EURO 2004 Prediction:

[reverse_swing]

Originally posted by oracle

sure I will be back though, you know, could be a matter of just hours now.

I'm talking about ur Portu/Sweden Final not today's match.

[reverse_swing]

Originally posted by reverse_swing

I'm talking about ur Portu/Sweden Final not today's match.

[200SX]

wat a start for england

goal in 3 min by owen......................

[200SX]

this is how it happened......

3' Owen (England) scores! The Liverpool FC striker scores his first goal of the tournament. Costinha attempts to head back to his goalkeeper Ricardo but Owen nips in between the two central defenders and scores with an acrobatic effort.

wat a great start of this big match

[reverse_swing]

Well deserved win for Portugal.

[Navarene]

Thank you, Mr. Beckham

[reverse_swing]

so many England supporters. strange!

din paltaise mone hoshe. age sobai Brazil Argentina Holland Italy eisob dolre support dito

[Edited on 24-6-2004 by reverse_swing]

[rassel]

I couldn’t watch the game because of some stupid work. Anyway, from the score sheet I could see that it was an explosive match up. Just as so many of us expected this match to be a real cracker and it was for real. What I am hearing is this that England had fairly good chance to pulling of a victory, but they blow it by playing defensive way too early. You do not want to do that against Portugal. They should have continued to play attacking football instead of defending their one lame goal.

I remember in the last world cup when United States scored 3 goals against Portugal first 36 minutes of the first half. Then, when the second half started instead of trying to score more goals U.S. basically stood like a guard dog. Nest thing you know, Portuguese were coming a like an African wild dog. They almost agonizelly came close to snatch draw (US 3 Portugal 2). So anyway, my point is it is just dumb idea to defend a single goal.

I really feel sorry for Rooney. He could have been player of the competition, but now it will go to somebody else.

One last thing, I am definitely praying for the France to demolish the Athenian. Go king bring some more glory for France!






[Edited on 25-6-2004 by rassel]

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

jaihok,
portugal kintu joi labh korlo. well done portugal. good game. jak ashorer moja kintu akhono tara tikiye rakhte shokkhom holo. ebong aro akbar jeno scolari erikson ke hariye dilen. well done scolari too. aro akbar kintu har mante holo eriksonke. scolari ar shathe tini jeno kichutai parchen na. gotokalker khelay star kintu chilen portugese goalkeeper. ebong gotokalke owen tar form fire peleo boraborer moton kintu bertho chilen shai beckham. tini kintu gotokalo penalty shot miss koren. take kintu rukhe den oshamanno dokkhotay portugese goalkeeper. jaihok ajke ar ak favorite france khelbe greece ar shathe. shoktir bichare kintu france oboshhoi greece ar tulonai agiye. tobe kichui bola jai na. karon aibar jebhabe oghoton ghotachhe choto dol gulo tate khelar folafol kintu kichui nishchit kore bola jachhe na. tobe asha korbo zidan ajke kono oghoton ghotte dibe na. asha korbo tara tader shabhabik khelata khele greece ke porajito korte shokkhom hobe. ai shai greece jara prothom match a portugalke porajito kore thomke diyechilo shobaike. dekha jak ajke tara ki kore. dannabad.

[rassel]

Portugal soccer team supporters cheer at goalkeeper Ricardo who scored the winning goal for Portugal beating England, 6-5, on penalties in the Euro 2004 quarterfinal match between England and Portugal they have been watching on a giant screen set up in Lisbon's Expo area, Thursday, June 24, 2004.
(AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)




to Ricardo

[rassel]

Portuguese riot police arrest an English soccer supporter(AP)





[Edited on 25-6-2004 by rassel]

[Zobair]

Watched the match....was an awesome match...props to both England and Portugal. Both showed tremendous spirit. First Portugal showed some real fight when they fought all the way to pull in the equalizer near the death. Then England showed some real spirit to equalize when Portugal pushed ahead with a thunderous goal in the 2nd extra time. The final word, for me, goes to Ricardo (the Portugese goalie). He saved two penalties and scored the winning one to finish off a great performance

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

ji bhai,
ak match ai ricardo tini kintu akdom hoye gelen portugal ar hero. goal thekalen 2ta penaltyte abar nijeo goal korlen. kal jeno tar din chilo. oi beta englishra na parle oirokomi kore oder supporterra. one of the most usrinkhol supporters.

[AsifTheManRahman]

dhuro shalar beckham ***********

amar nanio er theikka bhalo penalty mare!

[Huda]

Originally posted by pompous
Watched the match....was an awesome match...props to both England and Portugal. Both showed tremendous spirit. First Portugal showed some real fight when they fought all the way to pull in the equalizer near the death. Then England showed some real spirit to equalize when Portugal pushed ahead with a thunderous goal in the 2nd extra time. The final word, for me, goes to Ricardo (the Portugese goalie). He saved two penalties and scored the winning one to finish off a great performance

he saved one penalty, beckham skied his

[Navarene]

Minnow Goliath killed mighty David!

Still can't believe in my eyes! Greece sneaked a win over France!! O man...where was the "king" Henry? where was Zidane, the magician??

I didn't feel the urge to watch it live since I thought it would be a one sided party. Now I regret not to watch the game. A glorious victory for Greece

One thing is for sure to keep in mind after this match- that european football has reached to his highest level, where there are no minnows or mighties. Every nation can beat one another on any given day. Congratulation Greece:


Barthez has no chance as Angelos Charisteas powerfully heads into the net

[Edited on 25-6-2004 by Navarene]

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

navarene bhai,
apni kintu akti ottanto guruttopurno jinish point out korechen. hai akhon kintu euro championship ar cup shudhui france italy ebong germany kingba england ar ghore thakbe na. akhon dekhe mone hochhe shobai akbar kore sheta tader ghore rakhte parbe. karon akhon football oh kintu hoye utheche onishchoyotar khela. akhon je keo je karor kachhe harte pare. underdogs can play like the favorites and the favorites can also turn into underdogs. greece prothom match a portugalke obishhashho bhabe hariye kintu chomok dekhiyechilo ebong kalke taro abaro chomok dekhalo tournament ar shiroper onnotomo dabidar france ke hariye diye taderke tournament theke ber kore diye. dannabad.

[Huda]

greece played well, but france were poor with no inspiration, and maybe were a bit complacent, even though henry had a very good chance near the end.

[AsifTheManRahman]

khub bhalo hoise france out howe gese...

btw looking forward to today's match...it's gonna b one heck of a qtr final

[oracle]

So what are the predictions re Holland versus Sweden. Will Holland choke now?:P

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

jaihok,
duti quarter final ai kintu dekha gelo je oshomo shoktir loraiyye shesh porjonto kintu bijoy labh korche kom shoktir dolti. ajke kintu khela hobe motamoti bolete gele shomo shoktir dui doler. jodio amar mone hoi shoktir bichare holland kichuta holeo agiye. tobe amar mone hoi ajker quarter finalti ager duti quarter final ar theke beshi uttejonakor hobe. jodio khub akta amar mone hoi na karo interest thakbe karon era kewi khub akta top favorite dol nai. kintu ki ar kora. dudhsher shadh ghol diye mitate hobe. france jokhon nai tokhon holland ke support korai shadh mitate hobe ajke. tobe ashorer jonopriota tikiye rakhar jonno ajke oboshhoi hollandke joi labh korte hobe. dannabad.

[Huda]

Originally posted by oracle
So what are the predictions re Holland versus Sweden. Will Holland choke now?:P

who says the dutch are favourites, may ppl are going for sweden and they can certainly compete with holland no doubt about that plus holland havent been so far.

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

jaihok,
huda bhai ami bollam holland is popular than sweden ai karone je if you look at this poll then you can see that holland is included in the poll but sweden is not even there. aitar upor bhitti korai ami tokhon bollam je holland is more popular than sweden.

[Carte Blanche]

Big Holland fan here!! I'm the only one who voted for Holland in the poll, LOL. Sweden shouldn't be any problem for the Orange Army. So, who do we play in the Semis again? Portugal right?

[reverse_swing]

another Holland fan here!