what its a conspiracy that not only did greece win the competition they were by far and away the best team in it. by miles and miles and miles.
what its a conspiracy that not only did greece win the competition they were by far and away the best team in it. by miles and miles and miles.
the greeks did great, played intellegent football. if the teams that faced them were a little smarter they would have won but they werent. the greeks played a man vs. man defending meaning that each player followed one of portugals players all of the game now if the protubitches would have moved unusual they would have a better chance of scoring and also winning. basicly they neede to move more since it was harder to get to the open areas.
greece play unattractive negative football... true it might win games (sometime!!!) but definitely its not gonna win hearts all around the world... portugal played badly last... i mean not quite up to expectations since they've had better days...
one more thing... trust me on tat... greece will NOT qualify for the next world cup... confirm!!!
dude get over it, greece are the best nation at fooballing in the EU, and for the first time in my life time a competition has been won by the best team in it. none of this luck nonsense they ebat everyone they cam eagainst and the beat the 2nd favorites at home twice. the only team that played half as good as greece were the czechs after that sweden came a lousy 3 rd place MILES off the pace set by both greece and czech r.
come on... lets have a bet man... greece aint gonna qualify for the world cup in germany... loser's gonna announce his/her pathetic little judgemental error on the board...
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Whether they qualify or not for the World Cup, it doesn't matter (although if countries like South Korea, Slovenia, Russia and Republic of Ireland can qualify for the World Cup then I'm sure its possible for Greece to do so). They out-played and out-thought some of the best teams in Europe (its not like they had an easy run as well, they got past some of the hardest teams) and they barely conceded any goals.
If you're expecting all football to be played in a Brazillian style then yes you might find the more defensive teams dull, but I thought the final was a good, tense game, especially since I was supporting Greece. You can't blame them for not being an attacking team, that isn't one of their strengths, their strengths are that they're fit as fuck, well organised and they clearly have a really good manager. Football is a tactical game, but playing defensively doesn't necessarily mean its bad football to watch.greece play unattractive negative football... true it might win games (sometime!!!) but definitely its not gonna win hearts all around the world
I thought it'd be a boring final myself, but at first I assumed that once Portugal got one goal, Greece would collapse making it an easy (and therefore boring) final after that, but Greece played much better than I expected...
Portugal played badly, mainly because Greece made them play badly by marking their three main threats (Ronaldo, Figo and Deco) completely out of the game. As a result Portugal couldn't break Greece down often enough to make enough decent chances. Then when Greece counter attacked, they looked more dangerous.portugal played badly last
if i'm not wrong... south korea do not belong to EU... true i had wish for ALL teams to play attractive attacking football... and greece dun tats why they suck... greece are like the germany of old... but one thing i'm sure they wont dominate EU football like west germany did back in their days... true they won the cup but greece is juz a one-tournament wonder... tats why i said they wont make it to the world cup... i hope tats clear for ya...
well than again... maybe EU football is not for me being too overly cautious.. so lets hope the copa america is not as dead as euro04
No you're not wrong about South Korea, but isn't that irrelevant to what I was saying? I was just saying that lots of countries who aren't exactly brilliant at football manage to qualify for World Cups...the fact that they're not European doesn't matter does it?
No they won't dominate European football like Germany did, I don't think anyone would claim such a thing as it isn't realistic.
Their performance wasn't startling, but they proved that just about any country can be successful in a tournament with the right tactics and attitude etc, their players aren't great players like Rivaldo (of old...he spent the last season trying to get a club from what I heard) etc, but they were enough to get the job done in this tournament. I'd be excited to get that number 5 defender to join City though, he looked really composed which is exactly what we need at the moment (especially after last season).
I don't think European countries are ALL necessarily too cautious, its just that Germany, Holland, Italy and France all seem to suck these days which gave other countries the chance to progress further...plus Euro tournaments aren't usually known for being pretty anyway so you're right that its probably not for you, thats why I stick to league football in England when possible. You might like Premiership football if you can get that where you live, thats generally much faster paced than other European countries...
well actually it does, even the shittest teams in europe (not san marino but romania an such) are beter than teams like s.korea, the difference is s.korea happen to be the best in there qualifying section so they basically automatically qualify for the world cup. the same way rangers or celtic are guranteed to be playing in EU football every season, not because they are good but everyone else is so bad.
Good point chambers. Taken.
But the other countries I mentioned were valid...
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