Lost any Interest ?

Due to British failure i see everybody lost his interest in the competition and related news.

I can understand it

If at first impact i was glas England didn't qualify because of many arrogant english ( not here ) now i realize that Euro2008 will lose a bit its pathos

Cant w8 for the euro 2008

So a question for the english guys..(just everybody who is not in the euro2008) Who do you gonna support now england is not in it?

Croatia

Poland

Im not really following anyone, Ill probably develop a liking for some team during the tournament. For now ill say Croatia, not just for knocking England out but because they play lovely football

certainly not russia to win any matches.. lol..

i'm going to follow the whole matches of group d..

as for the champion candidate.. i'm with portugal or spain..

I'm not really following anyone particularly (as Conaldinho really), but i think i'll cheer on these from the groups...


Group A: Switzerland
Group B: Germany
Group C: Romania (realistically the Netherlands though)
Group D: Spain

Thanks

Spain and Italy. Cos they have the hottest players

No problem. The Netherlands deserve some bloody success for the amount of unbelievably talented players they've produced into the game really... i hope it's a Netherlands - Spain final; Spain for the same reason as the Dutch.

Yea mean thats true...but i know what your real reason is.
In Liverpool ther are playing lots of spanish people and 2 dutchies

As usual I'll be cheering on the Germans.

I hope Croatia and the Czechs do well.

Netherlands - Spain can't be a final

Quarters or Semifinal

Hopefully for Italy it won't happen

i will be hoping Italy win.

i love the italian style of play and the players they possess

Bah you got me. Although the way Kuyts going it may be down to just one...



Really? I thought it'd be...

Quarter's:
Winner of Group A vs. Runner-up of Group B
Winner of Group B vs. Runner-up of Group A
Winner of Group C vs. Runner-up of Group D (Netherlands)
Winner of Group D vs. Runner-up of Group C (Spain)

Semi's:
Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 4 (Spain)
Winner of Match 2 vs. Winner of Match 3 (Netherlands)


Else you could have a semi's with teams from the same group playing each other, whereas - with the Euro 2004 - we've seen teams from the same group meeting in the final (Portugal, Greece). From what i can gather, Spain and the Netherlands can only meet in the quarters or the final. To be honest, i think the format is such that any combination of teams can make up the final.

The format will be different than Euro 2004

Quarters

1 )WA vs RB
2) WB vs RA
3) WC vs RD
4) WD vs RC

Semifinals

1) vs 2)
3) vs 4)

This way teams from block A-B can't meet any team from block C-D untill the final
That's also the reason i'm worried Germany might have an easy path till final.... the biggest threat they have is Portugal, while we have France-Netherlands-Spain

Aww that sucks. Well it doesn't, because it means you refrain from an anti-climactic final in having two teams who've already played meeting again. But it does if you're cheering on two sides from the same half of the draw...

It sucks because there is no team mix at all...
It's highly possible we'll see both semifinals with teams which already played vs each others

That's true, but it is better than having a final of teams that have already played each other. With that being the centrepiece and all.

There's nothing worse than a team say comprehensively beating another team in the groups and then meeting against in the final. The two teams aren't playing for the first time and it takes a serious edge off of the spectacle - so in that respect it's a wise move.

Although i suppose the chances of them meeting is highly increased with them being able to in the semi's rather than the final (with one less round for them to get knocked out in).