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| caro |
The audience keeps whistling, that's not cool... |
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| Angiegirl |
No, well, I understand the tension, home team an' all.
The Portuguese are good. Too strong for the Dutch. At least the game's more exciting than against Sweden, which was boring. |
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| caro |
ROTFL! You're determined to stay pessimistic till the end, huh? |
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| Angiegirl |
Yeah, but this time I'm right  |
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| Angiegirl |
See? |
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| caro |
mmh  |
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| caro |
See?  |
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| Angiegirl |
That was the BEST goal I've ever seen...  |
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| caro |
HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND!HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND! HOLLAND!
(err... well somebody's got to do it...) |
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| Angiegirl |
That'll help lots, I'm sure they hear you |
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| Angiegirl |
O well, they were better... |
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| caro |
oooohh...sorry Angie!
Sh*t, I shouldn't root for several teams during one competition, that makes two disappointments for me within one week...
*clears throat*
Go czechs!! |
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| Angiegirl |
Whahahaha!! Yeah, I'm with ya. Go Czechs!!!!
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| stewed & Keefed |
Portugal 2-1 Holland
Portugal sent the host nation into raptures by beating Holland to reach the final of Euro 2004.
Cristiano Ronaldo escaped slack Dutch marking to head Portugal into a first-half lead.
Luis Figo hit the post before Maniche doubled Portugal's lead in the second half with a stunning strike.
An own goal from Jorge Andrade handed the disappointing Dutch a lifeline but Portugal held out to reach their first final of a major championship.
After a cagey opening the game began to open up and Ronaldo's lunge was a whisker away from connecting with Figo's cross.
Figo's electric 70-yard run at pace ended with a ball back to Ronaldo to fire his shot straight at Edwin van der Sar.
The livewire Figo looked a different player to the one withdrawn against England and he again showed his pace to run at Michael Reiziger and as his dangerous cross came in Wilfred Bouma slid in to nick the ball away from Pauleta.
But the disappointment did not last long as Portugal swept into the lead on 26 mins. Figo's inswinging corner found the Dutch marking wanting and Ronaldo got in between Reiziger and Giovanni van Bronckhorst to power in a downward header.
As Holland sought an equaliser Edgar Davids broke down the left and his cross dropped at the far post for Marc Overmars who blasted over from eight yards.
Davids then tricked his way past Miguel to whip in a cross at the near post for Clarence Seedorf, whose header came off Andrade for a corner.
Portugal should have doubled their lead on 35 minutes when Deco's deft touch sent Maniche clear and his cross was met by Pauleta whose under-powered close-range shot allowed van der Sar to save.
The host nation were gaining the upper hand but Holland nearly forced their way back five minutes before half-time, only for Ruud van Nistelrooy's clinical finish to be wiped out by an offside flag.
At the other end, Figo worked himself a yard of space to curl a delicious left-foot shot against van der Sar's right-hand post with the keeper floundering.
Holland replaced Overmars with Roy Makaay at the start of the second half to try and give support to the lonely van Nistelrooy.
Holland almost over committed themselves on 55 minutes as Ricardo's long punt caught them out and Pauleta raced clear - but the mis-firing frontman shot straight at van der Sar.
Ronaldo heads Portugal into the lead
But Portugal put one foot in the final on 56 minutes with a stunning goal from Maniche.
Holland were caught napping as Ronaldo tapped a short corner to Maniche who from the corner of the penalty area curled in a blistering right-foot shot past van der Sar.
The game was far from over and Portugal gifted Holland a lifeline on 63 minutes when Andrade's attempt to clear van Bronckhorst's cross looped the ball over the stranded Ricardo.
Seedorf then whipped a free-kick across the face of goal and van Bronkhorst, Makaay and van Nistelrooy all agonisingly failed to make contact.
Holland were prone to Portuguese breaks and when Miguel got forward to screw the ball back to Maniche, Cocu bravely threw himself in front of the shot to deny an almost certain third goal.
Coach Dick Advocaat played Holland's last card when he sent on Pierre van Hooijdonk to partner Makaay and van Nistelrooy but central defenders Ricardo Carvalho and Andrade cemented their growing reputations by ushering Portugal to the final.
It was a nail-biting climax, but when the referee blew for full-time, the Portuguese were in a final at last - and the celebrations could begin.
KEY MOMENTS
26 mins: Ronaldo heads Portugal in front
40 mins: Figo curls shot against the post
55 mins: Pauleta denied by van der Sar
56 mins: Maniche stunner doubles Portugal's lead
63 mins: Andrade own goal hands Holland a lifeline
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Portugal: Ricardo, Miguel, Andrade, Ricardo Carvalho, Nuno Valente, Ronaldo, Maniche, Costinha, Figo, Deco, Pauleta.
Subs: Quim, Moreira, Paulo Ferreira, Rui Jorge, Couto, Petit, Rui Costa, Simao, Beto, Tiago, Nuno Gomes, Postiga.
Holland: Van der Sar, Reiziger, Stam, Bouma, Van Bronckhorst, Davids, Seedorf, Cocu, Overmars, van Nistelrooy, Robben.
Subs: Westerveld, Waterreus, Van der Meyde, Kluivert, Van der Vaart, Makaay, Sneijder, Van Hooijdonk, Heitinga, Bosvelt, Zenden.
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden).
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| F505 |
Congratulations Portugal: they deserved to win...
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| egon |
What happened?
WHAT happened?
I'll tell you what happened;
NOTHING! |
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| F505 |
something happened to me yesterday,
something I can't speak of right away,
something happend to me,
something oh so groovy,
something happened to me yesterday
and I don't care if it's right or wrong... |
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| shakedhandswithkeith |
go Otto go !!!!!
You will win!!!!! |
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| Moonisup |
there goes the tournament |
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| Angiegirl |
Congrats FotiniD
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| FotiniD |
THANKS ANGIEGIRL!!!!
What else is going to happen this year? This is SURREAL!
And just as one week ago, the whole Greece (and this is not an overstatement) is out on the streets cheering. The whole damn country. I think we really needed one big reason to be happy and forget the troubles, and there you have it!
This has never happened before and even though everyone was optimistic, we never thought that this could really, really happen! And that makes it even wilder There's a huge party going on guys, you're all invited to join us
And as eveyrone says here: we started off in this tournament by winning Portugal, what better way to finish it than repeat all this? LOL
OLE! Go Greece, go!
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| Gazza |
Congrats To Greece, Fotini.
A remarkable achievement because NO ONE expected to see Greece in the final.
Give them "Hellas" on Sunday! |
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| stewed & Keefed |
Greece 1-0 Czech Rep
(0-0 at 90 mins, Greece win on silver goal rule)
Greece ripped up the form book by beating Euro 2004 favourites Czech Republic with a silver goal to face host nation Portugal in the final.
Traianos Dellas lost his marker at a corner to glance home the winning goal seconds from the end of the first period of extra-time.
The Czechs had their chances, with Tomas Rosicky striking the cross bar.
But the plucky Greeks worked tirelessly to deny the Czechs, with Dellas a giant at the heart of their defence.
The Czechs came flying out of the traps and almost took a spectacular lead after just two minutes when Jan Koller nodded on a free-kick and Rosicky dipped a thumping volley against the bar with keeper Antonis Nikopolidis a helpless spectator.
But the Greek keeper proved up to the task two minutes later when Marek Jankulovski roared forward and Nikopolidis stood firm at the near post to parry his piledriver for a corner.
Having ridden out the early storm, Greece grew in confidence and after Giorgos Karagounis was upended by Rene Bolf, the Greek playmaker picked himself to take the free-kick but the Czech wall did its job to take the sting out of his strike.
With at least a foot height advantage over his marker Michalis Kapsis, Koller's height was always going to be a threat and Nikopolidis was very cool as the giant striker's apparently harmless looping header bounced on top of the bar.
Takis Fyssas epitomised Greece's growing confidence as he supported the attack to tease in a tempting cross which Angelos Charisteas missed at the near post and Petr Cech palmed away at full stretch as Karagounis sniffed for scraps.
Nikopolidis came to Greece's rescue on 33 minutes, going full length to palm claw away Jankulovski's first time shot after Rosicky's low cross found its way through to him.
The Czechs suffered a blow as half-time approached when star man Pavel Nedved limped off to be replaced by Vladimir Smicer.
Despite the loss of their talisman, the Czechs turned the screw in the second half and Nikopolidis was relieved as he completely misjudged Karel Poborsky's corner and Koller's goal-bound header struck team-mate Milan Baros.
But back came Greece and Zisis Vryzas glanced his header from Angelos Basinas's free-kick straight into Cech's arms.
Jankulovsky wasted a good opportunity presented by Theodoros Zagorakis's foul on Baros, driving his free-kick into the two man wall from five yards in from the goal-line.
With 10 minutes left Koller took a cute return pass from Rosicky only to drag his shot wide from 10 yards out.
Baros then weaved his way inside but choked his shot after opening up the angle on the goal.
Nedved's injury was a blow to the Czech Republic
Cech came to his side's rescue as the game went into extra-time, sprinting from his goal to block a header from Stelios Giannakopoulos.
Dellas then had a chance to score what would have been the winning silver goal but placed his glancing header from Vassilis Tsiartas' free-kick too close to Cech.
With the seconds ticking down to the end of the first period of extra-time, Dellas lost his marker Bolf at the near post to glance home the winning header from a corner.
KEY MOMENTS
2 mins: Rosicky's shot hits the bar
33 mins: Nikopolidis denies Jankulovsky
43 mins: Pavel Nedved limps out of the action
80 mins: Koller fires wide from 10 yards
105 mins: Dellas glances home the winning goal
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Greece: Nikopolidis, Seitaridis, Kapsis, Dellas, Fissas, Zagorakis, Katsouranis, Basinas (Giannakopoulos 71), Charisteas, Vryzas (Tsiartas 90), Karagounis.
Subs Not Used: Chalkias, Katergiannakis, Dabizas, Georgiadis, Goumas, Kafes, Lakis, Nikolaidis, Papadopoulos, Venetidis.
Booked: Seitaridis, Charisteas, Karagounis.
Czech Republic: Cech, Grygera, Ujfalusi, Bolf, Jankulovski, Poborsky, Galasek, Rosicky, Nedved (Smicer 40), Koller, Baros.
Subs Not Used: Blazek, Kinsky, Heinz, Hubschman, Jiranek, Lokvenc, Mares, Plasil, Rozehnal, Tyce, Vachousek.
Booked: Rosicky, Smicer, Baros.
Attendance: 42,449.
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy).
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| Madafaka |
What a coincidence!
Greece: Olympic Games in a couple of months.
Portugal: Porto is the actual Uefa's champion.
Life is a campaign of marketing... |
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| FotiniD |
quote:
Madafaka wrote:
What a coincidence!
Greece: Olympic Games in a couple of months.
Portugal: Porto is the actual Uefa's champion.
Life is a campaign of marketing...
I see what you're talking about, but imo there's no way they could have "set-up" such a goal last night. It was pure good gaming & a lot of real luck. |
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| FotiniD |
quote:
Gazza wrote:
Congrats To Greece, Fotini.
Thanks Gazza
quote:
Gazza wrote:
A remarkable achievement because NO ONE expected to see Greece in the final.
Give them "Hellas" on Sunday!
Yes, which makes it even better I can't even imagine what will happen on Sunday night! Last night I couldn't sleep until 4 o'clock by all the car honks and cheering outside. |
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| Fabio Hot Stuff |
This is a good news, after the sad notice of Marlon.
I know very very well the greek defender that make out the hollanders: his name is DELLAS (not dallas) and is playng for my team: AS ROMA!!!
So : go Dellas go!
We call him THE CYCLOP 'cause he 's very long (1,90 )
Hopin' that Greek will winnin' euro 04.... |
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| Jacques |
Happy for Greece and Fotini
great soccer nations are away. I think it's a good thing, it's not more money but more sport and nice spirit. Sorry for Czecks.
Quite nice Finale |
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| stewed & Keefed |
Portugal v Greece
EURO 2004 FINAL
Venue: Estadio da Luz, Lisbon
Date/time: Sun, 4 July, 1945 BST
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
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TEAM NEWS
Portugal defender Jorge Andrade will be available for Sunday's final after recovering from a slight ankle injury.
Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari will have all his players at his disposal, with Andrade set to partner Ricardo Carvalho in central defence.
Greece must make one change to the team that beat the Czech Republic in the semi-final on Thursday.
Georgios Karagounis is suspended after receiving a yellow card, with Stelios Giannakopoulos likely to step in.
Portugal (probable): Ricardo; Jorge Andrade, Ricardo Carvalho, Miguel, Nuno Valente; Maniche, Costinha; Luis Figo, Deco, Cristiano Ronaldo; Pauleta.
Greece (probable): Nikopolidis; Seitaradis, Dellas, Kapsis, Fyssas; Zagorakis, Katsouranis, Basinas, Giannakopoulos; Vryzas, Charisteas.
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MATCH STATS
Head-to-heads
Portugal have met Greece on 11 previous occasions with four wins for Portugal, four draws and three Greek wins.
However, Greece have won three of the five competitive matches - a 4-2 win in qualification for the 1970 World Cup, a 3-2 win in qualification for Euro '92 and a 2-1 win in the opening match of Euro 2004.
In the opening match of this tournament Greece took a 2-0 lead over Portugal though a goal from Giorgios Karagounis and a penalty from Angelos Bassinas.
Christano Ronaldo scored the Portuguese goal in the 90th minute.
The last time Portugal and Greece met before Euro 2004 was in a friendly in Aveiro in November 2003. The result was a 1-1 draw with Vassilis Lakis opening the scoring for Greece after 47 minutes and Pauleta equalising after 60. Figo missed a 30th minute penalty.
Greek midfielder Giorgos Karagounis was shown the red card after 30 minutes of the match.
12 of the 15 Portuguese players to play in that match are in their Euro 2004 squad.
All 18 Greek players that played that night are in their Euro 2004 squad.
Portugal's last win over Greece dates back to 27 March 1996 when they secured a 1-0 home win in a friendly match.
Both nations have five different Euro 2004 goal scorers with their top marksmen having netted twice. For Greece, this is Angelos Charisteas whilst for Portugal, there are three players with two goals (Rui Costa, Cristiano Ronaldo and Maniche).
Player facts - Portugal
If Lu�s Figo plays the final and Fernando Couto does not, Figo will equal Couto's Portuguese record of 110 caps.
Lu�s Figo is joint second on the all-time list of most assists (five) at the European Championship. Karel Poborsk� of the Czech Republic holds the record with six assists.
Figo has played in 13 European Championship matches. Only three players have played more - Zinedine Zidane, Lilian Thuram and Karel Poborsk� are all on 14 matches. Figo is the record holder for Portugal, one match ahead of current team mate Fernando Couto.
Portugal's striker Nuno Gomes scored his fifth career goal at the European Championships against Spain. Only three players have scored more -Michel Platini (nine), Alan Shearer (seven) and Patrick Kluivert (six).
Cristiano Ronaldo is the fourth youngest goal scorer ever at a European Championship.
Both of Rui Costa's goals have come as a substitute. He is one of only six players to have scored more than one European Championship goal as a substitute. The record holder is Dieter M�ller who scored three times as a substitute at the 1976 European Championship, all in the same match.
The two reserve goalkeepers (Quim and Moreira), Beto and Tiago are the only members of the Portuguese squad who have yet to see some action at Euro 2004.
Lu�s Figo is top scorer in the Portugal squad present at Euro 2004 with 31 goals. Figo is second on Portugal's all-time top scorers list, trailing leader Eusebio by 10 goals.
Nuno Gomes will celebrate his 28th birthday one day after the Euro 2004 final.
Jorge Andrade scored the fifth own goal in the history of the European Championship when putting through his own net against the Netherlands in the semi-finals.
Andrade and Ricardo are the only Portuguese players to have played every minute of Portugal's European Championship campaign.
Nuno Valente was shown the 600th card in European Championship history in the semi-final against Holland.
Player facts - Greece
Giorgios Karagounis is suspended for the Euro 2004 final after receiving a yellow card in each of Greece's two knock-out stage matches.
Italy's Gianluca Zambrotta suffered the same fate four years ago.
Midfielder Theo Zagorakis can equal the all-time appearance record for Greece if he plays in the Euro 2004 final. So far he has earned 94 caps without scoring a single goal. The Greek record is held by Efstratios Apostolakis, who won 95 caps between 1986 and 1998.
Defender Panagiotis Fyssas plays for Benfica so he could face six of his team mates in this match.
Giorgos Seitaridis will move from Panathinaikos to FC Porto this summer.
Angelos Charisteas is the all-time European Championship top scorer for Greece with two goals.
Five Greek players have played in every minute of Euro 2004. They are Antonis Nikopolidis, Theodoros Zagorakis, Mikhalis Kapsis, Traianos Dellas and Giorgos Seitaridis.
Anthimos Kapsis, father of Greek regular Mikhalis Kapsis, played for Greece at Euro 80 and also played in the 1971 Champions Cup final for Panathinaikos against Ajax.
Defender Traianos Dellas is the tallest defender playing at Euro 2004 at a height of 1.97 metres.
Zisis Vrysas earned his 50th cap for Greece when he came on as a substitute against the Czech Republic in the 91st minute.
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