Euro 2004

[Belfastgirl]

Euro 2004 is starting soon in Portugal so we will be watching wall to wall footie for about a month. Of course N.Ireland aren't there. Until recently we hadn't scored a goal for over 2 years!! The shame .
Reckon France have a good chance. They need to make up for the disappointment of the last world cup. Any footie fans think their team has a chance?

[Zaius]

Allez la france! Yeah I'm very excited about it and I am looking forward to the England France match.

[fluff]

Ahhhh footie, there's nothing like it.
I can't wait.
Coverage on Canadian tv leaves a lot to be desired, but it could be worse, I could be in the States where they're pretty clueless about how to cover the game.
They could do with a few lessons from Des Lynam on how to host a show and Mottie on how to commentate.

[masashi]

I'll be watching some matches, not all though....rooting for France! Zinadine Zidane, I've always admired his skills . England :rolleyes no support from me! Should be interesting though... except here the matches are at random hours like 3am in the morning. So yeah, probably only watching the important matchs, semi's, quarter-finals!

[cali]

....but it could be worse, I could be in the States where they're pretty clueless about how to cover the game.
They could do with a few lessons from Des Lynam on how to host a show and Mottie on how to commentate.

They could also take lessons from whoever it is that covers matches on the Spanish channel. There's nothing like watching a match when the commentators get excited about the plays! Of course, I don't understand a word they are saying, but man... the emotion!

[masashi]

^^ Cali - I agree the art of commentary is a sport of itself, not many people realize it, but I bet it's quite hard to do.

[cali]

I realize I'm getting off topic of Euro, but I had to make a comment.

My daughter plays right wing, her boyfriend is a goalie. He was over yesterday and I showed him this awesome goal I had taped. He wasn't too impressed and I couldn't figure out why. My daughter says "It's because he didn't really watch the goal, he was watching the goalie

ummm... maybe that was one of those "Had to be there" moments....

Please proceed with Euro talk

[fluff]

Euro 2004 Fixtures by Date

June 12, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group A 12:00 PM Portugal v Greece
Estadio do Dragao
Group A 2:45 PM Spain v Russia
Estadio Algarve

June 13, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group B 12:00 PM Switzerland v Croatia
Estadio Dr. Magalhaes Pessoa
Group B 2:45 PM France v England
Estadio da Luz

June 14, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group C 12:00 PM Denmark v Italy
Estadio D. Afonso Henriques
Group C 2:45 PM Sweden v Bulgaria
Estadio Jose Alvalade

June 15, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group D 12:00 PM Germany v Netherlands
Estadio do Dragao
Group D 2:45 PM Czech Republic v Latvia
Estadio Municipal de Aveiro

June 16, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group A 12:00 PM Greece v Spain
Estadio do Bessa Seculo XXI
Group A 2:45 PM Russia v Portugal
Estadio da Luz

June 17, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group B 12:00 PM England v Switzerland
Estadio Cidade de Coimbra
Group B 2:45 PM Croatia v France
Estadio Dr. Magalhaes Pessoa

June 18, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group C 12:00 PM Bulgaria v Denmark
Estadio Municipal de Braga
Group C 2:45 PM Italy v Sweden
Estadio do Dragao

June 19, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group D 12:00 PM Latvia v Germany
Estadio do Bessa Seculo XXI
Group D 2:45 PM Netherlands v Czech Republic
Estadio Municipal de Aveiro

June 20, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group A 2:45 PM Russia v Greece
Estadio Algarve
Group A 2:45 PM Spain v Portugal
Estadio Jose Alvalade

June 21, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group B 2:45 PM Croatia v England
Estadio da Luz
Group B 2:45 PM Switzerland v France
Estadio Cidade de Coimbra

June 22, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group C 2:45 PM Denmark v Sweden
Estadio do Bessa Seculo XXI
Group C 2:45 PM Italy v Bulgaria
Estadio D. Afonso Henriques

June 23, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Group D 2:45 PM Germany v Czech Republic
Estadio Jose Alvalade
Group D 2:45 PM Netherlands v Latvia
Estadio Municipal de Braga

June 24, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Quarterfinals 2:45 PM Winner Gp A v Runner-up Gp B
Estadio da Luz

June 25, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Quarterfinals 2:45 PM Winner Gp B v Runner-up Gp A
Estadio Jose Alvalade

June 26, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Quarterfinals 2:45 PM Winner Gp C v Runner-up Gp D
Estadio Algarve

June 27, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Quarterfinals 2:45 PM Winner Gp D v Runner-up Gp C
Estadio do Dragao

June 30, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Semifinals 2:45 PM Winner QF I v Winner QF III
Estadio Jose Alvalade

July 1, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Semifinals 2:45 PM Winner QF II v Winner QF IV
Estadio do Dragao

July 4, 2004
Group Kick-off Teams Venue
Final 2:45 PM Winner SF I v Winner SF II
Estadio da Luz

[masashi]

14 hours 50 minutes, till the first kick off!

[masashi]

Watching the match right now... BO-ring! Usually I'm more hyped up, but I'm not impressed

Currently Greece 1, Portugal 0 as of 25 mins into the game (my money is on Portugal, and it aint looking good)

My take - the opening ceremony - was okay. THe boat in the middle of the field though, was odd the guys in the orange, skin tight jumpsuits, felt sorry for them to be running around the field like that.

Portugals' coach, was Korea's (world cup) coach, he didn't impresse me, :rolleyes

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