The 2012 UEFA European Championship - Poland/Ukraine - The Thread!

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Ummm the foul was being given either way.

That was a blatant last man tackle. Nani goes down straight away and there's an argument for a red. You should be thankful.

And I'm expecting UEFA to throw a huge fine in the German FAs direction for the behaviour of their fans.

I will agree with that. Ultimately I hate players playing the refs. Let then do their jobs. I'm not arguing the foul or card on Badstuber, I hate the acting.

But back to the match

[Notorious Honey Badger]

Less than 24 hours to go for Croatia to start up!!

Germany can do better. This is not a great start for them. Very disappointing..

[Bagor]

About time. Postiga subsituted.

[Senator Clay Davis]

That definitely wasn't a perfect cross, that definitely was deflected off the Portugese defender.

[Cheerio]

Why didn't Portugal send their goalie up on that last corner?

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Wasn't pretty. But a win is a win. Portugal did probably deserve a better fate. Germany needs to be much better, they are very beatable. Hummels was outstanding tonight. Ozil was good. The rest need to step it up.

Ugly win. They need to fix their crosses into the box. Weren't veey good.

Tip my hat to Portugal, you guys battled hard and deserved better.

[GirlySports]

Portugal played very well in the final 20 minutes AFTER going down 1-0.

Why didn't they play like that from the get-go? Why is the Portuguese coach scared?

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

Why didn't Portugal send their goalie up on that last corner?

Yeah, not sure why they only had 6 up. They knew that that corner was going to be their last attempt to score.

[Bagor]

Predicting the Dutch hammer the Germans and Portugal beats the Danes so they all go into their final game on 3 points.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Predicting the Dutch hammer the Germans and Portugal beats the Danes so they all go into their final game on 3 points.

I can easily see that happening too.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Portugal did everything but score there but the result on the whole match is probably right. But a tie would have been fair as well.

Portugal were better in a loss than Denmark were in their win. That's soccer.

[GirlySports]

off-topic... Messi has a hat-trick against Brazil, they're now up 4-3.

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Portugal did everything but score there but the result on the whole match is probably right. But a tie would have been fair as well.

Portugal were better in a loss than Denmark were in their win. That's soccer.

Played scared to lose until they went a goal down.
Postiga .... absolutely freaking useless. No way Oliveria doesn't get the start next game.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Played scared to lose until they went a goal down.
Postiga .... absolutely freaking useless. No way Oliveria doesn't get the start next game.

Postiga was garbage but I think Almeida starts. Oliveira was brought in for speed to test some tired legs. Almeida is a big guy and is good for 60 mins. Oliveira will be a sub on wednesday

[d_phaneuf]

Portugal had chances, just couldn't finish

would like Ronaldo to be receiving those passes than giving them in an ideal world for Portugal

Denmark game is huge, need 3 points no matter what

Germany are just warming up it seems

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Just noticed that Ozil got Man of the Match. Brutal choice IMO. Hummels and Boateng were way stronger. I didn't notice Ozil very much.

[littlereddevil]

Yes Germany!

Not their most telling performance, but they did enough to get the 3 points. Have to be pretty happy about the result considering how the Germans are always slow starters in these type of tournaments.

The Denmark-Netherlands result has definitely made this group wide open now, which isn't surprising to say the least.

[SuperMatt18]

Spain technically going with 6 midfielders this morning, Fabregas starting in the striker hole usually filled by Villa.

Italy go with the rumored 3-5-2 that Juventus used to perfection in the Serie A this season, Juve was undefeated in domestic league play and 6 of the 11 starters are from Juve.

[Mango]

Very interesting formation by Spain. I thought I was seeing things on TSN just moments ago.

[PeteLFan]

The 6 midfielders ?