Euro 2008 (include all discussions)

What the f… is wrong with these referees from northern Europe
They get all these bad decisions
They get ‘emotional’ or something when Italia plays

Italia-Holland - swedish
Italia-Romania - norwegian
and if I remember well
inter-liverpool on cl – norwegian

Now probably it’s time for a dutch or an english referee

Anyway Italia played these match like it was the end of the tournament not the second match
My impression is that they were too tired

If holland makes 7 points in these group Italia still has a chance
but i don't see that happening even if there is van basten
they probably want to see Italia out

Netherlands must win. They'll have 6 points and advancing.

Leaving Romania with 2, France and Italy with 1.

Next match day, We must beat France and Netherlands must beat Romania.
Would Netherlands put their reserves in and maybe allow Romania to win and advance instead of France or Italy?

If the scenario goes well. Netherlands 9 points, Italy 4, Romania 2, France 1.

Originally Posted by marcovb

What the f… is wrong with these referees from northern Europe
They get all these bad decisions
They get ‘emotional’ or something when Italia plays

Italia-Holland - swedish
Italia-Romania - norwegian
and if I remember well
inter-liverpool on cl – norwegian

Now probably it’s time for a dutch or an english referee

Anyway Italia played these match like it was the end of the tournament not the second match
My impression is that they were too tired

If holland makes 7 points in these group Italia still has a chance
but i don't see that happening even if there is van basten
they probably want to see Italia out

Next thing we know an Ecuadorian referee we used to know comes back and referees the Italy-France match... 12 minutes of injury time lol...

Originally Posted by xvr11

Netherlands must win. They'll have 6 points and advancing.

Leaving Romania with 2, France and Italy with 1.

Next match day, We must beat France and Netherlands must beat Romania.
Would Netherlands put their reserves in and maybe allow Romania to win and advance instead of France or Italy?

If the scenario goes well. Netherlands 9 points, Italy 4, Romania 2, France 1.

All I'll say is fat chance.

My best wishes to Spain.

Well UEFA.com has a better view than me lol...

http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/tourname...aly+contention

"Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon superbly saved Adrian Mutu's penalty with nine minutes remaining to keep the world champions' UEFA EURO 2008™ hopes alive as the Azzurri and Romania battled out a breathless draw in Zurich."

Originally Posted by xvr11

Netherlands must win. They'll have 6 points and advancing.

Leaving Romania with 2, France and Italy with 1.

Next match day, We must beat France and Netherlands must beat Romania.
Would Netherlands put their reserves in and maybe allow Romania to win and advance instead of France or Italy?

If the scenario goes well. Netherlands 9 points, Italy 4, Romania 2, France 1.

I think if Netherlands wins tonight then the chance that Romania wins against them will be very high. Therefore it's better that France wins tonight. Then Netherlands will have to and probably will win against Romania. And if Italy then wins against France they both will have 4 points. What happens then? The mutual confrontation counts I think, so Italy will progress then if Netherlands wins.
A lot of if's though.

i dont see france with just one point in euros they are the world cup runners up i have a feeling they are gonna beat netherlands tonight and go for the draw against italy

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

Next thing we know an Ecuadorian referee we used to know comes back and referees the Italy-France match... 12 minutes of injury time lol...

if you're referring to the referee from WC 2002
yes i think he is the only one that is 'missing' right now

Originally Posted by kef

I think if Netherlands wins tonight then the chance that Romania wins against them will be very high. Therefore it's better that France wins tonight. Then Netherlands will have to and probably will win against Romania. And if Italy then wins against France they both will have 4 points. What happens then? The mutual confrontation counts I think, so Italy will progress then if Netherlands wins.
A lot of if's though.

i think it will be more difficult to beat france if they play for a draw

Originally Posted by marcovb

i think it will be more difficult to beat france if they play for a draw

Yes, off course, that's true. But it's better for the outcome of the other game Netherlands-Romania I think.

Best result is a France win tonight. Then Holland will HAVE TO beat Romania to qualify. Then if Italy beats France we're through due to head to head.

Originally Posted by Mystik

Best result is a France win tonight. Then Holland will HAVE TO beat Romania to qualify. Then if Italy beats France we're through due to head to head.

Too many hypotheticals for me... *sigh*

Originally Posted by marcovb

What the f… is wrong with these referees from northern Europe
They get all these bad decisions
They get ‘emotional’ or something when Italia plays

Italia-Holland - swedish
Italia-Romania - norwegian
and if I remember well
inter-liverpool on cl – norwegian

Inter- Liverpool waas the same ref as today

Originally Posted by Mystik

Best result is a France win tonight. Then Holland will HAVE TO beat Romania to qualify. Then if Italy beats France we're through due to head to head.

but than france will have the option to play a draw with italy, and that gives them a great tactical advantage.

Originally Posted by kastriot

Inter- Liverpool waas the same ref as today

No wonder. I hate both of those teams, but that ref work was crap...

I'm going for a drink with a friend. Have a good one guys. Maybe by some miracle Italy will go through.