Depending on the color of your shirt, the last few days of EURO 2008 have been the best/worst in some time. You are either proud of your worthy underdogs or still in shock that your team picked the wrong time of the tournament to be average.
Just what was in the Portugese/Dutch/Croatian pre-game water? Why were they so off form? The Dutch couldn’t put three passes together at times. The Dutch, for God’s sake! Did the Croats underestimate the Turks? How could they after that Czech game?
Despite, or perhaps because of, the upsets this weekend the tournament continues to be one of the most exciting of recent memory. And be sure, this is no Euro 2004, where a boring but organized underdog 1-0′d their way to the championship. Turkey attack your goal like an irritating terrier that just won’t stop yapping at your door. Russia pass, move, and smile their way past opponents. They are clinical in their approach (if not in their finishing) and seem to have a bottomless fitness tank.
But today is Sunday. That Sunday. Spain v. Italy. No underdog today. Just two fanatical footballing nations going at each other (well, Spain will be). Two very different styles, two very difference coaches.
COTAHT has learned that making predictions is a dicey game to play, and ultimately not a successful one. But what the hell, Spain 3 – Italy 0. Put that on your bread and toast it.
But who’ll be dancing in the fountains this evening? Check here or here after the match, depending on the color of your shirt.
1 Comment
June 22, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Oh, my, you are brave to predict a loss for Italy. You do realize, don’t you, that you will no longer be welcome in any Italian restaurants. No more pizza for you!
I’m a fan of Germany myself. They always get better as they go through tournaments. If Lehmann can do his job, which is always a shakey proposition, I think Germany will go all the way.