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Month: June 2008

 

  • Cinderella’s run ends

    — Soccer Fans, Soccer Players

    If you missed yesterday’s Euro 2008 semifinal between Germany and Turkey I beg you to find a replay of the match or find a friend who TiVo’d it and watch it, immediately. Unlike the drab Spain and Italy encounter, which pitted two talented teams, playing scared, Turkey and Germany played […]

  • Spain gets it done (for once)

    — Soccer Fans

    Well Spain did what every other group stage winner at Euro 2008 couldn’t do; get into the semifinals. If anything Euro 2008 has taught us that group play means nothing. Croatia, Portugal and the Netherlands were the toast of the tournament after breezing through their groups in convincing fashion, but […]

  • Halfway to the semis

    — Soccer Fans, Soccer Players

    Well we are halfway to the Euro 2008 semifinals and I am a sterling 0-2 in my picks. But enough about me, lets talk football. Two stunning matches have produced a pairing of Germany and Turkey in the first semifinal pairing. The way the two sides reached this point was […]

  • Euro 2008 Quarterfinals

    — Soccer Fans, Soccer Players

    Bring on the quarterfinals. After a stirring round of group stage games that rewarded attacking football (thank you Netherlands, Croatia, Portugal and Spain) and threw out old, conventionality (see you France, Greece and Sweden) Euro 2008 moves into the knock-out stages where one bad game is all it takes for […]

  • Underdogs Without a Chance

    — Soccer Fans, Soccer Players

    After the Euro 2008 Group D game between Spain and Sweden in Innsbruck, reports surfaced that several players and staff members from the Spanish national team verbally attacked the head referee, Pieter Vink. According to eyewitnesses, the head referee and his assistants were met between the main tunnel and referee […]

  • Tamed Lions

    Tamed Lions

    — Uncategorized

    What England players will be doing during Euro 2008 this month: 1. Calling David Beckham to see if they can come crash at his pad in L.A. on holiday. 2.  Watching their WAGS spend their money. 3. Seeing if Sven Goran Eriksson can help them obtain dual citizenship to play […]

  • EURO 2008 Preview

    — Soccer Fans, Soccer Players

    Next Saturday EURO 2008 starts in Austria and Switzerland. Sixteen of best European nations will compete for the enormous privilege being the champion of Europe. The countries are divided in four groups of four teams. The best of the two teams from each group will advance to elimination matches that […]

  • Mourinho Joins Inter Milan, Crushes Foes

    Mourinho Joins Inter Milan, Crushes Foes

    — Uncategorized

    Nearly seven hours after being unofficially announced as the new Internazionale manager, Jose Mourinho has still not won any trophies for the storied Milan club. In interviews following the announcement of the appointment, the self-proclaimed “Special One” announced his utter disapproval toward everyone who is not himself as well as […]