Offical Euro 2008 Thread.

[Bourky23]

Simao as skipper seemed the logical choice to me

 

[TorresIsGod]

Sionko makes it 1-1

 

[Bourky23]

woah nice header!

 

[TorresIsGod]

Simao as skipper seemed the logical choice to me

Another dud...

 

[TorresIsGod]

Bourky is not fantastic

 

[Divado]

I'm on a 2 minute delay..... fail. Nice header though.

 

[Mordecai]

nice shot by deco.

 

[TorresIsGod]

Reading scum just stomped on Petit! Scum!

 

[TorresIsGod]

Republic of Czechoslovakia?...

David Pleat is a gun, almost as gun as Bourky

 

[Divado]

Cop that in the face.

 

[angie4]

1 - 1

tough but awesome first half from both parties

czech really surprising, go portugal gooo!!!

 

[Mordecai]

Beautiful play there. Who played that pass?

 

[TorresIsGod]

Steven Gerrard

 

[angie4]

quarisma shoots portugal to 3 - 1 in additional time

boooooooooooooooooooooooom!!

 

[angie4]

switzerland - turkey 1st half
1 - 0


heavy rain, difficult ground but the swiss win the 'battle of waterloo'

 

[Boro]

This Turkey game should be called off

 

[angie4]

switzerland - turkey

1 - 2 in additional time

fihgtful game. very emotional. i dont believe it but tipped right.

not happy though. swiss didnt deserve that.

 

[ashley12]

Watched at Burswood Casino in Perth. Swiss game was a joke, terrible pitch. They are the first casualties of the tournament, and with Austria almost sure to follow, it hasnt been a good tournament for the local fans.

Good thing about watching in the casino is I just jump on a bandwagon, basically whichever team has the most hot chicks following. Go Poland, Sweden and Switzerland.

 

[Boro]

switzerland - turkey

1 - 2 in additional time

fihgtful game. very emotional. i dont believe it but tipped right.

not happy though. swiss didnt deserve that.

I thought Turkey were the better side by quite a margin when the ball was able to be passed. The conditions suited the Swiss but they still weren't good enough.

What ill happen if Turkey and Czech draw as they have the same GD? An early penalty shoot out maybe

 

[Lowie01]

What ill happen if Turkey and Czech draw as they have the same GD? An early penalty shoot out maybe

If two teams meeting in one of the last group matches have the same number of points, the same goal difference and the same number of goals, and if this match stands at a draw at the end of normal time, then the ranking of these two teams will be determined by kicks from the penalty spot, provided no other teams within the group have the same number of points on completion of all group matches.

So, in other words, because they actually play each other in the final group game, they can have penalties. Otherwise, it would have gone to this obscure rule:

(f) Coefficient of points from the last two qualifying competitions for the final rounds of the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 (points gained and divided by the number of matches played).

The Czechs should have the greater coefficient, so they would have gone through. But to answer your question, it is penalties that will decide it.

 

[apollo_creed]

Watched at Burswood Casino in Perth. Swiss game was a joke, terrible pitch. They are the first casualties of the tournament, and with Austria almost sure to follow, it hasnt been a good tournament for the local fans.

Good thing about watching in the casino is I just jump on a bandwagon, basically whichever team has the most hot chicks following. Go Poland, Sweden and Switzerland.

I'm a little worried about what sort of girls go to the Casino midweek at 5am to watch a football game consisting of two average teams matching incompetence with one another.

have they heard of school, jobs or study?

stay clear ashley.

 

[ShearMagic9]

Well, I ended up falling asleep with the first game at 1-1.

Sounds like the second game was the better one, I'll catch the replay later.

Should be more ready to watch the early game tonight since I've slept in and not got up at 7am.

 

[bus24]

Well, I ended up falling asleep with the first game at 1-1.

Sounds like the second game was the better one, I'll catch the replay later.

Should be more ready to watch the early game tonight since I've slept in and not got up at 7am.

Some of us have to work, and not bludge.

 

[ShearMagic9]

Well considering I've worked for the last two days/nights I know what you mean.

Sort of a slack day today though, uni at 1.

But yeah, suck it up

 

[Embers]

None of the games interested me at all last night. Germany v Croatia should be worth a look though. Klose to score in a end to end 1-0.