Euro 2004

[mekajinn]

well, it's that time again when the best 16 teams in Europe battle it out for footie supremecy...

A bad start in the choice match of the first round for England having lost to France 2-1 after leading going into injury time at the end of the match dammit... but the loss shouldn't be fatal.

round one consists of 4 groups of 4 playing in round robin format, the top 2 from each group progressing to the quarter finals, semi finals and then the final itself.

Group 1

Portugal
Greece
Spain
Russia


Group 2

France
England
Switzerland
Croatia

Group 3

Sweden
Bulgaria
Denmark
Italy


Group 4

Czech Republic
Latvia
Germany
Netherlands



In case anyone is interested (which i doubt), I will use this thread to keep u abreast of developments...

The teams to watch in my opinion are... France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands and England... but u can never rule out ze germans... and Sweden look quite tasty too.


If anyone cares u can check it out on these 2 sites...


http://www.euro2004.com/news/index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/default.stm




yes, this is what saddo English males are interested in =|

[Dollar_Girl]

ay?


state of origin is on here in qld... or is it all of australia? i dont know... i dont do ball games... i dont even know who my state team is. All i know is after a game... the trains home are mighty, mighty noise and crowded!

[mekajinn]

dammit i was gonna reply, but i have work to do now dammit...

u shouldna replied hahahha, cuz now i think there is interest and i shall continue this sad thread :p

[Dollar_Girl]

it was a pitty reply anyway! football... pffft...


ay, ay, AY!

[Criminal_Sniper]

well im not so much into watching as i am playing the game
but i think watch out for Czech Republic, France and Germany (of course :p)
and u cant blame the poms for going down to the french they have been playing well from what ive seen

fuck i hate league now its softened down and they are dirty players now
its all stupid rivalry and not competition

[Dollar_Girl]

is this the world cup? didn't that just happen a few months ago? hoorraaa for Ronaldo!

[mekajinn]

is this the world cup? didn't that just happen a few months ago? hoorraaa for Ronaldo!

No, it is the European Nations' Championship, it is held every 4 years and occurs equidistant between World Cups, which are also held every 4 years.

here (http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/i_mode/ecw.html) are the previous winners... Czechoslovakia won it in 1976 defeating the great West German team of the early 70s, comprising mainly of the Bayern Munich team that won the European Champions' Cup three times from 1974 to 1976.

In Euro 2004 Ronaldo looks like number 17 here (http://www.euro2004.com/News/Kind=1/newsId=194551.html), and he plays for Portugal. The 18 year old wonder kid with the fastest step over in the west... incidentally he plays for Manchester United also, who are by far the greatest team the world has ever seen.


COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!

[Criminal_Sniper]

hahaha should get pretty good