No vergonha this time. lol Time to forget about the clubs for just these two months. Nothing but nats from now on.
I see the Czechs going all the way to the finals. Nedved is going to fire this team all the way. Basically, Germany-Netherlands is overhyped. The Czechs will beat the two of them and win the group. How about my boys Latvia? ;-) LOL J/K Nah, Latvians don't figure to go anywhere. France-England: Super Matchup. Neither team is favored and the fans will teach the Benfiquistas how to cheer at their own ground. ;-) Henry is always dangerous but the rest of the team may fail him this time. I expect Becks to be red-carded. Either him or that sod Scholes. Sweden-Denmark: Can be entertaining, considering that they're neighbours but their football isn't my cup of tea. Italy-Sweden: Expect this to be the match where Italy is "upset". Hehe. Again, their press starts calling for the coach's head. LOL This is how I see the standings: Group A Group B Group C Group D 1. Spain 1. Croatia 1. Sweden 1. Czech Republic 2. Portugal 2. England 2. Italy 2. Netherlands 3. Greece 3. France 3. Bulgaria 3. Germany 4. Russia 4. Switzerland 4. Denmark 4. Latvia Quarterfinals Spain-England Croatia-Portugal Czech Republic-Italy Sweden-Netherlands Semifinals Spain-Sweden Portugal-Czech Republic Final Spain-Czech Republic Winner Spain
As an Italian I can say that Sweden will not trouble Italy but Denmark will and that will probably be the game that Italy will lose in the group. Italy usually plays well against Sweden and Italy should be able to handle Bulgaria quite easily.
Spain-Russia: This Saturday What do you think will happen in that match? History may suggest that Spain might have an easy time with the Russians. At least the USSR would have given them trouble. However, Spain likes to play a faster game and Russians are typically slow in the summer months. The location favors the Spanish greatly. I predict a 3-1 score for Spain
yesterday I saw highlights on Fox sports world, the Italians are working out on the Belenenses stadium, I believe they will make some money England invited the portuguese school kids, and most of theme speak english
on the topic of training schedules and the public, ive got a quick question for u guys: where would i find out what times the italians are training at the restelo? im in lisbon at the moment and would love to watch them train. if any1 knows where i would be able to look for that info that would be much appreciated. thank
usually in the morning, and around 5pm, the last couple days will be close doors do you want to learn some defence?
Denmark vs Italy will be at the beautiful city of Guimaraes, just as you go thru the city you go thru a highway all you see is flowers, got be beautiful at these time of the year, don't forget to visit the castle and Bom Jesus in Braga, if you have a chance go to Santoinho the have food, all you can drink and dancing all night
Santoinho you go to the barrel of wine and just drink out of it, later in the night you get the champagnerion, boy those were the days
lots of portuguese fans attended the Italian workouts http://www.record.pt/noticia.asp?id=503580&idCanal=254
portuguese rtp i channel they just interview Casillas, was disappointed that Vitor Baia was not on the national team, one of his hero 20,000 FANS from England arrived in Albufeira Algarve, they starter to drink beer since early morning Greece workout today with open doors, the workout was soldout a lot of curious fans to watch Seitaridis and Fyssas
thanks for the info frank. i actually checked the italian federation's website and checked their press releases for info. i'll be going tomorrow to watch italy train at the restelo (which surprisingly is NOT closed doors) i wont be going to guimaraes at all this time round frank, though i have been before. i'll be going to porto to watch the italy vs sweden game though. cant wait. atmosphere here at the moment is electric. flags on every building. and i mean EVERY building. i went down to parque das nacoes (old expo) this morning and they've setup the fanpark there. it looks pretty special. i think theres 3 huge screens. you cant turn the tv on without hearing about the euro (typical portuguese reaction to overdo everything!!) anyways, thanks again for the info
rtp international, its all about the Euro you can see people all over the streets, in Algarve immigrants are catching the sun in the beautiful beaches, Nightlife will be going all night, Portugal is beautiful at night, Viva Portugal
a lot portuguese immigrants travel from France and they will be at the French games, not many tickets are left
fireworks just starter in the city of Porto, in the beautiful Douro river, thousands of people watching 11:25pm in Portugal
6,000 russians arrived today in Algarve for twomorrow's game with Spain, 40 charters arrived during the day Police all over the place special in the night clubs, bars etc.
Sunday will be a classic at the Light stadium, France vs England ex coach of Benfica Tony, paid a visit to his ex coach Erickson
Germans workout in Loule, the kids were fascinated with Kahn and Ballack players like this don't workout in Loule very often
Denmark vs Italy to be live on Fox sports world, it sucks, I missed the two games today, on top of it, no portuguese radio coverage, I had to call my wife every 5 minutes for updates. what waste of money, twomorrow I will miss two more games, I'm off on Monday hope to get some of my money back
I guess you would have to rely on me for Euro updates. Anyway, saw the Spain-Russia match...I won't say how I did that...I thought it was an even match. Spain took the initiative, as assumed. Russia had some good counters. I forget his name but one Russian made what I thought was the best play so far. He dribbled past three Spanish defenders, evading the tackles in the box, then hit a shot that came off Casillas' knee for a corner. Valeron hit the only goal, during the second half. He just came on the pitch before scoring.
That Russian was the Porto forward, Alenchivev (excuse the spelling)...he was by far their best player today..Portugal will have their hands full Thanks to TSN, both matches were on LIVE today across Canada..tomorrow's France vs England game will also be live and the Swiz vs Croatia will be replayed... Sorry to rub it in Frank! Can u sneak over the border...LOL! VIVA PORTUGAL...IT IS NOT OVER YET!
twomorrow France vs England, will find out if the fans behave special going thru 3 different spot checks over 50,000 england fans in Portugal some without tickets
But first Croacia against Switzerland. I see the Croatians winning this one. They have Sokota. lol Anyway, I predict Croatia 1- 0 Switzerland.
F France! LOL Actually, they deserve to win, knowing that England failed to put the game away. I hope that shuts those arrogant Brits up.