Official UEFA EURO 2008 Thread

[Áļéאָ]

if this imbecil in the espn studio doesn't stop referring to these nations as "Team Turkey/Portugal/Czech Republic/Switzerland etc..." I'm gonna drive to Bristol and shoot him.

watch the games online man, thats what i do with nba games since i cant stand the local commentary

 

[KingPaulV]

well since the ESPN commentators IN game are not american is really not that bad, I rather fancy them, its when they go to the studios that they get all stupid, that;s when I turn it off

 

[newbie original]

The image of Frei crying as he walked off the pitch (realizing that his EURO might be over) WILL be one of the images of the tournament.

 

[yoyo913]

ahhh I love this tournament, so intense

 

[$teauA]

watch the games online man, thats what i do with nba games since i cant stand the local commentary

that would be dumb since I have a 52" flatscreen

 

[newbie original]

Half of Swiss NT was with 'foreign' players xD

Well, this was taken near Lausanne, Switzerland.

EDIT: Just imagine if all the flags only went up during his school day!!! He'd be overawed by EURO fever.......

 

[yoyo913]

that would be dumb since I have a 52" flatscreen

HD?

 

[RobbieD_PL]

Frei is out for not only the tournament but for at least 6-7 weeks. Of all the players for that to happen to, why did it have to be him?

Still, haha Switzerland, you lost, yeh, and to the most stoic Slavs on the planet!

 

[$teauA]

HD?

Yessir

 

[IORI]

awesome GAME by Switzerland very fast GAME they are all on Czech republic and they are all defending all the time but in a second half its a luck because all the time they are PLAYING like they are doing just for time pass

 

[bertie]

Is Portugal so strong or is Turkey very weak? What do you think?

 

[Tosiek]

I think Portugal scored more goals and that's why they won the match.

 

[Tiago_10]

I think Portugal scored more goals and that's why they won the match.

Domination
It was a game which Portugal controlled, primarily because of the way their packed midfield were able to keep Turkey away from the danger zone. In fact, the defeated side ended the match with just a single shot on goal – from distance and of no real danger to goalkeeper Ricardo, who, apart from some long balls and corners, had nothing significant to deal with.

Possession count
Portugal dominated the play, as demonstrated by their greater share of possession. At the interval Portugal had 63 per cent of the ball and until they scored their first goal it was almost one-way traffic. Luiz Filpe Scolari's team were also the more disciplined, committing only ten fouls, four of them after the opening goal, against 23 from Turkey – an indication of the quality, as well as the quantity, of their possession.

Goal chances
Both goals arrived from unexpected sources, from players who had never previously scored for their countries. And both were a reward for adventure and ambition in open play rather than any training-ground manoeuvre.
Turkey did not create a single goalscoring opportunity of note and only threatened occasionally from crosses. Conversely, Portugal had eight shots on goal, two thudding against the post – from Cristiano Ronaldo and Nuno Gomes – and another headed effort by Portugal's captain striking the crossbar.

http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/matches/match=300683/report=ta.html


I was expecting more of Turkey to be honest. Even when they suffered the first goal you'd expect them to react, come forward but that only happened at like in the final 10 minutes.

Though the real test will be against the Czech on this first round. Hoping our players will continue to show this concentration and mentality, that's really important and will be decisive because it's clear the quality is there.

 

[mrromaniac]

Yep, weak Turkey... Very bad day for Tuncay... I personally liked how Hamit Altintop and Emre Belozoglu (I believe that's the right spelling) played. But Tuncay was very very weak... I cannot understand why Fatih Terim didn't played with Turan Arda...
Anyway I hope that Romania will get a good result tomorrow!

 

[Yossarian]

Soccer should consider adopting the extra man option that Hockey has, man.

Imagine pulling yer goalie for an extra forward when you've got setpiece situations in the later moments of a match?

***an overwhelming hush falls over the thread***

I'm such a badass....such a forward thinker...a bonafide radical!


*scoot, scoot*

 

[newbie original]

Austria/Switzerland looks very picturesque.....

 

[Yossarian]

^^^ enough to give you wood? My cousin is a big architecture buff and he's been polishing his knob off to the scenery everytime they show it.

 

[newbie original]

That;'s the only damn thing you think of with everything...isn't it?

Sometimes you just need to take a few seconds to separate that world from the rest......

 

[snoppf1]

every team i though would win apart from croatia has lost or drawn.

ok so im picking spain to win tomorrow and greece to win.

im picking portugal to win vs the czechs but i bet 5 pound that the czechs win (have you seen the odds at bwin)

 

[MaestroZidane]

I thing the spain-russia game will end up in a draw... maybe a 2-2, and the first game were both teams score