The EURO 2008 Thread

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They deserve to win the tournament, in the same way the Stormers deserve to win every super 14 title every year.

Spain have the talent, probably the best team on paper. So people are just saying, that they deserve to win it by now, cos maybe they wont crack.
 
A big blow for Italy:

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Fabio Cannavaro will be out for a "few months" after tearing ankle ligaments in Italy's first training session in Austria before Euro 2008.

The defender, who would have been captain for the world champions in the tournament that starts on Saturday, told a news conference he would be staying with the squad.

He expected to have an operation on Wednesday following the injury sustained on Monday.

"This was my last European Championship. We are footballers and these things happen," the 34-year-old Cannavaro said on Tuesday.

"After two years working on this campaign it seems right for me to stay with my team mates."

Cannavaro of Real Madrid said he expected to be out for a "few months".

Italy coach Roberto Donadoni told Reuters no decision had been made on the captaincy. Cannavaro's place in the 23-strong squad has been filled by Alessandro Gamberini.

The Italians face France, Netherlands and Romania in a tough Group C.
 
stefan9 said:
How does Spain deserve to win a tournament?? They always fail to perform at the tournament itself. They always look like world beaters in the qualifiers then exit in the quarters or round of 16 in the real thing.
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Ah but this year they have players who played in the Prem for a few seasons as well as the later stages of the CL . They always seemed light weight before but now I think they've got some toughness and grit in their team. I think they might just do it this time.
 
I am going with Portugal for some reason...

Not really bothered who wins in the end though...
 
HenryJ said:
I am going with Portugal for some reason...

Not really bothered who wins in the end though...
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I wonder if having pretty boy prancing around has anything to do with it?
 
SABC 3 is televising some of them games. For those who don't want to waste their monies on DSTV?
Is it live though?
 
My teams!

Italy
Spain
Portugal
Germany

In the 1/4 finals!:)
But I think Sweden, Turkey or Greece might squeeze in.
 
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Hey, at least you can count on England to do that in every tournament, out in the 1st knock out stage...
 
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Czech Republic star Petr Cech has become the latest goalkeeper to criticise the new Euro 2008 ball.

The 26-year-old Chelsea keeper feels the ball is difficult to judge because it deviates so much in flight.

He said: "The new ball is really unpredictable. We will see lots of goals from 30 metres out.

"The balls are so quick, they have scarcely any wind resistance and they can change direction any second, also in the last five metres."

He told Rotweiss, the online magazine of the Swiss Football Association: "It therefore won't help at all to see the ball coming from a distance."

Cech added: "And the TV commentators will again say 'what was the goalkeeper doing there? He surely got his hand to it'."

Croatia keeper Stipe Pletikosa joined the chorus of concern, saying: "Those balls are going all over the place, changing direction all the time, especially if fired from a distance."

Manchester United's Edwin van der Sar, who will be goal for Holland, said: "They are not designing balls for goalkeepers."

And Portugal's Ricardo added: "Everything that is new in football today is to hurt us. Nothing is done for our benefit."

Germany keeper Jens Lehmann has previously voiced concerns over the ball ahead of the tournament, which starts on Saturday, saying: "You have to be brave to try to hold onto the ball. You really have to be happy just to stop it from going in."
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