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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Jome on June 16, 2004, 02:35:37 PM
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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.. ;D
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..
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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!!!!
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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:
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.
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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.
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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
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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 8)
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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..
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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.
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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."
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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..
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no doubt one favorite will be eliminated.
either spain or portugal.
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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
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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.
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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
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^^ 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.. ?
8)
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^^who knows but the team i chose they started with and won, seeeeeeeeeeen seeeeeeeeeeeeeen! great result,
deco and rui costa cant both play together as rui costa is to old and with figo slow to, its theres no protection for the back so with costinha and and the other midfeilder, they giv protection to ronaldo deco and figo and they aint gotta do much tracking back, but i gotta admit, deco was muthafucking annoying at times today, giving the ball away, but his better than rui costa, his younger and runs more.........
yo the right back, miguel is kinda sick, and adrade is sick to
peace
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^^who knows but the team i chose they started with and won, seeeeeeeeeeen seeeeeeeeeeeeeen! great result,
deco and rui costa cant both play together as rui costa is to old and with figo slow to, its theres no protection for the back so with costinha and and the other midfeilder, they giv protection to ronaldo deco and figo and they aint gotta do much tracking back, but i gotta admit, deco was muthafucking annoying at times today, giving the ball away, but his better than rui costa, his younger and runs more.........
yo the right back, miguel is kinda sick, and adrade is sick to
peace
Deco and Ronaldo did fuck all in the 2nd half, they should have been taken off earlier in the 2nd half..
IMO, putting Rui Costa & Nuno Gomes on the bench is pure stupidity, Rui Costa is worldclass, and look who lethal Nuno Gomes was when he came on, he's 2 leagues above Pauleta.
But Spain was poor as well, so they didn't get punished for it..
Giving Morientes 10 minutes is pure jokes, he could have started with both Torres & Morientes on top, and have Raul as attacking midfielder and playmaker..
You don't give the Champions League topscorer 10 minutes when you desperately need a goal to advance.. :-X
Even Postiga would have done a better job than Pauleta have done so far in the tournament.
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valente played well, ronaldo did well to but rui costa aint world class, thats why he aint in the team, im sure gomez will start next game, his better than pauleta, but he started cuz he proven to be a goal scorer, but gomez iis better and should start next game after that game, and rui costa and deco play same posistion, so rui gotta go in my opinion as he aint good enough........ronaldo gotta continue to start matches ahead of simao.........everything scolari did in the game turned out to be good, portugal won, gomez came on and scored, rui didnt play.......but im sure he'll play some aprt in the next game.......
and yeah, spain dropped morientes??.......why the fuck they do that...........spain were weak, and are out, didnt think personally theyd do much, though vicente is sick.....
i wanted portugal to win though, so im pleased
peace