Euro 2004 predictions - knock-out phase

[Solver]

I'm remarkably sucky this competition .

IF Portugal - Czech Republic 2-2
IF Portugal - Greece 3-1

[mapet]

I say Greece 1-3 Czechia
But it will be upturned for sure

[Locutus]

Originally posted by alva
Nope, that was your last chance, from now on you are going to have to face the fact that you are nothing but a small country..

Okay, I'll bite

Here's what might be a possible lineup at WC06 (current age of players listed in brackets -- though I might be off by a year for one or two of them). All of these players already have international experience at at least CL level, most even for the national team. Already today this lineup could do pretty well on an international level, and most of these players are still developing and will only get better with time. Plus, there's no reason slightly older players like Van Nistelrooij, Seedorf, Van Der Sar, Zenden and Kluivert can't still play at WC06.

And I'm not even mentioning other young talents that are yet to prove themselves but look likely to breakthrough in the next few years, such as Van Persie, Huntelaar, De Ridder, Collins John, Stefano Seedorf, Sprockel, Bosschaart, Klompe, Kruiswijk, Zomer, Stekelenburg, etc.

In short, we're not going anywhere but up

       Robben (20)   Kuijt (20)   v/d Meijde (25)

     V/d Vaart (21)   v Bommel (27)   Sneijder (20)

N De Jong (20)   Bouma (26)   Hofland (25)   Heitinga (21)

                     Westerveld (30)

Edit: typos

[Paul]

Greece - Czech Republic 0-0

 1 Laertes           69 (+4)
 2 Kitschum          68
 3 Dauphin           66
 4 MikeH             62 (+4)
 5 Sloth             56 (+8)
 5 Locutus           56
 5 Wernazuma III     56
 8 Drogue            52
 9 germanos          51
10 Zopperoni         50
10 Paul              50
12 Al'Kimiya         48
12 lightblue         48 (+8)
14 TheArsenal        45
14 Colon             45
16 OneFootInTheGrave 44
16 Kropotkin         44
18 Solver            42
19 Monk              41
20 Footie Mad        40
20 End Is Forever    40
22 CyberShy          39
23 mapet             38
23 Park Avenue       38
25 Victor Galis      37
26 paiktis22         35
27 Jamski            31
28 Ambro2000         30
29 VJ                25
30 Winston           20
31 Gangerolf         19
32 DeathByTheSword   17
33 Urban Ranger      10
34 Child of Thor      6
35 Micha              0

[Kropotkin]

****!!!!

[Paul]

My prediction for the final:

Portugal - Greece 2-1

[Dauphin]

Portugal - Greece 1-0

[Kropotkin]

Portugal - Greece 0-0

[Kitschum]

Portugal - Greece 0-1

[Wernazuma III]

Holy ****!

Portugal-Greece 2-1

[Colonâ„¢]

Portugal - Greece 3-1

[Robert]

Now Greece will win the cup as well
Portugal - Greece 0-0

[Zopperoni]

Portugal - Greece 2-1

[Al'Kimiya]

Portugal - Greece 2-0

[Winston]

Portugal - Grease 2-0