EURO 2008

Poland and Portugal haven't officially qualified yet.

Btw, I don't reckon 1453 is racist. Upsetting for Greeks, yes, but racist? el grapadura2007-10-19 18:03:38

turks say that when they play greece they will play a 1-4-5-3 (their maths isnt too hot)

The Turks even tried to destroy the Parthenon once. What were they thinking?

                                                                  LEARN TO SPELL!!!!!!!!!! Mr twig2007-10-20 14:59:22

Well, I was pointing out that the French World Cup/EURO 2000 winning team was more talented than the 2006 Italian World Cup winning team, so where the current World Cup is residing is immaterial.

I thought it referred to the Turkish taking of Constantinople in 1453. These days, of course, Constantinople is known as Istanbul.

Norway to qualify for Euro 2008 ahead of Turkey, as punishment for the Turks trying to burn down our Parthenon!

Good point. Go Russia!

looks like greece will be seaded

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Greece will be seeded, providing they qualify, since they're the defending champions. That was known even before the qualifying started.

Italy won't be seeded. The fourth seed will be the team with the highest co-efficient from the last three qualifying campaigns for the big tournaments (ie. World Cup and EURO Championships), and Italy are nowhere near the running there. The fourth seed will be one of Germany, Croatia, Romania, The Netherlands or Czech Republic depending on the results from the final two qualifying rounds. Hope it's not us though, being seeded won't be that much of an advantage considering the other seeds.el grapadura2007-11-01 20:20:28

Greece qualified last matchday buddy, against our best friends turkiye. Italy are seeded (if they qualify)as world champions in my understanding. Either way there will be some juicy groups this euro. who is "us" btw

Auckland Jag2007-11-02 07:13:23

Yes, of course, I completely forgot that Greece has already qualified. My bad.
Italy won't be seeded - being World Champions only ensures a) that they're among top seeds in the qualifying for the next World Cup and b) that they're among the top seeds at the World Cup provided they qualify. The criteria that UEFA have set out for top seeding for EURO 2008 is the following: the hosts, Switzerland (Group A) and Austria (Group B). The defending champions Greece, no group assigned. The team with best qualifying record over the last three qualifying cycles for major tournaments, no group assigned. Like I've already said, Italy's record in these qualifying matches means they won't be among top seeds in EURO 2008.

Us is Croatia.el grapadura2007-11-02 18:08:25

as long as you beat england i'll be happy el grapadura

Yep, beat England, and beat them into submission until they give us back our Parthenon sculptures.

No worries, I'lle get on the grapevine to Slaven Bilic and co. and get it all sorted out. Do you want the sculptures back all at once or would you prefer an installment plan?

all at once would be much apriciated

Definitely all at once. We've been waiting a long time, so there's no time to waste.

nai re

Give us more of that then.

dude last year we lost 2-1 at home, and that game was the start of the NO AWAY FANS POLICY WARZYCHA2007-11-06 00:11:24

The match I saw was in March last year, so it was actually the 2005-6 season.

Yep.

It's forgivable on Wakefield Park a week after a rain deluge, when the howling southerly wind dries it out and turns it into something like the surface of the moon, but on the equivalent of a bowling green, the chances of a bobble like that are not high....

haha fenerbache right??

OK, here's the plan. We round up Gate 13, and send them to London to take back the Parthenon marbles. Then they can return to the Leoforo, and have something to sing about.

GREECE 5-0 MALTA

England's 4-0 win over Greece....???!!!  I can't believe they celebrated that like the superior football side they think themselves to be. They peaked a month after the World Cup was won.....!!!!!  That explained a lot to me about why they haven't won anything.

Mmmm, souvlaki...

euro 08..

sympathies with the scots. they deserved something from that match. i have no idea how italy got that free kick at the death.