Euro 2008

**Fragony** · 06-10-2008, 07:57

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.

**LeftEyeNine** · 06-10-2008, 10:26

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.

**Whacker** · 06-10-2008, 10:42

Originally Posted by Fragony

This was great fun but we all know the dutch team is the football equivalent of a manic depression.

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.

**PBI** · 06-10-2008, 13:05

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.