portugal v greece - euro2004 final PbP [R]

[afgrijselijkheid]

about 40 minutes til kickoff...

Portugal (4-5-1): 1-Ricardo; 13-Miguel, 16-Ricardo Carvalho, 4-Jorge Andrade, 14-Nuno Valente; 6-Costinha, 18-Maniche, 20-Deco, 7-Luis Figo, 17-Cristiano Ronaldo; 9-Pauleta

Greece (4-4-2): 1-Antonis Nikopolidis; 2-Yourkas Seitaridis, 19-Michalis Kapsis, 5-Traianos Dellas 14-Takis Fyssas; 8-Stelios Giannakopoulos, 7-Theodoros Zagorakis, 6-Angelos Basinas, 21-Costas Katsouranis; 15-Zisis Vryzas, 9-Angelos Haristeas

[deckham]

Gooooo Greece !

[warzycha13]

Go Greece! Pame Elladara! Make me proud! I hope for a bad reffereeing for us so that all this s... about friendly relationship between Rechagel and Merk will stop. (Is it refferee or referree?)

[deckham]

Go Greece! Pame Elladara! Make me proud! I hope for a bad reffereeing for us so that all this s... about friendly relationship between Rechagel and Merk will stop. (Is it refferee or referree?)
lol...it's referee...
silly name eh?

[prk166]

I'm pulling for Portugal. It'd be a great send off for Rui Costa and Figo.

[bkn0528]

commentator just mentioned the pre-tournament odds on this final were 250-1.

[deckham]

commentator just mentioned the pre-tournament odds on this final were 250-1.
lol... someone is a rich man

[mutinywxgirl]

guess I can't lose with this one, considering I'm Portuguese, and I work for Greeks. This is going to be classic - I hope!

[prk166]

Does anyone know Portugese? I've always wondered if the Portugese anthem ever says something like "we're not Spanish, we're not Spanish, for the last time we're not Spanish". :D

[afgrijselijkheid]

greece kicks off...

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3'

pauleta stripped near the area

[deckham]

ref letting the physical play happen early... good stuff. no diving i believe is going to influence the ref here i hope.

[afgrijselijkheid]

5'

Cronaldo 24M shot blocked away

[bkn0528]

5'

Cronaldo 24M shot blocked away

nice exchange between ronaldo and deco leading up to the shot

[afgrijselijkheid]

7'

greece breakout but maniche steals at MF

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figo ballhogs in the L corner, but eveentually wins a CK

taken short... aka wasted

nikopolidis beats pauleta to a high bouncer

9'

[prk166]

10' played, Greek throw in

[afgrijselijkheid]

nikopolidis takes his sweet time with a GK

11'

greeks starting to look comfortable on the ball

zagorakis wins a FK on the R, yellow costinha

basinas to serve... greece foul in the box, FK portugal

[SirManchester]

barely 13 minutes gone and Portugal are already fouling and getting away with it.

[afgrijselijkheid]

14'

low miguel diagonal drive pushed wide by the keeper

figo CK... headed out easily by zagorakis