Euro 2004 in Portugal [Archive]

FreeFighter

12-06-2004, 16:06

Ronaldo wanted to prove himself to much i think. So he wanted to help in the defence (being a striker), tried to get to the ball first but got stuck with a Greece player in front of him.

Spain - Russia: 1 - 0

Russia played with to much pressure on the Spannish players first half wich led that they were tired in the second half. Nice goal Spain. 9 yellow cards 1 Russian player 2 yellow -> 1 red card.

Spain 3
Greece 3
Portugal 0
Russia 0

JoyBoy

12-06-2004, 17:51

Good games so far, except the ref was a **** in the Spain-Russia Match... Collina (yeah, might have spelt his name wrong) should be referring every single match at the Championships. Either him or that gay referee* :)
Either way, forget every single game so far, the first big match takes place tommorow, England vs France... My moneys on.... well i'll edit this message closer to the game, after I have decided.
Despite todays result, I really want Spain, or Italy, to win the whole thing. Personally I am a little disappointed, there have been no breakouts between the respective hooligans. I only hope the England fans show the rest of them how to do it tommorow :D

*Google Gay Referee :p

FreeFighter

12-06-2004, 17:59

Lmao @ gay referee, must be a spanish guy.

gh0sth@cker

13-06-2004, 05:55

Goooooo France

FreeFighter

13-06-2004, 16:01

Swiss - Croatia: 0 - 0 ... to much faul play i think. Also many yellow cards and 1 red for a Swiss guy halfway the second half.

France - England: 2 - 1 Nice suspence game. First half Lampard scores with head, great goal btw. Second half Beckham misses penalty. This gives France back some hope, then Zidane scores near the end. And scores again with a penalty kick, 2 goals in the last 4 mins. Great game!

France 3
Swiss 1
Croatia 1
England 0

gh0sth@cker

13-06-2004, 16:11

Zidane rocks

Luciel

13-06-2004, 17:28

Lmao @ gay referee, must be a spanish guy.
**** YOU!!!! :mad:

JoyBoy

13-06-2004, 17:59

Mint game between France/England... But tell me, what kind of goalie dives in with both legs? Twat.

gh0sth@cker

14-06-2004, 03:47

what kind of goalie dives in with both legs? Twat.An Englishman

FreeFighter

14-06-2004, 17:59

14th June 2004

Italy - Denmark: 0 - 0
Game went back and forth no real chances for making goals. Was a nice game to watch although i expected a bit more goals. But you know Italy is a pretty good team in the defence and so is Denmark.

Sweden - Bulgaria: 5 - 0
Really nice header from Larsson, made 2 goals. Bulgarians were beat half around the second half so it was easy scoring for Sweden.

Sweden 3 Italy 1 Denmark 1 Bulgaria 0

15th June 2004

Czech Republic - Latvia: 2 - 1
Looked a bit like France - England game: Czech were pressing a lot and in the counter attack Latvia scores. Second half 2 goals made by Czech Republic.

Germany - Netherlands: 1 - 1
Nice goal of Germany from a free kick, don't think anybody hit the ball.
And a nice header from van Nistelrooy

Czech Republic 3
Germany 1
Netherlands 1
Latvia 0

16th June 2004

Greece - Spain: 1 - 1
All in all a nice game. After the first goal of Spain they kept coming for a second one but in the counter attack Greece made a nice goal.

Russia - Portugal: 0 - 2
Portugal had to win today to keep in the game, only first 2 can go to the second round. So they made the first goal in the first 10 mins. The Russian keeper got a red card for coming out of the 16m and "touched the ball with his hands". but you can see clearly he didn't touch it at all. The Russians played a good match being only with 10 on the field.

Greece 4 Spain 4 Portugal 3 Russia 0

JoyBoy

18-06-2004, 12:11

Cant believe nobody mentioned that England win yesterday :D

By the way, lock up your wifes/girlfriends while watching the footie. Otherwise you might end up like THIS (http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91059-13131557,00.html) guy :eek:

FreeFighter

18-06-2004, 16:48

Sorry dude my uncle died 2 days ago, i wasn't really in a mood for watching football (soccer).
Anyway i can give the scores.

17th June 2004

Croatia - France 2 - 2
England - Switzerland 3 - 0

France 4 England 3 Croatia 2 Switzerland 1

18th June 2004

Bulgaria - Denmark: 0 - 2
Italy - Sweden: 1 - 1

Sweden 4 Denmark 4 Italy 2 Bulgaria 0

If you want to read comment about the games you can view it on Eurosport (http://www.eurosport.com/home/pages/V4/L0/S22/E6106/live_Lng0_Spo22_Evt6106.shtml)

JoyBoy

19-06-2004, 06:06

Sorry to hear that FreeFighter

Another big game today, Holland vs Czech Republic. Hopefully it might be a bit better then that other game, the supposed biggest game of the Tournament, Germany vs Holland.

The other Group D game looks like a snoozer, Latvia vs Germany. Although it might be worth checking out for that 19 year old that came on as a sub Tuesday Night for Germany, forgot his name though :confused:

FreeFighter

21-06-2004, 09:05

19th June 2004

Netherlands - Czech Republic : 2 - 3
Latvia - Germany : 0 - 0

This has turned out to be a real interresting group. What will Czech Republic do?

Czech Republic 6 Germany 2 Netherlands 1 Latvia 1

20th June 2004

Russia - Greece: 2 - 1
Spain - Portugal: 0 - 1

This aswell with Portugal out as groups winner in group A and Greece as second :cool: Because they scored more goals then Spain.

Portugal 6 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 Greece 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 Spain 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 Russia 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2

And todays games my bet will be that France takes first place playing against Switzerland and England second.

21th June 2004

Croatia - England: 2 - 4
Switzerland - France: 1 - 3

Was a hard match for France against Swizerland took a while to score their other 2 goals.
As for England nice goals from Rooney. To bad Owen didn't score any yet.

France 7 3 2 1 0 7 4 3 England 6 3 2 0 1 8 4 4 Croatia 2 3 0 2 1 4 6 -2 Switzerland 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5

krondike

21-06-2004, 23:39

@FreeFighter
How about Italy - Sweden 1-1

And todays matches
Denmark vs. Sweden
Italy vs. Bulgaria
:cool:

Ghale0n

22-06-2004, 04:51

hopefully we (Sweden) and Denmark play 2-2 so Italy can pack their bags. They are such bad loosers.

FreeFighter

22-06-2004, 15:49

krondike i said that score already http://fileforums.com/showpost.php?p=233870&postcount=14

And what Ghale0n predicted came true :D

Italy - Bulgaria: 2 - 1
Denmark - Sweden: 2 - 2

Sweden 5 3 1 2 0 8 3 5 Denmark 5 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 Italy 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 Bulgaria 0 3 0 0 3 1 9 -8

Ghale0n

22-06-2004, 16:05

HAHAHAHAHAHA Bye Bye Italy!!
Im so happy right now i cant even describe it!!!
Gooooooooo Sweden and Denmark!!! :D

JoyBoy

22-06-2004, 16:30

Man, both my picks are out, Spain and Italy :(

Roonland dont have the legs for the tournament, so thats them gone too. Especially now they are facing Portugal in the Quarters. Then again, Portugal have been playing as bad as Roonland too...

I'll go with everyones favourite...

Viva La Czech Republic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D

cdkiller

22-06-2004, 18:15

I'll go with everyones favourite... Viva La Czech Republic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nah they will get owned by germany in the next game ;)

FreeFighter

22-06-2004, 18:20

nah they will get owned by germany in the next game ;)

They don't need to qualify anymore. So there's no pressure for Czech to win this match, but i think they just might want to win against Germany. I think they will go for the 9 points as they are the only ones that can still achieve it :D

krondike

22-06-2004, 23:59

Think German are getting beaten by Czech Republic today! :cool:

And those who saw the match between the Sweden and Denmark can say it was fixed. becuase it was so nearly that Denmark did score 3-1 and so nearly that Sweden was loosing.

edited:
(sorry it was Czech Republic not Lettia german was facing, I have change)

JoyBoy

23-06-2004, 04:28

It would not bother me if Germany did beat the Republic, lets face it though, Germany are still one of the most decorated teams in World Football and people love to say they beat them. What would bother me is that Germany winning would be at the expense of the Dutch going out... That aint right. :mad:

FreeFighter

23-06-2004, 16:17

Netherlands - Latvia: 3 - 0
Germany - Czech Republic: 1 - 2

Czech Republic 9 3 3 0 0 7 4 3 Netherlands 4 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 Germany 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 Latvia 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4

Hmmm Germany out, Netherlands Quarter finals. All times set GMT +1

Quarter Finales

1 thu 24/6 Lissabon (Luz) Portugal - England 20.45u
2 fri 25/6 Lissabon (J.A.) France - Greece 20.45u
3 sat 26/6 Faro-Loulé Sweden - Netherlands 20.45u
4 sun 27/6 Dragao (Porto) Czech Republic - Denmark 20.45u

Half Finales

5 wed 30/6 Lissabon (J.Alvalade) Winner 1 - Winner 3 20.45u
6 thu 1/7 Porto (Dragao) Winner 2 - Winner 4 20.45u

Finale

sun 4/7 Lissabon (Luz) Winner 5 - Winner 6 20.45u

JoyBoy

23-06-2004, 19:51

Hahaha, Germany couldnt even beat a 'Second Rate' Czech Republic team :)
The current German squad should be ashamed of themselves. They used to be such a powerhouse and now they struggle against such teams as Lativia :p

Look at the brackets for the Tournament HERE (http://www.euro2004.com/tournament/index.html). As long as the 'fluff' are eliminated (Roonland, Greece, Sweden and Denmark), we get two big Semi Finals. France - Czech Republic and Portugal - Holland. My moneys on it being Czech Republic - Holland rematch in the Final. Hopefully they can top what they pulled off in the group stage, and we all know who the winner will be :D

krondike

23-06-2004, 23:35

Ehm this is the matches.

Portugal - England
Greece - France
Sweden - Netherlands
Czech Republic - Denmark

Don't know if the home team is right, but I do know that's the matches!

cdkiller

24-06-2004, 03:35

Hahaha, Germany couldnt even beat a 'Second Rate' Czech Republic team
cmon germany played better han the czechs... but for me it looked like they have forgotten how to score ;)

looking forward to the match Portugal - England, will be a good one i think

Luci

24-06-2004, 10:39

Greece is going to kick really some assez

FreeFighter

24-06-2004, 10:56

cmon germany played better han the czechs... but for me it looked like they have forgotten how to score ;)

looking forward to the match Portugal - England, will be a good one i think
You're fooling yourself a bit. Germany was playing against the B team of Czech Republic. Koller, Nedved and another guy weren't even on the field.

FreeFighter

24-06-2004, 17:13

Great Match!!! Portugal - England Owen scores 3' Postiga 83' scores with head. After taking off Figo 1 - 1 > Silver goal second quarter Rui Costa 110' Lampard 115' 2 - 2 > penalties. Beckham misses blaims the penalty spot. Rui costa misses, Ricardo stops the 6th penalty with bare hands and scores the 6th for Portugal. 6 - 5

Portugal goes to semi finals.

krondike

24-06-2004, 17:14

I realy hope France are gonna kick a$$ with Grece!

Ghale0n

24-06-2004, 18:10

I feel bad for England they always loose when it comes to penalties

Luci

25-06-2004, 04:40

I realy hope France are gonna kick a$$ with Grece!

yeah right.prepare to see THE Greek

JoyBoy

25-06-2004, 04:42

Roonland were robbed last night... There was no reason why the Campbell goal should have been disallowed. The referee was so biased towards Portugal it was unbelieveable. Hmmm, happens in most tournaments that does, the Hosts are always shown a special service by the officials ;)
And, yes the penalty spot was clearly buggered too, why do you think every player who took a kick was doing a line dance before they did? To show how well they dance, obviously!

ROBBED!!!

Ghale0n

25-06-2004, 04:56

Beckham wouldnt make SUCH a bad penalty if the spot wasnt all ****ed up, even if he hasnt done very well in penalties lately he still would hit the target

gh0sth@cker

25-06-2004, 06:23

He hit it all wrong, he went for power and top corner and it didn't come off. He tried too hard. Everyone had to use the same penalty spot.

As for the decision, after looking at highlights again on itv, I agree with their analysts that John Terry's arm was over the keeper. Free kick out.

I'd rather England had went through on the pens so they could get beaten convincingly in the next, w/out the excuses. :rolleyes:

FreeFighter

25-06-2004, 10:42

This is why he was looking at the spot.
http://www.howstrange.com/b3tapics/beckham_penalty.jpg

Ghale0n

25-06-2004, 17:04

hahahaha :P

gh0sth@cker

25-06-2004, 17:38

You'll never guess what landed in my back garden today!!

David Beckham's penalty

JoyBoy

26-06-2004, 06:59

Well, France got outplayed Greece... Whats more interesting is that at the end of this match the English Analysts spent a good portion of the wrap up segment to begin the backlash against Sven (England Coach) :D

Anyways, how dare Greece ruin my Semi Final Setup, now we got Portugal - Holland and Greece - Czech Republic to look forward too, or will Sweden and Denmark ruin the party too? :confused:

Luci

26-06-2004, 08:29

i'll say one thing...greece kicks ass

FreeFighter

26-06-2004, 08:35

Well played by Greece great defence no real faults comitted only 4 yellow cards over the whole game 2 Greece 2 France. France was never great over the whole tournament.

For me when Portugal won against Spain in the first round my finalists are Portugal - Czech Republic, with 1 - 2 for Czech ;)

Luci

26-06-2004, 09:23

well i don't think greece is going to the finals but anything can happen.i hope we;ll play with denmark

Ghale0n

26-06-2004, 17:03

I have just one thing to say...FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im sorry for swearing but I have to get iy out.
Henrik Larsson and Fredrik Ljungberg both hit the woodwork in extra time
I think we had control the whole game Netherlands didnt create much dangerous chances, Sweden deserved to win this game.
I saw on Zlatans face that he was gonna miss the penalty, he didnt look comfortable....
*SIGH*

JoyBoy

27-06-2004, 05:40

Well Portugal - Holland will definately be a better game then Portugal - Sweden ;)

I Hope...

2 - 0 to the Czech Republic Today!!!

FreeFighter

28-06-2004, 07:10

Great Czech Republic won 3 - 0 against Denmark :p

First half i thought they were playing to calm (Czech) but second half made 3 winning goals. :D

Luci

28-06-2004, 12:52

well they play against greece.hope we can win the match

JoyBoy

28-06-2004, 19:44

Well that Czech - Denmark match was average I thought. I guess the Czechs are saving themselves for the Final ;)

In my opinion, this has been a pretty average tournament thus far. There has only been one amazing match, Holland - Czech (Group Stage), and one decent match, Holland - Sweden (Quarter Final). The so called showpiece game of the Tournament, Germany - Holland, was a huge let down with only the last 10 mins or so worth watching. The only thing this tournmant has further proven is that the English Public are a fickle bunch. Idiots. Saying that, the English Fans were by the far the best fans out there. Every other nations Fans are so quiet in comparison. Quiet fans can ruin a match's atmosphere and, boy, did it show in this tournmanet.

I hope Holland - Czech Final manages to end the Tournmanet on a high.(Unless, the hosts (Portugal) are shown some favours in their Semi Final by the referee again, this will be the Final).

Otherwise...

Roll on Copa America

FreeFighter

30-06-2004, 12:28

Half Finales; times set GMT +1

5 wed 30/6 Lissabon (J.Alvalade) Portugal - Netherlands 20.45u
6 thu 1/7 Porto (Dragao) Greece - Czech Republic 20.45u

Portugal - Netherlands: 2 - 1

Already one of my predicted teams is in the finals :D

JoyBoy

01-07-2004, 16:13

Oh My God!!! :eek:

Greece just knocked out the Czech's!!! :eek:

What the hell's with that? The Czech's did not appear to be in the 'zone' tonight. My final is ruined... Instead of a Holland - Czech Republic rematch we now got Greece - Portugal (Who are only there because the whole thing has been rigged in their favour ;) )

:(

FreeFighter

01-07-2004, 16:27

A load of crap!!!

Nedved wasn't in the game either, after getting him off the field they were even playing worse. They had a few good chances though. In the last second of the first quarter Greece scores talk about silver goal more like gorlden goal coz it was finnished for Czech :(

RincewindTheWiz

01-07-2004, 17:01

You know, the first time I heard Greece was in the tourney, I was all like "they play football over there ?". Really, them getting in the finals is bit of a surprise. Still, i always root for the underdogs, so GO GO GO GREECE! KILL THOSE DAMN PORTIES !!!! :D