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[Kiriku]

1-1

 

[Falch]

3-0

This is the latest on the Dutch team:

--------------Van der Sar---------------
Heitinga---Stam---Bouma--Van Bronckhorst
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--------Cocu---------------Davids-------
--------------Van der Vaart-------------
Van der Meyde-----------------Zenden
---------------Van Nistelrooy------------

I'm pleased with this formation, but I'm worried about Van Der Vaart (hasn't been playing well this season) and the fact that the Germans will play with 5 midfielders.

EDIT: Gronkjaer has returned to the Danish squad.

 

[norinrad21]

We'll beat the Germans by at least 4 goals.


I'm kind of worried about that fat prick from Ajax, he better prove himself worthy

 

[Solid]

3-0 to Holland

 

[Charles]

I'll go against the flow and say Germany by a single goal.

 

[DSN2K]

im going for 1-0 germany.

 

[Maverick]

0-0 Germany-Holland

Czech Rep 1 - Latvia 0

 

[tracky_dacks]

Holland 3 - De-oitsch-land 1
Czech Rep. 2 - Latvia 0

G'arn the Dutch!

 

[Hooker]

I will not try to predict the Holland - Germany game.


Predicting ANY Germany game is kinda hard to do. I just hope my fellow Dutchman will just humiliate them, annihilate them even

 

[Solid]

Anyone know the German line-up?

 

[Fifty]

It's not the starting 11, persay, but it's something.

GOALKEEPERS
1 Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
12 Jens Lehmann (Arsenal)
23 Timo Hildebrand (Stuttgart)
DEFENDERS
2 Andreas Hinkel (Stuttgart)
3 Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin)
4 Christian Woerns (Borussia Dortmund)
5 Jens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen)
6 Frank Baumann (Werder Bremen)
16 Jens Jeremies (Bayern Munich)
17 Christian Ziege (Tottenham Hotspur)
21 Philipp Lahm (Stuttgart)
MIDFIELDERS
7 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
8 Dietmar Hamann (Liverpool)
13 Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich)
15 Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund)
18 Fabian Ernst (Werder Bremen)
19 Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen)
22 Torsten Frings (Borussia Dortmund)
FORWARDS
9 Fredi Bobic (Hertha Berlin)
10 Kevin Kuranyi (Stuttgart)
11 Miroslav Klose (Kaiserslautern)
14 Thomas Brdaric (Hannover)
10 Lukas Podolski (Cologne)

 

[Hooker]

Probable:

Kahn
Friedrich - Nowotny - Wörns - Lawm
Schneider - Baumann - Ballack - Hamann - Frings
Kuranyi

 

[B E N K E]

I hope Holland wins it, but Germany always seems to grab late goals, equilizers and winners. I can't see the players who are going to do it, but perhaps someone steps up for them. Well they've got Ballack, but surely he alone can't do it.

 

[Prine]

OK boys, my prediction for Czech Match:

3-0

Latvia are going to get stomped on, will be interesting to see Baros work his magic. I think he has great potential.

 

[Hooker]

The game looks slow, like both teams have trouble playing in this heat...

 

[Trevelyon]

Yeah, looks slow... I was taping it for my Dad, but I'll just rewind it & have it setup for the Dutch/German game.

 

[Hooker]

Man, I'm having trouble staying awake. It just looks... boring. The lack of sleep might also have some part in it.


Latvia is playing better than I've suspected though, but the Czechs will beat them in the end. They're in much better shape as all of them play in the big leagues (and with the big teams)

 

[Hooker]

For the interested, this is what THE match will look like

 

[Hooker]

GOAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!



Latvia fucking OWNED Czech Republic

 

[MrPing1000]

and its now czech's 0 - Latvia 1

 

[cja]

Latvia score!

 

[shibbs]

Germany will wait for the counters, boo!

 

[Prine]

What a surprise! Latvia in good shape

 

[DrM]

it will be interesting to watch from now on!

 

[norinrad21]

I'm shocked by recent events in the Czechs vs Latvia match

 

[Falch]

me too.

 

[Mama Smurf]

Gabby's looking particularly hot today.

I don't know why everyone is saying England HAVE to beat Switzerland in that half time feature though. I certainly hope we will and expect to, it'd be easier if we did, but if we draw with them, that might not be so bad. Assuming france beat Croatia, that leaves England on 0 points, Croatia on 1 and Switzerland on 2. So then we'd just need to beat Croatia and hope France beat Switzerland (hardly a far fetched hope) and we'd still be through.

That'd be a sucky way to do it and I'm sure we won't make it that hard, but it's not like we go out if we don't beat Switzerland.

 

[Hooker]

Dude, that's like 4 matches away!!


And the biggest of them all still has to come!

EDIT: Man, that shot of Poborsky would have knocked most people out cold

 

[MrPing1000]

1-1

All due to Carol

 

[MrPing1000]

wtf an Irish flag lol

 

[Hooker]

The Czechs are on fire now. I thought the ball was out but the commentators are telling me now the ball ahs to be over the line completely.




The ref was wrong with that number 10 just now, he was fouled

 

[MrPing1000]

aww 2-1 to the Czech's now

 

[Hooker]

 

[Mama Smurf]

Poor Latvia. Stupid mistake, a poor clearance, now there's no way back.

Dude, that's like 4 matches away!!

Yeah, but the feature was like 10 minutes ago.

Plus at this tournament apparently every game has something to do with England. No one gives a fuck about this game in this country, they're semi final opponents at best, yet there are loads of England flags throughout the crowd? Crazy.

 

[shibbs]

Poor Latvia indeed.

 

[norinrad21]

Oh am so excited, only 42 minutes to go. The destruction of Germany is almost within our grasp.

 

[Project Midway]

oooh what to do. season finale of '24' and the evenings match are coming at same time... shit I will just tape the '24' and watch it later this evening.

Go Holland Go!

 

[Hooker]

I'd seriously pass up sex at this moment.

HUP HOLLAND HUP, LAAT DE LEEUW NIET IN Z'N HEMPIE STAAN!

 

[Hooker]

May the Dutch lions devour the Germans


<-

 

[Forsete]

Idiots on the arena.. Cant hear the anthems.

 

[8bit]

C'mooan the Germans!

And the Swiss.

And the French.

Anyone but England really. I'm Scottish, but living on the France/German/Swiss border, so I'd be chucked out of the country if I supported England.

 

[COCKLES]

Oh am so excited, only 42 minutes to go. The destruction of Germany is almost within our grasp.

"Football is a game where two teams play for 90 mins and Germany win"

 

[COCKLES]

See what I mean...

 

[MrPing1000]

1-0 Germany

 

[Project Midway]

wtf....what a lousy goal.

scheise.

 

[8bit]

Drei lowen an der hemd.

 

[DrM]

Nice goal

(damn, i should be studying for my finals in Saturday and Monday, but i'm watching football whole day)

 

[calder]

I'm at work now, but one thing I LOVE about the world feed TSN is using for the games is the presentation. No stupid commentators yapping about stats trying to sound smart, nobody pointing out the obvious, no cheesy graphics filling the screen, no one talking AT ALL. Just long shots of the crowd, the players stepping onto the pitch and the cameras alternating showing you the faces of the players as they get ready and wide shots of the stadium to get you in the mood while the sound really just makes you feel like you're there.

No commercial breaks really help the pre-game atmosphere too, but damn would I love for other sports to try it out. Unlike, say, HNIC where the crowd is going nuts before the game but the announcers just won't stop talking and then *just* as the home team is about to take the ice they cut to commercials and make it back just time for the opening. Weak.

 

[norinrad21]

man this sucks

 

[Midas]

I can post a link to a stream of the game going on right now if it's not against the ToS.