Official Euro 2004 Thread

[steeeveman]

Originally posted by Robson
And I totally agree with you and Figo, too. National temas should only accept players who were born in the country. A days ago FIFA denied that both Aílton and Dede became Tunisian, I think.

it was qatar, not tunisia

 

[Dream Team]

If he has lived in Portugal a lot of time, it's more happy in Portugal and feels Portugal's colours more than the Brazilians I don't see any problem. Dede and Ailton wanted to play for Qatar only for money, it's not the same.

 

[shokz]

Not sure about you guys, but I think I'm more excited about Euro 2004 than I was for the 2002 World Cup.

Just under 15 hours till kickoff

 

[chatterbox]

Definitely agree..much more difficult to win EUROAnything than any World Cup !

 

[Bonzi]

it's because the most strongest football countries are situated in Europe(except Brazil, Argentina and Mexico of course ) Asian teams are weak, African teams too(except Cameroon and Nigeria).

 

[WilliamFAlmeida]

Bull crap!!!!!!!!!!
World Cup is MUCH better!
France loses, Spain, and Italy dont do well, and the best european team is GERMANY!

The World Cup is much tougher to win because Europe does not have the best countries, THE WORLD has the best countries...Senegal beat France, Korea cheated and beat Spain and Italy, US beat Portugal and could've beaten Germany....

only europeans would think that euro is better

 

[Hendrik]

I favour the World Cup but the Euro is definitely much harder to win. You won't get any easy games here, all 16 teams are not too far away from each other (except Switzerland).

In the World Cup we have teams like China or Saudi Arabia who can't compete with the rest and hell, can't even score a single goal.

 

[chatterbox]

......said, "The Netherlands will not reach the Semi Finals." I would have thought that someone like him would have supported this team a bit more than this !

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/euro2004/headlinenews?id=302810&cc=5901

 

[Punkt]

for curiosity and because i'm very excited expecting the opening match i made this list of the clubs more represented in the Euro2004:

9 players:
Barcelona, Juventus,

8 players:
Real Madrid, Benfica, AC Milan, Manchester U., Inter, Chelsea,

7 players:
FC Porto, Lazio, Panathinaikos, Arsenal, Liverpool, PSV, Skonto Riga,

6 players:
AEK, Ajax,

5 players:
Deportivo, Lokomotiv Moscow, Zenith, CSKA Moscow, AS Roma, Valencia, Bayern Munich,

4 players:
Olympiacos, Monaco, FC Basel, Aston Villa, Levski Sofia,

3 players:
Sporting, Tottenham, Marseille, Shakhtar Donetsk, Fenerbahçe, Dinamo Kiev, Leverkusen, Kaiserslautern, Grasshopper, Rennes, Lyon, Everton, Dortmund, Udinese, Brondby, Ventspils, Sparta Prague, Celtic, Litex Lovech

2 players:
Portsmouth, Krilya Samara, Torpedo Moscow, Bolton, Werder Bremen, Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Betis, Hertha Berlin, Stuttgart, Ancona, Club Brugge, Hamburg, Manchester City, Schalke 04, CSKA Sofia, Fulham,Banik Ostrava, Rangers, Heerenveen, Southampton, Lokomotiv Plovdiv

1 player:
Paris-SG, Braga, Dinamo Moscow, Celta Vigo, Rubin Kazan, Rotor Volgograd, Leicester, Fiorentina, Grazer AK, Hajduk Split, Maccabi Haifa, Austria Vienna, M'gladbach, WBA, Freiburg, Young Boys, FC Zurich, St. Gallen, FC Thun, Nantes, Auxerre, Sochaux, Leeds, Newcastle, Watford, Charlton, Murcia, Midtylland, Genk, AZ Almaar, Liepaja, Metalurgs, Luch Energia, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Yaroslavl, Rostov, Beveren, Admira Wacker, Viborg, Slovan Liberec, Gaziantepspor, Lille, Wolfsburg, Lecce, Parma, Chievo, Middlesbrough, Reggina, Slavia Prague, Munich 1860, Bochum, Aalborg, Djugardens, Halmstads, Hammarby, Belenenses, Strasbourg, Anderlecht, Helsingborgs, FC Copenhague, Istanbulspor

 

[chatterbox]

English Premier League 68
Italy' s Serie A .......around 37

Latvias League has more players than Ligue 1 or the Bundesliga or the Dutch League or the Portugueese league ! HA

 

[Punkt]

Originally posted by chatterbox
English Premier League 68
Italy' s Serie A .......around 37

Latvias League has more players than Ligue 1 or the Bundesliga or the Dutch League or the Portugueese league ! HA

the all mighty Skonto Riga has the same number as Porto, Arsenal, Lazio,

 

[chatterbox]

ok

 

[Áļéאָ]

Opening day of the tournament. Good luck to the portugese, hope we have a good and problem-free tournament

 

[Punkt]

Group A Day 1

Portugal 1-2 Greece (Dragão - Porto)
0-1 Giorgios Karagounis 7'
0-2 Angelos Basinas 51' (penalty)
1-2 Cristiano Ronaldo 90'+3'

Spain 1-0 Russia (Algarve - Faro/Loulé)
1-0 Juan Carlos Valerón 60'

Standings:
GREECE 3
SPAIN 3
Russia 0
Portugal 0

Next matches: (Wednesday)
Portugal vs Russia (Luz - Lisbon)
Spain vs Greece (Bessa - Porto)

 

[shokz]

My condolences too Jesper Gronkjaer and his family.

http://www.sportinglife.com/footbal...feed/04/06/12/EURO_Den-Denmark_Gronkjaer.html

 

[Alistair]

Originally posted by shokz
My condolences too Jesper Gronkjaer and his family.

http://www.sportinglife.com/footbal...feed/04/06/12/EURO_Den-Denmark_Gronkjaer.html

Yep

Hopefully his absense won't be too much of a blow for the Danes.

 

[ricardo]

Originally posted by shokz
My condolences too Jesper Gronkjaer and his family.

Amen

 

[Payaah]

Originally posted by Bonzi
it's because the most strongest football countries are situated in Europe(except Brazil, Argentina and Mexico of course ) Asian teams are weak, African teams too(except Cameroon and Nigeria).

Asian teams are weak S.Korea and Japan?

Africa teams only Cameroon and Nigeria: So you think Senegal, South Africa and Ivory Coast are weak?

I know S.Africa had a bad WC so did Argentina.

 

[Punkt]

Group B Day 2

Croatia 0-0 Switzerland (M. Pessoa - Leiria)

France 2-1 England (Luz - Lisbon)
0-1 Frank Lampard 38'
1-1 Zinedine Zidane 90+1'
2-1 Zinedine Zidane 90+3' (penalty)

STANDINGS:
FRANCE 3
Croatia 1
Switzerland 1
England 0

Next matches:
England vs Switzerland (Cidade - Coimbra)
France vs Switzerland (M.Pessoa - Leiria)

 

[RUSI]

What A game.


That will probably be the match of the tournament.