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Meho:
Exciting first day! Ok, it's not.

Lunatic:
I feel as Greece was lucky to get a point, yet they did have some odds stacked against him..horrible sending off, and could have been a PK in the 1st half.. but they did get one in the second, and missed it.

Horrible goaltending by Szczesny on the first goal

Furor Teutonicus:

--- Quote from: Lunatic on June 07, 2012, 08:25:14 PM ---Is it certain Hummels won't start?

--- End quote ---

Pretty much. They speculate that Gomez might replace Klose tho.

Schweinsteiger and Klose can't be in shape either, you should have a chance today. Go Portugal ;D

Pleasantly surprised about the first 2 games.

Lunatic:
Congrats to Germany

As for my take on Portugal..

I thought we played well. We showed a ton of passion and heart and we deserved a draw. I liked how at times, we didn't give them too much space in the MF and forced them backwards. We did play for a draw though.

On the goal, I don't know why we let them cross it in..we basically gave them the space & time to do so.. Reminded me of Euro 2000 vs. England, when we basically allowed Beckham to take a free kick cross into the box.. Patricio had no chance on the goal. It did take an unlucky bounce off Moutinho which affected Pepe's positioning on Gomez.

I thought Joao Pereira (our RB) was pretty bad. Unfortunately, he's the best of a bad group at RB. Pepe was solid, Alves surprised the heck out of me. Coentrao was easily our best player on the pitch.

Veloso as well, surprised me and was quite solid. Meireles was very disappointing, gave away possession far too often. Moutinho was quite decent, played some slow balls at times but was still quite good.

Ronaldo created when he received the ball, but I feel like we didn't get it to him enough. Nani didn't show any signs of the injury and was effective. Postiga is a waste of space and I hope he doesn't start vs. Denmark.

No complains on our manager Paulo Bento, I thought the 2 subs were excellent.. Shocked and HAPPY he went to Nelo/Varela over Almeida/Quaresma. Nelo didn't get too involved but created something out of nothing on Varela's golden opportunity.. He absolutely should have buried that! Varela played damn good though as a sub.

I hope Bento saw enough from Nelo to start him Wednesday, but I'm concerned he did not.. And I hope Varela remains first choice substitute if we need offense off the bench..

Obviously the last 15 minutes was gorgeous play as we looked for the equalizer, and many (including myself) may say "why didn't we play like that all game?" But keep in mind that's a dangerous style to play for 90 minutes, far too open..Germany probably would have scored 3 if we played like that all game.. But that was really some beautiful attacking football.

We'll play much more open vs. Denmark, as we absolutely need a win and they're offense isn't as dangerous as Germany.

Very bad luck.. Pepe's crossbar, Nani's [freak] crossbar on a cross, and Varela's golden opportunity..Add in Alves header at the end, and Nani's shot which was blocked on a gorgeous pass back from Ronaldo.. Ronaldo had a decent shot or 2 also, that forced a nice save(s). We should have scored & would have deserved it, a draw would have been a just result.

I am faithful we can still advance, we showed a ton of quality today. But it has to start Wednesday with a victory over Denmark who I think may defend tough for a draw since they already have 3 points.

Portugal beat Denmark
Germany tie Holland
Portugal tie Holland
Germany beat Denmark

We'd advance as 2nd place with only 4 pts..

daWappla:
After tonight's games, group B should be even more interesting than before. Even though the Dutch lost to Denmark, I still think that the Danish will come up last in this group. Tuesday will be make or break for Oranje, basically. I don't think they will beat Germany, so assuming that Portugal beats Denmark it would be Germany/6, Portugal/3, Denmark /3 and Holland/zero. That would lead to Germany/9 against Denmark, and Portugal/Netherlands would play for 2nd place. Killer group right there, can't wait.

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