Euro 2004 predictions - knock-out phase

[TheBirdMan]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
Yeah, it's so damn easy to confuse Sweden with Brazil. The countries have sooo much in common, on and off the pitch.

Does that mean, that the Brazilians dosn't own any sence of humour?! Like the Swedes .

[Kropotkin]

I wouldn't know, I don't speak Portugese.

So, my prediction for the last two quarterfinals:

27 Sweden - Netherlands 1-3
28 Czech Republic - Denmark 2-1

[Paul]

Sweden - Netherlands 0-0

 1 Dauphin            63 (+3)
 2 Laertes            57
 2 Kitschum           57 (+3)
 4 Locutus            53 (+3)
 5 MikeH              52
 6 Drogue             49
 7 germanos           48
 7 Wernazuma III      48 (+3)
 9 Zopperoni          47
 9 Paul               47
11 Sloth              45
11 Al'Kimiya          45 (+3)
13 TheArsenal         42 (+3)
14 Kropotkin          41
15 Footie Mad         40
15 lightblue          40
15 End Is Forever     40
18 Monk               38
19 OneFootInTheGrave  37 (+3)
19 Victor Galis       37
21 CyberShy           36
22 mapet              35
22 Park Avenue        35
22 Solver             35
25 Colon              34
26 Jamski             31
27 Ambro2000          30
28 paiktis22          28
29 VJ                 25
30 Winston            20
31 Gangerolf          19
32 DeathByTheSword    14
33 Child of Thor       3
33 Urban Ranger        3 (+3)
35 Micha               0

[alva]

[lightblue]

1 out of 5 in the penalty shoot out now... Let's hope that bugbear is off our back now...

[alva]

Can't you at least keep one worthy tradition in honour.

[Wernazuma III]

Poor, poor Will Riker.

[alva]

Needed a few seconds with that one, but I think I got it now.

[Winston]

Too bad Sweden. That really is an awful way to leave the tournament.

Congratulations to Holland! After three exits in a row on penalties, I'd say you needed vindication!

Now if you take care of Portugal, we'll see you in the final.

[Gangerolf]

It's quite indcredivble that these two teams didn't manage to score a single goal. Was it a fix?

As for Sweden, I think they played pretty well. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what they could have done bettre? That makes an exit like this extra painful.

looking forward to Portugal-Dutchland

[Robert]

Ok, we're either Holland or The Netherland. Not Dutchland. That sounds too much like Deutschland

I wonder.....
When one of the swedish penalty shooters hitted the bar, the ball fall back on the back of the dutch goalkeeper, and via the goalkeeper into the goal.

I wonder......
Penalty shoots after the match ended in a draw are just about the shot on goal. It's not like if you miss and hit the bar, you can shoot it in as well (something you can do during the game)
So why is it a goal if the shooter hits the bar and the ball falls back into the field, and goes into the goal via the keeper?

The ball hits the bar and falls back into the field. That's it. What happens after that doesn't matter anymore....

I really wonder about that.
I'm sure that I'm wrong, but it's strange though....

[Bereta_Eder]

We wait for Tsehia.

edit: Although we have no preferance. It just seems that Tsehia will be our next rendez - vous.

Wouldn't want to commit an hybris at this stage.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by CyberShy
Ok, we're either Holland or The Netherland. Not Dutchland. That sounds too much like Deutschland

I wonder.....
When one of the swedish penalty shooters hitted the bar, the ball fall back on the back of the dutch goalkeeper, and via the goalkeeper into the goal.

I wonder......
Penalty shoots after the match ended in a draw are just about the shot on goal. It's not like if you miss and hit the bar, you can shoot it in as well (something you can do during the game)
So why is it a goal if the shooter hits the bar and the ball falls back into the field, and goes into the goal via the keeper?

The ball hits the bar and falls back into the field. That's it. What happens after that doesn't matter anymore....

I really wonder about that.
I'm sure that I'm wrong, but it's strange though....

I heard on the descritpion of the game that UEFA has decided that since the goalkeeper is inrcemental in the phase then bar hits have to continue. for example hypothetically the ball hits the bar then the goalkeeper and goes in.

[Robert]

for example hypothetically the ball hits the bar then the goalkeeper and goes in.

That's not so very hypothetical since that happened to van der Sar yesterday.

But for how long would it be possible to score via the keeper? What if the bal hits the bar, lays in the field 3 meters before the goal. The goalkeeper runs around in circles cheering, and hits the ball by accident and shoots it in the goal......... will it count as a goal?

If not, why would that not count while it does count if it happens 0,5 seconds after the bal hits the bar....!?

[Solly]

CYbershy

I wondered about that yesterday too, especially when the cameras showed Yungberg looking a bit pissed off at something - maybe the ref had disallowed it, I thought..