Who does everyone tip to win Euro 2004?

My moneys on France again, i think there front line is just to strong, with Henry and Trezequet, as well as Pires and Zidane.

Although do watch out for us Greeks!(although my father is Greek-Cypriot, my mother is from a Greek family) We topped are play-off group, which included Spain (who we beat 1-0 away), and have only conceded one goal in are last 9 games.
Watch out for Karagounis of Inter Milan and Nikolaidis of Athletico Madrid.

joe

Well, as a Dutch man I would say the Netherlands. But because of their latest performance......no they are not ready. So I go for Czech. Or how do you spell it in English? The team with Baros/Koller/Nedved etc.

Czech Republic

Well, Czech or Czech Republic. Doesn't have a great difference.

I can't wait til saturday, but the whole tournament is just gonna be another big dissapointment for England fans, we do it all the time. Build ourselves up to believe we can win it then fuck up around the semi's. We're shit, why don't people understand that. Individually we have great players, maybe 3 or 4 genuine world class performers but as a team that hardly ever plays with each other due to Svens changing (Americans reading this may want to relate this to the ProBowl) we're crap.

At least Baddiel and Skinner are returning for another Fantasy Football series.

Italy all the way. Strong at the the back and the trio meravglie up front Totti, Del Piero and Vieri. Cassano on the bench too!

It Ally for me too. Obviously, I want In Gland to win, but as Turi said, the team is just one big disappointment. So, after In Gland, I want It Ally to win.

Mick

Come on Greece!

my prediction;

Portugal-1 Greece-2

The Greek did a nice job today, after 7 minutes the first goal of the tournament .... couldn't be better.

My money goes to the winner of the match tuesday (Germany vs The Netherlands) and i hope that the Dutch will win.

well what a prediction!

i told you to watch out for us!

Have you ever seen anything like that in all your life? Absolutely unbelievable; I don't know whether to call it extremely bad luck or just disgustingly poor pressure play towards the end. Beckham's penalty: I don't care what Lynam, Venables et al say about it, he could and should have hit it better than he did. It was a perfect height for a save, and had no pace.

Zidane's on the other hand was one of the best penalties I've seen. And the freekick inspiring too.

Mick

too bad for me I couldn't watch the game. it must have been awesome.

now I hope Germany and Dutch to play well and give me a good game to watch on tuesday.

L.A., CA
I'm still disappointed that Turkey didn't qualify but since they're out my money is on Italy. I think tmmw. Spain will defeat Greece and Portugal will beat Russia.

now that all the teams have played I know I have no idea of who is gonna win.
Sweden and Chezch Republic were the best teams so far, but I don't think neither of them will win.

England were quite disappointing in all honesty. Ignore what the media say, they were playing very negative tactics in the secoond half, and I always say you cannot hold on to a 1-0 lead by packing out your area.

The games haven't been that exciting yet, but I'm sure it'll be better once everyones warmed up.

Scholes to score on thursday

im from bulgaria and im really dissapointed with bulgaria-sweeden
i expected sweeden to win but after bulgaria's performance in the 1st half i thought we had a chance. but nooooooooooo,cos of some ******s like #4 who couldnt do S***

Netherlands played horrible against Germany. Hope it will be better next game. Still I think Czech Republic will win. Their game wasn't good too, but still they win.

But in my heart I'm still Dutchmen, DONT FORGET THAT!

I'd love that too. He's the one player I actually love scoring against us when playing for Man Utd. Glad he got a hattrick when they slaughtered us a couple of seasons ago; obviously, I wasn't GLAD, but if anyone had to score it, I wanted it to be him.

Mick

yea i was gutted when zie french got those 2 goals i have now experienced what it is like to win in the dieing seconds (man utd against munich) now this. I'm not happy about it in fact im pissed off we lost like that. Al though i thought rooney played very well and ledley kind did pretty good.

I also agree with scholes to score hasn't scored for time think the last time he scored in a England match was against tunisia.

I was gutted at the England match Sunday. Double gutted coz I had a bet that England would win 1-0, with Frank Lampard as the first goalscoreer. I'd have won £150 from a £2 bet.

They played worse today, and won 3-0! Funny game sometimes...

Mick

funny game sometimes....

Greece are through

(well pretty much)

Yep, greece is almost certain. hope the Dutchmen will follow. A draw against Czech and a win against Latvia is enoug (Latvia is correct I hope?)

What a match ...... the Dutch against the Czech, it's a shame the Dutchies lost after 2-0.

yeah saturday's game was one of the greatest ones I have watched in a loooong time. this Czech team is amazing, now I think they can win it all.

The Czech team was very lucky with the referee and the Dutch coach.

That referee sucked .... the Dutch deserved a penalty, the second yellow for Heitinga ....

About Dick "what's in an name" Advocaat:

How could he ever take Robben (imho the man of the match) out

Sweden are my outside bet for this tourny, they have Larsson, and that means a lot

Definitely game of the tournament so far, and the best international game I've seen since Yugoslavia 4-3 Spain at Euro 2000. The Czechs play with such grace and flair, and attack the game from begin to end--my second favourite team now after England. Nedved is a fantastic player of amazing quality.

Mick

LOL. Glad that everybody (or many people) joined me up with the fact that the Czech do have a great team. I already said they would win the tournament even when it had to start! Next time I put a lot of money in a betting, and then will see...

so long divers (I mean Italy).
I would love to see Portugal and Czechs in the Final with Portugal winning 3-2.

With all due respect to Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo is the next huge international superstar (even with his excessive stepovers). That kid has faster reflexes than Bruce Lee and has an incredible sense of the field and where his team mates are.