Euro 2008

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Really disapointed with Croatia's performance, they won't beat the Poles and Germans playing like that. They look toothless up front without Eduardo-Olic and Petric work hard and do a lot of running, but neither of them seems much of a goal threat.

[cegorach]

I am writing this totally drunk and with my web transfer slowed down to a crawl so don't worry about the spelling (football mixed with the first Kubica's victory - too much to bear sober... ;) )

Clearly in Poland vs. Germany it is a bit tense with much action and quite predictable considering the respectable levels of both teams mixed with old grudges (a bit exaggerated by tabloids from the same publisher BTW), but don't you agree that the German goalkeeper (regardless of the outcome) is the weakest link of the entire team ?

I feel his mistakes will be exploited sooner or later. He seems to be almost asking for that, honestly ...


It is the 75th minute when I am writing that...


EDIT- sorry for posting in such a terrible shape, but I am living too close to the city center with circa 10 000 people (some of them apparently British and drunk...) - not to mention the guys right here - to ignore the thing...
Hopefully moderators will cut any ninsense messages I have managed to write...

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Well, the game is practically over, and it looks to be a 2-0 German victory. Podolski had an excellent game, along with Schweinsteiger, and the Polish keeper Boruc played quite a good match as well.

[KrooK]

Yes - Germany won cause they were better.
However I'm not agry, I'm not sad. Poland wasn't worse = we were not afraid of attack and 2nd goal was just a result of offensive tactic. If Poland will be playing same style against Austria and Croatia, we will win both game and pass.
GL HF
and good game Germans

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Indeed - I think that after the Croatian performance today, Poland has a pretty good chance to come second in the group.

[Craterus]

Match Day 3 Predictions

Romania 1-2 France
Holland 1-1 Italy

[cegorach]

Hmmm at least all the goals were scored by a Pole*.



Ineed it seem we have a decent chance against Croatia after all. It is a fact they underestimated the Austrians and later noticed they can do fine with weak performance since the Austrians cannot really play the game properly (the second half 'siege' of the Croatian defence was really poor), but they seem more 'in our reach' than earlier.

BTW The fans outside are shouting 'Robert Kubica' right now... The Pole in the German team - reminds me why the whole German-Polish animosity is such a waste of time and effort. The Commonwealth ( 1569-1795 and later) dealt with ethnical questions in really examplary way, but hell we didn't start the whole mess after all... the wizard... I mean Bismarck did it...

P.S. Sorry for this off topic - it is not meant to be continued in any way, except some discussion under spoilers or via PMs if anyone cares...




* Podolski doesn't have any trouble with the complicated national heritage, unlike Klose who 'stops' understanding Polish if Germany is losing. :)

[Louis VI the Fat]

Croatia was rubbish. Nowhere near the dangerous outsiders they were hyped up to be. I only saw the second half, in which the Austrians rather amused me with their game. They lack quality, but I thought they were fun.

Germany is uberstrong. A machine. Dang it.
Actually, no, not dang it. Germany plays fine, attractive football, so if they win the tournament, it will be well-deserved.
Poland should be able to beat Croatia and Austria. The second place in this group is up for grabs, with the Croats being much weaker than expected.

Tomorrow will be good, and very exciting. Three traditional powers in action - France, Italy and Holland. And Romania could well prove to be the dark horse of this group. Plus, tradition demands that in Groups of Death the overlooked outsider triumphs.


Did you cope, Cegorach? No heart attack or a televison thrown out of your window?