aye, was a good game
Russia looked good
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Who will win it now? What do you think? Any favorites?
I think it's gonna be something like this......
Taking into account tradition, current form, skill, flair, experience, motivation, squad depth, head coach experience.... this is my take on in.
% of winning the Euro
Holland - 27%
Portugal - 16%
Spain - 16%
Italy - 13%
Croatia - 9%
Russia - 8%
Germany - 8%
Turkey - 3%
Germany have a better chance than that I reckon!
if portugal win tonight they will be playing in final i quess
second team in final... my vote is for holland
It was as good a performance as I've seen at Euro 2008 from Russia yesterday, I was very impressed with their football, and they defended better than most of the other front runners I'd say...
germany will beat portugal.
Still holland and croatia for me. Would be a great final
just watched Germany beat Portugal, good game, felt for the Portuguese a bit, they played some quality football
guess we'll find out what Ronaldo wants to do now
Aye cracking game that the night..
Both bookies i went in had Portugal as hot favourites to win...
I went with Germany though, paid of nicely in the end...
today, history is repeating, after 400 years croats are meeting the turks in vienna again :lol:
russia deserved to win; we did not. but it wasn't a good game. russia looked fast, skilled and determined to get to the quarterfinals. we looked like we were playing a friendly or, worse, a "we're already through" garbage game.
barely half of our players were even running. no one except zlatan, henrik and freddie even tried to finish plays. this isn't a bloody friendly against norway, fellas, this is do-or-die! we died. disgrace.
but fair-dos to the ruskies, who did look impressive.
Great victory for Germany..I´m sure we´ll make it to the final,no matter who´s next,Turkey or Croatia..
Yeah, Germany look like reaching the final at least now, they have a great record in the knock out stages, I wouldn't be surprised if they won the tournament. They looked great going forward, just a shame they didn't keep the concentration at the back and eased off at 2-0 to let Portugal come back at them.
I'm counting on Croatia winning! Though after Billic's remarks about Turkey I wouldn't be too surprised if they came back to haunt him and it helped motivate Turkey to win. You'd think they'd been to strong so far to go and lose to Turkey, but you never know.
As for Russia, I think they have a better team than Sweden.
it was hustle and determination. russia wanted it; we didn't. we played the worst match i've seen us play since euro2000, and far and away the worst we've played in this tournament. russia, on the other hand, played lights out and utilized their talents. so yeah, that does go back to hiddink firing his guys up, but it wasn't tactics...there was no need!
me too.
it's possible, but keep in mind russia looked awful against spain whereas we looked competent, if long in the tooth, in our match against spain. no doubt the side russia put on the pitch was dominant over ours. but if we'd met them earlier in the tournament, when arshavin was injured and wilhelmsson was not and when we played with some sense of purpose, i don't think the result would have been the same.
God! this match is boring:grimace: