EURO 2008 Discussion Topic

Eczema · Post by **Eczema** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 09:34

Latest Champions League Scores

AC Milan 3 - 1 Fenerbahce
Chelsea 1 - 0 Anderlecht
FC Artmedia Bratislava 0 - 1 Inter Milan
Lyon 3 - 0 Real Madrid
Olympiakos 1 - 3 Rosenborg
PSV Eindhoven 1 - 0 Schalke 04
Rangers 3 - 2 FC Porto
Real Betis 1 - 2 Liverpool

WOOOOOO!!! Real Madrid sux. hope they don't qualify for knockout stage. Liverpool are leading their group! yay

Tomorrow's matches

Arsenal v FC Thun
Benfica v Lille
Club Brugge v Juventus
Rapid Vienna v Bayern Munich
Sparta Prague v Ajax Amsterdam
Udinese v Panathinaikos
Villarreal v Man Utd
Werder Bremen v Barcelona

Click here for porn · Post by **Click here for porn** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 08:38

Eczema here. A big week of World Cup qualifying action. Here are the teams that are going to Germany next year.

Nations in play-offs to goto Germany:

Australia Vs Uruguay
Bahrain Vs Trinidad and Tobago
Norway, Turkey, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland (Draw hasn't happened yet)

African Zone (5 Teams)

Latest Tables | Format Team Qualified
Angola (ANG) 08-Oct-05
Cote d'Ivoire (CIV) 08-Oct-05
Togo (TOG) 08-Oct-05
Ghana (GHA) 08-Oct-05
Tunisia (TUN) 08-Oct-05

Asian Zone (4.5 Teams)

Latest Tables | Format Team Qualified
Japan (JPN) 08-Jun-05
Iran (IRN) 08-Jun-05
Korea Republic (KOR) 08-Jun-05
Saudi Arabia (KSA) 08-Jun-05

European Zone (14 Teams)

Latest Tables | Format Team Qualified
Germany (GER) Host
Ukraine (UKR) 03-Sep-05
Netherlands (NED) 08-Oct-05
Poland (POL) 08-Oct-05
England (ENG) 08-Oct-05
Croatia (CRO) 08-Oct-05
Italy (ITA) 08-Oct-05
Portugal (POR) 08-Oct-05
Sweden (SWE) 12-Oct-05
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 12-Oct-05
France (FRA) 12-Oct-05

North, Central American and Caribbean Zone (3.5 Teams)

Latest Tables | Format Team Qualified
USA (USA) 03-Sep-05
Mexico (MEX) 07-Sep-05
Costa Rica (CRC) 08-Oct-05

Oceanian Zone (0.5 Teams)

Latest Tables | Format
No qualified teams as yet

South American Zone (4.5 Teams)

Latest Tables | Format Team Qualified
Argentina (ARG) 08-Jun-05
Brazil (BRA) 04-Sep-05
Ecuador (ECU) 08-Oct-05
Paraguay (PAR) 08-Oct-05

Anyway, go Australia. Guus Hiddink will lead us to qualification!!

-4n'Dant3- · Post by **-4n'Dant3-** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 17:36

uruguay are world class. australia dont have a hope.

Moriya · Post by **Moriya** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 23:33

-4n'Dant3- wrote:uruguay are world class. australia dont have a hope.

Uruguay nowadays isn't half the team it used to be. It's only average. And Australia's a little better than it used to be, or so I've heard. I sincerely can't guess who's gonna win...

Click here for porn · Post by **Click here for porn** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 06:30

Indeed, on Pro Evolution Soccer 4, there is little difference between them, ratings-wise. Both have weak defence, but have potentially excellent offense.

Schwarzer > Carini

But Forlan/Zalayeta/Silva > Viduka/Aloisi

And here are the draws for the Europe playoffs.

Spain v Slovakia

Switzerland v Turkey

Norway v Czech Republic

I hope Switzerland beat Turkey, Spain beat Slovakia, and Czech Republic beat Norway.

-4n'Dant3- · Post by **-4n'Dant3-** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:33

uruguay have a world class squad. a lot of their players are regulars in big clubs, no?

juve's montero and oliveira, real's carlos diogo and garcia, inter's recoba, villareal's forlan. theyre all good players.

australia need to rely on cahill and bresciano. aside from that theyre completely outclassed. plus, its also a disadvantage that guus has only been coach for a short time.

Click here for porn · Post by **Click here for porn** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 03:17

Montero doesn't play for Juve anymore, but that's not the point. I still think it's a fairly even contest, even if one or two of Uruguay's players are more famous, doesn't mean they are world class now.

Compare the squads for yourself.

Uruguay

Goalkeepers: Fabian Carini (Cagliari), and Sebastian Viera (Villarreal).

Defenders: Alejandro Lago (Rosenborg), Dario Rodriguez (Schalke 04), Diego Lopez (Cagliari), Diego Lugano (Sao Paulo), Paolo Montero (San Lorenzo), and Guillermo Rodriguez (Atlas).

Midfielders: Pablo Garcia (Real Madrid), Oscar Morales (Valladolid), Ruben Olivera (Juventus), Martin Parodi (Al Ali), Diego Perez (Monaco), Alvaro Recoba (Inter Milan), Gustavo Varela (Schalke 04), and Javier Delgado (Saturn).

Strikers: Diego Forlan (Villarreal), Marcelo Zalayeta (Juventus), Javier Chevanton (Monaco), Fabian Estoyanoff (Cadiz), Josemir Lujambio (Banfield), Richard Morales (Malaga), Mario Regueiro (Valencia), Vicente Sanchez (Toluca), Richard Nunez (Cruz Azul), and Dario Silva (Portsmouth).

Australia

Goalkeepers: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan)

Defenders: Steve Laybutt (Gent), Stan Lazaridis (Birmingham City), Jon McKain (Politechnica AEK Timisoara), Ljubo Milicevic (FC Thun), Craig Moore (Newcastle United), Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace), Tony Vidmar (NAC Breda),

Midfielders: Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Scott Chipperfield (FC Basel), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Vince Grella (Parma), Joel Griffiths (Neuchatel Xamax), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Jade North (Newcastle United Jets), Saso Petrovski (Sydney FC), Josip Skoko (Genclerbirligi), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City)

Strikers: John Aloisi (Alaves), Jason Culina (FC Twente), Ahmad Elrich (Fulham), Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory), Michael Thwaite (National Bucuresti), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough)

Very even, I'm sure you'd agree. Uruguay would be favourites, but it's still too close to call. And saying that Uruguay have a world class squad just because a few of their players play for big clubs is a moot point, as several Australian players also play for big clubs (Kewell - Liverpool, Kalac - AC Milan, Moore - Newcastle), and I wouldn't consider the latter two world class.

-4n'Dant3- · Post by **-4n'Dant3-** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:08

the problem for australia is that they dont have any creative forces outside of cahill and bresciano (and maybe emerton,) and their defence is still suspect. uruguay's defence is awesome - garcia is playing like makelele/vieira, diogo has nice pace, montero has the experience, and logic should imply that they play better as a team since their coach has been there for longer. also, you can't discount their attack and goalkeepers.

kewell has been out for ages and he's played like shat for 'pool, so... i dunno. i hope australia wins though.

btw, gluck for ACCESS.

7d3j · Post by **7d3j** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 16:03

I'm completely heartbroken by Arsenal's defeat at West Brom.

The era is over? Not too much wrong in that statement as far as I can tell... But half the first team squad was out!

Still think we can smite Man. United... *Hopes*

Click here for porn · Post by **Click here for porn** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 06:25

wats ACCESS?

And it's true the South Americans would be more creative than us, but keep in mind, Uruguay during the WC qualifying stages did not win one away game out of a possible 9. If they can't even win away to neighbours in their own continent, how can they win half-way around the world in Sydney? I have the utmost confidence we'll win in Australia, and probably lose in Uruguay. It all comes down to away goals, and if they're even, we have the advantage since the 2nd leg is here.

Anyway, I'll place bets on Australia to qualify.

-4n'Dant3- · Post by **-4n'Dant3-** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 15:35

ahhhh sorry. i meant ENTER.

south american crowds are notoriously difficult to play with... though i doubt australia can pull off the win, there's still a chance. i'd go and watch it if i didnt have any stupid exams, but shit happens.

Click here for porn · Post by **Click here for porn** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 08:27

Both legs are after my exams.

But yeah, I would go except it's in Sydney.

7d3j · Post by **7d3j** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 13:58

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-4n'Dant3- · Post by **-4n'Dant3-** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 14:10

Click here for porn wrote:Both legs are after my exams. But yeah, I would go except it's in Sydney.

, get your parents to sponsor. end of highschool present or something, unless you have something bigger you want them to get... hahaha.

Click here for porn · Post by **Click here for porn** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 15:07

7d3j wrote:^Still posting as Click Here for Porn?

I haven't received an email from SS yet. I think my email's fucked.

And my parents are too tight to give me anything.