The games are afoot: general Euro 2004 discussion thread (13 Viewers)

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Bahahahaha France 2 England 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Zinedine Zidane is the MAN. Another disgrace performance by England. What a freekick by Zidane; just shows why he is the best player in the world.
free kick makes him the best in the world??? ok, he is the best. but certainly not in this game.


FUCKING FROGS!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Bjerknes

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Last minute win for France, but IMO England deserved to take at least a point. IMO, Santini set up the play wrong, there was no way that France would be able to get through the middle with Lampard, Scholes and Gerrard all playing. Imo France should have used the wings more, Pires was very ineffective and Lizarazu did nothing.

IMO, they should have played like this:


--------Henry Trezeguet---------

---------------Zidane------------

-Rothen Makelele Vieira Pires-

--Buomsong Desailly Thuram--

-----------Barthez--------------


Barthez saved a Beckham penalty in the 74th minute, after Silvestre brought down Rooney.

IMO Thuram was very solid in the centre back position, was a stone in defense and only made one misstake. Great game.


P.S. If anyone's wondering, Henry wasnt ruled offside because an English player passed him the ball.
Yeah, a very nice pass by Steven Gerrard to a wide open Henry. :D Sorry to all Gerrard fans, he is not the player some people make him out to be.

About your formation Zlatan, that might be a little too risky. I just think France woke up at the right time, all thanks to the world's best himself.
 

nina

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Hats down to France, what a come-back! :star: Finally a game that stood-up to the name of EP! The English fans were already celebrating and I was thinking here we go France's WC saga all over again (not that I would be sad if it indeed happen :D ), but then came Zidane's free kick, really an act that only a true champion can perform and England's ship began to drawn.

Becks ... well, at least he scores with women :howler:
 

Bjerknes

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free kick makes him the best in the world??? ok, he is the best. but certainly not in this game.


FUCKING FROGS!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, he is the best. I'd like to see Steven Gerrard of David Beckham do something so crucial like that in a match. Oh wait, Gerrard is too busy passing the ball back to a wide open Henry and Beckham misses a penalty. He said he struck it well, but it wasn't very well at all if Barthez could get his whole body in front of it.
 
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Zlatan

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    Yeah, a very nice pass by Steven Gerrard to a wide open Henry. :D Sorry to all Gerrard fans, he is not the player some people make him out to be.

    About your formation Zlatan, that might be a little too risky. I just think France woke up at the right time, all thanks to the world's best himself.

    Well, I think it was more down to luck than anything else, because France couldnt do anything for the entire 2nd half ;)
     

    Bjerknes

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    Hats down to France, what a come-back! :star: Finally a game that stood-up to the name of EP! The English fans were already celebrating and I was thinking here we go France's WC saga all over again (not that I would be sad if it indeed happen :D ), but then came Zidane's free kick, really an act that only a true champion can perform and England's ship began to drawn.

    Becks ... well, at least he scores with women :howler:
    :LOL:

    It was a fantastic match though.
     

    venom

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    Oct 22, 2003
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    What a boring day in Portugal, only last few minutes brought some excitement. IMHO France still lacks DD and if they don't sort their midfield they won't be going too far. England, well one name tells the whole story of their finals - James.

    Merk was a positive surprise in today's match though he mysteriously missed that clear penalty call. The hell is wrong with those ref-politics anyway, meaning Spain-Russia and Croatia-Swi'land, are they trying to ban every player for the second round.:confused:
     
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    Yes, he is the best. I'd like to see Steven Gerrard of David Beckham do something so crucial like that in a match. Oh wait, Gerrard is too busy passing the ball back to a wide open Henry and Beckham misses a penalty. He said he struck it well, but it wasn't very well at all if Barthez could get his whole body in front of it.
    england 2-2 greece. wc2002 qualifiers last game. beckham did exactly the same. beckham missed a penalty. oh my, what a shitty player he is. dude, i'm not incubo so i wont start to question your knowledge. but do make sense before talking crap.
     

    Bjerknes

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    Well, I think it was more down to luck than anything else, because France couldnt do anything for the entire 2nd half ;)
    Luck? Riight. Luck that Emile Heskey made a dumbass challenge on Makelele for Zidane to work his magic. Luck that Steven Gerrard makes a fantastic pass right to Henry, for him to take on David James and being brought down. Luck for Zidane to make a perfect PK. Maybe England deserved a better result, but thats not what matters. England should have shut down the match. They only had five minutes to go for God's sake.
     

    Bjerknes

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    england 2-2 greece. wc2002 qualifiers last game. beckham did exactly the same. beckham missed a penalty. oh my, what a shitty player he is. dude, i'm not incubo so i wont start to question your knowledge. but do make sense before talking crap.
    How am I talking crap Vil? If Zidane isn't the best player in the world, who is then? Did I say Beckham is a shitty player? No. And frankly, I am not that big of a fan of either side. England lost, face the facts, they should have closed down the match.
     

    Bjerknes

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    you know what even without the goals zidane had a far better game that becham
    Thats certainly right Donny. The only thing I remember Beckham doing was taking the PK and the free kicks.
     

    Torkel

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    England ruined most of the match with their ultra defensive play, after they scored they tried nothing.

    What a sweet match, Rooney and Lampard behaving like morons, I'm so glad they lost. Sorry to all England fans, I'm sure you'll still go through.
     

    Amr

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    Dec 25, 2003
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    hehehehe

    i hate england

    thanx zizou for scoring 2 beatiful goals,,even the penalty he took was beautifull!!! :)
     

    Art^

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    I actually dont think Zidane played a good game. But that whats make him a world-class player, he can turn a whole game around with 2 touches, and not even playing good. Fantastic Player!
     

    Bjerknes

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    ++ [ originally posted by Torkel ] ++
    England ruined most of the match with their ultra defensive play, after they scored they tried nothing.

    What a sweet match, Rooney and Lampard behaving like morons, I'm so glad they lost. Sorry to all England fans, I'm sure you'll still go through.
    :LOL:

    I think the biggest moron award for the match goes to Steve Gerrard.
     
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