Official Euro 2004 Thread

[Punkt]

Group D Day 1

Czech Rep. 2-1 Latvia (Aveiro)
0-1 Maris Verpakovskis 45'
1-1 Milan Baros 73'
2-1 Marek Heinz 85'

Germany 1-1 Holland (Dragão-Porto)
1-0 Torsten Frings 30'
1-1 Ruud Van Nistelrooy 81'

STANDINGS:
CZECH REP. 3
GERMANY 1
Holland 1
Latvia 0

Next matches: (Saturday)
Latvia vs Germany (Bessa-Porto)
Holland vs Czech Rep. (Aveiro)

 

[WilliamFAlmeida]

Italy vs Denmark I thought was boring because no side created any good chances.
Italy's attack was boring, without creativity. Denmark had good chances, but they were all scrappy. It was a bad game in my opinion

 

[Punkt]

TOP SCORERS AFTER 1 MATCH:

Henrik Larsson (Sweden) 2
Zinedine Zidane (France) 2

Giorgios Karagounis (Greece) 1
Angelos Basinas (Greece) 1
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 1
Juan Valerón (Spain) 1
Frank Lampard (England) 1
Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden) 1
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) 1
Marcus Allback (Sweden) 1
Maris Verpakovskis (Latvia) 1
Milan Baros (Czech Rep.) 1
Marek Heinz (Czech Rep.) 1
Torsten Frings (Germany) 1
Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Holland) 1

 

[Mikey]

Originally posted by WilliamFAlmeida
Italy vs Denmark I thought was boring because no side created any good chances.

You didnt even see the game did you?

 

[Punkt]

GROUP A DAY 2

Spain 1-1 Greece (Bessa-Porto)
1-0 Fernando Morientes 28'
1-1 Angelos Charisteas 67'

Portugal 2-0 Russia (Luz-Lisbon)
1-0 Maniche 7'
2-0 Rui Costa 88'

STANDINGS:
GREECE 4
SPAIN 4
Portugal 3
Russia 0

Next matches: (Sunday)
Portugal vs Spain (Alvalade-Lisbon)
Greece vs Russia (Algarve)

 

[chatterbox]

England,Portugal, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands are all in must win games this round. Portugal has already won theirs in ugly fashion. Hopefully the others won' t win in ugly fashion...I would like to see them win though....don' t want Greece in the quarters !

 

[Alistair]

Originally posted by chatterbox
don' t want Greece in the quarters !

Well it looks likely that they will be now.. Their last game is against Russia, and the way they are playing I can actually see them winning quite easily..

 

[Fernandez]

TOTTI HANDED 3-MATCH BAN

Uefa have dished out a three-match ban to Francesco Totti after the Italy idol was caught on camera spitting at Denmark's Christian Poulsen.

Although the Roma star may appeal, such a suspension would rule him out until the semi-final, providing the Azzurri manage to get that far.

The authorities had initially looked at slapping a four-match ban on the player but the disciplinary committee amended their original plan.

"I'm really sad for what happened and I publicly apologise," said Totti.

"I don't see myself in this video.

"I'd like you to know the true Francesco Totti is another person."

Official confirmation has yet to be received, but it seems as though Uefa are willing to dish out a heavy punishment for the offence.

Totti's lawyers claimed in defence that it was very much out of character for the forward and that the spittle did not actually hit Poulsen.
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Originally posted by Alistair
Well it looks likely that they will be now.. Their last game is against Russia, and the way they are playing I can actually see them winning quite easily..

I'd have a feeling Russia would want to salvage some pride. If Greece lose badly and Spain lose by 1 goal, Greece might not qualify.

 

[Punkt]

well deserved the ban to Totti

 

[Punkt]

Group B Day 2

England 3-0 Switzerland (Coimbra)
1-0 Wayne Rooney 23'
2-0 Wayne Rooney 76'
3-0 Steven Gerrard 82'

France 2-2 Croatia (Leiria)
1-0 Igor Tudor 22' (own goal)
1-1 Milan Rapajic 48' (penalty)
1-2 Dado Prso 52'
2-2 David Trezeguet 64'

STANDINGS:
FRANCE 4
ENGLAND 3
Croatia 2
Switzerland 1

Next matches: (Monday)
Croatia vs England (Luz-Lisbon)
Switzerland vs France (Coimbra)

 

[Paulo Da Silva]

Totti is banned...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Lean]

So, did the French already pay Tudor for his services or what?

 

[shokz]

Originally posted by Paulo Da Silva
Totti is banned...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Haha, well deserved.

Sinisa Mijalhovic(Lazio) got 8 games for spitting and kicking at his opponents(Chelsea/Adrian Mutu), so Totti is damn lucky.

 

[Lean]

Totti has a bigger reputation plus he's a good footballer. Mijahlovic is an ex-player in activity (i think you got the picture) and he's a thug, so i guess no-one really felt like : "oh, what a waste to ban this guy" or something.

 

[Punkt]

GROUP C DAY 2

Denmark 2-0 Bulgaria (Braga)
1-0 Jon Dahl Tomasson 44'
2-0 Jesper Gronkjaer 90'

Italy 1-1 Sweden (Dragão-Porto)
1-0 Antonio Cassano 37'
1-1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 84'

STANDINGS:
SWEDEN 4
DENMARK 4
Italy 2
Bulgaria 0

Next matches: (Tuesday)
Italy vs Bulgaria (Guimarães)
Denmark vs Sweden (Bessa-Porto)

 

[Hopeunited]

Man.... I loooooooove Braga...

 

[Johnny Jon]

Wsup people,im a newbie here,read some of the threads (especially the ones mentionning the word "babe", "wives" and "Joan Rivers" hehe). You seems like cool peeps,and i say the best player in this Euro is the Cameraman finding those hot ladies in the crowd during games,he really has good taste,hehehe. Nah fo real Sweden/italy's game today was wicked,fast tempo,italian passing game was fluid,really nice to see,but founded risky to play defensive at the end taking out Cassano and Del Piero,guessed they payed for it. Totti spitting in that guy's face,i think totti was preparing that one for like 15 mins cuz it looked like a wave of water going in poulsen's face.Poulsen practically drowned hehehe.Well i think im done.

Peaz:

 

[muyuubyou]

It's too bad either Portugal or Spain will be out tomorrow (90%+ chances).

The greeks really didn't deserve it with their defensive and dirty style, but on the other hand Portugal and Spain have had too much trouble to score.

I really wish both Portugal and Spain passed but that looks unlikely now. Spain passes with a draw, so I'd say Portugal has it a lot worse, playing home or not.

I can't believe Andrade is playing so bad. He has been one of the best defenders in the Spanish league for Deportivo de la Coruña. So solid with depor, and so weak with the NT... I'd try someone else as they can't afford more mistakes.

 

[muyuubyou]

Russia has dominated Greece very consistently in the past matches, but this Russia is weak without Mostovoi, Onopko, Khokhlov, and after Bestchastnyk and Karpin retired from the NT.

It's definitely not their best moment

 

[Punkt]

Group D Day 2

Germany 0-0 Latvia (Bessa-Porto)

Holland 2-3 Czech Rep. (Aveiro)
1-0 Wilfred Bouma 4'
2-0 Ruud Van Nistelrooy 19'
2-1 Jan Koller 23'
2-2 Milan Baros 70'
2-3 Vladimir Smicer 89'

STANDINGS:
CZECH REP. 6
GERMANY 2
Holland 1
Latvia 1

NEXT MATCHES: (wednesday)
Germany vs Czech Republic (Alvalade-Lisbon)
Holland vs Latvia (Braga)