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K.Dub:
--- Quote from: bouli77 on October 13, 2011, 02:33:52 PM ---Turkey v. Croatia 8)looking forward to that. looks like it's gonna be a heated confrontation. i think Croatia's gonna win though.
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Yeah let's hope Croatia goes through. Damn Turks!
13th Duke:
--- Quote from: Lunatic on October 13, 2011, 04:40:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: 13th Duke on October 13, 2011, 03:47:15 PM ---I'd be worried if I was supporting Portugal or Czech Republic though, both Bosnia and Montenegro are tough games. Both sides have had a great qualifying campaign. Portugal should already be disappointed they've needed a playoff game for starters though. Especially from that group.
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Portugal will be fine. Czech are a very poor team and Montenegro will defeat them. Portugal will be disappointed but the reason they're in this position doesn't have much to do with current form. Yes they played bad at Denmark, but that's a tough rough road game. Prior to that, they had won 5 qualifiers in a row. They will defeat Bosnia.
The reason they are in this position has more to do with how they started the campaign - with a 4-4 home tie to Cyprus and 1-0 road defeat to Norway; all because we had major problems going on with our coach and president (Quieroz and Madail). Since those two games, Quieroz was fired and we've been in much better form under Bento.
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Quieroz was a disaster from the start tbh.
I think you're being a bit laid back and overconfident considering though. I do think you'll win...as you should, but still its a tougher draw than it may seem and it'll still take a top performance to ensure qualification. I've not seen Portugal play as genuinely well as they can for quite some years now, which is surprising considering how good your team is. Hopefully you can make a splash at the Euros because you'd certainly be a dark horse.
13th Duke:
--- Quote from: K.Dub on October 14, 2011, 12:33:51 AM ---
--- Quote from: bouli77 on October 13, 2011, 02:33:52 PM ---Turkey v. Croatia 8)looking forward to that. looks like it's gonna be a heated confrontation. i think Croatia's gonna win though.
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Yeah let's hope Croatia goes through. Damn Turks!
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I'm rooting for Turkey simply because they're always exciting in the finals. They were the best team to watch (well...apart from Spain of course) at the last Euros when you look at the matches they played...the 3-2 win over Czech Rep, the Penalty thriller vs Croatia, the semi-final vs Germany...
Invincible:
--- Quote from: 13th Duke on October 14, 2011, 04:38:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: K.Dub on October 14, 2011, 12:33:51 AM ---
--- Quote from: bouli77 on October 13, 2011, 02:33:52 PM ---Turkey v. Croatia 8)looking forward to that. looks like it's gonna be a heated confrontation. i think Croatia's gonna win though.
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Yeah let's hope Croatia goes through. Damn Turks!
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I'm rooting for Turkey simply because they're always exciting in the finals. They were the best team to watch (well...apart from Spain of course) at the last Euros when you look at the matches they played...the 3-2 win over Czech Rep, the Penalty thriller vs Croatia, the semi-final vs Germany...
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Lets not forget their journey in World Cup 2002. A nice 3rd place finish.
Lunatic:
--- Quote from: 13th Duke on October 14, 2011, 04:36:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lunatic on October 13, 2011, 04:40:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: 13th Duke on October 13, 2011, 03:47:15 PM ---I'd be worried if I was supporting Portugal or Czech Republic though, both Bosnia and Montenegro are tough games. Both sides have had a great qualifying campaign. Portugal should already be disappointed they've needed a playoff game for starters though. Especially from that group.
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Portugal will be fine. Czech are a very poor team and Montenegro will defeat them. Portugal will be disappointed but the reason they're in this position doesn't have much to do with current form. Yes they played bad at Denmark, but that's a tough rough road game. Prior to that, they had won 5 qualifiers in a row. They will defeat Bosnia.
The reason they are in this position has more to do with how they started the campaign - with a 4-4 home tie to Cyprus and 1-0 road defeat to Norway; all because we had major problems going on with our coach and president (Quieroz and Madail). Since those two games, Quieroz was fired and we've been in much better form under Bento.
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Quieroz was a disaster from the start tbh.
I think you're being a bit laid back and overconfident considering though. I do think you'll win...as you should, but still its a tougher draw than it may seem and it'll still take a top performance to ensure qualification. I've not seen Portugal play as genuinely well as they can for quite some years now, which is surprising considering how good your team is. Hopefully you can make a splash at the Euros because you'd certainly be a dark horse.
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Yes, he was a disaster. Under him, Portugal played fantastically disciplined defense (only allowed 1 goal in 4 games at the world cup) but horrible offense (scored in only game of four - granted it was 7 goals vs korea lol).
Bosnia will also be missing 75% of there starting defenders for the first leg -- at home -- when the main goal is to not concede. Also will be missing 50% of that defense for the second leg. They also have 9 players entering the first leg a yellow card away from missing the second leg -- surely a few of those will pick up yellows.
With Pepe & Coentrao back, we're a different team than the one we fielded at Denmark.
It won't be easy, but I say there's a 90% chance we win.
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