Germans, whadda mistaike to maike..

30 something isn't old anymore, look how many 33 year olds still perform on top level.
How old is Zidane?

[Monk]

Originally posted by Solver
The team is, IMO, just too old to compete against the youngsters physically, and they don't this time around have players as brilliant as Effenberg, Scholl, Matthaus, etc.,

Point taken, although I'll agree with alva that someboti should nefer undor-estimaite zat Mannschaft of Germany. I was actually very close to picking Klose as my top scorer. Time will tell if this would have been a wise decision.

Oh, and with the Euro Champs starting in 30 minutes or so, I suggest a thread designed especially for general football chatter. This might make Paul's task easier as well.

[mapet]

European Champion: France
Top Goal Scorer: Theirry Henry

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

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

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

15-06-2004, Group D:
Germany - Netherlands 1-3
Czech Republic - Latvia 3-2 - it is possible, Pahars magic

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

17-06-2004, Group B:
England - Switzerland 3-1
Croatia - France 0-3

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

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

20-06-2004, Group A:
Spain - Portugal 1-2
Russia - Greece 1-0

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

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

23-06-2004, Group D:
Netherlands - Latvia 2-2 -Kolinko Ghost, Verpakovsis and Pahars Magic plus Zemlinskis, Zirnis and more
Germany - Czech Republic 1-3

A1: Portugal
A2: Spain

B1: England
B2: France

C1: Italy
C2: Sweeden

D1: Czech Republic
D2: Latvia

[child of Thor]

England fever is taking hold - on my way to work this morning i passed a few groups of supporters that looked like they had started celebrating victory over france yesterday!

maybe beckhams fashion sense will dazzle the french?

i'm just sad Wales didn't qualify ........so common england

[Locutus]

Originally posted by child of Thor
England fever is taking hold

Only now? Our city has been orange all week



(That's not me, BTW )

[child of Thor]

Originally posted by Locutus


Only now? Our city has been orange all week



(That's not me, BTW )

nothing like that! still we're a reserved bunch and maybe the fact we play france as our opener has made us more so!

edit: are you sure its not you? after a bit of hormone therapy

I'll secretly be supporting Portugal, it would be great to see them do well on home soil

[Footie Mad]

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

Champions: Italy
Top scorer: Christian Vieri

A1: Spain
A2: Portugal

B1: France
B2: England

C1: Sweden
C2: Italy

D1: Netherlands
D2: Czech republic

[Footie Mad]

My 1-1 prediction looking more likely at half time, the portuguese having a hard time against Rehagels disciplined team. Wonder how the heat will affect the game in the second half.

[MarkG]

Karagouuuuuuuuuuuunis!

[Solver]

Markos, you coward, why don't you play the predictions game ?

And don't worry, Portugal will score two in the next 45 mins...

[MarkG]

Penalty, 2-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Solver]

Congratulations Markos and all of Hellas.

Final score: 2-1.

[Footie Mad]

Very impressed by the greek team, disciplined and strong. Portugal lacked edge when going forward.

[Monk]

Originally posted by Solver
Congratulations Markos and all of Hellas.

Final score: 2-1.

If there are two words that sum up Greece it's 'German efficiency'. Congratulations on an unpretty yet well-deserved victory. I had anticipated that the Portuguese wouldn't meet the expectations, but I did regard a Greek win as too much to hope for. Well done.