I love football and can't stop talking about it,well for now since Euro 2008 is still on going with tomorrow and the day after will be the semi-finals stage with the finals on Monday,until then,still something about football here.When the English Premier League starts in August then I will become football mad again..
The quarter-final stage have ended,4 teams will fight for the two finals spot,while all the 4 losers will be heading home,or already home by now,getting all those needed rest before the new league season starts again all over Europe.For those who have impressed,even though in the losing team,many clubs will be scrambling to get their service for the new season.
The semi-final is between Germany and Turkey tomorrow and Spain again meeting Russia the next day.Some interesting fact about this 4 teams.Only Spain are the group winner,Germany,Turkey and Russia are all the runners up from their respective group.Two teams who have some what find their magic at the very right moment,and two teams with luck certainly seems to be on their side.Let see some interesting photo of the quarter-finals before we look at those 4 teams.
The quarter-final stage have ended,4 teams will fight for the two finals spot,while all the 4 losers will be heading home,or already home by now,getting all those needed rest before the new league season starts again all over Europe.For those who have impressed,even though in the losing team,many clubs will be scrambling to get their service for the new season.
The semi-final is between Germany and Turkey tomorrow and Spain again meeting Russia the next day.Some interesting fact about this 4 teams.Only Spain are the group winner,Germany,Turkey and Russia are all the runners up from their respective group.Two teams who have some what find their magic at the very right moment,and two teams with luck certainly seems to be on their side.Let see some interesting photo of the quarter-finals before we look at those 4 teams.
The back from the dead team.
Germany.
Starts their campaign in a great fashion by beating Poland,but against Croatia they just can't find their earlier rhythm and lost 2-1,to make things worst,they lost one player because of a red card,Bastian Schweinsteiger.They went into their last game against co-host Austria knowing only a win will get them through,but still they seem to be lacking it,until their captain,Michael Ballack fires them ahead with a thunderous freekick,and they hang on to win and go through to the next stage.Against tournament favourite,Portugal they found back their normal flowing game,and most of it because Bastian Schweinsteiger are back,and what a fitting comeback because he score the first goal and then setup the next 2 for Klose and Ballack.
Russia.
A very bad start when they were beaten by Spain 4-1,then struggle to beat Greece 1-0.Just like the Germans,they need to win their last game to go through and it is against Sweden,the difference is,in this game they welcome back their playmaker,Andrei Arshavin who miss the 2 opening match because of suspension(He was red carded in Russia last qualifying match against Andorra)and what Sweden saw was a different Russian team from the one that lost to Spain and struggle to beat Greece.They move fast with great and fluid passing,making the old guard in the Swedish team look like little boys,Russia win 2-0 but the way they play it could have easily been a 5 or 6 goal margin win.Then come Holland in the quarter,the team with almost the same style of play,but the Russian shows that they are more superior,and they have a slight advantage for having a Dutch as their coach,Guus Hiddink who was labeled a traitor because he mastermind the exit of his birth country.
The Football God on their side team.
Turkey.
I really think this title suits Turkey more compare to Spain because nothing can describe how they reach this stage.No one give them a chance of even finishing as the top two from their group.They lost their first game 2-0 to Portugal,trailing Switzerland 1-0 in their second game,but come back strongly in the 2nd half to win 2-1,trail the Czech Republic 2-0 with 25 minutes to go in their last do-or-die game,but still won it 3-2 to qualify for the quarter,play a drab match against Croatia that goes into extra-time,and Croatia score the all important goal with 1 minute left of on the clock,but..again,straight from the kick-off,a long ball is send in and..yes..you guess it right..Turkey score to bring it to the dreaded penalty shoot-out and they won it after Croatia fail to convert and Rustu made an important save.I don't know how they will fare against Germany in the semis because they lost so many players through injuries and suspension that they might have to use their reserve goalkeeper as an outfield player!
Spain.
The only group winner who manage to go through.Very impressive in their group games with a 100% record,but have some very strange luck when it comes to playing in big tournament.They have never beaten Italy in any World Cup or European Championship match,they have lost all of their last 3 quarter-finals match in World Cup or Euro over the last 22 years through penalty shoot-out,and all those quarter-finals are played on,you guess what..June 22nd,the same exact date when they play Italy,but this time luck is with them,they came out winners by beating Italy 4-2 in the shoot-out.
Who will go to the finals,your guess is as good as mine,in football,anything can happen.Odds are against Turkey because of the limited players they have,but even though when odds are against them,they still make it through.Spain will meet Russia again,but this time a different Russia because they have their talismanic playmaker,Andrei Arshavin and Guus Hiddink is the coach for South Korea when Spain lost to them in the 2002 World Cup.My pick..Spain vs Germany.
Germany.
Starts their campaign in a great fashion by beating Poland,but against Croatia they just can't find their earlier rhythm and lost 2-1,to make things worst,they lost one player because of a red card,Bastian Schweinsteiger.They went into their last game against co-host Austria knowing only a win will get them through,but still they seem to be lacking it,until their captain,Michael Ballack fires them ahead with a thunderous freekick,and they hang on to win and go through to the next stage.Against tournament favourite,Portugal they found back their normal flowing game,and most of it because Bastian Schweinsteiger are back,and what a fitting comeback because he score the first goal and then setup the next 2 for Klose and Ballack.
Russia.
A very bad start when they were beaten by Spain 4-1,then struggle to beat Greece 1-0.Just like the Germans,they need to win their last game to go through and it is against Sweden,the difference is,in this game they welcome back their playmaker,Andrei Arshavin who miss the 2 opening match because of suspension(He was red carded in Russia last qualifying match against Andorra)and what Sweden saw was a different Russian team from the one that lost to Spain and struggle to beat Greece.They move fast with great and fluid passing,making the old guard in the Swedish team look like little boys,Russia win 2-0 but the way they play it could have easily been a 5 or 6 goal margin win.Then come Holland in the quarter,the team with almost the same style of play,but the Russian shows that they are more superior,and they have a slight advantage for having a Dutch as their coach,Guus Hiddink who was labeled a traitor because he mastermind the exit of his birth country.
The Football God on their side team.
Turkey.
I really think this title suits Turkey more compare to Spain because nothing can describe how they reach this stage.No one give them a chance of even finishing as the top two from their group.They lost their first game 2-0 to Portugal,trailing Switzerland 1-0 in their second game,but come back strongly in the 2nd half to win 2-1,trail the Czech Republic 2-0 with 25 minutes to go in their last do-or-die game,but still won it 3-2 to qualify for the quarter,play a drab match against Croatia that goes into extra-time,and Croatia score the all important goal with 1 minute left of on the clock,but..again,straight from the kick-off,a long ball is send in and..yes..you guess it right..Turkey score to bring it to the dreaded penalty shoot-out and they won it after Croatia fail to convert and Rustu made an important save.I don't know how they will fare against Germany in the semis because they lost so many players through injuries and suspension that they might have to use their reserve goalkeeper as an outfield player!
Spain.
The only group winner who manage to go through.Very impressive in their group games with a 100% record,but have some very strange luck when it comes to playing in big tournament.They have never beaten Italy in any World Cup or European Championship match,they have lost all of their last 3 quarter-finals match in World Cup or Euro over the last 22 years through penalty shoot-out,and all those quarter-finals are played on,you guess what..June 22nd,the same exact date when they play Italy,but this time luck is with them,they came out winners by beating Italy 4-2 in the shoot-out.
Who will go to the finals,your guess is as good as mine,in football,anything can happen.Odds are against Turkey because of the limited players they have,but even though when odds are against them,they still make it through.Spain will meet Russia again,but this time a different Russia because they have their talismanic playmaker,Andrei Arshavin and Guus Hiddink is the coach for South Korea when Spain lost to them in the 2002 World Cup.My pick..Spain vs Germany.
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Hey! thanks for stopping by again...I am pretty much doing fine and the weather here is calming down now as of yesterday though it ain't really that stable yet, but the wind blows and the rain falls are not as heavy now compared to the previous days...I also posted entries about the recent storm that hit out place here..hope to see you there again...
Hmm..seems like you really enjoy this game, huh..I'm not really so much into sports but I appreciate and can watch some like basketball and some olympic activities. Goodluck to your team, btw...
till next hop. cheers!
Germany and Russia final - what do you think? Turjey had an unbelievable run!
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