Football Fanats 2008

[BonzaiJoe]

CZE-POR 1-0
SUI-TUR 2-2

CRO-GER 0-2
AUT-POL 1-1

ITA-ROM 1-0
NED-FRA 2-1

SWE-ESP 0-2
GRE-RUS 0-1

[BonzaiJoe]

Last round:

SWI-POR 1-1
CZE-TUR 2-0

GER-AUS 2-0
POL-CRO 1-2

NED-ROM 2-0
ITA-FRA 1-1 (penalty shootout!)

RUS-SWE 3-2
SPA-GRE 3-0

[Duplode]

Finally caught something live - 2nd half of SWE - ESP. As it seems Sweden has gone plain clueless attack-wise after Ibrahimovic was subbed out... but Spain was really captivating, both in flair and fighting spirit!

[Mislav]

I don't really understand why Croatia can kick ass Italy (2x), Germany(2x), England(2x) etc. but when it comes to play vs. Switzerland (2006), Malta, Austria, sometimes it's so hard to score a single goal. Any ideas?

[Krys TOFF]

I don't really understand why Croatia can kick ass Italy (2x), Germany(2x), England(2x) etc. but when it comes to play vs. Switzerland (2006), Malta, Austria, sometimes it's so hard to score a single goal. Any ideas?

Maybe Switzerland, Malta and Austria are stronger than England, Italy and Germany.

[BonzaiJoe]

Maybe the Croatians have some psychological issues like undestimating some of the weaker teams, wanting an "easy" day, but then being extra set up and motivated against the big teams.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Last round:

SWI-POR 1-1
CZE-TUR 2-0

GER-AUS 2-0
POL-CRO 1-2

NED-ROM 2-0
ITA-FRA 1-1 (penalty shootout!)

RUS-SWE 3-2
SPA-GRE 3-0

If Italy and France plays an 1-1 draw (or 2-2, or 3-3 etc.), and Romania loses against Holland, (and I'm not mistaken,) Italy will go through the quarter finals. That's because in this case, Italy, Romania and France will both have 2 points. The results against each other counts, if I know well. The mini round-robin table would look like this

1 Italy 0 2 1 2-2 2pts
2 France 0 2 1 1-1 2pts
2 Romania 0 2 1 1-1 2pts,

and between France and Romania, the goal difference will be decisive (not in this round-robin, but in the full group). So Italy would go through in the way they were eliminated in 2004: the more goals scored in their draw-finished matches.

If they play 0-0, then:

1 Romania 0 2 1 1-1 2pts
1 Italy 0 2 1 1-1 2pts
3 France 0 2 1 0-0 2pts,

and between Italy and Romania, the goal difference will decide. If Romania loses exactly 3-0 to Netherlands, then it will be the UEFA coefficient decisive (because there's no ITA-ROM match in the last group round).

[CTG]

Let's hope NED will kick the gipsy asses!

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

By the way, check http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19079.pdf

You can find the correct rules about the question.

[CTG]

Oh my... Turkey guys are really fanatic. Poor Cech...

[BonzaiJoe]

That was appalling I am sad because I hoped Czech Republic would win. But I must say it was a really impressive performance from Turkey, they have very high discipline, fighting on so strongly in the rain when they are down 2-0 with 20 minutes left.

[Chulk]

I don't really understand why Croatia can kick ass Italy (2x), Germany(2x), England(2x) etc. but when it comes to play vs. Switzerland (2006), Malta, Austria, sometimes it's so hard to score a single goal. Any ideas?

Probably it is because they play very well when Counter-Attacking, and not so good when they have all the responsability to break a strong defense, they just lack the ideas...

[BonzaiJoe]

After seeing Germany today, I can see only three teams can still win this championship: Portugal, The Netherlands and Spain.

[CTG]

After seeing Germany today, I can see only three teams can still win this championship: Portugal, The Netherlands and Spain.

That's not exactly what Gary Lineker said in 1990...

[Krys TOFF]

After seeing Germany today, I can see only three teams can still win this championship: Portugal, The Netherlands and Spain.

Don't forget Croatia. With their "B" team they were better than Poland.