Greece - Russia 1-2 & Spain - Portugal 0-1 - Spain is out!!

[Jome]

Portugal - Russia 2-0

Told y'all Rui Costa is the truth!!
Dunno why they took off Figo, Deco was exhausted..
Next match they matter start with Ronaldo, Figo & Rui Costa.. and give Pauleta a vacation.
Finally a Norwegian made the spotlight..  
Now they probably have to beat Spain.. they're not among the favorites anymore..


Spain - Greece 1-1

Disappointing that Spain didn't win, they shouldn't have taken Morientes off..  
Greece is a outsider, they can reach far..

[bez]

Greece are through, that means either Spain or Portugal are going out.  Unluckyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!  One country is gunna be gutted on June 20th

COME ON ENGGGGGGLAND!!!!  A good 2-0 victory for us me thinks.  Rooney and Owen will both score!!!!

Rui Costa did ok when he came on, thats the way he should play though, hes a big player, but in the first match he looked less than average, today he looked good.  Ronaldo is a legend, I cant believe how good this guy is gunna be in like 5 years or sumit.  He's waht, 18/19, jesus hes so fucking superb.  He will be awesome for Man Utd next season!!!!

[Jome]

LOL @ legend, he's a supertalent, but there's been supertalents wasted before..
He gotta prove himself over a bigger period of time..

Rui Costa became the playmaker once he came in, and with the lethal combos with Ronaldo on the wing, Portugal became 10 times more dangerous..

But Greece can still be knocked out, peep game:

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Greece    2 1 1 0 3-2 4
Spania    2 1 1 0 2-1 4
Portugal  2 1 0 1 3-2 3
If Russia beat Greece, and Spain-Portugal ends with a draw, Greece is out..
Then Spain will win the group with 5 points, and Portugal & Greece will have 4 but Portugal will have better goal stats if Greece lose.

[Shallow]

World Soccer is always fixed. Greece is gonna go further than normal, they might even make it to the semis, or God forbid, the finals. Why? Because the Olympics are coming up in Greece and they need to look strong. The last time Greece was in the World Cup they didn't even score a goal. Also, remember last World Cup where Korea beat Italy. I don't watch World Soccer, it's all bullshit. The real competition is in the season leagues. Real Madrid would crush any one of these countries.


Remember these words; Every time a country hosts the Olympics they do 10000 times better than normal. It's always the host country and the current world power that does good, in this case USA and Greece are gonna all over the Olympic podiums.

[ARYC]

so basically Greece has to avoid a loss against the weakest team of the group
while Spain/Portugal have to go for a victory agaisnt there arch nemesis Portugal/Spain ... .
this is gonna be an awesome game if Greece beats Russia , although if it's the other way around , I can see a "Germany/Austria 1982" type game from Spain and Portugal ....
BLAH
unless Portugal/Spain is before Russia/Greece

[...'BfCfC'...]

greece have to get a point from there next game to go through

if they win that means they go through in 1st place

and thats good for england because we look like coming 2nd in our group then we will play the team in 1st place in group A

and greece look like coming 1st in group A ..

i'd rather england play greece in the 2nd round cos i think we have a better chance of beating them than spain or portugal

peace  

[Jome]

greece have to get a point from there next game to go through

if they win that means they go through in 1st place

Not if Spain beats Portugal with more goals than Greece beat Russia..

[Jay ay Beee]

If Russia beat Greece, and Spain-Portugal ends with a draw, Greece is out..
Then Spain will win the group with 5 points, and Portugal & Greece will have 4 but Portugal will have better goal stats if Greece lose.

Wrong.

If those results happened, and Greece were on the same points as Portugal, Greece would go through because they beat Portugal in their match.

The only way Greece could go out is if Portugal beat Spain and Greece lost to Russia.  Greece and Spain would be on 4 points, their head to head record is a draw, then it would go to goal difference and that would decide.  

[Jay ay Beee]

http://www.euro2004.com/tournament/standings/index.html

"Tie breakers
If teams finish level on points, then the winner of the match between the sides in question will finish highest, or should they have drawn, goal difference, followed by goals scored, qualifying record for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2004™, a fair play ranking and finally either a penalty shoot-out or drawing of lots."

[Jome]

http://www.euro2004.com/tournament/standings/index.html

"Tie breakers
If teams finish level on points, then the winner of the match between the sides in question will finish highest, or should they have drawn, goal difference, followed by goals scored, qualifying record for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2004™, a fair play ranking and finally either a penalty shoot-out or drawing of lots."

Oh yeah, I forgot that they rank the winner of the 2nd ranked vs. 3rd ranked game higher than goal difference in EC..

[7even]

no doubt one favorite will be eliminated.

either spain or portugal.

[LyRiCaL_G]

i want portugal to win but i gotta feeling it might be a draw

rui costa better stay on the bench, he plays same position as deco and but isnt as good, he got a goal yes, but still......deco performed from the start.......rui costa didnt in the first game

and simao better not payer, ronaldo better! his sick, i cant beleive a white dudes pullin out shit like him, he my nigga no doubt, seeeeeeeeeen seeeeeeeeeeeen

by the way, this is how the forward side of the pitch should be lined up for portugal

figo - deco - ronaldo

   pauleta or gomez

peace

[Jome]

by the way, this is how the forward side of the pitch should be lined up for portugal

figo - deco - ronaldo

   pauleta or gomez

Naww, here's how they should do:

Figo - Rui Costa - Deco - Ronaldo

                 Nuno Gomes

And then have a sweeper or defensive midfielder cuz all these 4 are attacking midfielders..
Maybe take out Deco and replace him with a defensive midfielder, Deco didn't last more than 60 minutes last time.

[Jay ay Beee]

Ferriera Carvalho Andrade Valente
                 
                   Costinha

Figo      Deco        Rui Costa      Ronaldo

                   Pauleta

that should be the team

Maniche should come on when they want to go more defensive
                 

[Jome]

^^ Good call, that's one HELL of a midfield..  though Deco & Rui Costa should change place, Rui Costa & Figo know eachother better, and isn't Deco leftfooted.. ?