Euro 2012 - News & Predictions

[Shogun_Rua]

u are realllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy over estimating portugal...

Am I ?? How ?

I'm predicting group B something like this......

Holland 3-0 Denmark
Germany 3-2 Portugal
Germany 2-1 Holland
Portugal 2-2 Denmark
Portugal 2-1 Holland
Germany 3-0 Denmark

Which would leave the group like this:

Germany 9
Portugal 4
Holland 3
Denmark 1

You don't think Portugal can beat Holland ? To me Holland's defence is soorakh, Ronaldo and Nani will tear their defence apart whereas Portugal's defence is world class. If anything I'm underestimating them by picking Denmark to draw with them although Denmark beat them in their last match but Portugal will be much stronger at the Euro's. Also here's a little stat for you ... Portugal and Holland have met 10 times, Portugal have won 6, Holland have won 1 ......

Is predicting Portugal beating Russia too much to ask for ?! We beat Russia FFS....

If anything I am overestimating them against Spain.... or am I ??.......

[yashar_fasihnia]

portugals creativity and offense is very weak in my opinion and their midfield cant dominate, so most probably they will have to play a counter attacking game.

ronaldo with all those stars around him in madrid can hardly do much against big teams, now with the inferior portugueese team mates, i think he will flop once again.


and then more over, portugal to reach the finals??? next to impossible...

[Shogun_Rua]

portugals creativity and offense is very weak in my opinion and their midfield cant dominate, so most probably they will have to play a counter attacking game.

ronaldo with all those stars around him in madrid can hardly do much against big teams, now with the inferior portugueese team mates, i think he will flop once again.


and then more over, portugal to reach the finals??? next to impossible...

They are creative enough not every team has Xavi and Iniesta, also their counter attack is lethal with Ronaldo and Nani...
Ronaldo hardly does much against big teams ?! Are you kidding me, he scored against EVERY team in La Liga this season, he scored the winning goal against Barcelona which practically won them the league and he scored Madrid's 2 goals against Bayern in the CL semi's. He used to be a flop against big teams but now he scores against everyone.

[Ario Barzan]

^^ The problem with Portugal will be precisely Ronaldo ... his snout-nose, self-centered, prima donna attitude ... if he can keep that in check within him, and come to play as a team, then I like 'em very much to get far in this tourney.

Statistically speaking, I think they're way overdue for a big continental performance, with all their star players

[Ario Barzan]

faghat alman ... philip lahm, 1 of the smartest, calmest, most composed captains in the recent history of europe

[PouriaAkaBarut]

every time Italy is embroidered in a domestic betting scandal, they win the tournament (82, 2006)

[EKBATAN]

i like this italy team and coach...solid line up.....but their toughest opponent believe it or not will be IRELAND with their former coach trappatoni who has done an amazing job with this irish team

------------- buffon ---------------

maggio--chiellini--barzagli---balzaretti

-------- pirlo ---- de rossi ---------

---- nocerino ------ marchisio ------

-------- balotelli ---- cassano ------


subs; giovinco for cassano, di natale for balo, montolivo for either midfielder



Germany def. has one of the best squads.....im not seeing any of france, england, portugal to go far

[Shervin.]

Some general news, doubt most people would care. Gareth barry has been injured and wil replaced by Phil Jagielka, news which pleases most England fans. Also, Criscito has been dropped from Italy (not sure if hes an important player tbh) due to:

The Italian soccer federation later said Juventus coach Antonio Conte is under investigation for alleged wrongdoing while in charge of Siena in 2010-2011, and announced the withdrawal of defender Domenico Criscito from the Euro 2012 squad a day before the player lists have to be submitted to UEFA.

"He would have experienced a pressure that no human being can deal with," Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said of Criscito playing at the June 8 to July 1 tournament. "He wouldn't have been in the right frame of mind. And he could also have been called up by the prosecutors at any time, before a match.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz1wFmS9A6O



Also on the ddebate of portugal, I would say with either van bommel or de jong or both, holland should have some defensive stability to counter nani and ronaldo. Not to mention RVP sneijder and robben up ffront which is imo more a threat than ronaldo and nani.

[persianallstars]

or maybe

[Ario Barzan]

^^persianallastar jan, i thank you for the above useful post ... but i have to counter with my german answers ... enjoy!

[persianallstars]

aaaah, quite impressive

[EKBATAN]

joooooon i would go to holland game just for the dutch girls

[shayan20]

$5 on this multi.
Denmark to beat overrated CR and his team

[Shervin.]

^what will probably happen is that all but one of them will be right.

[Ario Barzan]

more friendlies l8r today, with the yummy ones being :

holland vs. slovakia @ 11:30am PST
spain vs. soth korea @ 11am PST ------> i'm so jealous the darn koreans can line up against spain and look what we get

also of note but nothing 2 do with europe :

brazil vs. usa @ 5pm PST ------> i'll be glued 2 the tv 4 this 1 ... should be a real good test 2 c if this usa team under klinsmann really can measure up against the elite of the world