Kudos to Otto Reghagel for transforming this average bunch of individuals to a collective unit of absolute class and determination
They defended like champions and covered every blade of grass like grasshoppers and deserve to be in the final
Not because they are defensive but because they are organised and there is the difference between them and most of the dross that came to this championships
They all fight for eachother and the lone striker though starved of the ball did a yeoman's job in every game , compare him to Vieri
The Italians were hugely disappointing as they are better than what they achieved but if your manager is useless then nothing you can do about it
The English, well, as long as we cannot have midfielders that can dominate games by holding onto the ball and dictating the tempo of the game then we would never win anything cos if the only player that can hold onto the ball in a squad of 23 players is an 18 year old you have problems
Scoring goals has neevr been a problem its just how we play that leaves a lot to be desired
The Dutch , well Advocaat should be publicly flogged, how on earth can a team that had Ruud, Mckaay, Kliuvert and Van Hoiijdonk, play with just the one striker and start almost every game with Van Der Meyde, the worst winger bar camoranesi in the tournament
They just won 1 match and very fortunate for me to get to semis as they were just crap thruout and were baffling against Portugal
Commiserations to the Czechs as they went for it in all games and deserved to be at least in the final but thats football
Portugal just greww and grew and is it not typical that the worst portugal side in the last 8 years for me might be the one that goes on to win something
Italy, well you should have been more daring
Spain well you ought to have fired Saez as soon as he called up Raul Bravo to the squad
France every era has to end and for goodness sakes change your defense with younger players and drop Silvestre altogether
Holland at least there is no way Advoccat would still be in charge so thats a consolation
England on the grandest stage we aint good enuff and please stop the overrating of players in the premiership, its not the best in the world, Gerrard has never been and is not likely to be the best midfielder in Europe, Henry is not the best in the world and please let a gem in Rooney improve in peace but that not likely to ever happen
Germany well you actually did better than i expected as your guys are big name players , pity none of your strikers are better than Emile heskey