Correct! The first goal was therefore NOT offside. It's an obscure rule but vailid in this case.Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine
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Correct! The first goal was therefore NOT offside. It's an obscure rule but vailid in this case.
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Match Day 4
Spain 2 - 0 Russia
Greece 0 - 1 Sweden
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Boy did Italy get pwned. If they aren't the gamemakers everything falls apart.
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They always have been, even in games they lost.
Remember the Italians have a harrowing soccer season, never a day's rest, and every day brings a new scandal as well.. Not the best of preparations.
But they have four days to go until Romania. All they have to do in that game is set up Del Piero, who has quicksilver feet and can shoot at goal from any position as we saw yesterday, make 2:1 and they're back in the tournament. I'd hate to see them drop out so soon.
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They were expecting an easy match yesterday, comming up: the real Italy. This was great fun but we all know the dutch team is the football equivalent of a manic depression.
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Right the moment you are given the pass, you can avoid offside if you move off the pitch, regarding that you are the attacking player.
Same applies in a bitter way for the defensive side. You can't trap the opponent in offside by moving off the pitch.
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No @#%&, you guys whooped it up until real late last night. The guys outside my hotel room were "active" until about 1AM. That was a good game to watch though, even though A> I don't care for sports and B> the entire broadcast was in Nederlands.I keep hearing you soccer types say how France and Italy are both "powerhouses", but both of their first games were decidedly lackluster, can't say I am impressed either of them. The Italians did lay on some heavy pressure the 2nd half of the game, from what I could tell.
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Right, my choices for tomorrow (Wednesday):
Match Day 5:
Czech Republic 1-2 Portugal
Switzerland 1-0 Turkey
Czech Republic - Portugal is the game where one or other team has to step up if they're gonna get much further in this tournament, both had disappointing opening games but the Czechs looked worse and really shouldn't have won against the Swiss. As for the other game, Switzerland looked energetic on Saturday and the home crowd should be enough of a boost to overcome Turkey.
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Match Day 4
Spain 3 - 2 Russia
Greece 1 - 2 Sweden
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Don't be a party pooper! Heyyyy..ho hop hop! Dans le *** les Ritals! Et un et deux et trois zéro!!
And there can be no excuses! The English have a harrowing football season without a day's rest too, and they haven't lost a single match at this tournament so far. And as for scandals...there's always a scandal in Italy. They're used to it, it's natural. They cope with it the way Russians cope with snow and fish cope with water.
Nope, Orange simply cut through the Italian ranks like a knife through soggy spaghetti.
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Match Day 4
Spain 1 - 1 Russia
Greece 1 - 0 Sweden
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Spreek je al wat Nederlands?
Hup Holland Hup?
Anyway, this hurts if you're belgian*, but, well, here we go:
HUP HOLLAND HUP ! Congratulations guys! Continue like that and bring that Cup to the Netherlands!
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I think some of the dutchpayers were swapped by octosquids. There's no other explaination, is there?
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Erm, yes. In fact I'd even go so far as to predict that our defence will not concede a single goal all tournament. And we definitely won't be going out on penalties this time.
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Lots of credits should go to the referee who just let the game be played.
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You should join in....It should be fine i think (though Quintus is really the right person to give the go ahead)... Everyone has a headstart on you... I would say go ahead and make your predictions for today's games before they start... you have about 20 mins before the first game starts....
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Match Day 5:
Czech Republic 1-1 Portugal
Switzerland 1-2 Turkey
Match Day 6:
Croatia 1-1 Germany
Austria 0-2 Poland
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I still wonder if Domenech is the problem. France always starts lethargic, but this time, they seemed so...clueless as well. No urgency, no determination, no drive forward. Did Domenech even look at the table, at the opposition in this group? Three points are worth a risk.
This performance was as exciting as watching paint dry. Less so. At least with paint you know the end result will look good.
I want him to dump Makélélé and Anelka. (Maybe he should've brought Trezeguet after all...). Oh, and he should've brought Mexès too. And dump the 4-4-2. Back to 4-2-3-1, suits this selection better I think.
And darn the Scots for showing the world that France can't crack open a 7-2-1 formation. The Rumanians are excellent students.
But those are all incidental problems. The real problem is the lack of a playmaker. No Platini, no Zidane = rubbish French. Clueless, lethargic. No vision.
82, 84, 86 were fantastic. Then after Platini quit, it took French football ages to recover. We didn't even qualify for 1990 and 1994.
Similarly, 98 and 2000 were divine. Then in 2002, Zidane didn't recover in time. He missed the first two games. The rest of the team was completely lost because of it. As rubbish as yesterday.
In 2006, the older players took over from Domenech in the tournament after the first dismal matches, when France looked set for another disaster. The place in the final was only the result of Zidane's willpower. Just like his and the other older players return saved the qualification campaign earlier.
But who must do it this time? Normally, a coach should inspire a team to greatness. But Domenech isn't going to do it. He can't energize a team. Ribéry is a winger, not a player who should direct a team. He's still young too. Benzema only just turned twenty as well. Henry, if he isn't past his prime in the first place, will be busy recovering from his injury. Viera and Thuram can maybe do it, but they are 74 and 82 respectively.
On the upside, there'll be more space against the Dutch. And maybe les Bleus will have woken up. There's too much quality in this team for more dismal performances like yesterday's. Plus les Bleus are at their best when it is almost too late.
Predictions:
Sure Bet: France - Netherlands 2-2
Sure Bet: Romania - Italy 3-0
Sure Bet: France - Italy 5-1
Sure Bet: Netherlands - Romania 1-0
58th minute. Materazzi substituted. Priceless look on his face. Beer bottle hurled at television in euphoria.
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Hahaha! Tu parles, Charles.
Like your analysis of teh Bleus though. But don't all teams depend on a singular great talent for true, tournament-winning inspiration?
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And that also sheds a light why Turkey was acting like true cowards who were out of any ideas of how to attack last Saturday.
Emre was playing as deep as the defense line. No Emre, no playmaker, no organization.
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Matchday 4 Partial Prediction
Greece 0-2 Sweden
[Greece are solid, and certainly had an unusually free-scoring qualifying campaign, but Sweden look too
strong in terms of forwards.]
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Finally we see both teams score in a game. It was about time, though for the sake of the
tournament, I think we could do with seeing it when a game is still there to be won.
it's the **** that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come
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Spain looked handy.
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Uh-huh.Spain looked handy.
I loved the Iniesta-Villa couple, like two spicy red peppers. Man, that David Villa is fast.
Although, just like Louis, I think England is getting better all the time in this tournament. They've managed to stay out of trouble and keep all their options open.
*ducks*
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That Spain will be forced to bend over if a team with solid defense is against.
Shall France and Spain meet in order to prove out my anticipation and France shall run over the kids in red eventually.
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Once more I am learning to hate the Greeks.
The 'phalanx' is back and hate nothing more than this anti-football.
In addition now they are playing against Sweden...
I am going out to watch grass growing...
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All hail Greek defense !
I love intelligent way of defense, and these Greeks have mastered it. I want to see them qualifying to the quarters.
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Heh, it is a horrible sight, I'll grant you that.
Let's not solely blame the Greeks for it though. I've seen Dutch teams eat grass instead of play ball in the past and, God forbid, I may do so again one day. Italian catanaccio can be stupefyingly boring as well. Etcetera.
Last edited by Adrian II; 06-10-2008 at 21:07.
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You have to admire the way the Swedes continue to play on despite all the kicks in the groin area though...
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The last time they played like this in a Euro tournament, they were the champions!!! Did you really expect them to change?
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!" comes to mind.
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