World Cup and European leagues

[Greek Tragedy]

Ronaldo has definitely "matured" his flopping antics in the last few years.  When he first came to United, all he did was that stupid stepover move and flopped.  He's turned into a great player but still has his moments of flopping.  However, they are far less often than they used to be. 

[Greek Tragedy]

Game	RESULT	O.S.	Pts	WLC	Pts	Sac	Pts
Switz v Czech	Czech	Tie	1	Czech	2	--	0
Port v Turk	Port	Port	2	Port	2	--	0
Aust v Croatia	Croatia	Tie	1	Croatia	2	--	0
Germ v Pol	Germ	Germ	2	Germ	2	--	0
Rom v France	Tie	Tie	2	France	1	France	1
Neth v Italy	Neth	Tie	1	Italy	0	Italy	0
Spain v Rus	Spain	Spain	2	Spain	2	Spain	2
Greece v Swed	Sweden	Tie	1	Sweden	2	Sweden	2
Total			12		13		5

[Greek Tragedy]

Group A:
Pilsner Urquell to win
Istanbul or Constantinople to win

Group B:
same as 83's

GroupC:
only addendum F-N tie/draw

Group D:
same as 83's

signed,
Zidane (Gorgy Rules Apply)

Translation:

Group A:
Portugal and Turkey

Group B:
Germany and Poland

Group C:
France v Netherlands TIE
Italy v Romania ?? ?

Group D:
Spain and Greece

[sac]

Nuts, forgot about this

Would have picked Portugal and Swiss today.

Germany, Poland

Italy, Netherlands

Spain, Russia

[Mr. Ypsi]

I've noticed that he is not AS annoying as he used to be!  

I figure his talent has to have been a Faustian bargain, but if he can actually curb his ego to get his team a guaranteed shot (he probably would have beaten the keeper, but the pass made it a guaranteed goal), he must not have completely gone over to the dark side!

[Hoosier Titan]

I didn't see Portugal today, but I noticed during the Champions League final that CR seems to be playing more within himself and as a member of a team.  I just read a piece on him in FourFourTwo; evidently when he first joined Man U Ryan Giggs called him a "trick pony" and CR now says Giggs was right. 

So how about Scolari for Chelsea?  Wonder how much that deal was worth!

[Mr. Ypsi]

With the decline in flopping (against Chelsea, I thought he actually DID get tripped a couple of times, with no call ), and the possibility that the 'smirk' is more like my dog (she scares some folks because she bares her teeth and barks/gives an indeterminate gutteral sound; they fail to notice that her tail is wagging 100 mph), I may have to actually become a Ronaldo fan.

He IS probably the best in the world right now.  I just wish he could show the class of Pele (and the obvious joy of the game, rather than seeming snarky).

[Greek Tragedy]

Wow, Germany goes down. 

[Mr. Ypsi]

[Rather than modify my above post (which modification people may never see)]:

<--  My dog (and Ronaldo??).

[Mr. Ypsi]

Wow, Germany goes down. 

Both AP and SI are calling it the first upset of the Euros.  I disagree.  While Nederland downing Italy is only a mild upset, the way they completely dominated them has to be classified as a surprise.

And, dang, I missed Croatia/Germany!

[Greek Tragedy]

"IT'S A DUTCH OVEN AND THE FRENCH...ARE TOAST!!!"

Commentator after the Netherlands' fourth goal

LOL 

[Mr. Ypsi]

Memo to those who believe soccer is too slow (which is presumably no one on THIS board ):  with France down 2-0, Henry scored in the 71st minute to set up a nail-biting finish.  Robben then put the lead back to 2 goals so fast the NBA shot-clock would not have expired!

[Ralph Turner]

Memo to those who believe soccer is too slow (which is presumably no one on THIS board ):  with France down 2-0, Henry scored in the 71st minute to set up a nail-biting finish.  Robben then put the lead back to 2 goals so fast the NBA shot-clock would not have expired!

However, in the NBA game, we would have seen four commercials during the three time-outs of that round of the shot clock.

[Mr. Ypsi]

A question:  Italy and France each have a loss and a tie, and are each -3 on GD.  Romania has two ties.  IF Italy and France tie, and the Dutch beat Romania by 3 (neither outcome seems particularly unlikely), the Italians, French, and Romanians would all have 2 points and be -3!   Who the heck goes through?!

(I say if the three of them can't muster a single win amongst them, send 'em all home! )

[sac]

Is it just me or does it look like Holland can score everytime they have the ball?

Dear Holland, please let Romania win.