Category Archives: -Euro 2008

Euro 2008 – All I Want is Good Football

6/19/2008 – 4:19 pm

…and good lord, is this tournament delivering it or what? I wasn’t sure who I wanted to see win going in to the quarterfinal between Portugal and Germany, and I cheered every goal. The standard for this tournament has been open, attacking footie and I would have bet the house that things would be sure [...]

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Euro 2008 – Quarterfinals Set

6/18/2008 – 4:11 pm

I watched bits and pieces of the Spanish B team downing the Greeks today to keep their unbeaten streak (19) and win streak (9) alive. Good work, boys. I didn’t watch Sweden vs. Russia at all, which marks today as a rare abstention from the beautiful game and it’s a game a day through the [...]

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Euro 2008 – Cowardly Football

6/17/2008 – 4:29 pm

Before I go off on a small rant, let me first say that France has little to complain about going out after scoring one goal in three games (see the US in the most recent World Cup), however… I hate the way the Italians play the game. Hate it. Acting must be a prerequisite to [...]

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Euro 2008 – Psychology Lesson

6/17/2008 – 11:55 am

Perhaps one of the reasons soccer fails to capture the average American’s imagination is because they don’t understand the long history and, more importantly, the psychology of the game. As I was explaining to a friend yesterday, Spain vs. Sweden was more about the Spanish psyche than it was about a football match. Read the [...]

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Euro 2008 – The First Ho-Hum Day

6/16/2008 – 5:49 pm

Very little to remark on today’s results. Today was the first day of the tournament where the results of the games may have been up in the air but the end result was already a foregone conclusion. In order to advance, Germany needed to win or draw against Austria, the worst team in the tournament [...]

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Euro 2008 – The Best Ever?

6/15/2008 – 10:03 pm

Just have to throw this out there: I started seriously watching footie back in 1990 and have watched most games every World Cup since then. I’ve also watched, when possible, the European Championships, which was not always easy living in the US. So far Euro 2008 has been the best tournament of them all, full [...]

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Euro 2008 – The Other Side of the Peseta

6/15/2008 – 11:54 am

/ Right, so yesterday Spain showed the other side of their game. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it ugly (because it’s not) but it doesn’t get the heart racing either. The Spanish national team (and many teams in La Liga) suffer from an occasional superiority complex, where the game stops being about [...]

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Euro 2008 – Oh My Word

6/13/2008 – 4:09 pm

Was justice served in Italy vs. Romania? Probably. The Italians looked much improved but they still couldn’t find the net and were equal parts unlucky and unskilled in front of goal. No way Romania deserved a penalty so I’m glad Mutu botched it. Italy also showed their true colors in the dying minutes. Grosso is [...]

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Euro 2008 – Finally the Unexpected

6/12/2008 – 4:17 pm

Well, yesterday I said everything had been going according to script and then look what happens. That’s what makes these tournaments so great is that a team like Germany that looked utterly competent in their opener can just shut off, and a team like Croatia that looked as flat as a day-old Coke in their [...]

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Euro 2008 – What I Learned Today

6/11/2008 – 6:38 pm

Well, for one, that Cristiano Ronaldo is very good at the game called football. Derek Rae and the annoying spud were comparing the two Iberian sides today, but I have to say that Portugal most often looks like Spain’s B team. As with Spain’s 4-1 win, the 3-1 scoreline to Portugal definitely flattered them because [...]

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