Thread: Do you like soccer?

Originally Posted by frodly

If you stretch chance to its farthest limits, then I suppose you may be right. However, the chances of the Czech Republic and Greece are pretty similar, and the chances of England aren't that much better than those 2 teams. France is in a similar boat to England, they have more individual talent than England, but are a terrible team. There is quite a good chance that either Spain or Germany will win, and a pretty overwhelming chance that one of Spain, Germany, Italy, or Portugal will win.

I think thats an unfair assessment of England and France's chances. Both are streets ahead of Greece. As far as the Czechs, hmm, they do have pedigree and I see them this year as the dark horses like Denmark and greece of years past. The czechs are smart and know how to play and mix up styles to adapt. I hope they can prove me right against portugal.

Scoreless at the half. Here's hoping none of these games go to penalty kicks. Now I gotta go to work...bummer!

Germany and Spain came to the tournament as clear favourites .
For whatever reasons ( new Topic) , the overall standard has not been great .
Spain are clearly not the force they were . Managers have seen how to muzzle a team of little guys , however talented .
France have badly disappointed given their previous pre tournament form.
Not much between Italy and England , and if Ronaldo can be rubbed out of the game , Portugal have no great chance .
I slightly favour Germany with Spain and the winners of the Sunday match to be the only serious contenders

Originally Posted by J0NAH

I think thats an unfair assessment of England and France's chances. Both are streets ahead of Greece. As far as the Czechs, hmm, they do have pedigree and I see them this year as the dark horses like Denmark and greece of years past. The czechs are smart and know how to play and mix up styles to adapt. I hope they can prove me right against portugal.

No they aren't. England and France both have little chance of winning, but not no chance. And as far as the Czechs go, obviously they had no chance. They were terrible today. And they do have pedigree, but the players who made that pedigree aren't playing anymore. There current team is NOT good.

Very easy win for Portugal despite the late goal , they looked a class better the entire game.
I can run faster than Milan Baros and i am older than he is.

glad to see Portugal get through, for a moment there and after so many missed chances, thought we could've conceded a goal in a czech counter attack or set piece. Thankfully we proved far superior.

I don't like it...

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And I'm Brazilian, by the way.

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Originally Posted by frodly

No they aren't. England and France both have little chance of winning, but not no chance. And as far as the Czechs go, obviously they had no chance. They were terrible today. And they do have pedigree, but the players who made that pedigree aren't playing anymore. There current team is NOT good.

Go on England! I want to meet England at the final with Spain, and if any of both win I will be happy!

Originally Posted by MarquesDeCaceres

Go on England! I want to meet England at the final with Spain, and if any of both win I will be happy!

I actually cheer on England in the European championships, because I have no connection to any of the nations at all. So my allegiance in football is to my favored club side, and England has a lot of Liverpool players, and Steven Gerrard in particular. I also cheer for Denmark because of Daniel Agger, and used to like Spain a lot when Liverpool still had Xabi Alonso(who I still love even though he left Liverpool) and Fernando Torres(who I now hate).

That said though, as much as I would like England to win, I think they will beat Italy and then lose to Germany in a match where the score is close but the play is entirely one sided.