The football euro tournament thread

[Herr_Pete]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Careful, Italy is Germany's bogey team. The Germans have not managed to defeat them since a long time. The total score is twice as many defeats as victories.



Also easy to say. Could be, but while both teams still are not in top form, after the first round my impression is that the Spaniards still have the edge. German team could get them on a good day.

The Greeks tomorrow still must be beaten. There is a reason why they are where they are. And that reason is they are a nasty obstacle. Just look how difficult the Germans made it for themselves against Denmark, being unable to crack them open.

If you watched Germany in that game there was no urgency whatsoever. It looked like they couldn't crack them open because they were not willing to commit players forward but when they did Bender scored. Italy may be the bogey team but back in those days Italy were a team to be reckoned with. They are still a good side but they will seriously struggle with this new German side.

I'm just glad it's Germany who are going to put Greece out. There is nothing attractive about the Greek side and they really have scraped that group.