My double elim. tourny 1st rd. results and round 1 of losers bracket

[KCWiz]

ROUND 1 RESULTS
Brazil over Belgium
Mexico over Turkey
Holland over Portugal
Germany over Czech Republic
Argentina over Denmark
France over Italy
United States over England
Spain over Ireland

SO...THE LOSERS BRACKET ROUND 1-TAKE YOUR PICS
Belgium vs.Turkey
Portugal vs. Czech Republic
Denmark vs. Italy
England vs. Ireland

[Roehl Sybing]

Belgium eliminates Turkey, 2-1 - Tough loss puts a dent in Turkish aspirations at the international level
Portugal eliminates Czech Republic, 1-0 aet - Golden goal by the last of the golden generation
Italy eliminates Denmark, 3-0 - Unexpected goal flurry by Italians surprises Danes
England eliminates Ireland, 3-1 - English save face with convincing win over Irish

[HwarangDo]

Belgium 0-3 Turkey
Portugal 2-1 Czech Republic
Denmark 0-1 Italy
England 2-0 Ireland

[IASocFan]

Belgium 1-2 Turkey
Portugal 3-1 Czech Republic
Denmark 0-1 Italy
England 1-0 Ireland

[Auriaprottu]

Originally posted by KCWiz
SO...THE LOSERS BRACKET ROUND 1-TAKE YOUR PICS
Belgium vs.Turkey
Portugal vs. Czech Republic
Denmark vs. Italy
England vs. Ireland

TUR d BEL 2-0. The '02 bronze winners are too strong.

POR d. CZE. 3-0. Selecao Lite has a bit of a kick.

ITA d. DEN 2-1. The Azzurri's talent finally gets used for proper, attacking ball.

ENG d. IRE 1-0. Keane's absence makes the difference.

[afgrijselijkheid]

2 Belgium Turkey 2
van der heyden 12' kahveci 15'
sonck 87' emre 57'
turkey wins on PKs 4-3

a match filled with heart - blood sweat and tears left on the pitch - tugay sent off in the 75th minute for a reckless challenge on bart goor nearly costs turkey the result

1 Portugal Czech Republic 3
pauleta 85' koller 22'
smicer 35' (PK)
baros 88'

the physicality of the czechs wins the day against a club quickly becoming underachievers after teasing at euro2000

2 Denmark Italy 2
tomasson 44' vieri 25'
rommedahl 63' del piero 89'
italy wins on PKs 3-2

cattenaccio nearly lays another egg but ADP emerges with his familiar heroics to send it into extras - toldo justifies his selection with 2 big stops on tomasson when the score is 2-1

3 England Ireland 2
beckham 17' keane 45+
owen 54' keane 86'
rooney 112'

the boy wonder fires in from 25 meters against the run of play to save englands blushes - a fast paced, physical tussle with not one but two robbie k backflip/archery celebrations - rio loses keane twice but clears a duff effort from the line in the extra session