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Sports => Football => Topic started by: Observer on December 01, 2007, 07:55:56 PM
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Sony has recalled all GPS units immediately.
Apparently the GPS units cannot locate England,
Scotland, Ireland or Wales in EUROPE ;D :rotfl:
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Sony has recalled all GPS units immediately.
Apparently the GPS units cannot locate England,
Scotland, Ireland or Wales in EUROPE ;D :rotfl:
Funny!! ::)
Go Polska! lol
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7123700.stm
One of France, Italy or Holland will not make the quarter-finals
World Champions Italy have been drawn in the same group as France and Holland for the European Championship finals next summer in Austria and Switzerland.
Group A:
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Portugal
Turkey
Group B:
Austria
Croatia
Germany
Poland
Group C:
Holland
Italy
Romania
France
Group D:
Greece
Sweden
Spain
Russia
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Lard! Italy, France, Holland, Romania dat group is like scots bonnet pepper chased with punchen rum
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Lard! Italy, France, Holland, Romania dat group is like scots bonnet pepper chased with punchen rum
Groups "A" and "B" ain't too backward either, but the one in topic really take de cake, boy!! Ah hadda start makin' room on meh dvr :frustrated: from all now.........Lawd, look pressha!!
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Italy gets French and Dutch teams in tough Euro 2008 draw
By ROBERT MILLWARD, AP Soccer Writer
December 2, 2007
AP - Dec 2, 9:21 am EST
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LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) -- World Cup champion Italy, France and the Netherlands got the 2008 European Championship draw none of them wanted. Each other.
The three former European champions were drawn Sunday in Group C with Romania for next year's tournament in Austria and Switzerland.
It could have been even worse -- they could have also drawn three-time champion Germany instead of Romania. But the three coaches looked grim as they came out of the Culture and Convention Center.
"We didn't have an easy qualification and now we have a very difficult group," said Italy coach Roberto Donadoni, whose team also played France in qualifying. "We were unfortunate in the draw, but I had a gut feeling this morning that it would turn out like this."
The tournament opens June 7 when Switzerland plays the Czech Republic in Basel. The final is at the Ernst Happel stadium in Vienna on June 29.
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Italy beat France on penalty kicks in last year's World Cup final in Berlin. In Euro 2008 qualifying, the French beat Italy 3-1 at Stade de France and drew 0-0 in Milan. They will meet again in Zurich in their final Group C match on June 17.
"I think there are coaches who are happier today than the four here," said France coach Raymond Domenech, whose team also plays Romania in 2010 World Cup qualifying. "I would have preferred to avoid all of the other three teams in the group, but that's what we got and we have to live with it."
Netherlands coach Marco van Basten, whose team finished behind Romania in qualifying and is struggling for form, said it was not the draw he wanted.
"A very tough group. Two World Cup finalists," he said of Italy and France. "These are great teams, great players, teams with a lot of experience. It's going to be very difficult for us, we have to play Italy first, then France."
Italy and the Netherlands met in the Euro 2000 semifinals, with the Italians winning a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw. The French rallied to beat Italy 2-1 in overtime in the final.
The Dutch will play both of its big rivals in Bern. They face Italy on June 9 and France four days later.
Defending European champion Greece was drawn in Group D with Russia, Spain and Sweden. It will start its defense against Sweden in Salzburg on June 10 before playing Russia and Spain in the same Austrian city.
At Euro 2004 in Portugal, the Greeks drew 1-1 with Spain and lost 2-1 to Russia in group play, but beat all its other opponents on the way to a surprise title triumph under coach Otto Rehhagel.
"It is certainly not an easy group," Rehhagel said. "We must be careful against Sweden, which has one of the world's best forwards in Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
"There's always lots of talk before games. I am a man of action. The most important thing is to have all players in good condition. As defending champions, we have an obligation to do well in the tournament."
Switzerland, which plays all its group games in Basel, is in Group A with Turkey, Portugal and the Czech Republic. The Portuguese and the Czechs will be strongly favored to advance to the quarterfinals.
Austria, whose home games are in Vienna, is making its Euro debut and is in Group B with Germany, Poland and Croatia. There has been fan violence at previous matches between Germany and Poland, and the Union of European Football Associations has warned Croatia it could be kicked out if there were any repeats of racist chanting and misbehavior by its fans.
"I wouldn't necessarily say that we had a lucky draw," Germany coach Joachim Loew said. "Austria will be playing with the entire nation behind it, that shouldn't be underestimated. Croatia eliminated England and how tough is to play against Poland we found out at the World Cup."
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Anyone going to Euro?
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I cuss so much this morning! I want France to go through! Ah like Italy, and Holland. I wanted to see meh boy Van Persie get on. Ah want to see meh old French team perform, men like Henry, Vieira, Gallas, Makele, etc. Oh gosh man!
How de bejesus can France, Italy and Holland be in the same group? Romania definitely in the group of death.
Will have to check out de dates and see if any matches going on after my finals.
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All tough groups...but Group C is really the most tears esp from a "name brand team" perspective.....
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spain have it easy. spain taking everything!!!! though i also backing holland and croatia...them have it rough.
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For the sake of beautiful football I hope Spain wins.
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May be ah missed it, but which group England in again :rotfl: ? HIGHLY BLESSED.
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For the sake of beautiful football I hope Spain wins.
Nah fuh de sake of beatiful football and highly paid players, ah hope England win :rotfl:. HIGHLY BLESSED.
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Why they make it soo easy for the Oranje :angel:
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i planing to go to the EURO....need match tickets...anyone ???
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How all dem big teams end up in d same group
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7123700.stm
One of France, Italy or Holland will not make the quarter-finals
World Champions Italy have been drawn in the same group as France and Holland for the European Championship finals next summer in Austria and Switzerland.
That line should read "AT LEAST One of France, Italy or Holland will not make the quarter-finals". Ah know it unlikely, but at least give Romania some kinda chance nuh? ;)
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For the sake of beautiful football I hope Spain wins.
Spain- beautiful football?
They have some good players, but their team game is never really that great to watch in my opinion...
But I guess in comparison to Greece, Sweden & Russia an argument can be made.
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For the sake of beautiful football I hope Spain wins.
Spain- beautiful football?
They have some good players, but their team game is never really that great to watch in my opinion...
But I guess in comparison to Greece, Sweden & Russia an argument can be made.
Th present Spanish team plays entertaining football.
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For the sake of beautiful football I hope Spain wins.
Spain- beautiful football?
They have some good players, but their team game is never really that great to watch in my opinion...
But I guess in comparison to Greece, Sweden & Russia an argument can be made.
Th present Spanish team plays entertaining football.
cool- haven't seen much of them in Euro quals. Last I saw of them was in the WC '06 and I thought they were kinda dull even in the thrashing of Ukraine....(i.e. apart from Torres)
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About the dutch
I thought we already had the group of death at worldcup !
now we have france italy and romania haha
vBasten already says he will stop right after euro2008
Dutch big newspaper says that the new dutch coach is one of the following 4:
Frank Rijkaard (FC Barcelona)
Bert van Marwijk (Feyenoord)
Fred Rutten (FC Twente)
Co Adriaanse (Al Sadd).
Not really the magnificent 4 in my book.
but Guus Hiddink is making too much euro's in Russia
Louis vGaal can't leave to do Holland ( contract says he can only leave to a foreign national team)
Beenhakker is doing Poland but perhaps he will do Belgium
I rather see the following 4 on the shortlist:
1)Luiz Felipe Scolari or Jurgen Klingsman
2)Foppe deHaan
3)Mourinho
Rijkaard I don't think so, why would he really want to do that ?
He might move to Milan one day but I'm not so sure about his relationship with Berlusconi, perhaps Berlusconi preffers vBasten. ( I think)
then Koeman might finally reach Barca.
I hope Hiddink will do Holland one more time after he goes with Russia to wc2010, so from 2010 till 2014
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Sony has recalled all GPS units immediately.
Apparently the GPS units cannot locate England,
Scotland, Ireland or Wales in EUROPE ;D :rotfl:
lmfao :rotfl:
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How all dem big teams end up in d same group
combination of several factors
1: Greece (title holders) and the two co hosts being guaranteed first seeds
2: Romania finishing ahead of the Netherlands in 06 qualifying
3: France dropping real points in the WC qualis to Switzerland, Ireland and Isreal, and to Scotland in the Euro qualifiers
4: Quite a bit of coincidence
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vBasten already says he will stop right after euro2008
He shoulda stop right after de WC 06.....ah eh know boy...mih beloved Oranje was just so ordinary last year...ah haven't seen them much since but from what ah hear, nutten much eh change from last year to now....