- Jan 12, 2005
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Yep, great tournament. I think we've got Turkey to thank for a lot of that though.
Oh and RIP Partizan.
Oh and RIP Partizan.
Silva lucky to still be on?
but now he is going off befor he is sent off
I think every team can take some credit out of this tournament. Every team (bar Greece perhaps) tried to play football for the most part and often the footballing teams came through. I was most disapointed with Holland, thought their tactics were negative from the off and Cruyf was spot on in his criticism of Van Basten. The final should been Croatia v Spain, but then we wouldn't have had the opportunity to see Ballack lose again (despite playing and refereeing the game). This tournament was all about midfielders and very few strikers impressed. 5 man midfields and their various conotations were to the fore. Although the only team with decent strikers (Spain) did play both - and won. hope for 442 yet ???
My team of the tournement:
Buffon
Sabri
Mathijsen
Carvalho
Capdevilla
Iniesta
Senna
Modric
Arsharvin
Torres
Villa
Subs: Casillas, Puyol (all heart), Zhirkov, Xavi, Pirlo, Gattuso,
Pretty good teams, I agree not many strikers impressed. Torres didn't have a great tournamnet by the standards he set this season but still better than most. I possibly would have put Arshavin as a striker so I could get Zhirkov in the team as a left mid. Pranjic also should prob be in there too, was fantastic, would have him in there instead of Gattuso who was disappointing.
yeah, altintop and aurelio of turkey were impressive
Nihat's winner against Czech Republic. For some reason I jumped out of my seat when he scored.
yeah, gutted for himBallack has had such a dissapointing season (in terms of trophies!)
With Chel$ki lost the Carling Cup Final, lost the Champions League Final, lost the Premier League on the last day and now has lost the Euro 2008 final!!!