Euro Cup 2008

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

mh, this was penalty worthy if you ask me without seeing the replay ...

 

[derek]

EASILY a penaltyl. A horrible decision by the referee. He bottled it by the looks of it. Elmander is a nut.

 

[derek]

Why was Zlatan taken off?

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

yea. i wondered the same. i dont get it. probably he doesnt feel like playing anymore because he is a cunt

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

Xavi out too ... weird match

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

ok, this sucks now =( would have hoped for a 1:1. anyway ...they didnt get that penalty so it is ok i guess

 

[derek]

They were really, really poor compared to their first game. Sweden played their part in that, but it was their own fault too.

Harsh to lose in the last minute, but Spain probably deserved it. Sweden played so deep they could never win it themselves in the second half, and a bit of genius from Villa sealed it.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

what a horrible mistake by nikopolides. what the fuck is he doing?! i dont get it ...

 

[derek]

This is an ok game. I think Russia can win it.

 

[Shmu]

Hooray for Russia on their win ... the Greeks simply suck I wish they catch a cold in hell !

 

[stefan86]

I'm not too worried about Sweden losing that game. Russia isn't too good anyway.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

yea. i think sweden can make it. any infos why they took out ibra?

 

[derek]

His knee was feeling a bit strange. He had an injury on it towards the end of the Serie A season. I think it was a plan to take him off at half time.

I think Russia could still beat Sweden. With Arshavin back they might be able to score a goal or two.

 

[stefan86]

yup, he's got an injury so he can't really do 90 min games. too bad considering his awesomeness so far in the euro cup.

 

[derek]

Yeah, he's been pretty awesome. He's had a good season and Inter, and scored a couple of great goals in the final game of the season. When he's off the pitch Sweden have no outlet for goals, so they play deep and strangle the game a little.

 

[Karmic]

A problem we had in the second half was that Larsson got tired a bit fast. His performance in the first half was pretty good, even if he played down in the defense alot. But in the second half he was noticably tired so not as much happened on the offensive side.

 

[derek]

Yep, and Rosenberg just does not have the chops to do anything. Not that he was receiving much help, but he doesn't have that strain of genius.

My money is on Russia to win 2-1.

 

[stefan86]

Rosenberg is a crap player that hopefully won't get anymore minutes. They should've brought in Allbäck despite his age. That man always scores goals.

 

[derek]

I agree.

What sorta sucks now is that the final round of group games are all on at the same time, which means we now gotta choose which game to watch.

 

[Iris]

That group will be monstrously even. I hope France beat Holland just to make it insane for the last round hehe

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haha, true! That's make it all pretty awkward.

And you're next!

I hope holland beats france so the last game between italy and france is monstrous, and there is no incentive for the dutch to really try against romania.

Van Basten only needs to put up a B-team and lose from Romania.
Then it's bye bye to Italy and France.
It'll be Russia or Sweden that shall encounter an orange slaughter.

Way to go the Netherlands!

Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé, Derek may stay, Derek may stay!