Oh, well, I think it will be a draw.... And concerning the other match, I don't know, Holland should win, but who knows...

Whoa, 9(!) Dutch players rested compared to the first 2 games... still, the Czech Republic beat Germany with 8-9 subs at Euro 2004 which prevented elimination for Holland. I'm hoping for a Holland win; it would be a shame to risk losing the momentum/winning mood.

With this team it will be more difficult, but Huntelaar's got a pretty great goalscoring record:

Appearances (goals)
2004-2005 Heerenveen: 46 (34)
2005-2008 Ajax: 82 (70)

international
2004-2006 Netherlands under-21: 22 (18)
2006-2008 Netherlands: 12 (7)

Ah, I almost forgot this picture; it's just too great to not post it. :D



I'm off to the pub... good luck everyone.

Ribery injured after 7 mins, Penalty-red card for Abidal....
Nothing to say, I'm too fucked...


I wonder why italian players are always falling over, they should have poise problems, they're falling before the tackles...

ha ha better to fall and then get up again than to fall and be took out of the field on a golf car :D
no, seriously, I'm really sorry for ribery, beside having him in my team I really like him.
romania will score at 76'.

Well, we'll see...
I don't have any hope for the qualif'.

ha ha ha , go orange people!
allez le blues, a la maison!
:p

ops, from a fantasy pov I probably sucked (again).

its all gone wrong for me.... at least i kept a clean sheet!!

roll on wholesale changes for the quarters and cmon spain to score some badly needed points...... ive gone 15 down on leader!!!!

Well, I wish you good luck, Italians !!!
I dont think they played that good, but it doesn't matter...
Fucking crapy match. The referee was very very very bad. Or blind, I don't know.

Ah ah ah !!!

We are gonna make it !!!

Every single French coach has now cut the navel string with his national team and can clearly see who to get and who to dump !!!

I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT !!!

You Dutch, Italian, Portugese don't have that luck !!!

You short-sighted people !!!

This horrid Italian victory opened my eyes and I'm gonna WIN this tournament !!!

By a 100 points margin !!!

It takes more than a penalty and a crappy free kick to bring my fun down !!!

I love your optimism, Bertrand.
100 points ? Possibly.

Doubts ???
Scepticism ???
I'll make it 150.

Hey, relax, I'm pretty sure you'll win the league.
One more on your prize list.

shame about that italy-france game. with ribery off and that red card + penalty shortly after it was never really going to be the game it should've been. oh well, i watched the holland-romania game instead anyway.

wouldn't surprise me if italy gets very far into the tournament now, because they're cheeky buggers like that. plus they can grow into a tournament like only they, germany and france can.

in terms of fantasy football, it's a bit annoying that all the euro 2008 group leaders were already sure of their place after just two games. after portugal, croatia and holland playing 8-9 bench players the last few days we can be pretty sure spain is going to do the same...

spain really shouldnt rest players, though i suspect they will - theyre a team that really needs to keep their momentum up, otherwise i fear italy will sneak past them in the quarters... theyre capable of winning with a weakened team though.

Great play by Russia last night.
So it's down to eight teams then:

Portugal v Germany
Croatia v Turkey
Netherlands v Russia
Spain v Italy

Tonight's game (Por-Ger) should be an interesting one, as well as Sunday's (Spa-Ita). The other two games may seem less evenly matched, but Turkey and Russia will be sure to give Croatia and Netherlands a hard time if not more.

against all odds, I did a predictions-driven formation. Either I'll get lots of points or near to none.

same here haha

if results dont go my way, im screwed

and im already somewhere near the bottom after that last round