Who will win EURO 2004 in Portugal?
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i dont see greece anywhere
Agent Cru said:I hope not. I would like to see them in the final though. Against todays winners.
the semifinals will be between..
Portugal - Holland (hope for portugal.. not because I hate holland, I just prefer poortugal)
Greece - Denmark/Czechs (denmark wins the quarterfinals and reach the semifinal where Greece knock them out...)
and the dreamfinal then is :
Greece - Portugal
and the Euro 2004 winner is....
GREECE!!!!!!
joe_swe said:
:rofl: :rofl:
I have to get this off my chest. First of all I would like to apologise to Terri Summers, Freeones and all the other Dutch members, but I hope Holland don't win it. I think they have been this tournament's Germany of the 2002 World Cup and have been very lucky. If you don't count penalties, they have only won one game which was against a very poor Latvia side. They drew against the disappointing Germans and threw away a 2-0 lead to the Czechs. Then of course they drew 0-0 with the Swedes and then won on penalties. If there is any justice, Portugal will beat them easily.
I have nothing against Dutch people, It's just I'm very bitter at England's exit:tongue:
I have nothing against Dutch people, It's just I'm very bitter at England's exit:tongue:
Attention all England fans. If you would like to E-mail that twat of a referee who cost us a place in the Semi's, you can find his address on his personal website.
http://www.ursmeier.ch/referee/
I have done so already
http://www.ursmeier.ch/referee/
I have done so already
Markus Merck from germany will be the referee in the final. This guy a neurotic egoistic idiot. He´s not into football he just needs to be in the spotlight. Since he didn´t make it anywhere else now his getting his stage on football fields. what a horrible decision
taken by uefa.
Cheers
Pedro
taken by uefa.
Cheers
Pedro
Sutty said:Attention all England fans. If you would like to E-mail that twat of a referee who cost us a place in the Semi's, you can find his address on his personal website.
http://www.ursmeier.ch/referee/
I have done so already
Done.
In fact, I sent that cunt several so he would be left with no doubt of my opinion of him. Most refs are wankers, ColLina Is the only one I have any time for.
Sutty said:Attention all England fans. If you would like to E-mail that twat of a referee who cost us a place in the Semi's, you can find his address on his personal website.
http://www.ursmeier.ch/referee/
I have done so already
hahahah thanks Sutty :hatsoff:
iam going to give this fucker some shit
Sutty said:Apparently he has got over 16,000 angry e-mails already
the fucker has got 20,000 angry e-mails now
read this shit
Merk backs Meier
29/06/2004 - 08:28:26
Euro 2004 final referee Markus Merk has lambasted the way his fellow official Urs Meier has been treated by sections of the English press for his decision to chalk off Sol Campbell’s “goal” in the quarter-final with Portugal last Thursday.
Meier was vilified by sections of the English media when he penalised John Terry for impeding Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo’s attempt to beat Campbell to the ball but the referee was yesterday given full public support by UEFA’s refereeing committee while his fellow referees also queued up to defend him.
Merk, who was yesterday appointed as the referee for Sunday’s final in Lisbon, was furious at the treatment meted out to Meier who was retained as one of the last four referees in what is seen as tacit approval of his handling of the game at the Estadio da Luz which saw Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side eliminated in a penalty shoot-out.
Merk said: “We have to say in life that there are always some people who are responsible for such things and all the referees and officials are very angry at the behaviour (of certain English journalists).
“There can never be a perfect match and the sad thing is that it was a wonderful game of football.
“It is not even a question of whether a referee is right or if he is wrong - that is not the issue. It cannot be right for the press to harass a person who is trying to do his best and we can not accept that people follow him into his private life, follow him into the hotel – we are all very angry about it.”
Merk was joined in his criticism by another high-profile official Pierluigi Collina, the best-known referee on the planet, who also considered some elements of the media had exceeded the bounds of decency.
Collina, who never criticises other officials as a matter of policy, said: “I don’t want to make any comment [about the decision].”
However, he added: “The only thing that I want to say is that the difference between the public figure and the private person should be respected. The private life should be respected.”
Meier had earlier made it clear he could not understand what the fuss is about.
The Swiss official said: “I am mostly concerned that the whole world could see that I made the right decision and I am just disappointed that the English media does not seem able to see that.”
UEFA’s refereeing committee had thrown their full support behind Meier and produced a video analysis of the incident to support their view that the official had made the correct decision.
The committee’s German president Volker Roth said: “We are disappointed at the behaviour of some of your colleagues – as the German referees’ boss I sometimes I have to deal with the press, even the yellow (tabloid) press – it is not very nice.
“But in the case of the English press to blame Urs Meier for what was a correct decision was unacceptable. To go into his private life, show his wife, put an England flag on his house - this is really unacceptable – we are really unhappy.
“If the press reacts in this way we must reconsider and let’s say clearly and openly this is not a good way.”
He was backed by referees’ supremo Kenneth Ridden who said: “The referees committee discussed the matter thoroughly and we believe he made the right decision.
“The feeling of the committee after looking at the incident several times is to support the referee and his decision.
“Holding is an offence and must be punished according to the laws.”
from ireland online
Merk backs Meier
29/06/2004 - 08:28:26
Euro 2004 final referee Markus Merk has lambasted the way his fellow official Urs Meier has been treated by sections of the English press for his decision to chalk off Sol Campbell’s “goal” in the quarter-final with Portugal last Thursday.
Meier was vilified by sections of the English media when he penalised John Terry for impeding Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo’s attempt to beat Campbell to the ball but the referee was yesterday given full public support by UEFA’s refereeing committee while his fellow referees also queued up to defend him.
Merk, who was yesterday appointed as the referee for Sunday’s final in Lisbon, was furious at the treatment meted out to Meier who was retained as one of the last four referees in what is seen as tacit approval of his handling of the game at the Estadio da Luz which saw Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side eliminated in a penalty shoot-out.
Merk said: “We have to say in life that there are always some people who are responsible for such things and all the referees and officials are very angry at the behaviour (of certain English journalists).
“There can never be a perfect match and the sad thing is that it was a wonderful game of football.
“It is not even a question of whether a referee is right or if he is wrong - that is not the issue. It cannot be right for the press to harass a person who is trying to do his best and we can not accept that people follow him into his private life, follow him into the hotel – we are all very angry about it.”
Merk was joined in his criticism by another high-profile official Pierluigi Collina, the best-known referee on the planet, who also considered some elements of the media had exceeded the bounds of decency.
Collina, who never criticises other officials as a matter of policy, said: “I don’t want to make any comment [about the decision].”
However, he added: “The only thing that I want to say is that the difference between the public figure and the private person should be respected. The private life should be respected.”
Meier had earlier made it clear he could not understand what the fuss is about.
The Swiss official said: “I am mostly concerned that the whole world could see that I made the right decision and I am just disappointed that the English media does not seem able to see that.”
UEFA’s refereeing committee had thrown their full support behind Meier and produced a video analysis of the incident to support their view that the official had made the correct decision.
The committee’s German president Volker Roth said: “We are disappointed at the behaviour of some of your colleagues – as the German referees’ boss I sometimes I have to deal with the press, even the yellow (tabloid) press – it is not very nice.
“But in the case of the English press to blame Urs Meier for what was a correct decision was unacceptable. To go into his private life, show his wife, put an England flag on his house - this is really unacceptable – we are really unhappy.
“If the press reacts in this way we must reconsider and let’s say clearly and openly this is not a good way.”
He was backed by referees’ supremo Kenneth Ridden who said: “The referees committee discussed the matter thoroughly and we believe he made the right decision.
“The feeling of the committee after looking at the incident several times is to support the referee and his decision.
“Holding is an offence and must be punished according to the laws.”
from ireland online
I SAY SHOOT THE FUCKER
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