Euro 2008, who will make it ?

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5 August 2003
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Here are the groups for UEFA Euro 2008

Group A Pld Pts
Poland 10 20
Finland 10 18
Portugal 9 16
Serbia 9 15
Belgium 9 10
Armenia 8 8
Kazakhstan 9 6
Azerbaijan 8 5

Group B Pld Pts
France 8 19
Scotland 8 18
Italy 8 17
Ukraine 7 13
Lithuania 8 7
Georgia 9 7
Faroe Islands 8 0

Group C Pld Pts
Greece 7 18
Norway 8 16
Turkey 7 14
Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 13
Hungary 8 9
Malta 8 5
Moldova 8 2

Group D Pld Pts
Germany 8 22
Czech Republic 8 17
Republic of Ireland 8 14
Slovakia 8 10
Wales 7 7
Cyprus 7 7
San Marino 8 0

Group E Pld Pts
Croatia 8 20
Russia 8 18
England 8 17
Israel 9 17
F.Y.R. Macedonia 8 7
Estonia 9 3
Andorra 8 0

Group F Pld Pts
Sweden 8 19
Northern Ireland 8 16
Spain 8 16
Denmark 7 11
Latvia 7 6
Iceland 8 5
Liechtenstein 8 4

Group G Pld Pts
Romania 8 20
Netherlands 7 17
Bulgaria 8 15
Albania 7 9
Belarus 8 7
Slovenia 8 7
Luxembourg 8 0


Top 2 qualify, who do you think will make it ?

For me
A = Poland & Serbia
B = France & Italy
C = Greece & Turkey
D = Germany & Czechs
E = Croatia & Russia
F = Sweden & Spain
G = Romania & Bulgaria
 
airjoca said:
Poland & Serbia? You do realize that Portugal is that group don't you? :)
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He's wrong of course, should be Poland and Finland...
Serious now, as a Belgian i've seen quite a lot of matches in that group and i must say that Portugal did not impress me at all...Both Finland and Serbia were as good as Portugal and Poland were better IMHO.
I'm gonna say something which will sound funny...Portugal's luck could be that in the end they will be the only team that has beaten Belgium twice.
I will explain myself. When Belgium played their two matches against Portugal (and the first one against Finland), they were abysmal...at that time they were rock bottom...and everybody was certain that the EC was beyond their reach.
So our national coach decided to consider the EC as finished (mathematical Belgium still has a tiny litle chance, but that's academic) and field a young team. And suddenly all is going well: Belgium beat Serbia and the team is in a winning mood. I think we have a very talented team with yougsters like: Kompany, Vandenborre, Defour, Maarten Martens, Mirallas and Dembélé (the last one will be a great player). So i certainly think that Belgium can beat both Poland and Finland in their second match, which could be very usefull for Portugal...
 
A = Poland & Portugal
B = France & Scotland
C = Turkey & Norway
D = Germany & Czechs
E = Croatia & Russia
F = Sweden & Northern Ireland
G = Romania & Holland

Germany to become the new European Champion
 
Portugal isn't lucky, Portugal's been lazy as hell. If they approached each and every single game with 100% determination and concentration, and if our coach picked the best 11 every time, Portugal would be qualified by now.
 
I think Portugal has messed up too much. They have messed around in their matches (esp drawing with Poland at the weekend) and now are in big trouble.

Here is how I see it:-

Belgian Fixtures
13/10/2007 Grp A Belgium v Finland - WIN
17/10/2007 Grp A Belgium v Armenia - WIN
17/11/2007 Grp A Poland v Belgium - DRAW
21/11/2007 Grp A Azerbaijan v Belgium - WIN
(+10 pts)

Polish fixtures
12/09/2007 Grp A Finland v Poland - DRAW
13/10/2007 Grp A Poland v Kazakhstan - WIN
17/11/2007 Grp A Poland v Belgium - DRAW
21/11/2007 Grp A Serbia v Poland - DEFEAT
(+5 pts)

Serbian fixtures
12/09/2007 Grp A Portugal v Serbia - DRAW
13/10/2007 Grp A Armenia v Serbia - WIN
17/10/2007 Grp A Azerbaijan v Serbia - WIN
17/11/2007 Grp A Serbia v Kazakhstan - WIN
21/11/2007 Grp A Serbia v Poland - WIN
(+13 pts)

Portuguese fixtures
12/09/2007 Grp A Portugal v Serbia - DRAW
17/11/2007 Grp A Portugal v Armenia - WIN
21/11/2007 Grp A Portugal v Finland - DRAW
13/10/2007 Grp A Azerbaijan v Portugal - DRAW
17/10/2007 Grp A Kazakhstan V Portugal - DRAW
(+7 pts)

Finnish fixtures
13/10/2007 Grp A Belgium v Finland - DEFEAT
17/11/2007 Grp A Finland v Azerbaijan - WIN
21/11/2007 Grp A Portugal v Finland - DRAW
(+4 pts)

Which I think makes Serbia and Poland go through. But for me the big tragedy of this group is that, in this day and age, Armenia v Azerbaijan was cancelled (both matches) due to "lack of saftey" over the Civil War.
 
A: Poland, Portugal
B: France, Italy
C: Greece, Norway
D: Germany, Czech Republic
E: Croatia, England
F: Sweden, Spain
G: Romania, Netherlands


I guess, assuming we're able to continue playing the way we do right now, Germany has good chances to win the Euro 2008.
 
Group A
Poland
Portugal

Group B
France
Italy

Group C
Norway
Turkey

Group D
Germany
Czech Republic

Group E
Croatia
England

Group F
Sweden
Spain

Group G
Romania
Netherlands
 
Group A
Portugal
Poland

Group B
France
Italy

Group C
Greece
Norway

Group D
Germany
Czech Republic

Group E
Croatia
England

Group F
Sweden
Spain

Group G
Netherlands
Romania
 
foxtrot said:
I like your optimism. It's funny to see that everyone else so far has written off Scotland. I think we have the potential to upset a few people. We were shat on when the draw was made and no-one gave us a hope in hell but we've done not bad. :)
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Scotland have done terrific...it annoys me how (English) people look down and your national team and the Scottish competition...
 
Group A
Poland
Portugal

Straight forward enough for these two


Group B
France
Scotland

Scots to sneak through after win over Italy at hampden

Group C Pld Pts
Greece
Turkey

Probs a hard one to call but Greece to nick a point in Oslo tonight will seal it

Group D
Germany
Czech Republic

another straight forward one

Group E
Croatia
England

3 wins and a draw to see England home

Group F
Sweden
Spain

defeat in Latvia to cost the plucky Irish

away trips to Sweden and Spain to seal their fate

Group G
Romania
Netherlands

yet again, straight forward enough
 
A: Poland, Portugal
B: Italy, France (Bescause Italy will win in Scotland)
C: Turkey, Greece (maybe Norway)
D: Germany (for sure), Czech Republic
E: Croatia, England (I thought Russia, bur after tonight it will be England ;))
F: Sweden, Denmark (Spain will lose in Denmark)
G: Theeeee Netherlands, Romania
 
For me
A = Poland & Portugal
B = France & Italy (hopefully Scotland, but can't see it)
C = Greece & Norway
D = Germany & Czechs
E = Croatia & England
F = Sweden & Spain
G = Romania & Holland



FD
 
Portugal played badly against Poland. They were miserable against Serbia yesterday. I've never seen Portugal playing this bad in two straight games in a while.

To top it all off, our coach tried to punch a Serbian player after the game ended. He should resign today!

Our U-21 team would've won 4 or 5-0 against that Serbian team.

I'm doubting Portugal making to Euro08 now. Especially if UEFA decides to punish Portugal as a whole and not just the coach.

Here's a video of the incident, a think he missed by an inch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRYu0A-_xzc
 
A = Scotland & Scotland
B = Scotland & Scotland (hopefully Not Scotland, but can't see it)
C = Scotland & Scotland
D = Scotland & Scotland
E = Scotland & Scotland
F = Scotland & Scotland
G = Scotland & Scotland

























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