UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland
First I have to say England didn`t reach the Euro 2008 and that sucked. England is my favorite team. I root for them in every World or European championship, always.
Nevertheless I tried to watch as many games as possible. Soon I became a supporter of the Russian Team, the youngest team in this year European Championship. They played good soccer and were so cute. Their coach was Guus Hiddink, the “wonder coach”, who also did well in Australia and South Korea. And he even reached the semi-final with his Russia team. There they played against Spain. Russia lost his first game against Spain with 4:1 and also this time Spain gave the young team a lesson and won with 3:0. But I`m sure we`ll see the Russia team in 2 years again, with our without Hiddink.
Spain made it in the final and played against Germany. It was one of the most boring games in this Championship. Germany had no chance but Spain didn`t try much. It ended 1:0 and I asked myself if Germany deserved to be in the final? I don`t think so! They just played a good game against Portugal in the quarter final. I didn`t believe Portugal would go home so early. But the semi-final against Turkey was very bad.
Does anyone remember that semi-final?
Germany was leading 2:1 because of a goal in 79 and in 86 Turkey shoot 2:2. A goal in minute 90 released Germany and they reached the final without an extra time.
Turkey was a good match for excited games anyway. In the quarter-final against Croatia they even reached the goal to a penalty shoot-out in the extra time of the extra time. And of course they won the penalty shoot-out.
I liked the coach of the Turkey Fatih Terim. He really was the sexiest coach this year.
2nd most handsome coach was Slaven Bilic. Soccer fans will still remember him because he played in Germany for a long time. And wow, he looks like actor David Selby a lot. That`s cool!
Biggest flop: Former European Championship winner Greece (what a big suprise when they won 2004) even didn`t make it in the quarter final. Seems their success 4 years ago was not more than luck.
At least I have to say I`m not a big fan of the Spain team. I like many teams more. But they deserved to win the Championship because they simply played the best soccer. And the last time they won a Championship was more than 40 years ago. Actually they just won the European Championship once in 1964. Though Spain always have a good team they have problems to be successful in World or European Championships. They even never won the World Championship. Can you believe that?
More infos: http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/index.html
nachgetragen am 20.11.2008
Nevertheless I tried to watch as many games as possible. Soon I became a supporter of the Russian Team, the youngest team in this year European Championship. They played good soccer and were so cute. Their coach was Guus Hiddink, the “wonder coach”, who also did well in Australia and South Korea. And he even reached the semi-final with his Russia team. There they played against Spain. Russia lost his first game against Spain with 4:1 and also this time Spain gave the young team a lesson and won with 3:0. But I`m sure we`ll see the Russia team in 2 years again, with our without Hiddink.
Spain made it in the final and played against Germany. It was one of the most boring games in this Championship. Germany had no chance but Spain didn`t try much. It ended 1:0 and I asked myself if Germany deserved to be in the final? I don`t think so! They just played a good game against Portugal in the quarter final. I didn`t believe Portugal would go home so early. But the semi-final against Turkey was very bad.
Does anyone remember that semi-final?
Germany was leading 2:1 because of a goal in 79 and in 86 Turkey shoot 2:2. A goal in minute 90 released Germany and they reached the final without an extra time.
Turkey was a good match for excited games anyway. In the quarter-final against Croatia they even reached the goal to a penalty shoot-out in the extra time of the extra time. And of course they won the penalty shoot-out.
I liked the coach of the Turkey Fatih Terim. He really was the sexiest coach this year.
2nd most handsome coach was Slaven Bilic. Soccer fans will still remember him because he played in Germany for a long time. And wow, he looks like actor David Selby a lot. That`s cool!
Biggest flop: Former European Championship winner Greece (what a big suprise when they won 2004) even didn`t make it in the quarter final. Seems their success 4 years ago was not more than luck.
At least I have to say I`m not a big fan of the Spain team. I like many teams more. But they deserved to win the Championship because they simply played the best soccer. And the last time they won a Championship was more than 40 years ago. Actually they just won the European Championship once in 1964. Though Spain always have a good team they have problems to be successful in World or European Championships. They even never won the World Championship. Can you believe that?
More infos: http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/index.html
nachgetragen am 20.11.2008